Eichel’s agents drop bomb in trade talks and screw Sabres’ plans!

The pressure just went up many notches in Buffalo. While fans have been waiting for the Sabres to trade captain Jack Eichel, the star forward has grown sick of waiting. 

His agents published an impactful statement on Friday night, putting tons of pressure on the Sabres while bringing his trade value down. 

Here is what they had to say about the trade process in Buffalo and spoke more on Eichel’s neck injury: 

According to TSN’s Bob McKenzie, the Eichel talks were “dead quiet” ever since free agency opened on Wednesday. His colleague Darren Dreger has added that Eichel has now become the “forgotten superstar” on the market and that frustration level is increasing in his camp. And so, it came to this statement tonight… 

“What’s critically important to make sure is clear is that we’re in control of this process,” he told reporters in a Zoom call. “We have a player under contract. We don’t feel any pressure’” said GM Kevyn Adams earlier this week. 

Does he feel it now??

On Tuesday, it was reported that the Sabres had demanded for the Vegas Golden Knights to give Reilly Smith, Peyton Krebs, Nic Hague and a first-rounder in return for Eichel. It’s also rumoured that the Sabres would dare to ask the Montreal Canadiens for “Nick Suzuki, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Alexander Romanov. And they don’t intend to settle for just one of those three players. They also ask for prospects and picks,” per RDS’ Francois Gagnon. 

Eichel played his last game of the campaign for the league-worst Sabres on March 7 before being ruled out for the remainder due to his neck injury. The team is reportedly refusing to share medical records with interesting parties, which is probably not helping and now his agents have revealed that the team’s decision are preventing Eichel from playing the NHL. 

If the medical update has been stopping the trade process, his agents are coming clean to make things happen. 

Eichel is under contract through 2025-26 with a $10-million cap hit. We’ve heard rumours of many teams entering trade talks, not only the Golden Knights and Canadiens, but also the Minnesota Wild, Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers… 

I wonder if they all stay interested after this statement…