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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
It’s Jack Eichel.
Montreal is showing us exactly what happens when you ride goaltending and defense for four rounds.
If we don’t have at least an Eichel or two in our lineup, we will face someone like Tampa who has four or five of them.
Two Cinderellas never face each other, and Cinderellas never win.
So if all it takes is one extra asset or prospect from the system, pay the cost and find a way to replace a couple late 1sts with some shrewd scouting and European signings.
You especially overpay if you still have Monahan to trade away to recoup some capital.
Acquiring Eichel without giving up Gaudreau, Monahan, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Backlund, or a single piece of our analytically-stellar blue line is hardly setting us back
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Montreal is irrelevant. Not trading for Eichel does not mean we are trying to be a Cinderella - false equivalency.
Everyone agrees that we need a true #1C. But Eichel might be the most over-rated player in the NHL right now. There are SERIOUS risks with acquiring him. I am all for acquiring him at the right price, but the Flames have a very skinny prospect pool right now, and your offer includes a stud 23 year old, a really good 22 year old, our top prospect, and the pick that will be our top prospect the moment it is made.
Yes, that trade would in fact set us back. If we did this, our best forwards, under the age of 25 would be Pelletier and Ruzicka (once Eichel turns 25 in October). We would literally have no forwards under 25 on the roster, with only Pelletier as a legit prospect.
And we would be in cap hell.