Jimtown guy Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10015013-report-jack-eichel-traded-from-sabres-to-golden-knights-for-alex-tuch-draft-picks Edited November 5, 2021 by TropicalFruitGirl26 Edit title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Sabres trade Eichel to Golden Knights after long dispute The Buffalo Sabres are trading the three-time All-Star centre and former team captain to the Vegas Golden Knights, ending what had become a contentious relationship between player and team. TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger reports Alex Tuch and picks are part of the Sabres return. The Jack Eichel era in Buffalo is finally over. The Sabres are trading the three-time All-Star centre and former team captain to the Vegas Golden Knights, ending what had become a contentious relationship between player and team. While the deal is still pending a trade call with the league, TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger reports forwards Alex Tuch and Peyton Krebs, a 2022 first-round pick and a third-round pick in 2023 are going back to the Sabres, who will send a 2023 third-round pick along with Eichel to Vegas. Pending trade call, The @BuffaloSabres trade Jack Eichel and a 2023 3rd round pick, to the @GoldenKnights for Peyton Krebs, Alex Tuch, a 1st in 2022 and a 3rd in 2023. — Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) November 4, 2021 Tuch has not played this season after undergoing shoulder surgery in late July. He was given a six-month timeline for recovery after the operation. The 25-year-old, who is signed at a cap hit of $4.75 through the 2025-26 season, had 18 goals and 33 points in 55 games last season. Krebs, 20, is without a point in nine games with the Golden Knights this season. He was selected 17th overall by Vegas in the 2019 NHL Draft. He had one assist in four games with the Golden Knights last season, posting one goal and five points in five AHL games with the Henderson Silver Knights, and 13 goals and 43 points in 24 WHL games with the Winnipeg Ice. The Eichel Saga The 24-year-old Eichel remains sidelined with a neck injury since last March. Limited to 21 games last season, Eichel had two goals and 18 points. Selected second overall pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft out of Boston University, Eichel has appeared in 375 career games with the Sabres over six seasons, scoring 139 goals and adding 216 assists. In the fall of 2017, Eichel signed an eight-year, $80 million extension with the Sabres, leaving four years after the current season remaining on his deal. Though Eichel expressed discontentment over his team's lengthy playoff drought in the spring of 2020 (“I’m fed up with the losing and I’m fed up and I’m frustrated,” the North Chelmsford, MA native said at the time), most of what Eichel called a "disconnect" between the player and the Sabres in May comes from how to treat the herniated disc in his neck. While Eichel wished to undergo disc replacement surgery, the Sabres balked at the idea and favoured fusion surgery, citing the fact that no NHL player had ever undergone the replacement procedure before. With Eichel's injury still untreated, he failed his physical prior to the start of the season and was stripped of his captaincy by general manager Kevyn Adams. In an effort to speed along a move away from the Sabres, Eichel made a change in representation in September, hiring agent Pat Brisson. Internationally, Eichel has represented the United States on a number of occasions, including as part of a bronze medal-winning effort at the 2015 IIHF World Hockey Championships in the Czech Republic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brewin Flames Posted November 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2021 Thank god that the Flames balked on this deal.... 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Rick Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 BS is what this is for all of us. I bought an NHL jersey with that pricks name and number. Now its useless. Never again do I buy a sports jersey. Not unless its 17 Josh Allen. We got screwed and have a moron for a GM. He let him go 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Ewing Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, Brewin Flames said: Thank god that the Flames balked on this deal.... I don't know if that report/rumour was correct, but yeah, that would have cut out their heart. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Rick Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, JR Ewing said: I don't know if that report/rumour was correct, but yeah, that would have cut out their heart. Whose? Sabres or Flames or both? mine for sure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Ewing Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 1 minute ago, Hockey Junkie said: Whose? Sabres or Flames or both? mine for sure The deal that myself and @Brewin Flames were talking about a rumoured package centred around Matthew Tkachuk. Would have been great Buffalo and bad for Calgary, imo. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 It is me or Vegas is finally starting screwing things up? No, because there's this thing called, hum, a salary cap. When Stone, Pacioretty come back, good luck with the calculations. Or there's another plan: sexually assault them, making their contracts void as a consequence. You solve your cap problem, the fine is lower than breaking the cap rules and you don't forfeit picks. Win-win-win. Isn't Butmann's world wonderful? