Edited Mar. 7, 2020 at 12:09 a.m.
Quoting: Xqb15
Vegas would have to give up that package minus Stastny and either Tuch or Hague just for Eichel. Remember the Avs got Girard, Kamenev, Bowers, Hammond, 1st, 2nd, and a 3rd for Duchene. Eichel is a far superior player, and Reinhart is closer to Duchene than Duchene is to Eichel.
You got a point by saying that Vegas MUST overpay "hardcore" to get Eichel but Duchene trade shouldn't be a comparaison.
no one is going to use the Duchene as a comparaison because it's a heist. If Girard wasn't that good and the 2019 1st round pick was in the 20th-28th pick, its still a W for Sakic
The best comparaison will be the Eric Lindros trade.
Now that I think about it, Colorado and Nordiques has had the habit of hiring robbers as their GMs
- Pierre Page traded Eric Lindros for the Sun and the Moon which includes Peter Forsberg and assets that will be used for the Roy trade.
- Pierre Lacroix: Robbed the organization's once most hated rival (i.e. Habs) of Patrick Roy
- Joe Sakic: Duchene trade