Quoting: KINGS67
So you think a guy who hasn’t proven himself yet, an older guy on a bad contract, and a guy who may never reach the NHL is worth eichel AND jokiharju... This wouldn’t be close.
I think Fox on his own has
more value/$$ than Eichel...
Right now Fox and Eichel have about equal on ice value. We have a lot of things that show this. Going back to the beginning of last year, both the GAR and xGAR models have Fox as a more valuable player at even strength. Dom Luszczyszyn's GSVA metric puts Fox and Eichel as equals. https://theathletic.com/2319888/2021/02/17/nhl-2020-21-player-value-projections/
So they're putting up equal on-ice value. Meanwhile, Fox is a combined 18 mil cheaper for the next 2 seasons, and likely can be signed long term at a rate cheaper than Eichel. Historically, trading 6 mil in cap space roughly gets you about a 1st. 9 mil gets you more than that. 9 mil for 2 years? A **** ton more.
So yeah Fox = Eichel on the ice. Fox >>>> Eichel in a trade.
Not sure why you're putting down Kakko who has had a pretty great year. I mean just to compare with someone like Jack Hughes.
And he's driving play... towards the top of the league in shot generation. I mean he compares pretty nicely thus far to another big winger picked high in the draft
Gotta start watching the games bud...there's a lot more here than just counting the numbers in the points column.