We went from elite to great. There’s few greats. A player like a Pettersson comes along and may be available, a team like the Isles needs to make that move. You take the risk, that’s what Vegas did. My reference to Eichel was less his Buffalo situation, more on his neck surgery - Vegas was willing to take him on (and he didn’t even play post-acquisition) for the upside. There was a lot of downside too.
Horvat already knows whether he’s the right guy or wrong guy or the problem.
Who knows what the issue really is, but Miller has a past of not getting along with teammates under the guise of being ‘competitive’ - maybe some players just don’t jive with that behavior and it impacts how they play.
I would make Barzal or Dobson the focus of that deal. Even better is Isles have to add salary to offset the cap so another player is going in either deal, which again, is good in moving on from some of these guys.