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Originally Posted by stemit14
It could. Calgary is an interesting choice from Buffalo’s perspective. It fits the bill in that it’s out west. It fits in that it is more likely to give up picks and young assets than some others that are in a rebuild (Columbus, NY and Anaheim).
But Calgary also could be a good fit for Buffalo because there is still a chance Calgary could be a team like San Jose or Ottawa were a few years ago… a team that is pushing their chips in on a risky trade that could turn badly and it did. Instead of the team moving from mediocre to a contender, it could go the other way like it did for those teams.
Missing eichel + Monahan for half the season could make a 2022 first round pick a top 10 pick (I seriously doubt that though). Or if the pick was pushed to 2023, by then Calgary could have had to trade tkachuk in order to make cap room for Gaudreau and mangiapane’s raises… all of a sudden the flames will have lost Monahan + tkachuk for eichel who could potentially never recover to the same level of player he was before his injury. All these things could turn the flames pick into a huge asset for Buffalo.
Note that I do not think all these bad turns of fate will happen to the flames if they acquire eichel. I’m optimistic that this team will have a great year… and an even better one with eichel. All I’m saying is that Buffalo would want to try to find a team that is willing to trade an unprotected first and there to be at least a chance that that pick could become something significant. I don’t think many of the other teams interested in eichel would unprotect their first since all of them seem to be in a rebuild (Columbus, Anaheim, NY). Calgary is virtually the only one of the rumoured teams in on eichel that is not in a rebuild… but they are in a state of flux as an organization that could go different directions depending on how things work out.
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Because of all of the risks you have described I don’t think the Eichel trade is going to happen until after he has his surgery and they can prove he’s recovered. By then he will have almost missed 2 seasons.
Quite the gong show. Don’t think it’ll turn out well for any of the stakeholders.