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‘“We all want the same thing here when it comes to Jack Eichel. We want Jack Eichel to be healthy, to be able to play at the top of his game, to be one of the best players in the world like he’s proven he is,” Adams said during his season-ending zoom call on Wednesday.’

‘There’s enough smoke around the situation that online betting website Bet Online has published odds on where Eichel could be headed in a trade. The New York Rangers topped the list, followed by the Los Angeles Kings, Arizona Coyotes, and Eichel’s hometown Boston Bruins.’

‘“It’s almost tougher this year for me personally feeling good towards the end of the year and feeling like my game was in a good place and to not be playing any meaningful games down the stretch and in the playoffs it’s definitely disappointing right now,” Reinhart said on Monday during his season-ending zoom call.’

‘“That should be the goal of every player at the beginning of the year, every team. And that was our goal when we started. Did we reach it? No. Did we have a hard year? Yeah we did and I think when that happens it forces everyone to just consider what I guess you could do better, what you think maybe the future holds. I think I have a lot of thinking to do in this offseason, I think that there’s a lot that I have to consider.”’

‘“Like I told Kevyn [Adams] a little while ago I just said I’m open for all the ideas. Right now I mean it’s hard obviously the season just ended so yeah I’m frustrated, I’m pissed and it sucks so I told him I’m open for all the scenarios staying or if he trades me I’m fine with that too,” Ristolainen said.’

‘The Sabres goalie grew up just outside of Pittsburgh but his homecoming was ruined by the team he grew up cheering.’

‘This is the second year Eichel has given flowers to Roswell park for national nurses day. The chief nursing officer says Eichel’s mom is a nurse, so he understands the value of their work.’

‘“Oh my gosh it’s incredible,” teammate Anders Bjork said. “He’s done just an amazing job. You have to tip your hat to that guy. He came in here and did his job so well and we’re all so proud of him and excited for him. I think he’ll keep going and if we need him to he’ll keep doing this. He’s got such a positive energy about him. It’s extremely impressive to be a goalie and play back-to-back, and then all the way with a ton of shots against and take it all the way to a shoot out and stop three shots is just an amazing feat by any goalie. You’ve got a tip your hat to him that just shows his level of compete the type of person he is so just an amazing job by him.”’

‘Houser made 34 saves on 36 shots, and despite trailing 2-0 at one point, his team didn’t give up.’

‘Buffalo struggled to stop the Bruins in the final period. Charlie Coyle scored the go-ahead goal with roughly 13 minutes to go in the game, Taylor Hall added one against his old team about 10 minutes later, and Brad Marchand scored an empty net goal in the final minutes.’