woahhh, i think if buff doesnt send the first its a deal.

Hischier, Foote and NJD's 1st is a good BASIS for Eichel. Don't expect them to add their 8th overall though

That Sergachev contract buys exactly zero UFA years and he can just walk at the end of it

Yup, very good starting point if you remove 8OA coming from Buffalo.

Buffalo doesn’t give up 8th overall in any case, but they probably won’t be trading Eichel anyway.

Honestly I'd prefer to send Hughes instead of Hischier in this deal. Jack has much higher upside than Nico but obviously had a dissapointing rookie year so not sure how Buffalo would value them. But from Devils perspective I'd much rather have Nico as a 2nd line center where he can thrive as a 2 way forward than Jack, who would really suffer from losing major PP and 5v5 ice time with Eichel above him on the depth chart.