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Originally Posted by 442scotty
Why would you trade for a guy when you have no idea what the outcome of his surgery will be. That batsh#t crazy. Don’t see any other teams falling over each other to get him.
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This is the thing that gets me. By delaying the surgery Eichel wants, and that any acquiring team will surely allow him to get, it suggests that the Sabres are not at all convinced that getting the surgery will increase his value. I assume they have reason to believe it may diminish his value and feel it is more prudent to trade him with the question marks instead.
If I am a team looking at acquiring him, I would have to default to the position that the Sabres have of their own player, and that is that the surgery will not increase his value and could potentially hurt it. Why would any team want to take the risk going the other way when the team that has had him for several years isn't even convinced. They won't even let other teams look at his medical records before making an offer.
Team should should make a "take it, or leave it" offer and give them 24 hours to accept, and then just move from it. Let Buffalo deal with a malcontent star with diminished abilities.