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  6. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    58 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

    Artificial disc replacement has not been done much in the US, mostly in Europe. Some athletes in high collision sports have had the procedure. No one in the NHL has had it. It's a procedure not without risk. It's also not known what happens a few months after the surgery and Jack gets his head driven into the boards.

    I have Conformis knee implants. Two of them. I can walk with less pain than before. I can even skate and play low level hockey. But I can't run or jog with them. My goaltending career is definitely over.  I've taken bike rides and had my knees blow up. My point is artificial things aren't as good as your original equipment. So can an artificial disc act and feel as good as what you were born with?

    The whole surgery discussion revolves around risk and who assumes it. Jack wants the Sabres to give him permission to get this surgery. The Sabres will be liable for Jack's contract should Jack not be able to play. According to Craig Rivet on the Instigators this morning, the Sabres have an insurance policy on players in case of catastrophic injury. That policy would be no longer cover the Sabres in Jack's case because this surgery is considered experimental.

    So if you're in Adams' shoes, what's your call? It's likely Jack comes out of this okay but it's not guaranteed. You staff doctors are telling you rest and rehab is preferred, and if surgery is needed, do a traditional fusion. All this for a player that hates your team and wants out...even though his antics are making that harder.

    Thank you…this is such a helpful description of what is going on.  I’ve watched a lot of posters from afar but I think you’ve been a solid go-to for opinions. 

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  7. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    3 hours ago, JohnC said:

    Absolutely. There needs to be an acceptable range of return. If that threshold isn't met then keep him until there are better opportunities. I have never deviated from that stance. 

    I totally agree. I think Jack’s representatives overplayed their hand.  The Sabres losing out on Jack Eichel in 4 years should be inconsequential.  I think he should prepare to give his all to the Sabres or prepare to sit until the return is acceptable. And I think KA and the Sabres and us fans shouldn’t settle for less. 

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  8. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    1 hour ago, JohnC said:

    With respect to Jack's NMC I don't give a dam about it. When the time comes for the clause to kick in it doesn't matter whether he refuses to go to a particular team. Because if that is the case then he is kept. 

    The GM's obligation is to act in the team's interest. That takes primacy over the player's interest.  

    Would that imply not taking a deal now?

  9. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    12 minutes ago, JohnC said:

    My general supposition is simple. Because of his health situation his trade value for now is diminished. The level of diminishment as I see it is greater than what you perceive it to be. And this is diminishment is reflected in the unwillingness of teams to come near to what the Sabre organization wants. With that realization I'm more willing than some are to lower the asking price. 

    I guess my question is as you lower the asking price, how important is the return in KA’s plan?  And does it get to the point where there’s not much difference in trading an injured Jack Eichel without a nmc vs a healthy Jack Eichel with a nmc. 

  10. Everything Kevyn Adams has done as Sabres GM

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    33 minutes ago, Zamboni said:

    Hey, unlike someone else who may have had an agenda, I wanted to just have a running record in one place to refer back to from time to time to see all the good and bad moves he’s made. Many seem to enjoy looking at the running list. I know I do. It has NOTHING to do with him being inexperienced. I would have started the exact same thread no matter who the GM is.

    Cool, cool…I’m glad there wasn’t an agenda…most threads started about him since he was hired seem to have one.  I wish I was as plugged in as most posters here, but I think Adams is a bit refreshing.  

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  12. Everything Kevyn Adams has done as Sabres GM

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    I didn’t like this thread when it came out (no offence Zamboni, if it wasn’t you, someone was going to do it).  We’re all so pissed off that we’re looking to burn everyone as soon as they do something wrong.  I really think we have to give Adams more time. It may not be what an “experienced” gm would do, but it may be what the Sabres need to do because of the 9 years prior to Adams. 

  13. TP Please Sell The Team!

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    I really don’t want them to sell the team. I would like to see them recommit to creating a winner.  They came in with guns blazing and we were all so excited. Terry and Kim have definitely made some bad decisions.  If they would come out and say “hey, we really f-ed up, but we’re ready to take a new approach, and we’re as passionately committed to winning as ever”, I’d be really stoked.  Blaze away, but that’s the best path for me. 

  16. Question about NHL stats

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    So I follow my sports on an app called the score. As I’m checking out the box scores of playoff games it appears as if they are adding the playoff stats to the regular season stats.  (I.e. Hall now has 11 goals 🤮 I thought you start back at zero for the playoffs?  
    (let me know if this is too early in the off-season for this kind of frivolous complaining)

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