The clock is officially ticking on a change for matthew tkachuk. On thursday, the nhlpa introduced that calgary’s club-elected arbitration hearing with tkachuk has been scheduled for aug. Eleven. That’s suitable news for the flames, because the time-frame for those hearings is july 27 to aug. 11, and that it’s set for the final day of that window gives them the most time viable to find a trade.

Within the meantime, even as calgary works with the teams on the list of clubs tkachuk is inclined to sign a long-time period agreement with, i pulled collectively some of my colleagues at the athletic and past to evaluate 5 alternate proposals the blues should offer the flames. Hailey salvian is our flames beat writer and might supply us an idea of what they might need in go back, and sean gentille and dom luszczyszyn, of our country wide writers, can offer evaluation of those potential offers.

Hart levine, who operates puckpedia, will evaluate these proposals from a earnings-cap angle. The blues are currently $125,000 over the 2022-23 cap ceiling of $eighty two. Five million, so we’ll should remember tkachuk’s $nine million-plus salary subsequent season, which might positioned the blues in a dollar-in, dollar-out scenario. First, let’s pay attention from salvian on what it’d take.

“In trade for tkachuk, the flames could be looking for a package that consists of controllable belongings — whether that’s younger possibilities on their entry-level offers or installed players with years beneath team control. They may no longer want to alternate tkachuk for a player who can just go away in a single or two years.

“My guess is a great bundle looks like a combination of an established nhl participant, a top prospect and a high draft pick. In phrases of the real desires, locating top-quit talent to replace what the flames have lost this summer will be crucial. It’s additionally feasible — because tkachuk has manipulate over the state of affairs — that the flames technique this as grabbing the nice deal possible, rather than filling specific holes in the lineup.”

The blues have players, possibilities and choices which can interest the flames. The hassle is some of the ones crew-controlled players have no-exchange clauses, there may not be many prospects within the pipeline who warrant consideration in a tkachuk exchange and, meanwhile, general supervisor doug armstrong already moved his 2023 2nd-spherical select in remaining season’s deal to detroit for defenseman nick leddy.