Eichel reminds me of when Colorado was struggling with Duchene and Mackinnon. I recall the Avs weren't sure which of the two they would move but was open to moving either or. At the time, Monahan was statistically the best player from that draft year and my wishful thinking back then was that we traded Monahan for Mack. The Avs ended trading Duchene and Mackinnon turned into beast mode.
I feel this is the same situation but obviously Monahan has lower value. Eichel brings that "what if" factor to his game as multiple highlights shows glimpses of how amazing he could be. I just feel that if we have the opportunity to be in the mix with Eichel, we need to push to get it done. Even if we lost two of our top 4 players (Gaudreau, Monahan, Lindholm, Tkachuk) adding Eichel still gives us potential to be better than we are today. The draft is a crap shoot as well.
If I could, I would easily do:
Monahan + Tkachuk ++ for Eichel.
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