Tkachuk at his age and upside with an extension in place is IMO at the very high end as far as premium assets go.
CGY got two expiring contracts, a prospect and a first. Depending on what happens with the soon to be UFAs I think will matter with how the trade is evaluated but as it stands, CGY got far from a guaranteed haul for MT.
Contextually it seems like a depressed market (for sellers). The past few big trades shows a reluctance by GMs to give up a ton of high end futures.
As the saying goes though, all it takes is one GM to change that but as it stands, Im not banking on JTM fetching a massive haul. And there is risk hanging onto him in the hopes of a big trade. But I understand from mgmts perspective that they need to get value
back as well. So for example if there is any merit to the following rumour, I would be ecstatic if the Canucks could pry Newhook OR Byram from the avs (unlike the newhook + byram + 1st a lot of people said would make them CONSIDER a trade, which seems crazy in hindsight)