I think this is a very fair proposal. I don't see many teams giving up 3 1sts for one player. That's a lot of risk involved. If Eichel got injured, the future would be bleak. Plus you need to draft 1st rounders to surround him with talent.. I understand why Buffalo fans ask for the moon, but the reality is he would bring back a 1st, a young roster player who is trending up (similar to Jones,) and a good prospect. I just don't see teams mortgaging their future on ONE player who is not Draisaitl/McDavid/McKinnon.

The last part has 0 to do with it disagreement of trade proposals here. So because Buffalo’s front office is bad, we should all project bad trade proposals here to equate to that? Not what the player is actually worth? Seems silly to me (not to mention, the Sabres “front office” has been on the job for 7 days. Pretty hyperbolic to say they don’t have any idea what they are doing, at least not yet)

Ah man he went from .85 ppg in a full season to .7 ppg in less than half a season. You’re also acting like I didn’t add 2 first round picks to make up the difference in Eichel and RyJo and the contracts. You’re leaving out details to strengthen your argument.

I think its funny that you find it funny. Buffalo traded ROR for ....A late 1st. a late 2nd. Two salary dumps and a decent prospect for O’Reilly. if Eichel wants out and pulls a ROR ,which would likely be the case if Buffalo is trading him, they would be lucky to get this return. people on this site love to glorify values but if Buffalo is trading him its bc hes done playing there not bc they want to

this trade not the one offered
ANA's 2020 1st, Zegras, Henrique and BOS' 1st

And that’s fine. Except most Sabres fans (and fans of lots of other teams) say fine, they’ll keep him. It’s really no skin off of Buffalos back and they should only move him IF there’s an overpayment. If not, he’s got 6 years left. If he wants 10M a year, he’ll play.

I agree.

Not really. Also, there’s a huge difference in Eichel v RyJo in the fact that Eichel would have scored close to 40 this year (at 36) and had scored 20+ every year for 5 years vs RyJo topping at 33 (still solid, but only once) and 20+ goals twice in four years. The comparison for them isn’t that great, and that’s been my point all along

Still not interesting. The offer will start with Zegras+. Because Eichel is an elite 1C, which is 23 years old and has been signed up for six years, such trades are very rare, but I’m sure that there will be 10-12 teams that are at least interested in Eichel and can offer some kind of package and 3-4 a team of these 10-12 will be very interested in them and offer serious packages, not what you suggested.

Johansen THEN was a good young Center
That’s not comparable to the MVP talent of Eichel now,
not even close

Did you read?

Henrique doesn’t have value bc of his Cap hit
He’s not exactly a “cap dump”
But he’s not gonna be the major piece that would go for a guy like Eichel

They would 100% want a Lindholm, Rakell, etc type guy insteaf

Eichel is way better than ROR LOL

You shouldn’t be comparing the exact players. Should be comparing their age, contract and impact. RyJo at 23 was a top line C that produced 70+ points. Eichel at 23 is a top line C that produces 80-85 points. 2 first rounders makes up the difference in point production and contract.

is he WAY BETTER? or are you just being that guy who says stupid stuff? ill post a link so you can see how good ROR vs Eichel.

https://public.tableau.com/profile/bill.comeau#!/vizhome/SKATR2019-2020/SKATR

25 goal 2Cs have value. Also trading futures for Eichel not currents as BUF would be in a rebuild should they trade him. Plus imagine what Buf would have to give up to get Lindholm given they traded Guhle and a first for Montour.

I think you’re missing my point entirely. Not all points are worth the same. Just like not all first rounders are worth the same. Eichel is an impact player, and has been for 5 years locked up on a very reasonable contract. He is unequivocally better then RyJo was at that stage. Just because Tracey WAS taken as a first rounder last year doesn’t mean his value will hold, or that you could trade him right now for a late first. So you keep calling him a first, is a general misconception. The Sabres took Ryan Johnson with 31 last year. He struggled. I can’t just throw him in any deal and shout “first rounder, first rounder” it doesn’t work that way. And the same can be said for guys getting better and improving stock. Also a year later first where your getting Eichel and not really impacting your immediate talent would then seem likely to be a later first right? So AH (cap reasons, ok player, but nothing special IN A DEAL FOR EICHEL) pick 3/5 best piece, a probable later first in 21, which doesn’t hold nearly the same value, and Tracey who some would say wouldn’t go in the first in a redraft. So no, you keep saying 3 firsts, like they all should hold the same value. But they just don’t

Yeap, you said Zegras or 2020 1st. But this is not enough for a player like Eichel. Zegras + 2020 1st + some other two parts

Thanks for proving everyone’s point. Montour got a first + a top d prospect. Now extrapolate that times 5 as Eichel is easily 5 times more valuable then Montour, probably more

One bad trade doesn’t determine value for another
But even if it did, we’re talking Eichel here
That’s a whole different ball game

And if Buffalo is in a rebuild trading Eichel,
then if they don’t NEED more veteran guys like Rakell or Lindholm, then they don’t need Henrique either
And his contract clearly negates his value

AND
You aren’t getting Eichel anyways
So keep dreaming

This guy gets it !

Ah now your point is that pick 1 and pick 31 aren’t equal. Got it.

You might get Zegras and 2020 ANA 1st but nothing else of value.

If 5M negates 25g value then 10M negates anyone under 50g’s value.

Ok bud, you want to act thick act thick. You are acting like your offer is the best that Buf would get. Ok fine. Most Buf fans say don’t take that and have Eichel play here.

Tell that to all the teams that would LINE UP for Eichel,
an MVP candidate
VS
No teams that would give you more than a 3rd for Henrique bc of his contract