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At this point, if he is going to be traded I would rather it be done sooner. LAK are out of the playoffs, NYR are out of the playoffs, ANA are out of the playoffs. Once the lottery is decided, trade him. Or make a clear statement that unless a team makes an offer to really change their mind that management consider Jack a Sabre come October

Maybe their doctors think it would cure it? Or that it is unnecessary? Or May make future injuries more likely. Not necessarily a bad reason

‘Doing what’s best for Jack Eichel in the long term’

Sounds like the Sabres are blocking iy

Yeah

He speaks about the Sabres as a separate entity from him. There is the Sabres and there is Eichel

Yeah this feels fairly depressing. It doesn’t sound like there is will for him to stay

It’s frustrating him saying he didn’t play well enough and then got hurt and the team did perform well Enough so now he ‘needs to consider his future’ Maybe if him and Hall played to their standard / didn’t get injured, the team would have performed to a point that he wouldn’t need to consider his future

Risto basically said if we don’t make the playoffs next year he won’t re-sign. Which seems like a reasonable response to me

I look forward to our fans demanding players be traded for not saying they love playing losing hockey with Buffalo. No doubt many fans will have a measured response

The rumour was the Sabres wanted 4 firsts. Chytil (2017), Lundqvist (2018), Schneider (2020) and 2021 hit this - and Buchnevich hits a fifth one (as in you would trade a first for him) to top up for the fact a few of the firsts are weaker than one may like. Like it or not - I think this is probably the most realistic trade.

They key is to not negotiate during the season, thus giving you a shorter window to get it done

Did Drury bang your mum or something?

Who is our backup goalie now?

I miss him playing for the Sabres. First player I fell in love with. What he brought for the sabres was exemplary. I hope we honour his commitment and achievements

I don't know how good they are at assistant coaches - but it would seem mad for NHL franchises with young players not to have dedicated development coaches (unless it brings too many cooks or something)

Impressive what he has achieved whilst playing injured. And not a surgery that will likely have an impact going forward I don’t think Eichel was draft eligible when we drafted Quinn

Lidstrom and Bergeron are two people who wore an A admirably for a long period when they could have been captain. Eichel won't be stripped of the C - especially when you're trying to assure him the 7th time really is the charm

Staal has one goal, no assists and is a -8 in his eight games with the Habs. Their fans are calling for him to be scratched and describe his play as listless and coasting. Well done Adams.

Yeah - but I believe we are now officially eliminated

RIP playoff hopes

I much prefer sports teams social media to be interesting and fun. Far too many take a boring corporate attitude. Give me Gritty and give me chaos. It's meant to be entertaining

I'm enjoying Casey's recovery into a good player. But man Cozens is something else - he feels like he will be the beating heart of this team for years to come.

I'm sure the Rangers will enjoy that. And we can probably enjoy Strome and a second

Sabres fans: 'I hate that this team has a losing culture. It needs to change' Also Sabres fans: 'I wish this team would stop winning, it's damaging our draft odds'