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Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat
It's amazing how much more Colorado got for Matt Duchene than Buffalo got for Eichel. Different circumstances, for sure. Shows how much his value was hurt by the fact he was injured and about to have experimental surgery.
My guess is the no protected top 10 was the price the Sabres had to pay for no conditional elements to the trade (based on Eichel playing X number of games, achieving X number of points, etc.).
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Im guessing once the medicals were opened up for teams to evaluate, the price dropped for all of them.
There is still a massive risk with acquiring this guy that many seem to completely ignore.
He may literally never ever be the same player.