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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
And if they trade him for garbage, he fully recovers and turns into a superstar for the new team, then Buffalo look like the idiots again. They have nothing to lose by standing pat (other than Pegula's money, I guess)/
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IMO the longer this goes, the likelihood of getting a better return goes down.
The longer they wait the more uncertainty there is about Eichel's neck, and it just keeps extending how long it's been since Eichel's played an NHL game.
And then if you don't move him by next years draft, he will have a NTC as of July 1.
The other thing I don't get is if you are going to trade him anyways, then why not just let him get the surgery that he wants. You'd have to think it'd be easier to trade Eichel post-surgery once he's been cleared as healthy, than trying to trade him with the surgery still pending.
And it's not like any team trading for him now wouldn't let him get the surgery he wants to get, because you'll just end up in the same situation.