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Originally Posted by ThatHighGuy
I want Eichel as much as anyone, but if we give up Tkachuk and not have Eichel for months until he’s ready which could honestly be the rest of the reg season, then why do it? Who would play top line the Lindy and Johnny? Seems weird to me that we’re ok with sending Chucky when we’re doing great but wouldn’t do it in the summer so we’d have Eichel way sooner
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Well I think many here would have been even more ok to send Tkachuk to Buffalo for Eichel in the summer.
And you do it now because, sure it may hurt for the time being, but when he joins the line up, it gives us a true #1C, and if Lindholm stays on our “first line” then we still have a lethal 1,2 punch along with Backlund who would probably be one of the best 3rd line C’s in the league.
That would give the Flames a deadly group of Centers