darksabre

The guy who would do the disc replacement surgery weighing in publicly is pretty interesting. Not sure what it means in terms of this whole conflict though. Is he doing the agent and Jack a favor, sending a message to hesitant trade partners? Edit: Know what this feels like? This feels like a "get out in front of the media circus" move for a trade that is nearly done. The team trading for him is going to let him have the ADR, but they want the doctor on record publicly first stating that he's confident in the procedure.

I already forgot this happened

I don't know if he's a good coach, but he's nice to look at.

Neat!

If the Sabres hold out and Eichel and his camp get more and more aggressive it basically ends up making the Sabres look better in the long run even if the return ends up being worse than hoped for.

I think at this point the Sabres are committed to winning the PR battle more than winning the trade...

I'm voting no. I think if anything was imminent we wouldn't be hearing a peep out of Eichel's camp. At this point they probably know he's stuck here through the season and they're acting out of desperation.

Yeah I'm having a hard time parsing this into anything meaningful.

I'd be interested to know if Dr. Cappuccino has been made available to Eichel's team and they are refusing his input, or if he has advised the Sabres and they don't feel that it's necessary to have Dr. Cappuccino interacting directly with Eichel's camp? There are a lot of different ways to try to make sense of that comment.

Good for Dan. Always liked him.

Which kinda makes Eichel's "frustration" even funnier. Like, did he think it was going to be easy?

Sure. In real dollars it's a lot. But that's always a risk with signing any player to a big fat deal.

I disagree. The number one concern is his return as an asset. I think if they weren't worried about getting anything from him other than his gameplay they'd let him have the surgery. If it goes wrong then you LTIR his contract off the books and wash your hands clean of the thing. "We did what was right for Jack to get him on the ice to help the team win" would be the messaging, and Jack's team would never dispute it. But they want to trade him. They want to get a return on the asset. So no surgery.

I think they would have considered it if they weren't actively trying to trade him. But it seems pretty clear they're not messing around with trying to get him outta here so he's just kinda stuck right now.

This is what I think it is

Boy, whole lot of nothin there besides Eichel.

Just totally bizarre lol

That's what it feels like. Problem is, I don't think he has a leg to stand on.

Why should the make his records available to anyone who isn't serious about making the trade? They have to protect their asset. This is a business.

I think the issue is that the surgery is risky and not necessary. I think most teams would prefer getting all the info and if they decide to let him get the surgery then fine. But it doesn't benefit the Sabres to take on that risk just because Jack wants to.

Regarding the surgery, it's pretty clear to me that the reason the Sabres are blocking the surgery is because they're trying to trade him. The fact that Jack and his agent don't seem to understand this is pretty wild.

Jack Eichel should get a new agent

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October 7th, 1996.

It also relies on people not knowing or caring who the bad faith actors are.