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Originally Posted by bax
Look, I know there are risks with Eichel’s health. I trust the Flames to do the due diligence.
Acting like Eichel is even a remotely similar acquisition to Tarasenko is silly though.
One is a top line center you have locked up through his prime years and one is a declining scoring winger that likely won’t be worth his cap hit. His best years are behind him.
Flames fans say they want out of this mushy middle, well Tarasenko is the perfect acquisition to stay comfortably there.
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From all accounts this last surgery for Tarasenko corrected the issues the previous 2 missed.
Yes it's a risk but a 2.5m retained Tarasenko would be a big time addition to a Flames team with the weakest RW depth last year. Ending up with 2 top 6 RW in Coleman and Tarasenko is a pretty good thing risks and all.
I dont much like how the Flames would have to go about acquiring Tarasenko though. Thats the tricky part for me.
I'm of the belief if you're going to gonout and get Eichel, you move Gaudreau in lieu of Tkachuk. And that doesn't work in the Blues eyes.
Point being, if the Flames are all in on one of the two risky players, may as well try and get em both. That's the shake up the team needs.
Edit: I'm not big or have been big on acquiring Eichel and was hoping the Flames would not go back all in on the core. But it seems management has made up their mind of any hope of impactful change to the roster is going to be getting an Eichel or cutting ties with one of the 2 LWS.
Might as well play along and see what happens.
And Treliving isn't done. Just wish things would hurry up.