23 Jun 2021 21:40:08
To Buffalo : 12th Overall Selection, Dustin Wolf, Ryan Francis, Connor Zary, Juuso Valimaki and Mikael Backlund

To Calgary : Jack Eichel


Their asking price is a 1st, top 6 f, top 6 d, and 2 prospects. So I think this offered would hold up but might get outbid by LA.


Johnny Gaudreau - Jack Eichel - Elias Lindholm
Andrew Mangiapane - Sean Monahan - Matthew Tkachuk
Jakob Pelletier - Adam Ruzicka - Dillon Dube.

23 Jun 2021 23:03:55
As you say quality not quantity. 12OA is good, Zary is a late first, Valimaki really hasn’t been impressive in the NHL and the rest is 2 late round prospects and a player who Buffalo has no use for.

23 Jun 2021 23:16:50
That’s pretty interesting, but I feel like Backlund isn’t really anything that Buffalo wants. I think if Eichel goes one way, Monahan goes the other way, and then you drop like Wolf from the package. Monahan (after a down year) + Zary + Valimaki and 12 probably holds up well, but the issue is both ANA/ LA. If ANA ponies up Zegras or Drysdale like its reported and LA offers whatever they can (Any combo of their young forwards/ dmen - Byfield, Turcotte, Vilardi, Anderson-Dolan, Bjornfort, Durzi, etc etc) those two probably beat any offer on the table. Its probably going to be an overpaymenr for Eichel, but its going to a be an absolute colossal package considering the amount of assets those two teams have to offer up.

23 Jun 2021 23:43:32
Thats 6 peices for 1, I just don't see that happening. Teams can also only have so many contracts ect .
I think in order got Calgary to get Eichel, some valuable NHL players are going to have to go the other way.
Maybe a large package that brings on Eichel and Risto, with Someone like Tkachuk and others going the other way. Hannifan has been getting better, but may be someone that Sabres would want in the deal?
I think those 2 Flames and the 1st and Zary could get this done?


Could another scenario for Eichel be. ya you can have him a little cheaper but your taking Skinner and his contract as well?

24 Jun 2021 01:53:13
Take out Ryan Francais, Backlund and Wolf they hold no value. “Wolf holds more value to Calgary. ” Tkachuk, Zary and 12th overall.

24 Jun 2021 03:26:08
No Eichel please. Especially not without a 100% clean bill of health from the Flames doctors after successful neck surgery/ rehab or whatever winds up happening.

Even with a clean bill of health IMO Eichel is vastly overrated. He's never lived up to the hype around him.

Still with a clean bill of health I could probably learn to live with Casual's proposal. If Buffalo wants Monahan instead of Backlund then forget it unless Zary and more are taken out of the deal.


Really though the Flames would be far better off targeting Reinhart in a trade for Monahan. Reinhart can play RW (Calgary's big need) or center. That gives them a lot of options for the top 2 lines. Just a couple examples:

Johnny Gaudreau - Elias Lindholm - Matthew Tkachuk
Andrew Mangiapane - Sam Reinhart - Dillon Dube

Johnny Gaudreau - Elias Lindholm - Sam Reinhart
Matthew Tkachuk - Mikael Backlund - Andrew Mangiapane

Reinhart is on record saying he doesn't want to go through another rebuild and he's an RFA now. So yes he's available and he can probably be signed for about what Monahan makes making it an easy deal to put together as far as cap is concerned.

And no the Flames aren't trading Tkachuk, nor would they want Ristolainen.

24 Jun 2021 11:15:49
@tss I actually agree with that, I was going to add Monahan instead of Backlund but I wasn’t too sure. Thanks for replying!