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You kinda missed the other piece of reporting as well:
1) Rangers made a formal offer over last season.... and that offer didn't include any of Fox, Laff, Kakko, Miller, or Chytil. IF they weren't there then, they're not there now.
2) The only teams Eichel is willing to go to are Boston and NYR and Boston doesn't have the pieces/cap to seriously get the trade done.
Realistically combine all these ideas together and you're looking at something like
1) Schneider
2) The Rangers 2021 1st
3 + 4) A 1st + Top prospect the Rangers get in exchange for dealing Mika to a 3rd team.
So really we're likely looking at a situation where the Rangers simply swap Mika for Eichel at the cost of a 1st + Schneider for the exchange.