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Originally Posted by Monahammer
The risk is negligible compared to the risk of not making a move.
The risk of not making a move includes the strong potential that players like Gaudreau get disillusioned with the team management and decide they really want to test Free agency. Or Tkachuk just taking his QO to enable the same next year. Going all in tells those guys we're serious about winning, and we're brining in a national team buddy of theirs to make it happen.
Too many armchair doctors in here thinking there's huge risk he never plays again. I rate that (as knowingly as your ratings) at a .5% chance of happening. Most likely Eichel gets the best medical care possible for his condition anywhere in the world and comes out just as good as previously.
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To me the health thing isn’t even worth speculating on, as I’m no doctor. I listened to that episode of 31/32 Thoughts with the doctor on it and thought it was very interesting.
It all comes down to the Flames doctors. If they’re comfortable with the injury and procedure he wants done, that’s all I need as a fan to be stoked. Speculating beyond that just seems weird to me. We don’t have access to his medical records, so it’s just blind speculation and people siding with whichever team’s doctors seemingly support their stance on acquiring Eichel in the first place.