Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

[SDS]

25 minutes ago, darksabre said:

I don't recall this ever having been a thing.

Sports fans are the absolute worst

I trust your memory over mine.

[darksabre]

1 minute ago, SDS said:

I trust your memory over mine.

Bold move

[SDS]

Just now, darksabre said:

Bold move

It's really not. I'm pretty sure I have a tumor.

[I-90 W]

I’ll honestly never understand why some here go so far out of their way to be Jack Eichel apologists. Sure, some fans are unbelievably harsh on players, which is rather unsophisticated. But coming across as if Jack Eichel can do no wrong is also a bit much.

[ExWNYer]

2 minutes ago, SDS said:

It's really not. I'm pretty sure I have a tumor.

 

[Thorner]

3 minutes ago, darksabre said:

Bold move

I met Randy on a resort in Mexico in 2006 and have a great photo where he's got his beer belly out lmao

[pi2000]

Just now, MODO Hockey said:

Is your sources twitter? we're all ears

Without naming names, and I've said this before, I regularly skate with some Ducks and Kings alumni, a few of which remain employed by their respective franchises.    However, in this case, the source is a current NHL head coach (not Ducks or Kings) who I've known personally for the past 10 years or so.      I'll leave it at that.   You can probably figure it out looking at my post history. 

[MODO Hockey]

8 minutes ago, pi2000 said:

Without naming names, and I've said this before, I regularly skate with some Ducks and Kings alumni, a few of which remain employed by their respective franchises.    However, in this case, the source is a current NHL head coach (not Ducks or Kings) who I've known personally for the past 10 years or so.      I'll leave it at that.   You can probably figure it out looking at my post history. 

And here you are poking me saying you cannot read. Jesus, your pathetic.

[darksabre]

I'm just gonna say my piece here, but a lot of us have been aggressively following not only this team but sports in general for a looooooong time, and after a while you start to notice the same things happening over and over again.

-Fans love world building. They love creating stories around their teams, and the players are characters built up out of little bits and fragments of information accumulated, augmented, and crafted into something "real". But the truth is that we don't really know these guys, and we don't really know anything about their world.

-A large majority of the stuff fans think is happening, isn't.

-A large majority of the stuff fans think is important is in fact completely inconsequential.

[Curt]

54 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Adams wasn't even aware Jack was skating and wouldn't acknowledge him for weeks, and Jack Eichel is supposed to congratulate college bound "Owen Power" 

Why is Owen Power in quotes?

[Thorner]

2 minutes ago, Curt said:

Why is Owen Power in quotes?

Because, as a player that is a couple years away, headed to College, he's a non-entity to Jack right now. Understandably 

Edited July 29, 2021 by Thorny

[pi2000]

18 minutes ago, MODO Hockey said:

And here you are poking me saying you cannot read. Jesus, your pathetic.

*you're 🙂

 

[Shmuffalo]

1 hour ago, pi2000 said:

FWIW one of my sources says he expects something to happen w/ Eichel over the next 48 hours.    He's been quiet thus far on the topic, which is why it caught my attention.

That said, I still don't think anything happens until we get closer to mid-August and all the FA dust has settled.

Is nothing something?

[Buffalonill]

1 hour ago, pi2000 said:

FWIW one of my sources says he expects something to happen w/ Eichel over the next 48 hours.    He's been quiet thus far on the topic, which is why it caught my attention.

That said, I still don't think anything happens until we get closer to mid-August and all the FA dust has settled.

[Shmuffalo]

[Doohicksie]

1 hour ago, MODO Hockey said:

And here you are poking me saying you cannot read. Jesus, your pathetic.

At this point, is there a reason you continue to post here?  Since your mancrush Linus signed with Boston you've been nothing but antagonistic to the Buffalo Sabres and the fans who post here.  What's the point?

1 hour ago, darksabre said:

I'm just gonna say my piece here, but a lot of us have been aggressively following not only this team but sports in general for a looooooong time, and after a while you start to notice the same things happening over and over again.

-Fans love world building. They love creating stories around their teams, and the players are characters built up out of little bits and fragments of information accumulated, augmented, and crafted into something "real". But the truth is that we don't really know these guys, and we don't really know anything about their world.

-A large majority of the stuff fans think is happening, isn't.

-A large majority of the stuff fans think is important is in fact completely inconsequential.

This should be posted over the front door to Sabrespace.

[Doohicksie]

1 hour ago, pi2000 said:

*you're 🙂

Do you think you could master Swedish language as well as this Swede has mastered English? 

[Marvin]

2 hours ago, HoosierDaddy said:

And if a team hires an experienced guy, fans bash the hire as a "retread." 

Welcome back to the board.

[PromoTheRobot]

2 hours ago, pi2000 said:

*you're 🙂

 

I'd cut him some slack. 

[WildCard]

https://mobile.twitter.com/BuffaloVogl/status/1420852313196007433 

Former teammate weighs in in Jack the leader 

Edited July 29, 2021 by WildCard

[Huckleberry]

1 hour ago, Doohickie said:

Do you think you could master Swedish language as well as this Swede has mastered English? 

Its not that hard I bet , I understand half of what Danish people say, doubt Swedish would be that different for me 😄 

Then again I'm flemish and I speak German too.

[Cal Naughton Jr]

3 minutes ago, WildCard said:

https://mobile.twitter.com/BuffaloVogl/status/1420852313196007433 

Former teammate weighs in in Jack the leader 

In hindsight, Jack was not a good choice for captain. Just because you have talent doesn’t mean you can lead a team

[Sabres Fan in NS]

12 minutes ago, Cal Naughton Jr said:

In hindsight, Jack was not a good choice for captain. Just because you have talent doesn’t mean you can lead a team

Correct.

@Eleven was not captain until the twilight of his career and even then he was maybe not the best choice.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:

I'd cut him some slack. 

English is not his first language and he has been through a lot in recent years with is mom being sink and passing away, if I recall correctly.

I have thought about it and I have retracted my *lol* thingie from @pi2000 post correcting @MODO Hockey English.  Not my finest moment.

[Eleven]

The entire situation, besides the goaltender spot, was easily solved four years ago by giving O'Reilly the C and telling Jack to deal with it.

 

Most of us knew that back then.   It wasn't a tough decision.  Botterill was an idiot.