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Originally Posted by Hackey
Karlsson in his late 20s with 1 year left until UFA I don't think is a comparable at all. Seguin is probably the best recent comparable but he hadn't quite broken out yet when traded. That is one of the worst trades in league history though so don't think I'd look at that deal for comparable compensation.
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I think the Thornton trade is similar in situation, young captain that wants out.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/causewa...-15-years/amp/
I think the situation differs due to health, contract, and eichel being a couple years younger at the time. Also didn't seem like Boston wanted to tear it down so the stuart sturm return isn't what buffalo is asking for.
On a personal level i think buffalo is stupid to want nothing but futures. They tried that already and it got them here.. nylander, reinhart, middlestadt ristolainen etc didn't turn out. Now they have dahlin, powers, cozens, do they want to develop these guys in a losing culture too? Seems similar to Edmonton going from the cogliano, gagner rebuild, to the eberle, parjarvi, hall rebuild. These players still need to develop playing in competitive games.
I'm sure cozens is going to have a blast playing with skinner and okposo for the next couple of years...