If Jack Eichel is available this season/offseason, Treliving should do everything in his power to include Monahan as the main piece. Eichel on the scoring line + Backlund on the shutdown line would be a heck of a 1-2 punch. I wouldn't include Matthew Tkachuk because his ability to play in a shutdown role is too important to lose. I can only imagine how "jacked" up he would be on game days when we play the Oilers and the man selected ahead of Connor McDavid.
I don't know what Buffalo's appetite for a futures only deal would be, but anything in the Flames cupboard should be available. I assume they'd want a Valimaki or maybe a Hanifin. I'd do either. Multiple first rounders, that's a yes. If the Flames have to almost empty out the cupboards to get a Jack Eichel then so be it.
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