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  1. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    Posted · Edited by Shmuffalo

    Not sure why I'm expanding on an something irrelevant, but as to "intangibles" and "leadership," Crosby was around Lemieux, Recchi, Roberts, and plenty more (NHL's number 101 best player of all time Malkin)... He was dogged for whining, and complaining to refs (which, I disagree with it, save for his first year), but even after they won in 09, he still carried the image in many people's mind up until maybe 2014/15.

    And no, Eichel is no Crosby, just that the perception of players change as they mature - problem being, Eichel (or his agent) hammered this issue, and it's not a tremendous look, moreover, if his agent stopped leaking sh-- to the press, I think he'd be gone.

     

    We know you want and expect a trade, we want and expect a reasonable return.  Suck it up, John, you signed for the long haul and now you want out; aren't contracts a pain in the neck. /s

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  2. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    2 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said:

    Sorry if this has already been posted 

    JS Dea on radio in Montreal

    The Laval native mentioned the big difference between Jack Eichel and Sidney Crosby: leadership. "All I can tell you is that he's no Sidney Crosby.

    "He's not a bad person, but maybe there are reasons why Buffalo was in a situation like that".

    Didn't know Crosby was being shopped.

  5. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    6 minutes ago, sabremike said:

    My Brooksie story: After Pajama Boy Night he wrote a ***** hit piece on the Islanders fans that managed to get ever detail wrong. A friend of mine who was a longtime usher at the Coliseum wrote him a letter politely explaining the situation and all the things he got wrong in the article. Brooks replied thanking him for the insight and then essentially repeated all the bullcrap in the first article the next day.

    Don't mean to laugh, but it's comical he's still with the Post.  I dont know the first he has on whoever is in charge, but it must be something' of calamity sized proportion. 

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  6. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    3 minutes ago, Thorny said:

    Like this, it's bonkers analysis. He's speaking of this coming season. They provided 26 points combined last season. Eichel will give you so much more than that healthy. You can't add one other player? Going from 2 guys (one who barely played) to 1 does not destroy your depth. 

    If they think there's a good chance Eichel doesn't play at all, they wouldn't even be in discussions. 

    Trust me, I had to read that 3 times to figure out what the hell he's talking about.  Of course a team is going to be in a tough spot if a top 6 center is injured, the point of grabbing a top 10 C is you can compete despite injuries, and you're not ... no I can't go down this moronic calamity bus stop rabbit hole... Crisis, er, calamity avoided, thankfully.  

     

    Ill end on this, quoting the great Brian Madison, father of Billy Madison, "[Brooksie], are you some kind of damn'd moron?"

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  11. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    12 minutes ago, dudacek said:

    Best case scenario is that a bidding war has finally broken out and all the cards are on the table:

    Vegas is dangling Krebs AND Tuch

    The Wild are saying we can have Boldy AND Rossi

    Anaheim has finally moved Zegras on to the table and Comtois is staying there as well

    Drury has upped the 4th to a 3rd and is grudgingly throwing in Keith Kincaid.

    Buddy, do you understand how well the Rangers scout? That 3rd is going to be the first defenseman to (somehow) win the Norris/Art Ross/Rocket Richard/Calder in 2023; Christopher ain't trading Bobby Orr 5.0 for this pigeon. 

     

    edit. Also pretty sure he said Kool Aid, not Kincaid.  20 games worth of Kool Aid in fact! Hell of deal, they get the best Kool Aid.

  12. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    Just now, Doohickie said:

    ....traveling on a Mobius strip:  "Look, I'm moving on!"  *comes back to beginning*

    *Live Look at Eichel*

    "Ha, whoa, hey! Hey, fellers! This is like real-life Mario Kart 64 Rainbow Road... I wanna go again! Can you call Eliott back, and and and tell him I'm not happy, and this loopity loop is making my neck ache for some reason, tell Elliott I'm dizzy.. got that, dizzy, K - Thanks..."

  16. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    1 minute ago, Lanny said:

    If I'm him I'm amenable to 1 and 2. #3 is a no. 

     

    I'll come and play hard and do what I can when I'm healthy. But you've got until 7/1/22 to move me otherwise I pick where. 

    He can pick where, but so can the Sabres... if he wants to sit out 4 years, more power to him, enjoy a Russian vacation - maybe he'll win the coveted Putin Diamond Better Than Stanley Hudson Cup Kup in the KHL.

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  17. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    Posted · Edited by Shmuffalo

    I could care less Eichel's "camp" is not happy; I do care they're leaking information (albeit minor) every few days. It's the never ending loop of damage control:

    1. Eichel outs the injury, and blames the team; 2. Sabres rebut his claim, as do other doctors, that its a high-risk procedure; 3. Few months later, Eichel's agent says "he feels great" and is skating (awesome to hear); 4. Kevyn Adams, mind bogglingly, just when there is some restoration to his value, plays aloof he's even skating; 5. Eichel's camp leaks they expect a trade soon, "... and that has been the main issue" (Not sure if the precise quote is correct, but most reports left that final part out, and I think it's important - it is an issue; 6. Eichel's throws a hissy fit, and now his face is rosy like strawberry. 

    This kindergarten seesaw of damaging/recovering/damaging/recovering Eichel's value hurts my brain.  Is his camp that disillusioned these "leaks" are neither helping him nor the Sabres.  I'm not saying trade him now, I think there is a 75% possibility [emphersis (sic) added] that this goes until mid-late August.

    Whatever, I got a contract, time to learn to goalie.

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  18. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    3 hours ago, Shmuffalo said:

    I mean it's possible at a 90% chance I win a gold in the Olympic Men's 3 on 3 basketball game today. "I may not be very tall, but I'm slow."

    I'll keep everyone abreast! 

    I did not win gold (didn't even make the team, apparently), but the Sabres offered me 4 million aav/5 years to play goalie, never did it before, fun to try new things! Happy free agency, everyone!

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  19. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    12 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

    That's some word salad right there. It is possible at 75% Eichel gets moved specifically today. SO it is only possibly a 75% chance not an actual 75% chance. 

    Boston unlikely... yea no *****

    I mean it's possible at a 90% chance I win a gold in the Olympic Men's 3 on 3 basketball game today. "I may not be very tall, but I'm slow."

    I'll keep everyone abreast! 

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  20. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    Just now, Doohickie said:

    I will say this:  I searched the twitterverse for Eichel, and it seems like the fan bases of other teams are getting frustrated at their teams' management for not getting a deal done.  They are of the opinion that Eichel is a top talent, the likes of which rarely hit the trade market and they want their team to win the bidding war, even if they have to give up several top pieces.  There is zero mention of the injury being an issue.

    If you ask for a link, just search Eichel in twitter and read the posts... only took me 5 or 10 minutes.

    Yeah... that's my bad.  I made about 50 or so thousand alt accounts over the past year with the hope of pressuring 31 other teams into taking Eichel.  

    Kidding aside, I understand teams/fans value shiny new prospects, but not every ****'n prospect is turning into a #1C or top pairing defenseman. 

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