Jack Eichel pulls strangest move amidst trade talks

The Jack Eichel watch is on and the forward, who keeps waiting to be traded, pulled a strange move amidst all the rumours on his next destination. 

As you know, Eichel and his agents made a bold move a week ago, publishing an impactful statement on the trade process in Buffalo and saying more on his neck injury. It was recently revealed by TSN’s Bob McKenzie that the Eichel talks were “dead quiet” since the opening of free agency last week and Darren Dreger added that Eichel has now become the “forgotten superstar” on the market and that frustration level is increasing in his camp.

He later found himself trending on social media, when a video of himself practicing in Boston went viral as he could be seen skating and ripping one-timers on the ice. 

This is believed to have allowed interested teams to take a quick look at Eichel, who has 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. Eichel wanted disc replacement surgery, with an artificial disc being placed in his neck. It promises a shorter rehab time, the potential for less loss of motion and far less potential for the necessity for future surgeries. But the Sabres’ doctors aren’t comfortable with a surgery that’s never been done on a hockey player before… 

As fans keep watching on what will come next in this intense battle between Eichel’s camp and the Sabres, Eichel pulled a strange move on Thursday night, and created himself a Twitter account, a verified one. He later posted this, replying to insider John Vogl, who tweeted that this was likely a fake account:

Fans starting mocking Eichel and photoshopped different bios for the forward, placing him on different teams, though we still have no clue where he could traded. Some fans believe he created this social media account to be ready to post his goodbye message to the fanbase in Buffalo. 

Last week, 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 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… 

We cannot wait to see which team ends up in his bio on his new Twitter ahead of the start of the 2021-22 season.