LMAO

Find me a trade where a player wants out and they got a core player back that was known to be a core player at the time.

LOL

This has to be one of the most bias post threads I have ever seen.

Keep it up, I miss hockey enough I'll encourage this arguement

PS. Come on, not even Necas?

I agree that core players very rarely get a huge return in a market, but it would be similar to the Tyler Seguin deal back when he got swapped for Loui Eriksson, who averaged ~ 30 goals in the four seasons leading up to his trade. Eichel has had better numbers than Seguin at the time and doesn't have character flaws like Seguin. Hard to see Buffalo moving him for this return though.

Asking out or not buffalo gets a better offer then that lmao that. That’s garbage overvaluing ur players like always.

Eichel is a top 5 forward and “might” doesn’t come into the equation. You need to take your red white and black glasses off for a second.

Eriksson wasn't viewed as a core player at the time. He was viewed as one of the most underrated forwards in the league, but thinking back to that roster, I don't know I'd call him a core player. That said, I'm not saying this is the best return, I just had to make the cap work which is why Skjei is included. I know there's pieces missing, I just don't know what.

He's not better than
McDavid
Crosby
Ovechkin
Kucherov
Stone
Draisaitl
MacKinnon
Barkov
Panarin
Matthews
Tavares
Pastrnak
Marchand
Bergeron.
I could go on, that's off the top of my head. He's NOT a top 20 forward. To say he is is a lie. You need to look at any form of statistics, or on-ice performance to see it.

Lmao, undervaluing players who're actually good, like always.

Necas one of two RH forwards on the team, and he's SO young. I know Eichel is RH, but there's still a shortage of RH shots among the forward core, which is why I included Suzuki instead. Niederreiter plays one of the best 2-way games in hockey and has a 20-30 goal upside. Skjei is a top 4 puck mover, which gives them a platform to flip Ristolainen and have a balanced D core. I'm not saying the value is there, I'm asking what else needs to be added. But for a deal, Carolina isn't moving Pesce, Slavin, Dougie, Aho, TT, Svech or Necas because they are the "core" of the team.

I mean not at all no one agrees with you lmao

Stats agree with me... so facts agree with me lmao

What r u talking about lmao that’s just embarrassing

Analytics agree with me. numbers don't lie You're embarrassing yourself disagreeing with stats.

Couple avg nhl players a meh prospect and a late 1st for a top 5 c keep dreaming

Eichel is not a top 5 C, Bean is the best D prospect right now not in the NHL, Suzuki is a high-end forward prospect, Nino isn't meh, he's one of the best two way forwards in the NHL. Skjei is a cap dump, but he's a viable top 4 D man, and gives Buffalo another LD because they have like 6 RD. So you clearly don't know what you're on about buddy. I'm not saying the value is there, but your valuation is wrong.

You just downplay eichel and way overvalued your own team wake up

Nope, I fairly valuate both my team and Eichel. Eichel is just overrated. Not my fault stats expose what he really is.

Wow, just wow. Homerism at it's finest!

On what grounds?

You have to take age and years of team control into account too. Eichel has less value than McDavid, Kucherov, Draisaitl and MacKinnon, but I'm not sure any of the others guys you listed have more value.

I suspect there's no convincing you. Your bias is too strong.

Every single syllable you wrote.

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We're not talking value, we're talking Skill. Please read previous comments. Eichel's age, term and team control etc don't matter because of his age, term, and team control do not affect his skill. In terms of value, McDavid, Kucherov, Draisaitl, MacKinnon, Barkov, Matthews all have more value because they produce better for equal or less cap hits.

You're not convincing me because stats don't lie. I'm basing this purely off stats.

Try re-reading, because you're clearly not reading this correctly