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Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
It has made acquiring Eichel ~5 mil per year more difficult from a salary cap perspective. And what did we gain? A stanley cup winning 3rd liner.
This is the perfect move to make for a team who doesn't want to make the 2nd round of the playoffs and also doesn't want to draft Shane Wright or Connor Bedard.
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By the same token, if we didn't acquire Blake and missed out on Eichel then what? Blake has some skills and experience and should be good in the locker room. Flames will have to trade out a player to acquire Eichel so that shouldn't be a concern.