Aaaaaaaaand STL rejects

definitly

Right now there is not a player that Buffalo trades Jack Eichel for not named Connor McDavid. Since that would never happen, just give up and accept that you’ll never get him.

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮, thats a HHHHUUUUUGGGEEEE overpay pay for johnsson

honestly, if im bufallo i do that, just cause laf could b better than eichal

Allen and Steen and the Blues listen

Could be 90 point centers don’t grow on trees

Definitely not right away if ever. The Sabres couldn’t afford to trade away their captain and the only reason anyone buys tickets anymore. Sabres fans are tired of losing and want to make the playoffs again sometime before 2030. You couldn’t sell them this trade.

Uhh no, they don't. And he has no cap space anyway.

1 he wont be.
2 if he ends up better were talking 4 years down the road.

This is a horrible trade for buf.
It would be slightly better if buf dropped their 1st in the trade

I would reduce the Johnsson trade to a 2nd.

He could be but odds are much more likely he won't be nearly as good.

There are a few guys not made mcdavid they'd do

For the BUF/CGY trade, I'm not sure Lafreniere will ever get to Eichel's level, mainly because they play different positions. But the issue with the trade isn't just trading Eichel, you are trading Eichel+Holtz (for argument's sake) for Monahan, LaFreniere, Dube. While Holtz will never be Lafreniere, Lafreniere's are much easier to find than Eichel's. and CGY has the C depth already (and this trade would be destroying that depth), and taking a Lafreniere piece would very much change the dynamic for them. If you BUF, just add on Holtz and give Eichel the weapon he needs (so he'll stop doing it by himself).

For CGY, Lafreniere would make them a very dangerous team on the F side. He would probably start on the 3rd line/2nd PP unit from day 1, and make whatever C he's playing with infinitely better. They could roll 3 dangerous scoring lines. Imagine a line of Lafreniere/Ryan or Dube/Bennett could end up being one of the best 3rd lines in the NHL next year (fast and dangerous). With that defensive core, it could immediately vault them into the top of the Western Conference as early as next year. Then, in a few years, Gaudreau can leave via FA, and he would move up in the lineup (right about the time of his contract extension as well.)

Drop the 1st from Buff and they MAY consider it.

That STL trade is absurd.

Would give you Monahan laf and cozens and Dube for centre depth. I mean that is pretty damn good.

Laf isnt a center.
Monahan is a big drop from Eichel
We already have cozens
And Dube is a dime a dozen

So how does our center depth get better?
This is bad for buff

My bad, thought he played centre too. Buffalo needs centre depth. Eichel is great but teams match his line.

There is a very solid chance that Laffy reaches Eichel/Matthews level

I would rather have a 90 point center than a 90 point winger.

I absolutely agree so how does trading him away helpnour center depth?

If laf can’t play centre it doesn’t,

I dont know how we got to this point