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Originally Posted by ComixZone
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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I guess the question then becomes - how much depth do you give up that you then have to replace and why does Buffalo do it? I know it's partly to deal with unhappy Eichel, but if they are entering into rebuild Mark 3, it strikes me that Andersson/Valimaki are probably part of the ask, as well as some of the farm and picks. In addition to Monahan/Tkachuk/Gaudreau.