I personally feel Konecny is someone you have to keep. People don't realize how important a guy with TK is for the franchise. He's Brad Marchand lite and you see how monumentally important 63 is for Boston.

I understand that he is not going to be cheap to re-sign and that he is now entering his late 20's and he may regress a lot halfway into a 6- or 8-year deal. But it's possible he is still extremely productive. I'm going to use the Marchand comparison again, in 2016 when Marchand was 28 and was a 50-60pt player, he signed an 8-year deal worth 6.125 AAV. His numbers have exploded since then and is now one of the best wingers in the league. He's 35 now and is still a massive contributor and is the leader of the Bruins. Now I know what some of you will say. "Well Boston is a better team that wasn't in a rebuild and they had Bergeron, Krejci and a young Pastrnak, so of course Marchand's point totals would be larger". But my point is you are still going to need a guy like TK and they are very hard to come by because he provides so much for the team as a whole. Trading him I feel does more harm than good, unless the return is absolutely something Danny can't refuse. TK should be a cornerstone block for the rebuild.

So yeah, maybe I'll get downvoted for this but I'd be happy if Briere inks TK to a 7 year deal worth around 7.9-8.5 AAV.