Personally I would have zero issues dealing Rantanen + Girard + 2026 1st for Tkachuk.
Actually I would add quite a bit more still quite frankly to make sure we win the bidding.
For next year we'd be at:
Tkachuk(8.2) - Mack(12.6) - Drouin(4.0?)
Landy(7.0) - Mitts(5.75) - Lehky(4.5
Nuke(6.125) - Colton(4.0) - LOC(3.0?)
Wood(2.5) - Random(1.0) - Random(1.0)
Toews(7.25) - Makar(9.0)
???? - Manson(4.5)
Random(1.0) - Random(1.0)
????
Annunen
By my rough, cap friendly-less math, that team would be coming in at $83.25M. With a $92.5M cap for next year, that would leave $9.25M to grab a 2LD, a #1G, and then a 13F and 7D.
Keeping in mind some of those 1.0s will be more like 0.8s. They could spend $3.75M on a new #1G, $4.5M on a 2LD, and then be left with enough for a couple 0.8 depth guys.
It sure would be nice to convince Ottawa to take Wood as part of this equation as well. His $2.5M as a 4th liner really sticks out in a bad way.