Quoting: Imagine875948
Might wanna read what ricochetii said above. I agree with him completely
Quoting: Kotkaniemi15
Obviously none of these teams would ever do this. Caufield is more valuable to Montréal than the rest of the league, since he’s as cheap as they get, nearly as young as they get, and exactly what the habs need.
Quoting: ricochetii
People act like Caufield is the next Kucherov. I sincerely hope so, but it's far from guaranteed. He doesn't have that kind of trade value yet.
If you're looking at an elite player that fills a need, and Caufield is necessary to make it happen, it's possible to trade him. Doesn't matter if people don't like it, that's the truth.
Montreal simply doesn't have a need significant enough to consider trading him any more. Maybe before Dvorak there was a possibility, but that door is closed.
I think there’s also another way of putting it:
I wouldn’t trade Caufield (not a MTL fan so this is an outside opinion) - for Eichel.
Caufield is in a value period similar to Makar’s early appearances (which was also playoffs similar to Makar). Not many prospects experience this phase. He’s in this foggy middle period where he has NHL playoff experience which is super valuable yet basically no actual NHL experience. Even more so they both played amazing. So he’s:
A unproven commodity
With proven superstar potential (more than just an opinion but it’s now something tangible which we all saw from both of them in the hardest games of the year, playoffs)
And yet has zero NHL resume (under 20 NHL games) to warrant being a safe bet
I would not move Caufield for really any other prospect except for stupid value returns like Shane Wright (not even an NHLer yet). Maybe someone like Byfield (im a huge fan of byfield). But realistically Caufield is only moving for a safe elite return package. So as I said, im not moving Caufield for Eichel because imo that’s not a safe package. He’s elite but why would I gamble on a 10mil contract when im already super tight for cap. So any package you’re moving Caufield in is gonna be stupid in terms of; why would I move Caufield if I believe he’s gonna become Elite for anything less than elite, while fully understanding Caufield is a gamble/ unproven.