Elliotte Friedman: Sabres seem to confirm Eichel is out of Buffalo
The team is reportedly hesitant to pull the trigger on the surgery, while Eichel and his doctor are pushing to get the surgery done this offseason.
On Friday, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported that general manager Kevyn Adams has confirmed that the Sabres are still not comfortable with Eichel's process. He even added: "Whatever Eichel decides to do it's going to be in conjunction with the next team that acquires him.»
Eichel played his final game of the season on March 7 for the league-worst Sabres before being ruled out for the rest of the season due to a neck injury. It certainly feels like Eichel, who has been captain of the Sabres since 2018-19 and has spent his entire six-year career with the team, will be wearing a new uniform next season.
Friedman added this: «It wouldn't surprise me at all if the Sabres answer to this is to potentially punt the situation to another team.»
The insider also mentioned that he «believes any team that acquires Jack Eichel has to be cool with how he handles this injury. However, EF also mentions teams are asking if Eichel gets traded is he willing to bend to a new team because he wants to make a good impression?»
Friedman went to say he believes a deal could be in the works sooner than we think.
"It's clear there is a clear lack of trust between Eichel and the Sabres right now."
"Again, this is me talking, nobody is telling me this, I wonder if this is a deal that happens sooner rather than later for that reason."
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