Why wouldn't Buffalo just trade with Washington directly and keep Kuznetsov and the other pieces??

Rask is not a positive value, I dont understand this trade at all

Or why doesn't MN just trade for Eichel themselves with a similar or better offer?

Sabres easily decline

NTC

they would probably need to move Rossi and or boldy to land eichel

there to even the salary cap

& wild rather do that. Wild gm has been getting rid of bad characters from Minnesota wild lockeroom


Much like he had zero interest in Sean Monahan with wild needing C's, he's not having any interest/ or adding bad characters player like Kuznetsov to wild


Bill Guerin came to wild to fix the lockeroom, & he's not adding on it by bringing this guy in

This guy would clash so very quickly with wild coach dean evason whose very nonsense, & if you aren't doing the right thing on , & off the ice or in lockeroom room, you are getting rid of

Eric Staal: traded because he became part of country club atmosphere

Greg pateryn: traded because he was disliked by players/ staff, . Coaching staff wanted him off team & also was causing trouble in lockeroom


Parise: benched / did for caring more about stats than winning, & recently after being totally benched, his agent had to meet with team

Sturm: rookie who was struggling / got away from his game, instead of playing 8-10min a night, was benched for 3 games to work off the ice with coaches to get better

Making it comparable to what WSH is spending to get Eichel MN would just add Marat K + Kahkonen + 2nd. Rossi and Bodly are far better prospects than the ones WSH is giving up.

Washington should add more to both teams.
Add 2022 1st to Buffalo
Retain some salary to MIN and send pick their way

Buffalo doesn't need help with the cap if they are trading Eichel they will have plenty of space

more so for MIN

Minnesota is taking on a higher cap hit in your proposed trade

If you open his page it says he has a list of nine teams he can't be traded to. No reason Buffalo has to be one of them.