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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Tkachuk is our 4th leading scorer.
We can trade the 4th leading scorer and a defenseman who’s more Luke Schenn than Luke Hughes for Jack Eichel.
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Sorry I don’t care about a 9 game sample size when defining how many points a player has. Tkachuk is our 4th leading scorer now but he is still a critical piece for this team.
I was all for this when Eichel was going to get the surgery and play the full season but I don’t get why we would pay such a ridiculous price when we have to go 40 games without Eichel. So if the deal was Tkachuk+conditional 1st for Eichel then sure but on the radio Steinberg and Nault made it sound like Tkachuk, Valimaki, 1st, Zary, and Pelletier/Wolf
If we are downgrading those prospects significantly and putting protection on the pick it gets better but I don’t think this Flames team can afford to be without one of their best forwards for 40 games.
To me the offer is too rich for this stage of the negotiation so Buffalo better kick in some help right now or we shave that offer down significantly