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At his best, Getzlaf has been a top-five center and peaked with a Hart Trophy runner-up nod in 2014. He has delivered in the postseason and international play. But he’s now 35. Should the Ducks try to add Jack Eichel (if he wanted out of Buffalo)? Someone has to take the baton from him. The Ducks don’t have that kind of player coming. They could hope Trevor Zegras becomes better than anyone could imagine. Maybe they will get that player with their first Eric Stephens and Lisa Dillman selection in this year’s draft. But there are no hopes or maybes with Eichel. He would be that franchise beacon. (He just wouldn’t be able to Jun 19, 2020 18 wear No. 9 because of Paul Kariya.) Now next week’s NHL Draft Lottery could drop the Ducks in the No. 1 “Listen, I’m fed up with the losing.” spot and, in theory, give them Alexis Lafreniere as a franchise piece. There would be no need to trade assets for a player who many suggest Jack Eichel wants to lead the Buffalo Sabres to glory. Five years in, he’ll has that elite quality. But has the lottery been kind to you, Ducks Nation? settle for being on a winning team and suiting up for his first Stanley Cup Can you count on that? playoff game. All of this is, of course, the easy part. There is the mighty challenge of But those few words that were part of a release of frustration over pulling off something gargantuan. another fruitless Sabres season might as well been spelled out in capital letters and flashing with a red light to a loyal, agitated fan base and, “It would be a massive offer to even start a conversation,” said Mike perhaps more important, an organization that continues to spin its Johnson, a former NHL forward who’s now a prominent analyst on NHL wheels. Network in the U.S. and TSN in Canada. Eichel sounded his clarion call late last month. Three weeks later, Sabres Added another league executive: “It would certainly take a monster owners Terry and Kim Pegula fired general manager Jason Botterill after package for Eichel. I’d have to think about that.” Meanwhile, a former a three-year run and purged numerous other executives and scouts. Now NHL exec offered his own suggestion on how to get the center. “Buy the the 23-year-old star — one who legitimately deserves that label who took Sabres,” he cracked. a real step toward entering superstardom this past season — will be Let’s assume this. The only way the Sabres would ever deal Eichel is if playing for his third GM as he enters his sixth NHL season. Ralph they were forced to. Right? And the ask would be enormous, especially Krueger is his third coach.