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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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That's a risk the team making the trade has to consider. Player's of this level, that play this position, at this age, and signed long term, simply do not come around on the market.
Perhaps I am short selling our prospect pool (which, in my mind, is made up of a lot mid/avg level prospects) but we don't have any prospects that have the trajectory of one day becoming a 1st or 2nd line C at the NHL level. Zary is probably the closest, but it's definitely not an automatic/assumption that he'll a) be a C at the next level, b) be dynamic enough to play as a top/2nd line role.
Even Pelletier, it's unclear to me if he's a 2nd line or 3rd line winger when it's all said and done.
Coronato appears the only forward prospect with true, top line potential, as a winger.
As such, getting a top line C in Eichel, if the cost is our 1st next year, one of the above, and one of our roster forwards, still feels like a no brainer to me.
I firmly believe we'd be better off rebuilding, but given that this will not be happening any time in the imminent future, I just don't see how we're worse off with taking a shot on Eichel. if we do nothing, the rebuild is one in 1-2 years max. If we land Eichel, and he doesn't turn out, we're basically at the same point, minus 1 ok prospect, and next year's 1st rounder, which will be in the teens anyways.
Rebuild -> Not happening
Frigin take a swing, get a potential top line C -> (see above)
Do nothing -> worst case scenario, as we will end up exactly the same as the past few years (no actual on ice success, middle of the pack team, drafting in the teens which is the worst spot to be).
the conservative/do-nothing-drastic approach is completely unacceptable to me as a fan.