With Kylington coming back next year, Weegar playing far better on the right side and ideally we can bring back Stecher for a cheaper cap hit than Tanev's 4.5M to play 3rd pair RD, Tanev is the obvious player to move if the Flames want to shed some cap and gain some assets.
Tanev is still absolutely a premier shutdown D its just inefficient roster construction to relegate him to 3rd pair minutes especially when in a cap crunch.
What is Tanev worth in the offseason? I think we could get more for him at the deadline when his type is more sought after but maybe someone would make it worthwhile to move him now. Keep in mind the Flames also do not retain on deals.
My projected Dcore for reference (without Tanev)
Hanifin - Andersson
Kylington - Weegar
Zadorov - Stecher
Gilbert - Stone
Tanev is still absolutely a premier shutdown D its just inefficient roster construction to relegate him to 3rd pair minutes especially when in a cap crunch.
What is Tanev worth in the offseason? I think we could get more for him at the deadline when his type is more sought after but maybe someone would make it worthwhile to move him now. Keep in mind the Flames also do not retain on deals.
My projected Dcore for reference (without Tanev)
Hanifin - Andersson
Kylington - Weegar
Zadorov - Stecher
Gilbert - Stone