Ott:
jack Eichel


BUFF:
Brown, Logan [RFA Rights]
Thomson, Lassi
Greig, Ridly
White, Colin
2022 1st round pick (OTT)

We often forget it is a team game.

Based on just the last week, Connor McDavid has had a dismal season.

Put Chabot on any one of several rosters (eg., Bruins) and we would begin to see just how elite his top gear has evolved. I have no doubt we will see another huge step up in the team next season.
- spatso

Exactly - give him a decent steady partner and he will be in conversation as one of the top Dmen in the league

Ott:
jack Eichel


BUFF:
Brown, Logan
- SENS-sational[RFA Rights]
Thomson, Lassi
Greig, Ridly
White, Colin
2022 1st round pick (OTT)

I would rather target Sam Reinhart ...but like the energy in going for it.

(Rather being because of the price we’d give up and real $ tied in.....also, sadly, attitude questions come up)

Ott:
jack Eichel


BUFF:
Brown, Logan
- SENS-sational[RFA Rights]
Thomson, Lassi
Greig, Ridly
White, Colin
2022 1st round pick (OTT)

*Dorion hangs up phone after two minutes of laughing and finally saying I`m not trading an entire line of NHL-calibre players fully developed and ready within the next year or two for an injury prone 25 goal scorer making more than all of them combined. Sort out your own mess.*

*Dorion hangs up phone after two minutes of laughing and finally saying I`m not trading an entire line of NHL-calibre players fully developed and ready within the next year or two for an injury prone 25 goal scorer making more than all of them combined. Sort out your own mess.*
- ahjnkn

Really can't agree with this. You don't measure a Jack Eichel trade in terms of "# of NHL-calibre players" acquired... an awful lot comes down to player quality, and two of the players you've mentioned are potential candidates to be left exposed in the Seattle expansion draft. Plus, Dorion would have somehow managed to avoid giving up any of Tkachuk, Stutzle, Norris, Batherson, Chabot, Brannstrom, Sanderson, or Bernard-Docker in the process, all of which are better individual assets than what's included in the offer... not to mention that White alone is already making nearly half of Eichel's contract. If the Sabres would do that trade, I'd personally go for it - but I'd expect them to be shopping around for something with more of a high-end centrepiece talent coming back (e.g. Byfield, Rossi, etc.).

That said, if the top-2 scoring lines were built around Tkachuk-Eichel and Stutzle-Norris, with the likes of Chabot, Sanderson, JBD, and Brannstrom backing them up, that would put them right into the Cup conversation.

Really can't agree with this. You don't measure a Jack Eichel trade in terms of "# of NHL-calibre players" acquired... an awful lot comes down to player quality, and two of the players you've mentioned are potential candidates to be left exposed in the Seattle expansion draft. Plus, Dorion would have somehow managed to avoid giving up any of Tkachuk, Stutzle, Norris, Batherson, Chabot, Brannstrom, Sanderson, or Bernard-Docker in the process, all of which are better individual assets than what's included in the offer... not to mention that White alone is already making nearly half of Eichel's contract. If the Sabres would do that trade, I'd personally go for it - but I'd expect them to be shopping around for something with more of a high-end centrepiece talent coming back (e.g. Byfield, Rossi, etc.).

That said, if the top-2 scoring lines were built around Tkachuk-Eichel and Stutzle-Norris, with the likes of Chabot, Sanderson, JBD, and Brannstrom backing them up, that would put them right into the Cup conversation.
- khawk

Yeah I agree. Greig and Thomson are both good prospects, but they're just that, prospects. It's entirely possible they don't pan out at all.

I think any trade for Eichel would involve one of Norris or Batherson, and then something like First in 2021 and JBD. To start.