By this logic, we can solve our #1C woes by going out and signing Sergei Fedorov. Or perhaps luring Wayne Gretzky away from TNT.
Yes. This. Absolutely, 100%, completely and totally and utterly this. You get a cookie.
Look I'm not a doctor, I'm not a neck expert, but MMA fighters and non NHL hockey players have gotten ADRs and been completely fine. Plus him and his team have sought 40ish second opinions from doctors (per Eichel's agent on Jeff Marek's show), so I trust he'll be fine. Vegas team doctors seem to think he'll be fine, and since the Jackets were thrown in as an interested team by reporters, I assume our doctors thought he'd be fine as well. Also the doctor Marek had on his show seemed to think Eichel will be fine. They all know far more than me so I take their word for it.
Pardon me; when I made that post I was feeling a tad expasperated. I'm not saying that his neck situation means he's a total Do Not Touch; I'm just saying that it is a factor that I feel cannot be dismissed. So it's down to a balancing of risk factors, as these things always are, and whether or not the trade possibility makes sense depends on how much weight one gives to each risk. You, and presumably majormajor, and some others don't seem to put as much weight on the neck issue as, say, I would. That's fine. I'm just saying, don't act or post like it's an inherently obvious nonissue.
I'll try to do better.)What were the actual alternatives?
Yeah that makes more sense. For me if our team doctors think Eichel will be completely fine after the ADR then the perceived "risk" becomes an opportunity to get a star center at a discount. I simply don't know if the Eichel risk is that dodgy, but I know for sure that trying to fill out the center position via prospects is a massive risk. As you said it's all about the weights of these risks and how we interpret them from the outside looking in.Pardon me; when I made that post I was feeling a tad expasperated. I'm not saying that his neck situation means he's a total Do Not Touch; I'm just saying that it is a factor that I feel cannot be dismissed. So it's down to a balancing of risk factors, as these things always are, and whether or not the trade possibility makes sense depends on how much weight one gives to each risk. You, and presumably majormajor, and some others don't seem to put as much weight on the neck issue as, say, I would. That's fine. I'm just saying, don't act or post like it's an inherently obvious nonissue.
(Of course, the corresponding thing for me is "don't act like it's THE issue that renders all else moot", but, again, I was a bit exasperated when I wrote that post.
Not that it matters to your argument (which I agree with) but “your bias” is showing.
@majormajor was not suggesting anything like that. That’s a straw man argument. It’s more similar to when Stamkos got injured, if someone tried to trade for him hoping he would return to form post broken leg.
Obviously it's a strawman. Just pointing out that sometimes these things end careers, much like the inexorable march of time will often do.
Obviously it's a strawman. Just pointing out that sometimes these things end careers, much like the inexorable march of time will often do.
(And honestly, I'd have been less concerned about Stamkos's leg than I am about Eichel's neck, but that's getting off into silly tangents.)
I’m talking about the statement that he is viewed as more valuable than Krebs or Johnson around the league - which based off on NHL pundits/outlets rankings, is probably not true. And idk how much you have watched of Krebs, but he very well might end up the best of the bunch. He ‘fell’ to 17th only because of his injury, and historically VGK have had a great eye for finding talent in the first round.
