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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Acquiring Eichel and then flipping Tkachuk in a trade that makes your team worse today is not “going all in”.
Acquire Eichel. Keep Tkachuk, Lindholm, Gaudreau, and Mangiapane.
Gaudreau - Eichel - Coleman
Mangiapane - Lindholm - Tkachuk
There’s your all-in top-six.
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To each their own and if we ended up holding onto Tkachuk I wouldn’t be complaining seeing him in our top 6; but everything I’ve read about Tarasenko is that he is ready to go and I think Kyrou and his right hand shot and ability to play Center is something that’s being understated here and of course this also nets us what would most likely be our top prospect and a 1st rounder that has a good chance of being better than the one we give up in an Eichel trade.
Gaudreau - Eichel - Tarasenko
Mangiapane - Lindholm - Coleman
Pretty great top 6 as well with the bottom 6 looking like
Pelletier - Backlund - Kyrou
Lucic - Lewis - Pitlick
That 3rd line could be deadly with Backlund having experience skating with young players. The gamble is the health of Tarasenko and Eichel and I believe the gamble is worthy one at this point for both, that said again if it ended up being the scenario you presented and just a splash for Eichel I’d be more than content and happy this fanbase and team is afforded the chance to have a talent like Jack Eichel, it’s more than overdue.