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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
That's a battle the Flames lose every time, and it would be far from glorious. McDavid/Draisatil >>> Eichel/Gaudreau. Only a massive homer would think the latter can compete with the former. There is no such thing as the Eichel/McDavid factor. Eichel is 220 points behind McDavid, has never won an NHL award, and has never had a sniff of the post-season. I wish people would stop trying to build some rivalry between these two since they are not competitive in any way. Eichel is competitive with Sebatian Aho, not Connor McDavid.
Can't see it happening. The Flames just don't have the pieces to compete to make a deal and then have the pieces to have a competitive team on the ice in the next five years. A retool to be a second tier team is possible, but making a big splash for Eichel is nothing by guaranteeing that the Flames become Buffalo west.
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Not talking from a points stand point my friend, not at all. I’m talking from a MEDIA stand point. No matter which way you slice it a Johnny/Eichel combination would demand some air time and with the fact that Eichel has always and will always continue to be in the ‘shadow’ of McDavid having been drafted right after him what better story line than a battle of Alberta for the next 5 years between the two??? Bigger picture is that would sell some big tickets and would be a top story line year in and year out and selfishly it would be nice to have a chip in the game with the media for once and Eichel would give us that considering all of the above.
Bring me some excitement for once, a Canadian team hasn’t won a cup in near 30 years now so it’s time to be bold or be status quo and this off-season presents Calgary with a chance to be bold and I’m hoping they find a way to do it.