Lenny7
Rejoint: janv. 2017
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It's not that Anaheim wouldn't give up Zegras for PLD, it's that they won't give him up.
I think the easiest way to talk about this is like this-
Anaheim finished 2nd worst in the NHL this year. They are (easily) 2 years away from being anywhere close to competitive. Trading 2 of their top 3 youngsters, plus 3 OA, all to finish 6th-7th-8th worst instead of 2nd worst makes zero sense at all. Add to that the fact that there's nothing saying that Eichel won't use his NMC to handcuff the team after (yet another) non-playoff year, and demand his way out. No need to discuss the injury, as there's quite literally nobody around that knows how that'll play out.
I don't know...if you were Buffalo and you didn't have Eichel, would you trade Cozens, Quinn, 1OA, Tage, and whoever for a player that is very, very good, but doesn't get you anywhere close to the playoffs? Doesn't seem like the smartest plan, IMO.