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Originally Posted by Robbob
Does it lower his value though? There is still only one Jack Eichel and centers like this rarely come up. I think you just look to Duchene and see the value of holding out for the right deal. Especially if it is a futures deal, a team may be willing and okay to LTIR the Eichel salary. Do the Kucherov special. Depending on the Olympics, being out for 2-3 months once the season has already started could see him come back for the playoffs.
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Adams knows that Treliving (for example) is fired if he does not have a successful season (whatever "successful" means for the owners), so he must be banking on Treliving blinking and adding that extra asset as camp draws near.... Same calculus maybe applies to the Rangers where the owner is stupid/crazy and wants success now. It is not unreasonable on the part of Adams to expect someone to "give"... The only real risk to Buffalo (since they don't need Eichel to finish last) is that Eichel pulls something really wacky.