I wrote this a few months ago in the other Eichel thread. It was in response to a solid Rangers’ offer that Buffalo would likely not accept.
It's not the holistic offer, and that's the point that you, and a lot of Rangers fans on this thread, are missing. You don't understand where this team came form, or its organizational memory, and that's why your offers don't make sense and won't fly.
The owners of the team know that centers are extremely hard to find. They bought the Sabres after the previous management bumbled the negotiations for Drury and Briere and lost them both to free agency. That gutted the team. Despite having all world talents like Miller, Vanek, Pominville, and a Calder Trophy winning Tyler Myers, they got bounced from the 1st round in 2010 and 2011, and couldn't make the playoffs in 2012 and 2013.
The tank in Buffalo wasn't about a full rebuild. It was about acquiring the world class centers needed to put together a competitive team. Look at what they did. In a calendar year, the team acquired Ryan O'Reilly and drafted Sam Reinhart and Jack Eichel. That was the course correction.
The previous GM, Jason Botterill, foolishly pissed away O'Reilly to St. Louis for magic beans under the name of roster construction and depth. That back fired and gutted the organization.
I don't think they trade Eichel, at least willingly, because of that history. The current GM, Kevyn Adams, isn't an outsider to the history. He was an assistant coach during the 2012-13 failed runs to make the playoffs without good centers. He knows how the team got gutted with the O'Reilly move. He knows that trading Eichel will gut the team. If you knowingly do that, you MUST get a center back who is in the blue chip territory. He won't trade Eichel for help now and organizational depth.
If LA puts Turcotte on the table, that's going to beat the Rangers' offer unless they put LaFreniere on the table. Buffalo isn't playing a game of cumulative offer - Adams is going to want a future franchise center or a top line play driver like LaFreniere. The Rangers offer is good, but as soon as Turcotte or Byfield (I assume LA will offer Turcotte) is on the table, the Sabres are more likely to take that deal.
Your proposed deal:
Chytil
Kravtsov
Schneider
2021 - 1st round pick
What LA could offer to beat it:
Turcotte
Vilardi
Bjornfot
2021 1st