‘Housley thinks Eichel will be the people’s captain and when he called him back to the arena on Tuesday night to tell him, Housley said it was a nice moment, “I think it’s exciting, not only for me, our players, but for our city. I think he represents everything we want as far as our organization goes and it was just a great intimate moment for him to accept the captaincy in front of the general manager, the owner and myself.”’
Sabres' Eichel is humbled to be their 19th full-time captain
Source: WGR-AM