Who is this year’s ‘Matthew Tkachuk’ on the NHL summer trade market?

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Which potentially available players might we be celebrating a year from now as crucial acquisitions?

As the Stanley Cup Final gets going, all eyes will be on Conn Smythe Trophy candidate Matthew Tkachuk, who has arguably established himself as the second-best player in the world during an incredible season.

He’s had the type of year that leaves fans and GMs wondering, “Why can’t we make a Matthew Tkachuk trade like the Florida Panthers did?” We’ve discussed the idea in this space that the NHL is a copycat league and that other teams might try to make a big splash like Florida did. Whether we think that’s realistic or not, let’s play along for this Roundtable:

If you’re trying to make your own ‘Matthew Tkachuk Trade’ this offseason, who are you targeting and why?I’d love to pick Andrei Svechnikov as a buy low, but with his long-term deal at an amazingly cost-efficient AAV, I can’t see Carolina moving him. So I’ll be more realistic and say, who happens to be from the same draft class as Tkachuk, chosen three picks earlier in 2016. Like Tkachuk a year ago, Dubois enters the summer as an unsigned RFA and rumored to be wanting a change of scenery.

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