Rejoint: juin 2017
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Not sure why this deal is being criticized so much, Fiala is probably our best player (if not a very close second to Kaprizov), and I see him scoring 30 goals in an 82 game season. If you made it Kahkonen and not Talbot, I think the Sabres would have to think about that. That said, I could see the Kings, Rangers, and even Canes offering better packages.
The problem is that to get Eichel, it will almost certainly take Fiala or Kaprizov with quality picks/prospects, but in doing that is Eichel really in a better situation than the one he is leaving in Buffalo? I know our team is winning, but talent-for-talent we're probably pretty equal to the Sabres after this trade. Eichel would have to be patient for our forward prospects to develop.