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Dreger said Eichel doesn't look right despite Ralph saying he's not hurt.
Eichel asked out over the offseason. But, they convinced him to give it another go with the Hall signing.
If Eichel still wants out, he needs to play better.
Player Discussion Jack Eichel Part 2
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Dreger said Eichel doesn't look right despite Ralph saying he's not hurt.
Eichel asked out over the offseason. But, they convinced him to give it another go with the Hall signing.
If Eichel still wants out, he needs to play better.
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Dreger doesn’t commit to anything, suggests Eichel did want out but was convinced to stick around and try to see how it goes, but that if things stay bad they’d have to re-examine at deadline or offseason
Nothing really concrete there
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Friedman on the Instigators right now, he's speculating that Eichel is dealing with something but doesn't want it known. Admits he doesn't have any real info about how he's doing now or his current injury status, but did say that Jack's injury from before the season was more of an annoyance than they let on.
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Realistically, there is no guarantee that Adams lets him go if he asks out. He is under contract with us, so....
Having said that, if he wants out then he clearly doesn't want to be here and is, to me, part of the problem. I don't say this lightly because losing a bonafide number 1C never makes bad teams better. But i don't want a player here, especially a captain, if they don't want to be.
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If Eichel really did ask out last off-season (which is hardly shocking) then he's certainly going to push hard for a trade after this miserable season. Buckle up and enjoy possibly the last 40 games of Eichel as a Sabre (although there's not much to enjoy when he's not even playing like a first line player)
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Dreger is a Steve Simmonds level gabage trashbag hack and if he said the sun will come out tomorrow I'd buy a goddamned flashlight.
Krueger basically confirmed today that Eichel is playing hurt
I just don't know how one can get injured offseason if there is no hard hitting or nothing. Sounds bit weird to me.
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Dreger is the same derp who said a DeAngelo trade was incoming in 24-48 hours.
He's TSN's version of Eklund
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I'm still going with Bobby Mac on this. Everything else from the media is carefully worded speculation and innuendo, feeding off the blogging brigade ginning this stuff up.
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Sabres Mailbag: Taylor Hall's future, Jeff Skinner's benching and what's the plan?
Rob R S asks: Do the Jack Eichel trade rumors have legs or is it more likely he’s dealt in the offseason?
Lance answers: Let's be clear: There aren't actual trade rumors. This is bloggers chasing page views by turning Elliotte Friedman's answer during a radio interview into a headline. Nothing has changed with this situation since a report first surfaced about the New York Rangers calling the Sabres about Eichel. Eichel wants to win. Another regime change was difficult to swallow after all he’s experienced in Buffalo. But Eichel still has a good relationship with Krueger and seemed encouraged by Adams’ first offseason. Eichel's agent, Peter Fish, told TSN's Bob McKenzie in September that Eichel doesn't want out.
The Sabres need to show Eichel that the franchise finally has stability and that there’s a clear plan to win. There's no substance to the trade chatter, at the moment.
Lysowski also thinks Hall will be dealt. Hall is here because of Krueger whose long-term future with the Sabres is uncertain.
Rob R S asks: Do the Jack Eichel trade rumors have legs or is it more likely he’s dealt in the offseason?
Lance answers: Let's be clear: There aren't actual trade rumors. This is bloggers chasing page views by turning Elliotte Friedman's answer during a radio interview into a headline. Nothing has changed with this situation since a report first surfaced about the New York Rangers calling the Sabres about Eichel. Eichel wants to win. Another regime change was difficult to swallow after all he’s experienced in Buffalo. But Eichel still has a good relationship with Krueger and seemed encouraged by Adams’ first offseason. Eichel's agent, Peter Fish, told TSN's Bob McKenzie in September that Eichel doesn't want out.
The Sabres need to show Eichel that the franchise finally has stability and that there’s a clear plan to win. There's no substance to the trade chatter, at the moment.
Lysowski also thinks Hall will be dealt. Hall is here because of Krueger whose long-term future with the Sabres is uncertain.
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Jack Eichel's surprising late scratch adds new twist to Sabres season of drama
Eichel, who has been battling an upper-body injury all season and suffered a lower-body ailment earlier in the week, skipped the morning skate but took part in the pregame warmup. When he returned to the dressing room, the Sabres ruled him out.
“Jack’s lower-body complications showed up in the warmup,” Krueger said. “It was not related to him not skating this morning, so it definitely caught us all by surprise.
“This was a completely new development. None of us had seen or heard of the situation, so it was something that occurred in the warmup.”
The initial diagnosis is “day to day,” but injuries have been handled mysteriously so far.
Eichel suffered an upper-body injury during the offseason and missed the opening five days of training camp. After Krueger said Monday that the struggling Eichel wasn’t playing hurt, the coach changed his answer Thursday during his weekly radio show. He acknowledged the captain hasn’t been at “100 percent physical condition.”
His lower body is out of alignment from playing with the upper body injury all season.
Eichel, who has been battling an upper-body injury all season and suffered a lower-body ailment earlier in the week, skipped the morning skate but took part in the pregame warmup. When he returned to the dressing room, the Sabres ruled him out.
“Jack’s lower-body complications showed up in the warmup,” Krueger said. “It was not related to him not skating this morning, so it definitely caught us all by surprise.
“This was a completely new development. None of us had seen or heard of the situation, so it was something that occurred in the warmup.”
The initial diagnosis is “day to day,” but injuries have been handled mysteriously so far.
Eichel suffered an upper-body injury during the offseason and missed the opening five days of training camp. After Krueger said Monday that the struggling Eichel wasn’t playing hurt, the coach changed his answer Thursday during his weekly radio show. He acknowledged the captain hasn’t been at “100 percent physical condition.”
His lower body is out of alignment from playing with the upper body injury all season.
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I don't think so. He's going to blame himself for this season because he insisted he could play.
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Bills are amazing and a top 3 team. The Pegulas should never be hated in Buffalo.I hope he ask, that Pegulas be hated even more.
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Not a Sabres fan, but I think Eichel to the Rags makes more sense.
Something along the lines of:
Fox/Miller
Laf/Kakko
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In my mind, if Buffalo trades their franchise player it needs to give them a quick retool and fit their needs. Gives them a future top pairing D, future top line forward and a starting goalie.
Dahlin to LA makes more sense to me. Give him a much needed change of scenery and a chance to play with Doughty.
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