bustaheims said:
Nik said:
Tuch, Smith, Janmark, Krebs and a 1st would be, I think, considerably worse than anyone thought Buffalo would do for Eichel and quite a bit less than they were supposedly holding out for.
Yeah. If Vegas expects them to take on that much risk in terms of the full return - who knows what they might get for Janmark and Smith at the deadline (we're likely talking mid-round picks if they're even moved - Buffalo also takes on the risk of injuries destroying their trade value) - they need to add a fair amount of value to that deal.
I feel like this is partially on them for not dealing him earlier. At this point in time with how they handled his injury situation and everything his value is only going to go lower the longer they hold off. Also even when healthy when a disgruntled star like Eichel is traded they rarely ever get "full" value, it's usually a 4 quarters for a dollar type thing.
This package here gives them more or less the equivalent of three 1st round draft picks (the actual 1st, Krebs a recent 1st round pick who is progressing well, and Tuch who I think on the market now would return a 1st round pick), plus maybe eventually a 2nd rounder and a 5th rounder for Smith and Janmark respectively at the deadline. I mean sure it's not great but it's not like there's a line of teams outside Buffalo's office trying to offer more.
There's also the fact that any time acquiring him is taking a pretty massive risk too not exactly knowing what kind of player they're going to get in a post-surgery Eichel.
