This seems like an absolute ripoff for Anaheim.
Troy Terry > Batherson in everything but height and size.
and McTavish >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pinto by a country mile.
Those aren't the problems in Anaheim, and swapping them out for lesser players isn't going to fix what's actually wrong with that team.
Yeah I think their respective numbers are skewing viewpoints here to some degree. I don't believe Batherson puts up nearly the same production if you swap his situation with Terry's, who is leading the Ducks in scoring albeit a very low scoring team. Terry doesn't have two clearly bigger star forwards ahead of him in the pecking order.
As I said above, I watch plenty of both teams and Terry is the best play driver out of these four. Batherson a fairly close second, and I see the point about his contract being cheaper. But the Ducks have endless cap space and their greatest need is high end talent - Batherson being cheaper for the next couple years doesn't make that much of a difference to them. McTavish is younger and has shown more upside than Pinto. This could turn out bad for the Ducks and they can't afford that.
If there was ever any weight to Tkachuk rumors, I'd hope the Ducks would try to press the accelerator by making a strong offer. Local product McTavish + 1st rounder +