I'd argue that anything we've seen in Buffalo from Eichel/Hall this year is not something we should use as a baseline. The whole team has been a tire fire.
Eichel is the piece that Treliving should be after. Everything else is just noise. If we can acquire Eichel without giving up Lindholm, Hanifin, Andersson, Valimaki, Mangiapane and Markstrom - then it should be done.
#1 Goalie: Markstrom
#1 Centre: Eichel
#2 Centre: Lindholm
#1 Defenceman: Hanifin
#2 Defenceman: Andersson
#3 Defenceman: Valimaki
Head Coach: Darryl Sutter
That could be a championship contending core. Everything else around that is easier to fill. Right now we need to fill that #1 centre position, and Eichel is that.
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