Buffalos asking price for Eichel is revealed

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Created by: sensonfire

Team: 2020-21 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 23, 2021

Published: Mar. 23, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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According to Renaud Lavoie of Sportsnet, the Sabres are asking for some combination of at least 4 of any of the following in any trade for Eichel:

1. first round picks

2. blue-chip prospects that were recently first round picks

3. Young players that are playing like former first round picks in the NHL right now.

In this ACGM post, I dive into what such a trade for Eichel might look like.

The Rangers and the Kings are used as illustrative examples and I tried to create a trade scenario that could be appetizing for both teams.

I was mindful that the Rangers don't want to give up Lafreniere or Kakko.

I was also mindful that the Kings don't want to give up Byfield or Turcotte.

Any Eichel trade will have to take place in the offseason, of course.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/590/writers-bloc/will-cost-team-extract-jack-eichel-sabres/

Enjoy! :D

Trades

BUF

Buchnevich, Pavel
Fox, Adam
2021 1st round pick (NYR)
2022 1st round pick (NYR)
2022 2nd round pick (NYR)
2023 2nd round pick (NYR)

NYR

Eichel, Jack

Additional Details:

What will it cost a team to extract Jack Eichel from the Sabres?

2:15 Audio post from March 19, 2021 from Sportsnet

NHL Insider Renaud Lavoie lays out the price he's heard Buffalo wants in return for their captain, and the need for the Sabres to make a culture change.

BUF

Iafallo, Alex
Vilardi, Gabriel
2021 1st round pick (LAK)
2022 1st round pick (LAK)
2022 2nd round pick (LAK)
2023 2nd round pick (LAK)

Additional Details:

Because he's a pending UFA, the signing rights to Iafallo would be traded to Buffalo before July 1st. Since Iafallo is a Buffalo native, I can imagine he would be one of the few players in the NHL who would be open to playing for the Sabres.

LAK

Eichel

Buyouts

Cody Hodgson: $791,667
Christian Ehrhoff: $0

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
24	$81,500,000	$71,264,958	$1,487,500	$6,037,500	$10,235,042

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hall, Taylor $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW NMC UFA - 1	Vilardi, Gabriel $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, C RFA - 2	Reinhart, Sam $5,200,000$5,200,000 RW UFA - 1
Olofsson, Victor $3,050,000$3,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Iafallo, Alex $2,425,000$2,425,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Buchnevich, Pavel $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 7	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 3	Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3
Sheahan, Riley $700,000$700,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Staal, Eric $1,625,000$1,625,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1
		Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Montour, Brandon $3,850,000$3,850,000 RD UFA - 1	Fox, Adam $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD UFA - 2	Hutton, Carter $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 1
Dahlin, Rasmus $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) LD/RD UFA - 1	Ristolainen, Rasmus $5,400,000$5,400,000 RD UFA - 2	Tokarski, Dustin $725,000$725,000 G UFA - 2
Bryson, Jacob $889,166$889,166 LD/RD RFA - 2	Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Eakin, Cody $2,250,000$2,250,000 C UFA - 2	McCabe, Jake $2,850,000$2,850,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 3
Jokiharju, Henri $925,000$925,000 ($637,500$638K) RD RFA - 1	Ullmark, Linus $2,600,000$2,600,000 G UFA - 1
Mittelstadt, Casey $874,125$874,125 LW, C RFA - 1	Borgen, William $864,166$864,166 RD UFA - 1
Asplund, Rasmus $845,000$845,000 LW, C RFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Lazar, Curtis $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW, C UFA - 2
Rieder, Tobias $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW, LW UFA - 1
Irwin, Matt $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD/RD UFA - 1
Houser, Michael $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 1
Fogarty, Steven $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) C, RW UFA - 1
Smith, C.J. $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW UFA - 1
Davidson, Brandon $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 1

Mar. 23, 2021 at 4:44 p.m.

#26

SalamiCheese

Joined: Jul. 2018

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Quoting: sabres89

The first in 22 and 23 are appealing, the firsts in 21 are less so. The only adavantage to 21 firsts is that they are sooner and you can kinda ballpark where they might end up. I genuinely hate lists like this, where you tick off things that dont fit but meet the criteria. Not all drafts are equal, not all former firsts are all stars in the making, not all prospects are equal. Lists are dumb. What makes sense?

Why are 22 and 23 so attractive if they are likely to be late firsts? I'd take one first round of 21 and proven prospects/players than this picks.

Mar. 23, 2021 at 5:29 p.m.

#27

sabres89

Joined: Feb. 2017

Posts: 8,259

Likes: 6,242

Quoting: SalamiCheese

Why are 22 and 23 so attractive if they are likely to be late firsts? I'd take one first round of 21 and proven prospects/players than this picks.

Drafts are supposed to be much much better. I think literally the only thing 21 has going for it is that its sooner. Theres no consensus #1, michigan has like 4 guys that might go top 10 picks, i think the ceilings on these top 10 picks are like 'middle 6 center' and 'middle pair d'. Thats why you see a lot of '21 first, and 22 second' from other teams fans. Just adding perspective here, i dont want you to think that an early first this year is a super high value asset, its all relative.

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