The Unthinkable

Why would you trade Pasta for Eichel straight up? Pasta is healthy, Eichel wants back surgery never done before. Pasta is one of the best goal scorers in the league. Eichel had 2 last year. I don't understand this move from a Boston perspective.

Eichel is going to be fine if he would be allowed to get his surgery. That gives us a bonafide franchise center, who's going to be happier than a pig in **** playing for his local team locked up on a below market deal for the foreseeable future, as opposed to a franchise winger who's contract is up shortly and is going to be looking for stupid money when we also have to sign our young franchise defenseman to a contract next off season. Talent wise Eichel and Pasta are comparable in that they are both Franchise makers, it's a wash. I personally would rather a cost controlled center than a winger because centers are harder to find than wingers.

Heh. Cost-controlled... at 10M per.

Pasta has more value than eichel, by a very very significant margin.

Pasta almost certainly would not re-sign in Buffalo too …