Quoting: BrodinCheerD
This is an absolute heck no from Minnesota. Eichel needs to come back and prove himself
Never before in professional sports is a team trading superstar gets this kind of pieces
Wild say absolutely not . You aren't getting greenway, dumba, marco rossi, & two 1st round piece for eichel, sorry nope. Minnesota walks away
Eichel isn't worth that. Untom Eichel can prove he can lead a fraction like buffalo, no plus he's essentially shut down for year due to injury
I read an interesting article on
The Hockey News website about a possible Eichel trade: essentially, the market is going to dictate what the Sabres would receive. While many Sabres fans would love to receive a Byfield, a Zegres, a Lafreniere, the likelyhood of the Ducks, Kings and Rangers being willing to deal any of those three is extremely slim. The Sabres are, unfortunately, in an extremely difficult position. I do not have a horse in this race, but I honestly think that, if Eichel
does request a trade (honestly, he hasn't yet and there is no telling if he is even interested in being traded), he may not fetch as much as everyone seems to think he will.
I am by no means saying that he is not worth it. But everyone also has not taken into account a salary cap system that has been severely affected by Covid: with a flat cap, this deal will likely also have to involve the Sabres taking on money. A deal for a bunch of high level prospects or other $10 million dollar players is extremely unlikely: there is just no way teams that have $10 million dollar players either a.) want to trade them, or b.) are being pressured by those very players to leave the team.
To suggest that this is a bad deal for the Sabres, or that they could get more, is essentially being ignorant to the many other variables at play when determininga trade. The Wild, who are actually a
really good team this year, are essentially hedging their bets that adding Eichel while subtracting Dumba, Greenway, Rossi, and Rask will make them better (plus Pittsburgh's 1st, which I think would be mid-round or even lottery). I do not think they get that for him. That's just my opinion.
It's not a fun position for the Sabres or their fans to be in, and I empathize with that. It hasn't been fun there in a while and I know that's awful. Better days are ahead: just by the laws of probability, they have to be.