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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
That's way too much too much value. Eichel is good, but he isn't better than Gretzky or Lindros good. That's like 7 or 8 first round picks. That's franchse crippling, and assures that the Flames will be very hard-pressed to win a damn thing for years.
The rest of the roster is woefully weak. "Buffalo Cap dumps" to play on lines 2-3, with UFA/prospects to fill the rest of the lineup assures that we will be building Buffalo up to be a championship calibre team for years to come, as the Flames will be a lottery team with that lineup.
It is just as bad as the Oilers' lineup for the majority of the McDavid years so far, except Calgary has a goalie. I am all for acquiring Eichel, but that's overboard.
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Right, it’s bad for like a year. And even then, it’s probably a playoff roster with Darryl at the helm for a full year. It can defend it has goaltending and has elite forwards.
The Oilers need like two things to go their way to be nightmarish. They need a #1D and a reliable goalie. And even without that, they are a threat to beat any team in a 7 game Series because of those two forwards.
Are they thin? Yep.
Does it matter? Nope.
If you were drafting a player 1st overall, what would they do differently than Jack Eichel?