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Originally Posted by djsFlames
Highly unlikely another deal readily exists out there that improves them in the same way without hurting the current roster. These types of impact players are just rarely available, and at what will likely be a discounted cost.
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The prices a lot of CPers want to pay do not represent any kind of discounted cost. Buffalo is reportedly asking for futures equivalent to four first-round picks. I keep seeing offers that include a core player, two younger roster players, one or two prospects who were taken in the first round, AND two first-round picks – with an added exhortation to Treliving to pay even more if necessary.
That would be an overpay even if Eichel were in perfect health. And it most definitely does hurt the current roster, since you're subtracting three pieces to add one and then, apparently, trusting that the hockey gods or someone will wave a wand and replace the depth you just lost.
But this is the kind of thinking you get when you develop tunnel vision and convince yourself that there is only one possible solution to a complex problem.