Its been said before, acquiring a five year 50 million dollar investment who has questionable health is the kind of thing that is a fireable offense for GMs if it goes bad.
Significant salary going back and/or retention on Eichels contract has to be part of all trade talks. Im guessing this is the hold up.
I think its safe to assume that big money contracts coming back have to be sent up the chain. KA has to be working within guidelines, and if so it really does ensure his job security. So he has that going for him.
As long as all other hockey decisions are made by the hockey people, it is what it is. This Eichel contract is a legacy contract that Pegula blessed off on and I think it transcends all of the nuts and bolts we are thinking about.
What bugged me most about ROR trade was the 7.5 million being eaten up by Sobotka and Berglund. I would be OK with KA being told to not bring any contracts, or minimal contracts back. If this is part of a financial plan to swing hard and get back to max cap in a couple seasons.
3 or 4 years from now I'd like to look back on this whole thing and...not care so much. Cuz we are achieving and playoff-hockeying and all that. Eichel never got us to the postseason, and we got there after he left. The thing with ROR is...there was none of that. It was just garbage after garbage.
