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Originally Posted by Major Major
Would you go for eichel at the expense of this year? Would be a huge fail IMO with this coach and the apparent chemistry of the team. Especially considering the unprotected 1st going the other way.
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Yes.
For starters, I don’t believe this team falls out of playoff contention if any of the proposed deals go through.
Monahan has 0 points and is playing on the 4th line.
One of Dube/Mangiapane off the roster definitely stings, but if we have to give Bread up, at least we have Dube to fill the hole at centre. And Dillon is younger. Conversely, keeping Mangiapane means we have a good secondary scoring option to keep us in the hunt.
After that, it’s a bunch of guys we’ve already drafted - Zary, Pelletier, possibly Coronato. Neither Zary or Pelletier has had so much as an impressive training camp. If you have to add Coronato… you can find another Coronato.
A 1st this year? Who cares - it’ll be between 12-24 like it always is.
A 2nd? Again, who cares when the return is a 24 year old 0.95 PPG centre under contract for 5 years.
If the contention is this team is a Mangiapane away from picking top-5, we shouldn’t be trading For Eichel, we should be trading Johnny and Tkachuk to the highest bidders.
Trading for Eichel signals to Gaudreau and Tkachuk this team is all in for a championship. They have the coach, they committed to a goalie, the defense has been a pleasant surprise.
Brady Tkachuk’s extensions shows that the family is willing to stay in Canada if the team comes with the long paper, and Johnny’s extension has been rumoured all summer. There’s no reason he wouldn’t sign long term if the organization brought in his potential Olympic line mate.
To top it all off, you prevent the best team in the division from stealing another elite player out from under you.
So yeah. Three 1st round prospects, a former 1st rounder in Monahan, one of Dube/Bread, the 12-24th puck next year and a 2nd for Jack Eichel and an extended Gaudreau and Tkachuk.
I do that.