And finally:
#15 Jack Eichel C (three years left at $925,000 per, age 18)
Boston University 40/26/45/71/51/28
USA WJC 7/1/3/4/NA/6
USA Worlds 10/2/5/7/NA/8
Jack Eichel arrives in Buffalo as the second-most highly touted prospect in a decade, the most dominant NCAA freshman in a generation, and the most-hyped Sabre since number 11 came up on the roulette wheel.
Big, strong, fast, athletic, a character kid — he checks all the boxes. There is nothing to dislike about Eichel and no one in Buffalo who doesn't love him. There seems to be only two questions: "how quickly he will rise to elite status" and "but Buffalo."
There’s little to his story that hasn’t already been told to a fanbase eager to see him write his first chapter in blue and gold.
That does it for the roster review series. One week until the prospects hit the ice.
Have a nice Labour Day weekend. Thanks for having me on.
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