OgeeOgelthorpe
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- Feb 29, 2020
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I get where you are coming from and mostly agree but at the end of the day I wouldn’t fret any of these other prospects when trading for a guy of the eichels caliber. A couple points:
1) we are getting a top 10 Center back so I’m less worried about total value going the other way.
2) with Eichel/Larkin/Ras down the middle I don’t see as much need for Veleno.
3) similar on wing, with Vrana, Raymond, Bert and to a lesser extent Fabbri I don’t see much need for Berggren.
4) we still have some other intriguing prospects like Mastrosimone, Bradley, soderblom, etc. No sure bets but some pieces in the pipeline.
5) we still have a late 1st, two seconds, a bunch of late picks and all future picks.
at the end of the day, we’d have an excellent young core, and lots of future pieces to work with so if takes Berggren, Veleno and even one more pick, I do that all day long.
Some people have brought up Eichel’s injuries which is a fair concern but all trades are pending a physical so assuming our doctors will sign off on Eichel, I jump at this.
Veleno will be better than Ras. Book it.
Also Berggren has the makings of a guy who could get you 50 to 70 points in a season. You'd take Bert and Fabbri over that? Guys that get you 40 to 50 points a season? It's not like they're all stars.