from Mike Johnston of Sportsnet,

Monday saw the Edmonton Oilers add some leadership and bolster their blue line by trading for Duncan Keith. They sent Caleb Jones and a third-round pick to the Chicago Blackhawks for the two-time Norris Trophy winner.

With plenty of buzz surrounding star players like Jack Eichel, Vladimir Tarasenko, Seth Jones and others, the Keith deal may just be the tip of the iceberg this week.

Sabres have plenty to ponder

There’s no shortage of teams interesting in adding a player of Eichel's calibre, however completing a trade where both teams involved feel like they’re getting a fair deal is a completely different issue.

“The problem is they’re trying to trade the 36-goal Jack Eichel of 2019-20 and other teams are like, ‘Well, it’s the two-goal Jack Eichel who says he needs a neck surgery of 2021,’ so it’s a hard dilemma here for GM Kevyn Adams,” Mike Harrington of Buffalo News told Hockey Central.

The Sabres have been a team perpetually stuck in a rebuilding phase and Harrington suggested the team can’t afford another trade like the deal from three off-seasons ago when they moved Ryan O’Reilly, who went on to win the Selke, Conn Smythe and Stanley Cup with the St. Louis Blues.

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