If Eichel Requested Trade

How can Blues ever afford this though?

Make it a 2nd and it would be tempting honestly. Losing Thomas would hurt. He’s gonna be a superstar, possibly in the same stratosphere as even Eichel. I think if we could substitute Thomas with Blais then keep the pick a 1st would be less painful. I think the value may not be as much as Thomas and a 2nd, but it would be close along with the rest of your package there.

So Dunn, Blais, Kostin and a 1st would be more palatable , especially since Eichel would be requesting the trade in this hypothetical.

What are you talking about lmao this package is nothing for Eichel, Blues take that and run away. Eichel is in another league than Thomas, Thomas is very good but not even close than Eichel

Good grief

1- Eichel is not being traded
2- this package wouldn’t even be close

Thomas is 20 years old to Eichel’s 23. Eichel was not Eichel today at 20 if I’m not mistaken. Thomas in 3 years will be in the same league as Eichel, imo. If not, pretty darn close. Thomas’ 2 more years of ELC sure is nice too as opposed to a 10M AAV when that would obviously mean Pietrangelo is no longer a Blue. Obviously Eichel is an MVP type player and the original trade is pretty fair but considering Thomas’ potential is what makes it difficult is all I’m saying on top of the likelihood of losing Captain Pietrangelo. Even with all that, even I admit it would nice consolation.