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Originally Posted by TOfan
I think it’s very likely the picks would have conditions placed on them specific to number of games played and/or making the playoffs.
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If the pick is in 2022, I could see it being conditional based on making the playoffs. However, if the pick is in 2023, I could see it being conditional solely on Eichel’s performance/ games played rather than the success of the team that acquired him. Buffalo will want there to be at least a chance that the pick could end up being pretty high so they would likely prefer the pick only have conditions on Eichel’s play… a team could acquire eichel and he could be a ppg player for them who plays 70+ games in 2023 and they could still be a bad team that finishes to near the bottom of the league (Buffalo was bad despite eichel being good).
In the most recent examples of top players traded while under contract (Karlsson and Duchene), it was the pick that ended up being the most valuable piece in the trade because those picks ended up being a lot higher than the teams acquiring the star player thought they would be. I think buffalo’s best hope of winning this trade is a scenario like this.
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