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If they can agree that there's a market for Eichel after he gets his desired surgery (teams will trade for him after he gets it) then perhaps the Sabres could allow him to get that surgery and then use the Olympics (which Brisson says is still possible) as the show case for him. I think that it will be hard for Eichel to make that timeline and maybe even harder to walk into high pressure hockey right off the bat without injury but you never know. It might be the best option to consider at this point. I hate all the speculation and assumptions that we need to make on this issue.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/panthers-aleksander-barkov-agree-eight-year-80m-contract-extension/ Panthers, Aleksander Barkov agree to eight-year, $80M contract extension

Which is why Vegas should give up Krebs in the deal. If St. Louis hadn't made the trade for O'Reilly they would not have won the cup that year in my opinion. So giving up the prospect is worth it if they want to win this year's cup.

Is he waiver exempt? Might explain if they want to send him down on a busy day.

Yes I agree it's a good interview. They want the ADR and "every day that goes by" is a day that is lost and they want this resolved as quickly as possible. The only thing that surprised me was that he actually called Jack Eichel a "depleted asset" but I suppose that's around trying to get the Sabres to reduce their ask and expectations in a trade. He did say many times that we are working together with Kevin Adams and the Sabres, even mentioned meeting with Mr. Pegula.

It's nice to hear that there may be some movement. It would be nice to hear some credible trade speculation now rather than listing all the teams best prospects and saying that none are on the table for Eichel.

No taxi squad but there was talk about being able to carry an extra 3rd goalie without counting against the cap (but I believe that did not get approved).

Report out of practice says that Peterka is day to day with a lower body injury (bruise). So he still may get sent down when he's better from treatment.

Interesting. Murray got a good taste during the preseason and seems close. I assume he has been given a list of things to work on in Rochester and if he works hard he will get some games later this year. I like Quinn and will find it interesting to see if they play him at center with Rochester. Murray Quinn Peterka (if he gets sent down) will be fun to watch. Could add Linus Weissbach on that line too in place of Murray. Fun to watch Rochester. Let's hope they develop and do well.

With only one preseason game left I have no idea of who will be playing with who in this lineup. Maybe Granato will be like Lindy Ruff was with moving players all over trying to find that chemistry this season. There sure is a lot of questions left for me for the line combos and the defense still looks pretty open too.

should not be the priority in my opinion. we need an A+ prospect in the Eichel trade as the principle target (ideally a center)

Yes I absolutely agree except at this point I think we may be ready to say that the return for ROR was just beans.........no magic.

I still think he needs some work on the defensive awareness for the speed of the NHL. I believe he will be sent to Rochester to work on that. He will be back though soon.

Looks like Quinton Byfield will miss significant time in LA with a broken ankle in training camp. I know we would need to take money back to make the cap work with a trade with LA. Could try to get Byfield again as the principle prospect coming back. He's rated high but hasn't pushed through yet to the NHL. Before the injury he was expected to play on the 4th line for LA.

Seems to have lots of speed and quite a few short handed goals in the clips. Not playing against NHL talent but still pretty entertaining. He may fit with the fast team that we seem to be creating.

I just noticed your location "infinite parallel universes". Maybe check them for the threads!

I was agreeing that with the post that he may be providing his medical records on his own.

Seems reasonable. He has seen other doctors for 2nd and 3rd and 4th opinions at this point. I know the Sabres could have paid for these assessments but he could have just as easily covered the costs if that gives him the right to share his personal medical info.

To be fair I said the thread needed to be closed down not locked for this to work. LOL.

and some team please claim him.

Does anyone know how he has done in the preseason? I have not watched any games or highlights from the Kraken.

Lehner is a top goalie playing in the NHL with a players union. The NHL cares a great deal about their reputation especially when the reports come out like this. Over the weekend, Las Vegas Golden Knights goalie Robin Lehner published a collection of tweets that accused "many teams" of giving out Benzodiazepines and Ambien to "employees when they travel." If he really wanted to make a change or difference he would bring his allegations forward. Tweets are easy because he doesn't need to back anything up.

R2 Swede2................well done, love it.

Someone with more patience than me should go through the list of great D that took time to develop and many teams gave up on them. Pronger is one of them (no not suggesting the same style but still Hartford dumped him before he established himself and it still took a few more years with St. Louis). Patience will be hard playing on a sucky team this year but patience is needed.