Glad to see a lot of posters nailing it with the Tkachuk-Kyrou trade talk. Tkachuk is not enough better to justify the trade cost and contract length. Kyrou has improved defensively, Tkachuk has not. Neutral fans think we need to add 1st rd pick ++ to Kyrou to even it out. That is far more than the difference on ice
The trade, if it happened, would be in the off-season. Tkachuk would have 3 years left before wanting a $10m+ deal taking him into his mid 30s. Kyrou would have twice as long at his current cap
One final note, a lot of people bring up BTs PIMs to diminish his value. I did too and another poster pointed out his penalties drawn. He draws more than he takes. So while the trade-off of losing a $8M player for whoever he is pulling into the box with him is probably a loss, he isn't leaving his team short handed as often as you'd think. Just pointing that out even though it goes against my take for a more honest discussion.