Quoting: West_Virginia_Take_Me_Home
1 player isn't handing us the cup. You got 2 mid level forwards and two draft picks. You've yet to see how the draft picks have played out but its a revolving door in buffalo. Players do not want to play there which is why the trade happened in the first place. O'Reilly was unhappy there and Buffalo needed to net a return for him, in essence it was a buyers market. And go figure you made Berglund quit. Now you're looking to move Eichel because management has no idea what they're doing. The Ryan Miller trade arguably cost us a cup, he never showed up and played.
Let’s break it down shall we:
Berglund never wanted to leave St Louis, and you used a loophole while he was updating his no trade list to send him here. He never wanted to come here. He quit before he even showed up. In fact, thank god he quit or we’d still be on the hook for that insane $3.25 million a year deal you gave him.
Sabotka was an overpaid 4th liner. He’s out of the league now for a reason.
Thompson was a mid level prospect that the Blues sold off as the key piece of the deal. He hasn’t developed, but you dumped him because you figured he wasn’t going to.
Sure, the 1st had value even when it dropped as far as it could. But that’s nothing when you consider the player you were handed in exchange for overpaid grinders who can’t skate, score, or even play. Team management has been pretty astoundingly bad, but god awful trades like this one set us back 5 years by itself.