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Good luck with that as one of the major issues regarding cervical ADR performed on anyone, let alone athletes in contact sports, let alone hockey players, is the lack of data relative to outcomes, especially long term. It’s just too relatively new of a procedure to have established the necessary body of information required. Which is also one of the reasons many insurance companies won’t cover the procedure. The same “evidence backing their contention” has been available to them the entire time. So has the evidence suggesting that fusion is the better option. I doubt the majority medical opinion has shifted in the six months since Eichel’s injury.

Here’s what he said upon signing his $80m deal just prior to the ‘17/‘18 season: My how the times have changed.

I’m not convinced that Eichel didn’t want to be here at the time KA is rumored to have tried moving him in the Summer/Fall of 2020. He made some acquisitions that were widely viewed as good moves at the time. Moves designed to help Eichel. Although I’m sure Krueger had more say. Eichel was also only two years into his new deal that summer. Why would he agree to a long term deal with a team he didn’t want to play for? I’m also not convinced that Adams did anything more than field some calls about Eichel from interested teams. GMs do that all the time. But if Adams really did decide to move him before the 2020/2021 season, my question is why? What did he observe that convinced him the team needed to go in a another direction?

I don’t agree that the Sabres should have to share any responsibility. The only position the team should moderate is what they’re willing to accept in a deal and right now, there is no reason for them to do so. If the Sabres grow tired of paying him to do nothing, then perhaps that also moves their needle a bit as well.

He took a puck to the face. As he skated off, Rob said, “Yeah, he’s leaking.”

Right, because the first source that GMs look for to determine a player’s value is Paul Hamilton.

Maturing winners

That or

Can’t agree more here. The start of the season brings with it a shift in priorities for every team in the league.

It’s that lack of balance in his reporting that makes me so suspect. I don’t have an “agenda” as implied in a post above, but I do expect reporters to give credence to all sides of an issue when possible. And it’s certainly possible when it come to this particular neck injury. Friedman and Co. have been seemingly lacking in seeking and reporting what other sources in the medical community have to say on the subject. Instead, it’s been frequent reports implying how the Sabres are denying Eichel, holding him back, not good for the league, etc., when there is ample medical opinion out there to suggest not only are the Sabres NOT holding him back, but they are indeed doing what’s BEST for him medically.

So a player can refuse to be traded entirely then if he chooses. Might be a long five years for Eichel then.

Any idea if there is a maximum number of teams a player can list?

Yeah, Granato is a different breed. Best early example of this is after a particularly horrendous Cozens shift on Saturday, a shift that previous Sabres coaches would have pinned his ass to the bench for, Granato left him out there and double shifted him. Gave him an immediate chance to make a better play or two and erase the poor ones. Which Cozens promptly did. I think there is tremendous value in that.

Per the bold, regarding NMCs, is there a maximum amount of teams a player can list that he will/won’t agree to be traded to? Are those teams listed by the player at the time the clause is executed or is the list determined at a later time? I wonder if the teams the Sabres have been rumored to have discussion with are ok with Jack anyway and, if so, that would seem to eliminate that time constraint as well.

Friedman. Gotta love his schtick. Nothing new. Absolute regurgitation. Brisson needs to give him something else to shill.

My post wasn’t directed at you, I’m merely pointing out it’s water thru the dam. What is “longer than expected?” I’m sure we are way past that for Eichel’s side of the coin, but I’m not sure the Sabres and possible trade partners see it the same way. I thinks it’s a very matter of fact situation for them.

I think you’re projecting your own frustration and impatience on the situation. The Sabres and potential teams looking to acquire him are simply in a holding pattern and nobody is under pressure given that circumstance. It doesn’t do anyone any good to lament the time lost.

There is no pressure on anyone here, just impatience on the side of Eichel and his agent to get something done. But impatience shouldn’t be confused with pressure. We have a talented, injured player on IR. That’s it. Nobody can expect much given the circumstances.

The ‘74/‘75 season. Ya shoulda been there.

Did you say “broken John?”

This. Possession is paramount in OT and if skating or passing the puck out of your zone to get fresh legs on the ice helps to keep it, then you do it.

Sorry to hear this, Dark. Thanks for the reminder to remain vigilant and get well fast.

Nah, he’s too busy with the Red Sahx and the Bruins open at home tonight. WTF?