Why wouldn’t vegas just go after Eichel if 3/5 of the pieces you are using are from them….

probably cause of the 10 million dollar price range and term on eichels contract. Vegas is already in cap hell. also the idea behind any three way trade proposed is that the third team is interested in a piece from the team getting eichel that would help facilitate the trade. Vegas isnt trading for Eichel they are trading for Monahan. what the flames do with the assets they acquire for Monahan has nothing to do with Vegas

I mean OP has Buffalo retaining on Eichel for 5 years but isn't retaining on Monahan at all. Basically there's a 2.5M cap hit difference which is very small compared to the difference in skill.

The package for Eichel isn't enough especially if you're wanting Buffalo to retain.

fair enough but in no realistic trade will buffalo retain anything on eichel. they wont pay eichel to play against them for the next 5 years. 2.5 million is also a substantial amount in todays cap. you can get very serviceable 3rd liner for that price.

I think they might retain on Eichel but the offer would have to blow them away.

They aren't likely to be a playoff team as long as they have Skinner's 9M cap hit playing in the bottom 6.