Curious. At this stage in the game, one would think Buffalo would be all over the heavily proposed deal that included Monahan, Dube, Zary and 2022 1st.
I would suspect that Calgary hasn't put an offer of this calibre forward. Dube and Zary are controllable young assets and the 1st rounder is a wildcard for draft lottery implications. One would think Monahan goes there and plays on the 1st line and boosts his trade stock and is flipped for more assets later. Hence Buffalo being all over this.
The silent market and the proposed December return date for Eichel post-surgery feels like Calgary may be out of the mix. This trade could have been made months ago and Eichel could have been available come October.
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