Rakell (TDL bait, 1st+ value), Comtois (former first), 2023 First, 2022 2nd, Lundestrom (a top prospect who’s playing well) as the only assets I’d want to see moved if I was a Ducks fan. Maybe Steel.
(Not saying Buffalo takes it or anything)

I know you're not saying Buffalo takes it, but there's no Eichel trade to any team that doesn't have the 2022 first. Buffalo wants players to grow with Cozens and Dahlin/Power as soon as possible. Maybe you get away with only one 1st round pick, but I can almost guarantee it's not going to be the 2023 one.

Yup but if I’m Anaheim I know I’m not giving up my 2022 first. Eichels not healthy and my team is not amazing. I could legitimately draft Wright this year. And if I’m Anaheim I do not consider losing Wright. Under any circumstance. I would only trade the 2022 pick for Eichel if that pick is top 5 protected. I would consider adding then. That’s why I showed that I would send a unprotected 2023 first.

I hear you. So maybe there's a condition on the pick for a lottery win. But I don't think it's realistic for any team that --legitimately-- wants Eichel to say they won't give up their 2022. Gotta imagine Buffalo will be happy coming away with anywhere in the 3-7 range in 2022.

Yes, Eichel isn't healthy, and there's risk involved in trading for him. But how many prospects/rookies actually (as unbiased as you can) have a ceiling that Eichel does and has shown at the NHL level? For full transparency I'm a Kings fan. I think Byfield scratches the very bottom of that list, and I think Wright makes that list. So my list is currently 1.5 players. Outside of that?? Absolutely none of the other Kings prospects make it. I don't think Zegras makes it, as electric as he is. I certainly don't think Krebs makes it. Rossi certainly doesn't either.

As much as Buffalo fans can get a little ahead of themselves with their asks, I can't help but laugh at all these teams suddenly having prospects that are untouchable for a guy like Eichel. There's just as much risk, if not more, that the prospect doesn't live up to anything near a top flight center, much less a top-5 one. Same goes for Byfield.

Ah well. I'm just enjoying watching the fireworks. With Danaults signing, the Kings essentially walked out of the Eichel budding war, so I mostly don't have to worry about a stupid trade getting rid of our depth in prospects/picks/talent.

I mean I do like Lundestrom for BUF, I can’t think Zegras would be involved tho I agree with fans in that. You’re getting Eichel to play with Zegras basically so if you lose Zegras there’s little point.

Imo, you have to involve that teams point of view. I think there’s a world where the Kings would involve Byfield but I wouldn’t. And clearly they wouldn’t. Part of the asking Buffalo is demanding is almost unplayable by the elite teams so you have rebuilders bidding on Eichel who want their top prospects they slaved for, and the others are desperate like Vegas who also is quite poor towards Buffalos ask. So you have teams with prospects who have prospects they just can’t afford to lose and teams with maybe not the right amount/ quality of pieces tryna bundle something together.

If Vegas gets Eichel without moving Krebs, I can’t see many ways of Buffalo “winning” the trade.

100% agree with all that you wrote. It's why I, as a Kings fan, want Anaheim to trade for him. I get why fans don't want him involved, and if they can do it without Zegras, good for them, but those two are going to have so little support with no help incoming. =p

As far as the Kings, they were one of the few teams that made sense with their absurd stockpile of prospects. Even if Turcotte and another couple of top guys went the other way, you still have Byfield and Kaliyev. If Byfield went, you likely have another 1st staying in LA, and you've got Turcotte still. So much support for Eichel even after the trade. I'd personally rather see how the kids develop, which us why I'm glad the Kings aren't really an option anymore.

And it's a clear loss for the Sabers if they can't get Krebs out of Vegas. The dude was picked in the teens and has shown little to nothing at the NHL level. Buffalo can't accept that he's untouchable.

IMO, no team with cap...like Anaheim are giving up a possible top 5 pick and more for Eichel. They keep their picks and spend 10m on UFAs instead of one Eichel.

Vegas’s problem is they actually suck at drafting and developing players thus far. They dealt away Suzuki who is the only player they drafted that has excelled so far, although it’s not really fair to fully assess their entire program in only 4 years. Glass was a bust to this point and they dealt him for Nolan Patrick who is another project player, but I like him still. Outside of Krebs they really don’t have any young forwards that they feel good about. He may not be NHL ready at this point, but that doesn’t make him a bust yet.

Adam Henrique, Max Jones, Sam Steel, Brayden Tracey, 2023 first-round draft pick.

After Eichel has his operation and passes a physical.

Would Henrique waive his 10 team no-trade list if the Sabres were on that list?

Hard to speculate, but I think that once guys get here, they're loath to leave Southern California.