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Just reading this, and seeing the thousands of eichel offers, just wanted to point out that- left d is a position that is not valued highly, which makes it tough for a team that wants to move a piece like girardi for futures. Not that colorado wants to move him, but he has value and his salary being moved would make sense at least. The sabres have drafted two left d first overall in like 4 years, plus 3 of their top prospects are left d- but the majority of trades include a left d, which of course the other team is "reluctant" to give up, when even a quick glance at the sabres organizational depth chart says- these guys need high end forwards, not left d. I know that the op recognized that and tried to add a third team, to trade girard for a young higher end forward who would make sense for buffalo. And the result is predictable, nobody wants the young top 4 (maybe top pair) left d, signed cheap, if it costs a forward who could score 20 goals on a second line some day. Just felt like i needed to point that out, dont know why. Also, if its me, the cost of retaining 10 million in salary, is 2 firsts. You could possibly talk me into a first and a mix of second and prospects, but roughly, its 2 firsts. And nobody is selling cap space. Its gonna cost.