Confirmed Trade: [BUF/VGK] Jack Eichel, c.'23 3rd for Alex Tuch, Peyton Krebs, c.'22 1st (Top10 protected), c.'23 2nd
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Did you add the $1m bump to cap? It's expected to be $82.5m. Otherwise, they'll have to do what TB does & buy LTIR space.
You can have Weber for a top 10 protected 1st.
Ah, good call, no I did not factor in the cap bump. I was tinkering while in a work meeting.
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nah this was always about where it would be,
based on precedent, plus the extenuating factors of Cap Hit and injury
I am not an 'i told you so' kinda guy, but, basing it objectively and from experience,
I had been replying consistently in all these threads that deal would look something like this:
A proven young top player (Tuch...), a blue-chip prospect (Krebs...) a 1st, and a sweetener (in this case, the Vegas 2 for the Buff 3rd)
this is what high-end deals look like in NHL
all the folks posting over-the-top NBA-style deals were guessing, or feeding on the hype
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Eichel was showing his frustration more and more year in year out, as the Sabres could not provide playoff contention. He has zero motivation in that dressing room. A change of scenery will do wonders for him. I think now he'll become the Jack Eichel we all wanted to see and perform greatly as the new face of the franchise for Vegas. I think surgery won't hold him back.
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Buffalo must really, really be high on Krebs. I thought this offer would have been beat but shows what I know I guess.
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Is it safe to start hollering about "Cap Circumvention!!!" yet? That's a $90+ million team right there
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Those other ones are good offers, but this one would have been legitimately insane. Sabres fans were really turning up their nose at two potential franchise players? I'm going to need receipts on that one.
Now seeing the financial breakdown on cap friendly, that's 16 players under contract (though for some reason CF has them at 11) next year at nearly 79 million.
Holeeeey shit. That's going to be a squeeze.
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For sure. I'm not so much worried about him being rushed as much as the level of player he is.
I think Krebs might develop into a nice 2C, and I think Sabres fans who are well-versed in the way this trade developed are cool with that. But I think from casual fans and shock-jock types in the media, you're going to get a lot of "This is the guy we got for Eichel?" who don't understand that, while Peyton is a solid, industrious player, he'll never be in the same realm as Jack.
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makes you wonder if there were better offers on the table that they just didnt like as much?
I don’t understand why Buffalo waited this long if this was all they could get. This level return or better has been rumored to be available for awhile. It’s terrible for Eichel that he had to put off surgery and it’s annoying for USA hockey that he probably won’t be able to play in the olympics this year
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I really like their D especially the top 4.
A pretty top heavy team up front. Dadanov sucks, horrible signing. They're not going to steamroll anyone except the basement teams.
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So what cap space does Vegas have for this?
Or will they be making a TB and Kucherov like move, and only take him off the LTIR at the start of the playoffs?
Or will they be making a TB and Kucherov like move, and only take him off the LTIR at the start of the playoffs?
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And in everyone of those threads people were telling Sabres fans they were delusional. This deal is fine for people that were dealing with reality.
I mean, none of us know what really went on other than Eichel is very talented, disgruntled and injured. I'm sure those three factors had a lot to do with any trade talks and what was offered.
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