'Eichel is under contract for six more years with an average annual value of $10 million and his no-movement clause does not begin until 2022-23. The two-year captain willed the Sabres to a 30-31-8 record with 78 points during the coronavirus-shortened season, earning him an eighth-place finish in voting for the Hart Trophy, which is awarded annually to the NHL’s most valuable … [Read more...] about Sabres GM Kevyn Adams says he has ‘no intention’ of trading Jack Eichel
Archives for September 30, 2020
Sabres' GM for a Day: Plotting a course for 2020 offseason
'Next up are unrestricted free agents, who will be free to sign elsewhere beginning Oct. 9 at noon: Johan Larsson, Zemgus Girgensons, Wayne Simmonds, Vladimir Sobotka, Jimmy Vesey, Michael Frolik and Matt Hunwick. While Simmonds checks a few boxes, his lack of foot speed doesn’t fit with how Krueger wants to play. We’re also saying goodbye to Vesey, Frolik and Hunwick, the … [Read more...] about Sabres’ GM for a Day: Plotting a course for 2020 offseason
Adams: 'We're not shopping' Jack Eichel
'"People call and make phone calls and ask about players every day, and my job is to listen and have conversations. It's something that I want to make very clear that we have no intention, and we're not shopping Jack or talking to teams looking to do anything with Jack. It's just people calling to ask questions and you have conversations. That's really the extent of it."' … [Read more...] about Adams: ‘We’re not shopping’ Jack Eichel
Do we have to build a Jack Eichel fear bunker?
'How many more bad seasons away are we from Eichel finally saying "I'm done."?' … [Read more...] about Do we have to build a Jack Eichel fear bunker?