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Originally Posted by CroCop
Can anyone really explain how we aquire McDavid lite and only give up our 4th line Center and healthy scratch Dman off the current roster? Seems far fetched at best especially when you consider Monahan has a lnmc that likely has Buffalo as a no go. If we are getting Eichel it is not gonna be that pain free.
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Eichel isn’t McDavid lite - but he is right in the conversation with MacKinnon and Matthews. So you still do it.
It’ll cost four 1st round picks. Some combination of:
Pelletier/Zary
Coronato
22 1st
23 1st
The stuff off the roster is for cap purposes. Switch Valimaki with Zadorov, because his $4M ticket makes it easier for the math to work.
Monahan may need to go to a 3rd team - that 3rd team could even be Vegas.
These futures buy us Eichel, but they also allow us to not include Dube and Mangiapane, and also improve our chances to retain Gaudreau - I would not be surprised if a Johnny extension was announced along with the Eichel acquisition.
If you were trading Dube or Bread or Johnny, you’d expect a 1st back at minimum anyway.
That’s my read on it, anyway. I could be way off.