‘Eichel did, however, strike a bit of a different tone during an exclusive interview with ESPN that was taped last week in Las Vegas and was released on Wednesday. In that interview, he said he felt the Sabres were “toying” with him when they didn’t trade him last summer and complained that the club stripped him of his captaincy in a phone call from General Manager Kevyn Adams that Eichel took in the driveway of his waterfront townhouse.’