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30 teams will offer and inquire, but There are only a few teams in the leagues in my opinion who would be able to trade for Eichel and have the pieces, and the preference I’m sure would be to trade him out west.
It would realistically cost a young centerman, with top line potential, a second young center with middle six upside, a top six forward on the roster , and couple first round picks.
I personally see LA (Villardi, Turcotte, and the #4 pick as potential assets to be moved, Anaheim with their first rounder in 2020 and (Steel, Zegras as potential assets) and NJ with Hughes, Hichier and a top 7 pick in 2020 who also has secondary guys like Zacha and McCloed who could he apart of a package. Vancouver could also make it work if it was a Pettersson-Eichel swap as an idea, however, In order for that to make sense, you’d have to believe Eichel is significantly better than Pettersson, and buffalo would need to probably take back significant for the canucks. Detroit and Ottawa could probably make something work, but both teams are In the division .
The preference though would be to send him out west.
Having said that, Eichel is not moving unless he requests it, but we are getting close so it is worth talking about