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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I think people will be surprised at what it takes, just like they were with Seguin, and ROR both times.
Duchene was the only one where people thought that it was a good return for the young center.
It's not easy to fit in a $10M contract. And it's not easy to make a trade like this work.
If Buffalo ends up getting Monahan, Bennett, Zary, 1st, 3rd for Eichel for example then I'd say that's a better return than any Seguin, ROR, or Duchene were able to garner.
And as I said it depends on what Buffalo wants in return. If they want a proven top 6 center in return there are not a lot of options on the table.
- Zibanejad
- Monahan
- ???
If it's purely going to be a futures deal then I think the Kings are the favourites as they are one of the only teams with both the assets and cap space to take on Eichel.
But if the Sabres want a center in return then the options become more limited.
It's not costing Monahan+Tkachuk+Futures or Lindholm+Tkachuk+Futures to get Eichel.
Eichel is great and has huge potential but in the end he's pretty much just a PPG center that hasn't been in the discussion for the Hart or any league trophies really. He's not McDavid or Matthews level at this point of his career.
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I’m sure they want a centre coming back so they have a team they can put on the ice. After Eichel they have Reinhart who hasn’t even played C for the majority of his time. But they aren’t getting a top C.