Eklund: Sabres Needlessly Play Their Hand, and Vancouver Contracts SOON.. Buzz@1

Eklund: Sabres Needlessly Play Their Hand, and Vancouver Contracts SOON.. Buzz@1
- Eklund

Maybe the Sabres just want to announce a new captain now

Maybe the Sabres just want to announce a new captain now
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Really. Eichel probably didn't expect this much resistance from the Sabers before he made a trade request. But there still time til the trade deadline. So I guess it doesn't matter until then. As a Ducks fan I was hoping the Ducks and Sabers could have gotten this done before training camp. Would have been cool to see him practice with the team. But the Duck still have 12.2 million in Cap space. And since we're as bad as the Sabers we can wait just as long.

Eklund: Sabres Needlessly Play Their Hand, and Vancouver Contracts SOON.. Buzz@1
- Eklund

That's not the right contract amount, Dahlin got 3 years at 6 million

Really. Eichel probably didn't expect this much resistance from the Sabers before he made a trade request. But there still time til the trade deadline. So I guess it doesn't matter until then. As a Ducks fan I was hoping the Ducks and Sabers could have gotten this done before training camp. Would have been cool to see him practice with the team. But the Duck still have 12.2 million in Cap space. And since we're as bad as the Sabers we can wait just as long.
- Eman87654

he still needs to get the surgery then he has to rehab.....if it goes to the TD he's pretty much out for the season (assuming this stalemate in Buffalo persists).

That's not the right contract amount, Dahlin got 3 years at 6 million
- sushi

I thought I miss read that.
Glad I didn't

could be a type-oh ....



Carry on ....

Is Vegas still trying to clear $10m in cap space to make room for Eichel. A starting point would have been not blowing $5m on Dadanov. Who else is on the rumor wheel...NYR, Calgary, Anaheim, LA. Gaudreau could be a major piece in this.

Eklund: Sabres Needlessly Play Their Hand, and Vancouver Contracts SOON.. Buzz@1
- Eklund

Asking these questions shows you haven't been paying attention, Ek.

I was chatting with my brother and we were trying to remember the last time there was a player/club shit storm of this magnitude, for a star-caliber player. We couldn't think of a single instance.

What situation are we forgetting?

I was chatting with my brother and we were trying to remember the last time there was a player/club shit storm of this magnitude, for a star-caliber player. We couldn't think of a single instance.

What situation are we forgetting?
- WayneZ

Denis Lemieux's trade demand

I was chatting with my brother and we were trying to remember the last time there was a player/club shit storm of this magnitude, for a star-caliber player. We couldn't think of a single instance.

What situation are we forgetting?
- WayneZ

Marty St. Louis throwing a tantrum because he wasn't selected by Yzerman for Team Canada so demanded a trade out of Tampa and would only go to NYR.

Before that...Lindros.

Good for Buffalo for moving on from Eichel, No team needs a sniveling little female dog In the locker room.

I don't think taking the captaincy away does any damage period. The only one's effected are rumor sites that make noise for hits. Your welcome

I was chatting with my brother and we were trying to remember the last time there was a player/club shit storm of this magnitude, for a star-caliber player. We couldn't think of a single instance.

What situation are we forgetting?
- WayneZ

Without thinking too much...Yashin pops in my head quickly.

Marty St. Louis throwing a tantrum because he wasn't selected by Yzerman for Team Canada so demanded a trade out of Tampa and would only go to NYR.

Before that...Lindros.
- HockeyBuzzed

Patrick Roy and Ronald Corey was pretty dramatic

I think removing the captain designation is the equivalent of sports court martial. It makes huge sense to me. And, I suspect it makes sense to the Sabres fans that were paying his salary.

Eichel is the exact opposite of a leader. He is of weak character and spent much of his time blaming everyone else for his short comings. I think the Rangers deserve him.

I was chatting with my brother and we were trying to remember the last time there was a player/club shit storm of this magnitude, for a star-caliber player. We couldn't think of a single instance.

What situation are we forgetting?
- WayneZ

William Nylander?

More of a poop rainy day than a poop storm, and slightly less talent than Eichel.

But held out until the final hour.

Perhaps they want to have a captain established that will actually be training with everyone, new and old, for the entire camp? Does this really seem far-fetched?

My god Eklund you can not get nothing right. Dahlin did not get 9 mil per, he got 6. How can you report such nonsense???

I think removing the captain designation is the equivalent of sports court martial. It makes huge sense to me. And, I suspect it makes sense to the Sabres fans that were paying his salary.

Eichel is the exact opposite of a leader. He is of weak character and spent much of his time blaming everyone else for his short comings. I think the Rangers deserve him.
- spatso

The sabres made many bad decisions in how they handled themselves the last decade. Jack definitely took advantage but Buffalo let him.

Can we agree that BUF has officially become the worst run organization in the NHL?

Easy to attack Jack...but who has better chance at future success?
Not going to insult Mickey Mouse but the Sabres are a pathetic organization and as a diehard fan a rather crap history with the worst currently happening


Should have allowed Jack to get the disc replaced!
His choice that was correctly made with a second opinion and consultation
Most athletes wisely get opinions outside the organization and often have
super specialists performing the surgery
Even not as an athlete but a medical professional, I would go with a disc replacement over a fusion

Old rule that 1/3 back surgery pts feel better, 1/3 stay the same, 1/3 get worse
This would apply mostly to fusions as disc replacements and microdissections work better and IMO fusions 1/3 getting better seems like a stretch


Good luck Jack... As a medical professional I 100% agree with the second opinion and YOUR decision instead of putting it in the hands of the Buffalo Sabres

Can we agree that BUF has officially become the worst run organization in the NHL?
- Rinosaur

Agreed
Not even close

Mishandling their stars is not new, but a norm