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I just love to see these guys rewarded for working their ***** off.

Nice!

Would love for KA to trade for him. We can send them Dell.

Totally. I remember GMTM being a master of getting rid of the hot hands.

It’s a letter authored by his agent. As someone who is employed to represent Jack, it is a de facto letter from Jack. You think this came out against Jack’s wishes or he disapproved its contents? Do you think a letter released via Twitter is anything but a letter to the fans?

No, it was the Friday tweet to the public. It’s in here: https://www.nhl.com/news/sabres-eichel-agents-expected-trade-by-now/c-325885236

And I forgot. Jack did write a letter to the fans 1-2 months back. It may have been authored by Fish, but Jack was paying him to represent his thoughts and wishes.

Would Jack write a letter like this?

If this was actually a leak by Brisson to keep his client in the public eye, he’s failed. It’s not his decision to make, but for a supposed “NHL insider”, it’s his job to seal the deal. Looks bad on him this wasn’t completed.

The lack of an official grievance filed is extremely telling. In fact, it’s more revealing than what has been publicly said up to this point. If filed, it’s highly likely Jack will lose. Why? Because the NHL/NHLPA panel of experts (despite Brisson saying other teams are ok with the ADR) will probably uniformly side with the Sabres. But, so what if he loses? It would probably close the door on Jack going ahead with the surgery and trying to sue the Sabres once/if his contract is voided after the fact. He’s keeping the going rogue option open.

Agree. I would substitute him out for R2 and send Cozens down.

Makes sense. Would love to be a fly on the wall in meetings with the Sabres and the insurance company. We assume they are the ones blocking the surgery and assume they will soon have to pay for Jack being unable to perform his job.

Looks like a total badass.

In reality, they are waking up to check their phones to see if Jack was traded.

I hate to say it, but there’s going to be some point in the future when Terry grows tired of paying a player $10M to sit. Of course, this would be harmful to all involved parties.

With the Zibanejad signing, it got me looking into how the Rangers ended up with him. It’s interesting. More of a business decision, rather than a hockey one, by the Sens. Strikingly similar to another business decision trade we were part of in the recent past. https://thehockeywriters.com/ottawa-senators-revisiting-mika-zibanejad-trade/ I just hope the Eichel trade doesn’t turn out being a pure business decision.

I think we need to pump the breaks on Cozens. Last year was a weird year and under normal circumstances, he would’ve had a whole year in Rochester. Making the jump from Juniors (where he was lighting it up) to the NHL is a tall task. He should be developed properly and get some real playing time in Rochester this year. Maybe he can be a late year call up.

Got it. I didn’t know he had already suited up.

I’m wondering if he was refusing to report and the visa issue was just something to save face.

Omg. Are you suggesting what I think you’re saying?

But, they didn’t want to be here.

I’m blaming the Deep State.

Eichel himself is 100% legally allowed to share his own medical records with anyone he pleases. HIPAA doesn’t apply here. The thing that confuses me is why he didn’t do this from the very beginning.

Dr Friedman has it wrong. If there was nerve impingement, this is a indication for expedited surgery, not something you wait on for 8 months.

They pay the physicians who have examined Jack, so are not unlike a 3rd party payer, who is a HIPAA-governed entity. I’m sure there is language within the CBA in regards to this. However, this is a moot point, because if Jack wanted to get traded, he would easily just sign a HIPAA release form. Poof, other team physicians would have his records.