This past offseason we have heard about the usual teams of the New York Rangers, Minnesota Wild, Vegas Golden Knights, Calgary Flames and Anaheim Ducks having interest in a trade for Jack Eichel.
Another team that appears to be in the mix for an Eichel trade is the St. Louis Blues.
Anthony Di Marco of The Fourth Period reports St. Louis Blues General Manager Doug Armstrong kicked tires on Eichel’s services. “They were certainly in the mix, they were certainly one of those teams that didn’t want to disclose themselves as say, one of the ‘front runners,’ but one of the teams that inquired heavily about it and felt like they had the components, at the time, that could certainly be a package that would be suitable for the Buffalo Sabres.
Di Marco went on to say, names like Jordan Kyrou and Robert Thomas are ones that would be part of the asking price from the Sabres in a trade for Eichel.
Like many other teams, the Blues would still have to find a way to fit Eichel’s $10 million cap hit into their payroll. Additional salary would have to be moved out in order to accommodate Eichel’s salary.