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There is probably a 90%+ chance that they will....... And sadly it will be because its the best option compared to what they are able to obtain for that role.....

750k or League minimum

I'm assuming the Pinned threads for the Sabres FA signings and Free Agency?

They might be trying to get an assistant coaching staff who were all from the same City then...... Girardi, Paille, and Ellis are all from the same City

You have family in Welland? My friends wife grew up down the street from him when they were kids

I beat you to it (Look way up) And just for the 'Old School' Sabrespacers - 5 x$5 mil.

Well looking at this front office right now, 1 year and about $750-825k I'm guessing would be their offer.....

Apparently not because teams don't seem to be lining up to get him. All either want the Sabres to retain money for him or take back bad contracts If he is a franchise changing player, how come the sabres are still at the same point (or worse) then when he got here?

I think unless KA lowers his asking cost and accepts some bad contracts or higher priced roster players back, the Sabres won't have any buyers. Minnesota has space this year, but there problem will be after it when the cost of buying out Suter and Parise increases Calgary might be able to make something work but do they have anything of value to send back? The Habs/Kings/Knights don't have cap space but they also (atleast the Habs and Kings) have made moves to address their C position and might not be interested in moving assets to take on Eichel. The Rangers appear to be interested, but only if they get him at a discount The Ducks are at a cross roads of whether they need to fully rebuild and may not see the need for Eichel right now There could always be a surprise team that comes out of no where and gets him. A team like the Coyotes jump in and grab him, Yzerman decides to try to speed the Detroit rebuild up a little bit, or the Kraken decide to try and get a big name to be the face of the new franchise?.... I have been saying for a while that I can almost guarantee that when he is moved, fans aren't going to be happy with the return

Is that what they are naming their new Yacht? The 'Bargain Basement Budget Buster'?

Apologies, an s got added when I was typing (possibly auto correct) after midnight Definitely made it confusing to understand or read who I was referring to

Only the trade was for a player breaking over a million, but that wasn't a signing and they did get NJ to include(keep) $1 million in that deal

Well who is the 1C that they are trading Eichel for again? Because it seems like all the ones being proposed from the Rangers, Kings, Wild, Ducks, etc. are all being told are off limits in a deal or if they were available a deal might have been done already. And since Eichel, a #2 overall pick that we were all being told was such a great consolation prize for not getting McDavid, didn't move the needle here in getting this team near the playoffs for his career, Other teams will just be lining up to give someone who could fill that role here

Sorry Dahlin The last 2 first overall picks by the Sabres?

Well if there is one thing this team is good at, it lowering the fans expectations and proving that it can always be worse. I can picture it now, 3 years from now, Kenny the intern (today) is named GM after KA's rebuild fails, Andrew Peters is named Head Coach and the front office is working on a deal to move Dhalin and Powers and the fans were wishing the team could get back to atleast the days when Hutton was the starting goaltender......

Most here have been saying he won't sit out and needs to play to establish full value, and I'm not sure sending him home to sit out is going to help get better value for him (and TP will be happy paying him to sit). I can't see a team right now meeting the price KA has set for him, the league does not seem to value him like the Sabres organization and fans do and other teams know he wants out and the Sabres will eventually have to move him, so they are calling KAs bluff and waiting for him to blink. It seems most teams are looking at Eichel as more of a luxury, it would be nice to have him and they aren't opposed to bring him in, but not unless they are getting a deal for him and this could be because he has no playoff experience, he hasn't shown that he is a foundation/cornerstone piece thats carrying a team (this team has bee mediocre at best with him on it and the team hasn't looked that much worse without him in the lineup) and he isn't winning any individual awards

Sorry, it was mentioned earlier I believe about them being the best team from Canada, nothing to do with divisions.

No, it meant he felt 3 years was long enough to not 'block one of the youth' from getting a spot. Or he is just a really nice guy and wanted to make sure his replacement wasn't locked in to Ullmark when they take over

Did they check him for Cataracts? Glaucoma? Maybe he need built in Bi-focals in his mask?

Its OK, he can go and do those activities with the other teams players after games and bond with them instead

Its a couple of trade proposals and how they would fit under the Cap and what the lineup would look like I think his comment is just that the team should be doing everything, including threatening the Ducks GM in order to get Zegras from them.

I think Jack is going to be dealt too, but all I keep hearing and seeing around here is how they are just going to keep him if they don't get what they are asking for right now, and the GM has come out and said he is fine with him being on the roster when the season starts. But as of right now, and the odds continue to get better that he will still be here in October, Eichel is still here and still the Captain unless KA is willing to accept much less then he is asking for. If you want to build a competitive team, theres no better way then to have them working together, and not individually with other teams (that are working together as teams). It would be really nice to see the Captain of this team organizing get togethers with his teammates and skating/training with them.

But getting a proven, or atleast a likely franchise goalie in a trade will help more then a potential 1C which can be found in the draft next year when there is a very good chance they are picking top 5. They aren't getting a replacement 1C in an Eichel deal unless its a prospect with the potential to eventually be one which again, they can get in the draft next year and not really be set back much in development. Its much harder to get a good starting goalie in the draft and takes longer for them to develop. Teams need solid goaltending to succeed and it will be much more beneficial to the development of the roster to have someone solid in place then to have a mediocre goalie in place with a 1C

Right now he is still here and still the Captain And all I have been hearing since the draft was how they aren't getting the offers they need for him so he will be here (KA even said he is fine with having him here in training camp and on the roster this season) I know they have been trying to move him, but it seems like unless they give him away, he will be here in October.

I would rather he be skating with his captain in Buffalo, but Casey is NOT THE TEAM CAPTAIN I'm sure the younger players are looking up to Eichel and thinking its nice to see him skating with another team in the offseason. Again, my issue is WHY IS EICHEL, THE CAPTAIN, NOT DOING THIS IN BUFFALO WITH HIS TEAMMATES? Or is Buffalo the only City where players don't come back to or stay in during the offseason? The Sabres are trying a new approach I guess of team building by having their players skate with other teams, maybe to learn what its like on competent franchises to come back and let the Sabres front Office know how it works?