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He seems generally ectastic to be selected by the Sabres.
Shawn Stepner from WKBW spoke with an advisor to Eichel, he told him he is going pro next year
Not this year?
Damn!
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I just don't know enough about this O'Reilly character to be as excited as everyone else, but it does seem a little weird that in this historically deep draft, we only took one player in the first round out of three chances.
To counter that though, it is rarely the wrong move to trade potential talent for proven talent, I just don't know if O'reilly actually is a proven talent.
Lady Byng winner at 23 and universally recognized as one of the better 2-way forwards in the league. What's not to like?
People say that his 50-60 points ceiling isn't worth it but that's what he generates on offense. What does he take away on defense?
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Busy night with the family. Just want to say: I will say a few Hail Marys for having thought and said so much ill about GM TM earlier today.
The guy played this just right. Yes, he's gotta pay RoR. But he'll figure that out.
So exciting.
I hear that. I was pissed at news of the trade. Then I saw his presser afterward and I just couldn't stay mad at him.
"...I would of said you were on mushrooms."
And then I remembered, he's Tim Murray: Zero Phucks Given, and laughed.
Also, we all saw him trading both picks for a forward and goalie along, anyway. He said that was his preference all along. I just had the order of the picks reversed. Had I known what was gonna happen with the 31st pick, I never would have blown a gasket.
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he I have high hopes for, having seen him in Erie.
See, you just needed some smelling salts. You are starting to come around.
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Rodriguez is a career AHLer at best. Fasching and Bailey are decent prospects, granted. But we added a lot of left handed forwards with a propensity to play center. I am glad people are happy. I guess I am with D4rk on this.
OK, how about Nick Baptiste, a right winger I forgot?
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I'm not upset. I'm just not excited.
This saddens Nikita.
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But the value given up could have been retained if the Sabres waited until FA. This rush to stock the big club roster has drained the assets without fully restocking the system. That still may happen via trades, I.e Gus or Samson, but we did not address right wing, opened another hole on d and are loaded at center. We will have to pay Kane in 2 years and Risto and Gus. ROR is a nice player but a luxury not a necessity. I am glad he is generating excitement for many here, but he really doesn't do much for me. The key will be Eichel.
Justin Bailey, Hudson Fasching, and Evan Rodrigues beg to differ.
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Forgot about Girgensons. Ennis could be another guy whose stats take a big leap forward suddenly playing with guys like Kane and O'Reilly. Maybe move him when his value is higher to make additional room.
At some point it might be fun to troll Mike Harrington on Twitter about all this. Fun time to remind him that he was against literally all of this.
I'll pretend you didn't say that.
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We have a pile of centers now. Someone probably has to be moved to RW. No way we start with two rookies down the middle now. I think if Samson makes the big club he plays on the wing this year, although I think he may end up in Rochester when all is said and done. No need to rush teenagers into the lineup (with Eichel being an obvious exception).
A glut of centers. Talented centers, too. When I think of where we were, it blows me away.
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I like that Kane seems genuinely stoked about the kid.
He oughta. We just drafted the best center Kane has ever had at any level of hockey.
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Mission accomplished.
We traded a flawed core away for futures.
We have now cashed in the futures for a new core.
Now we watch and see how they develop.
It's about Kane and Eichel and O'Reilly and Reinhart.
Zadorov is the only guy we traded with huge upside.
The Comphers and Lemieuxs are periphery.
Well said.
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The loss of Compher is bitter and it seems to be going unnoticed on this board.
Oh, I noticed.
And then I forgot about it. He's just a cracked egg in the ROR omelette.
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McGinn had back surgery, and has had a set back after his first skating session in June, early. Just saying, I don't love some of the trade. Get O'Reilly signed.
I'd be shocked if that hasn't already been worked out. I predict sometime next week.
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Maybe not specifically with just this trade but I do fear there is not a plan beyond say 4 years from now. In 8 years I can see Eichel being traded to start the whole process again since the future depth has been stripped clean.
Disagree. We have plenty left on the shelves.
Eichel will never get traded. Ever. It's only a question of when his jersey joins Bert's in the rafters.
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can anyone remake this so it changes the names of the stars Sabres players and of the director and such to ppl like Murray and Bylsma?
Jack Eichel says he was told Tim Murray would use only four words to pick him.
And damned if he didn't do just that.
Who had four words in the pool?
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Don't we need to resign him after this year? Does he want to be here? Are you comfortable trading Zadorov, Grigorenko, and Compher if ROR doesn't resign?
I predict he signs a new deal next week. No way they haven't had talks already.
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May be the biggest single day in franchise history since the spin of the wheel.
Was thinking the exact same thing.
WOW!
I remove the demerit I gave him earlier for the Lehner deal because I was sure 21 was gonna be part of the O'Reilly deal, anyway.
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True, but maybe we throw in one more asset and get it done. Dougie Hamilton is the type of player you absolutely overpay for if you can get him.
Precisely the reason I doubt Bahston would even think about trading within conference, let alone division.
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And now other GM's begin calling Murray to take advantage of him....
Yep. Murray just became the league's b!tch.
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Strike one, Timmy.
Wonder if he has designs on the Ottawa job and he is gumming up our works before leaving. Wouldn't surprise me if he trades Eichel to the Senators tonight.
Time for Pegula to meddle.
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Timmy must be feeling sorry for his uncle. Just a horrible deal all the way around. What a letdown on Eichel day. First time I truly question his competency.
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Jack Eichel has mind control powers...
Kid on the right looks like he's gonna blow chunks. Did Eichel put him through a bag skate?
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He can't be forced to go to major junior. He has to actually be willing to go there and sign on with whoever holds his rights at that point. It's all about the AHL. But anyway, I always find these types of things annoying because a team can't actually guarantee in a contract that the player stays up in the NHL. They're not allowed to do that. They can make that guarantee verbally, but there is nothing to hold them to it, short of getting a black eye in future negotiations.
Anyway, it's really not an issue. The only way he gets any time in the AHL is if it is a rehab stint.
I've been given some conflicting information regarding his eligibility, apparently.
EDIT: Apparently, this rule only applies to European players drafted by CHL teams before being drafted by NHL teams.
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The Saint John Sea Dogs of the QMJHL own the rights to Eichel. I'm not familiar w/ the rules on this. That may be the reason why. I'm scratching my head on this one.
And now I need to delete this post! K-9, you commented 1 minute before me. ha ha
Well, I accidentally deleted my post so you are in!
But yeah, his rights are held by the QMJHL team, so it's either NHL or Juniors for Eichel if he leave school.
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The Jack Eichel thread.
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Phew!
But, while I will be disappointed if he goes back to school, I could live with it in the short term knowing what we had coming next year.
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