Quoting: wabit
/shrug. I think it would be one or the other, not both also. But really if it costs 2 top-50 prospects (as the main part) for 5+ years Eichel then it's something that isn't bad. It's not much different than the Rossi/Boldy + 2 1sts that has been thrown around already. Either way that is 3 1st rounders going back to BUF. It's not a deal I like, but Rossi and Boldy would have to hit the top of their ceilings for MN to "lose" that trade.
Really 5 years of Fiala, Kaprizov, Eichel, JEE, and Greenway (MN would have to go 7-3 and trade/lose Dumba) with Addison/Menell, Brodin, Suter, and Spurgeon opens up a nice Cup window immediately. A Rossi/Boldy window Cup might open up in a couple of years and then everyone is older.
Exactly my thought. Giving up your top 2 prospects is always going to hurt and be hard to do. Having Dumba in the deal solves an expansion issue and helps acquire a top of the league C and also helps make the cap work when you're acquiring a 10M player. If you could keep Boldy in this deal and have maybe Khovanov instead that would be ideal for Minnesota but that would be part of the negotiations if the actually GM's were tinkering with this framework. Like you said, Boldy and Rossi have to hit their ceiling for this to be a loss for Minessota and even then it could just make it a trade that works for both teams. This would make Minnesota immediate contenders and capitalize on a window that still uses Zucc, Parise, Suter.
Protect: Eichel, Ek, Fiala, Parise (NMC), Zucc (NMC), Greenway, and Foligno or Rask. Suter (NMC), Spurgeon (NMC), Brodin (NMC). Kahkonnen. That leaves one of Rask, Foligno, Talbot to be taken in expansion clearing somewhere between 3.1M and 4M in additional salary. This will allow them enough space to re-sign Kaprisov, Fiala, EK.