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Originally Posted by genetic_phreek
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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Yeah, but Colorado didn't trade MacKinnon...they traded Duchene. MacKinnon had yet to really break out until after Colorado had that absolutely miserable 47 point year. He looked great in his rookie year was by far the Av's best player when they lost a toss up game 7 to Minnesorta, had injuries the next two, and the whole team was off in his 4th year. But after they moved Duchene out, he figured things out. Eichel has always been productive, but he's also always been on a bad team.
Duchene at that time was only two years away from being a UFA too. Ottawa who traded for Duchene eventually ended up being a bad team, and really only seem okay from that trade because they didn't give Turris a contract extension only to watch him completely collapse whereas if they don't do that deal, maybe they keep Turris and regret that.
Eichel is a good player, and would be the Flames best player. The problem with getting him is that you're left with a Buffalo-esque supporting cast after you pay the price. It's already well proven that him on his own can't elevate a team from the depths of the NHL basement, and by the time the Flames get him...it would be Buffalo all over again for him. So yeah he's your foundation, but you company has over leveraged itself to the point where they can't add onto that foundation for 3 years, and at that point he's saying trade me right bleeeping now.