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Is this Ducks fans just hilariously exaggerating this or is the Ducks future way more bleak than it seems on paper? I'm looking at their roster and I fundamentally can't understand how someone can argue that the Ducks future would be shot if they traded #3 overall, Comtois, Perreault and Dostal for Eichel.
Even if you take out all of those assets, they still have a pretty solid collection of young NHL talent in Steel, Terry, Larsson, Fleury, Jones, Lundestrom, Guhle and Milano. Sure, maybe all of those guys don't end up hitting their upside, but once you have your elite players figured out, you don't need those guys to hit their upsides. You just need to get solid players out of it. They also have a decent amount of tradable assets in Lindholm, Rakell, Shattenkirk, Silfverberg and Fowler.
Idk, I just really feel like a GM would have to be really bad at their job to not be able to turn Eichel, Zegras, Drysdale and Gibson plus everything else into at least a contender. This is even more true if Anaheim keeps Lindholm, which they should IMO. They have 4 (5 if they keep Lindholm) of their most important positions figured out.
Eichel's a great player. However, the Ducks are terrible. The Ducks were second to last in goals per game. They only have 2 bonafide top 6 forwards, one of which is Comtois. Sure, Eichel's production would replace him, and then some. But Perrault is probably their best shot from their prospect pool at becoming a top 6 forward. The 3rd overall would also have a good shot at becoming a top 6 forward, assuming they select a forward. So, with that trade, they're giving up 3 possible top 6 forwards for 1. Never mind that Eichel is better than each of them individually, the Ducks needs multiple top 6 forwards in order to become competitive again. Trading away the only ones they have isn't exactly a great idea. Yes, they'd still have Rakell, but he's only signed for one more year and could walk.
I'm not saying Eichel isn't worth that...I'm saying the Ducks aren't exactly in the best of positions to make that move. I think, as gets2noone said, if they were to make that move, Perrault would need to be swapped out with someone like Steel/Lundestrom.
BTW, none of the pieces that you mentioned as being a solid young collection of NHL talent have shown that they will become anything special. Most of them have not lived up to expectations.