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radoran Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/32549854/buffalo-sabres-trade-jack-eichel-vegas-golden-knights Eichel gets his preferred surgery and can't take contact for at least three months. Could be back on the ice before the end of the season. Likely won't have played an actual hockey game for over a year at that point. Tuch appears to be a 20/50 forward - did we mention he's on LTRI? Krebs has "potential". And Buffalo gets probably a mid to low round 1st. In the end, this is probably addition by distraction subtraction for the Sabres. Not a great haul on the first look. I honestly don't much like this for Vegas, either, mainly because I'm not at all sold on Eichel as a player and this appears to put them pretty close to the cap next year with a lot of holes to fill. Wouldn't be surprised to see Pacioretty dealt... Edited November 4, 2021 by radoran 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxrattle Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 If Krebs continues his career as he's started it, he'll be a Team Canada captain in the future as well. That's a bum I'd take to the roster any day. A prospect, but so is Eichel's neck atm. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 1 hour ago, JR Ewing said: The deal that myself and @Brewin Flames were talking about a rumoured package centred around Matthew Tkachuk. Would have been great Buffalo and bad for Calgary, imo. Now, that would have made me ill... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samifan Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Hockey Junkie said: BS is what this is for all of us. I bought an NHL jersey with that pricks name and number. Now its useless. Never again do I buy a sports jersey. Not unless its 17 Josh Allen. We got screwed and have a moron for a GM. He let him go You surely have a Ryan Miller one don’t you? If I recall, you may have mentioned once or twice that you were a huge fan of his when he was in Buffalo….. Edited November 4, 2021 by Samifan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 25 minutes ago, Samifan said: You surely have a Ryan Miller one don’t you? If I recall, you may have mentioned once or twice that you were a huge fan of his when he was in Buffalo….. He "had" a Ryan Miller one. The police took it because Miller was still in it. 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samifan Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, flyercanuck said: He "had" a Ryan Miller one. The police took it because Miller was still in it. That’s gold Jerry, gold I tell ya! Edited November 4, 2021 by Samifan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Rick Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 57 minutes ago, Samifan said: You surely have a Ryan Miller one don’t you? If I recall, you may have mentioned once or twice that you were a huge fan of his when he was in Buffalo….. Miller was great here for years. Won President trophy and would have won Cup in 06 if we didn’t lose 4 starting D men for game 7. Tallinder would have been enough. Miller was great. Best American born goalie ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samifan Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) Miller Edited November 4, 2021 by Samifan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 2 hours ago, radoran said: ...addition by distraction subtraction for the Sabres. Aren't you a clever monkey! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radoran Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 10 minutes ago, Podein25 said: Aren't you a clever monkey! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilldoc Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegx.ca Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 4 hours ago, JR Ewing said: The deal that myself and @Brewin Flames were talking about a rumoured package centred around Matthew Tkachuk. Would have been great Buffalo and bad for Calgary, imo. No doubt. Thank God it only turned out to be rumours. Looking back at the rumour with Calgary, it looks for sure smoke sent out by Eichel agents because that rumoured Calgary deal kills what Buffalo ended up getting from Vegas. The Vegas deal, injured player for injured player makes way more sense, the rumoured Calgary deal made no sense at all - and just by coincidence was sent out just before the Vegas deal went final. Looks to me the Eichel agents sent out the Calgary rumour to pressure Vegas to finalize deal - and Vegas fell for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 MacCrimmon and Deboer gotta be concerned for their jobs with Jack The Management Killer Eichel coming to town. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyShelf Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Wow! What an overpay. Krebs, Tuch, another protected first rounder and a few more picks. I would NOT have made this trade. Eichel may come back healthy (and I know Tuch is getting healthy), but a healthy Tuch and Krebs (high upside and cost controlled) plus additional high picks is too high. IF Wild had competed, it would have taken at least Rossi, likely an EEK or Fiala and 2-3 high draft picks. Too rich for my blood. Thoughts? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 I would not give up that much for Eichel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey-78 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) 56 minutes ago, EmptyShelf said: Wow! What an overpay. Krebs, Tuch, another protected first rounder and a few more picks. I would NOT have made this trade. Eichel may come back healthy (and I know Tuch is getting healthy), but a healthy Tuch and Krebs (high upside and cost controlled) plus additional high picks is too high. IF Wild had competed, it would have taken at least Rossi, likely an EEK or Fiala and 2-3 high draft picks. Too rich for my blood. Thoughts? My initial thought was and is what a great trade for Vegas. Eichel is a genuine high-end talent and Vegas IMO didn't give up any cornerstones. Tuch and Krebs have yet to show anything substantial and picks are always crapshoot. Slightly risky due to his injury but definitely interesting to see what Eichel could do in Vegas. I feel like the Sabres and the people around him were holding him back. EDIT: I think this thread is in the wrong forum. Edited November 4, 2021 by Hockey-78 addition 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, Hockey-78 said: Tuch and Krebs have yet to show anything substantial You've seen Tuch play huh? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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