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Genuinely hilarious takes from Hawks fans in here. I watch Kirby play, I dont mean to burst your bubble but Kirby will never be as good as Jack Eichel was in the 2019-20 season. He is in the matt duchene tier of centers, the type of players that consistently put up around 60-70 points per season but never much more. Jack Eichel is far more with over 100 points a season as his peak. Boqvist is a really good A- level offensive defenseman young player, but him + Dach and that first while also getting off the Connolly contract is far more than fair value for the Hawks. The only point of contention i have is just that Eichel doesnt fix our problems, if Eichel was say, Zach Werenski, an elite #1 two way defenseman, Id be far more willing to make a move like this (with less value going to CBJ than Buffalo would get) but the reason is because our issues are not scoring and offense, its defense. We are the worst team in the league at allowing shot attempts and were heavily bailed out by an insane start to the season from Lankinen. But looking at the value here, Dach is not Jack Eichel, and he frankly, never will be and considering hes not even a guarantee to hit even prime Duchene level, the 11th pick and Boqvist is absolutely fair value for Eichel alongside Dach