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Originally Posted by InternationalVillager
What’s the difference between 4 pieces and 6 pieces if Eichel ends up being an elite superstar. The difference is negligible. Does it matter if you pay 100K or 110K for your BMW? I know for certain that 5-10 years down the road, you won’t even remember exactly what you bought it for.
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It certainly makes a difference if you spend $100,000 or $150,000, as that extra $50,000 can buy things worth having.
In the same way, if you trade six pieces instead of four, you are depriving your team of a couple of potentially very useful players.
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The incremental difference rarely ends up making a difference in the long term. You want to own Bitcoin. You’re willing to buy it at 30K but not at 40K. Does it matter at either entry point when it will be 400K in 10 years?
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Interesting that you should choose Bitcoin as an example. You could as easily have chosen tulip bulbs in 17th-century Holland.
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Or what if you end up losing everything. Would it matter? likely not.
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Tell you what, you lose everything you own and tell me how little it matters to you.
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You do what it takes to acquire an asset for your organization that you are really high on. Penny pinching is a bad negotiation tactic. What if you lose out on Eichel? What are your alternatives? Likely none. The cost of losing out on Eichel for this organization is much higher than any other outcome IMO.
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No one player is ever essential to a winning team. You're fixated on Eichel and believe that there are no alternatives, because you want exactly that kind of a player and have hypnotized yourself (with much help from other posters) into the belief that the team cannot possibly win without him.
If you trade so much for Eichel that you leave him with a supporting cast as bad as he had in Buffalo, you will get the same results as Buffalo. He's not a miracle-worker.