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Originally Posted by Poe969
Eichel is amazing but I don't think the Flames should go after him. The Flames are a bubble team with not a lot of good prospects, they shouldn't be giving up futures at this point. Now is the time to collect for the future.
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I think they need to do one or the other here.
Mortgage the future and acquire Eichel? Cool, I'm all in. The rest of the roster is generally pretty good, but they lack the hardest piece to acquire - an elite #1 centre.
On the flip side, if they aren't willing to mortgage the future to get Eichel...well, then sell parts off and tank.
Option 1 or 2 at least meaningfully moves the needle towards improving the team, either now or in the future. Anything else just leaves us wandering in mediocrity.