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Originally Posted by New Era
This thread has gone over the edge in full on Thelma and Louise fashion. Trading away Gaudreau and Monahan ($13.075M), who is a very down year scored 106 points, for Eichel ($10M), who in his career year scored 78 points, is insane. If we are to compare apples to apples, that being career years, the comparison is Eichel scoring 93 points versus Monahan and Gaudreau scoring 181 points. So who in their right minds trades two top line players in the NHL, including a top line center and an elite LW (top five in the league over the past four three seasons) for a guy that has not shown an ability to carry his team to the post season?
The thought of drafting Lafreniere is another concept so out there it makes my head hurt. This is the Calgary Flames, not the Edmonton Oilers. Thinking Lafreniere is in the mix is silly. All the years we laughed at Oiler fans for counting their chickens, but here are some of our fans counting their chickens. How about we deal with reality. We are going to beat the Jets and then see a meltdown in the first round of the playoffs. This is Calgary, and this is playoff hockey.
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That's hardly an apples-to-apples comparison. 181 points does not mean 181 goals, it's more like 120-140 more likely. It's not like we have to play 4v5 when Eichel's on the ice - somebody's gonna be playing LW in Gaudreau's spot picking up some extra points. And upgrading the top end of your lineup is incredibly valuable and incredibly hard to do. Especially when you'd be adding someone who's hands-down better than anyone you're trading.
I highly highly doubt Eichel's available, so this is all a fairly moot point, but a young superstar center is an asset you pay almost anything to acquire.