Quoting: delneggs
You're asking the wrong "what if". The real questions is this.....what if Jack Eichel were actually worth 4, 1st round pieces like Adams wants? Wouldn't he have been traded by now? Why haven't the Kings jumped at the chance to give up 4, 1st rounders for him? Jack is sooooo good and worth at least 4, first rounders, ask any Buffalo fan.....so why is he still a Saber? Why hasn't Anaheim jumped at the chance to give up 4 first rounders for Jack? Why haven't the Ranger's jumped at the chance to give up 4 first rounders for him?????? Why hasn't ANY TEAM jumped at the chance to give up 4 first rounders for Jack Eichel???? The answer is......HE ISN'T WORTH THAT MUCH, EVEN WHEN HE'S HEALTHY.....AND HE'S NOT HEALTHY. Buffalo's GM is out of his mind.
That is a boat load for jack.
I seriously doubt Drury would make an offer even close to that.
More than likely it would be Strome, Chytil (or Kravtsov), Georgiev, 2022 first and second.
On the other hand this is a quiet time in the NHL and historically few trades are made now.
You also cannot say with certainty that every one of those teams
HAVE NOT MADE an offer that meet those conditions and Karmanos is considering offers.
But to your point which you will disagree, he is not worth 4 4th OA picks, but he is worth more than 4 20th OA picks.
EDM, NYR and MTL will all be close to the 20th OA.
To put that in perspective If I as an NHL GM had the 20th, 21st and 22nd OA and offered them to a team with the 2nd OA, historically most NHL GM's would say no to that trade.
To further that point if I also had the 23rd and 24th in addition to the 20th, 21st and 22nd OA , the team with the first OA would probably not take those five picks for a first OA.
You can go to https://www.broadstreethockey.com/2013/4/25/4262594/nhl-draft-pick-value-trading-up to see what value GM put on draft picks.