Canucks say no thanks

Jack Eichel and his herniated disc in his neck, you'd be lucky to get 1/4 of his asking price.

Fairly routine injury with a safe fix (there's a reason Eichel wants surgery and not rehab) with a near 100% success rate and extremely low recurrence rate. This is an incredible lazy or ignorant take.

Dude when it comes to a herniated disc in the neck, There's no such thing as a safe fix. It's a very serious procedure and to say that it's a incredible lazy or ignorant take. Show's how little you know.

Van easily declines

"This reduces the pressure on the cervical nerves, leading to long-term stability. These outcomes are overall very positive with 80 percent of players that have this procedure return to play with no discernible change in the quality of play. Most return to play within 9 months, though this was between a variety of professional sports. Hockey players can return sooner with research indicating that a player in the study returned in 6.7 months, though there is not widespread research regarding the normative values to return in hockey specifically. General rehab protocols allow return to sport at 6+ months, but that timeline could vary based on the doctor and recovery process.

"Failure rates for ACDF vary anywhere from 2.1 percent to 9.13 percent for a single level in the general population which is rather low. For athletes specifically, it is reported at 5.8 percent.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29977944/

I think the term and cap hit attached to eichel along with a lack of accomplishments hurts his value a lot more than the injury really doubt that’s going to play any factor it’s correctable. I think this eichel trade is wishful thinking I personally wouldn’t move turcotte