After all the fuss the Buffalo Sabres made over Jack Eichel wanting to get Artificial Disc Replacement surgery rather than disc fusion, it appears his decision to stand his ground is having an impact on other players. The Chicago Blackhawks have announced that Tyler Johnson will be out around three months after undergoing neck surgery Friday.


It will be interesting to keep track of the players now that it is not just Eichel. Two guys now out there getting hit.

Ehlers and Bjorkstrand didn’t suffer by going for one more run with Denmark back in the day.
- Pegullaville

The German team as a whole doesn't have the talent to hang with the top guns of the tournament. The Danish teams could at least hang with them.

JJ is getting big minutes against men in the AHL, I can see why not sending him

People are knocking Dahlin but he is 1 point of leading the team in scoring and helps drive the offense. Sure defensively he needs to improve but he is only 21.

When he is 23, 24, 25 he will be getting 60-80 points a season
- sabresfan69

He needs Mike Ramsey to teach him defense.

This never gets old :

This never gets old :


- kritter65

One of if not the only fight Kaleta straight up won.

Nothing beats the one where he punches himself in the face though

He needs Mike Ramsey to teach him defense.
- mhp

Ramsey was a puck moving d-man

It got beat into him to be a stay at home guy. I don't think we want Dahlin to turn into that though.

The German team as a whole doesn't have the talent to hang with the top guns of the tournament. The Danish teams could at least hang with them.

JJ is getting big minutes against men in the AHL, I can see why not sending him
- Stripes77

I think either was a win-win situation.

I think it would have been interesting to see if Peterka and Reichel could carry Germany to a medal

One of if not the only fight Kaleta straight up won.

Nothing beats the one where he punches himself in the face though
- Stripes77

Wish we had a Kaleta-type on the team now. I miss the fights, the turtles, the late injury-creating hits, the huge legal injury-causing hits, the pesky/pesty parts, the instigator parts, the a$$holeness, the bad penalties, the occasional goal ... all of it. At least he showed passion.

Jack Eichel has been cleared to do everything but contact, according to @Buccigross.

Eichel is skating and rehabbing in North Carolina. Expected to join the Golden Knights in Vegas in around 3 weeks, per @emilymkaplan.

https://twitter.com/Jesse...d920bq4YWzu_ZNLSVJWA&s=19
- kingcong39

Hate to say easy part now that the Surgery is done, but the big part of this surgery will be coming up when he takes a big hit or a cross check to the back and hopefully the Disc doesn't shift or move.

Hate to say easy part now that the Surgery is done, but the big part of this surgery will be coming up when he takes a big hit or a cross check to the back and hopefully the Disc doesn't shift or move.
- Buff36

It wont.
The risk of the surgery was severely overblown here.

It wont.
The risk of the surgery was severely overblown here.
- ImThatGuy

No it wasn't, Surgery was the easy part. The healing and taking hits and cross checks will tell the tale.