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Originally Posted by New Era
No one has said that. What has been said is Eichel and Monahan are in the same strata of players. They play very different games but produce in the same band of centers which includes Toews, Pavelski, the much hyped O'Reilly, Kuznetsov, and Seguin. Is Eichel a more dynamic player? Yes. Is he better? That is very open to debate. Is he a franchise player worth $10M a season? Again, very open to debate but I don't believe so. Would I trade for him? Yes, but with very guarded expectations and with something built into the deal to minimize risk. I will say this about the Eichel situation, there are a lot of people who are suggesting that with a Draisaitl level player that Eichel would rip it up, well what about the addition of Taylor Hall? Is a recent Hart Trophy winner not enough to light a fire under Eichel's ass? The excuses for this kid are insane.
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One guy is an 80 pt a year producer (82 games)
One guy is more a 60 pt guy.
Not the same.
Only a dozen C's in the entire NHL have out-produced him since he came into the league
I agree that acquiring him, (beyond its not at all likely to happen) is fraught with peril when adding in the cost associated along with his cap hit. Though at his age he hasnt even come close to his peak IMO. He is a guy you want on your team for sure, but only to a certain cost.
As for Taylor Hall...yeah. Remember when people here were saying throw 9 million a year at him? He will help!! (disregarding he is yet another LW...something this club actually has in spades)
Admittedly i havent seen a lot of the Sabres but i did watch them on Saturday. Taylor was in complete derp mode. Just lost. Him signing there was just bizarre from day 1. Really really bad hockey team. Trading Eichel will not help them. So I dont see him moving unless he asks to get out...which is probably not that far off.