‘With Eichel gone, Zemgus Girgensons and Kyle Okposo are sharing the captaincy. Okposo said, “It was mixed emotions for me. I’ve become pretty close with Jack especially in the last three years, so that part of the business is never going to be easy, but I think it was time and there wasn’t going to be an amicable ending to this thing, so I’m happy for him on a personal level.”‘
Sabres' Okposo knew that his friend Eichel had to be traded
Source: WGR-AM