Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

[Digger]

Since we are in a wait and see what happens (trade freeze), consider a hypothetical situation from 2015:

After tanking for the season for Connor McDavid, we lose the draft lottery and fall to picking 2nd winning the chance to pick Jack Eichel.  I’m sure we all remember being a bit disappointed but still really excited to get Eichel.

What if we had considered trading the 2OA pick that year to Boston?  I would have said no way and I imagine most of the fan base would have rejected the idea.  We wanted the franchise center for the team to lead us to the “promised land” (or at least into the playoffs).  But in hindsight (especially where we are today with wanting to trade Eichel and worried about getting value in return) it would have been the best move for the Sabres.

Here’s what could have happened:

Buffalo trades the 2015 2OA pick (Jack Eichel) to the Boston Bruins for picks #13, #14, #15 and David Pastrnak.

I believe Boston would have made that trade and that Buffalo would have rejected it as not enough. 

Boston had a new GM Don Sweeny wanting to make an immediate impact on the team.  He traded Dougie Hamilton for an additional 1st and Milan Lucic for an additional 1st.  David Pastrnak was still an unproven prospect who had played 46 games that season scoring 10 goals, 17 assists for 27 points.  Did Boston know he was going to be as good as he is today? Boston would have loved to draft the home town boy in Eichel.

Boston made some really weird picks that year in picking Jakub Zboril, Jake DeBrusk, and Zach Senyshyn.  No one could believe they were passing on such great players still on the board.  The next 3 picks after Boston’s picks (#16, #17, #18) were Matt Barzal, Kyle Connor, and Thomas Chabot.  All 3 were predicted by the draft experts to be drafted ahead of the Boston picks.

So imagine having a Buffalo Sabres team without a Jack Eichel but having Matt Barzal, Kyle Connor, Thomas Chabot, and David Pastrnak.

It could have happened……………………

[WildCard]

 

[Sabres Fan in NS]

7 minutes ago, WildCard said:

 

Jack, or one of the other wonderful centers we have?

[WildCard]

10 minutes ago, New Scotland (NS) said:

Jack, or one of the other wonderful centers we have?

He's referring to Jack

[LGR4GM]

30 minutes ago, WildCard said:

 

Oh did they add to their offer of used pucks some trash from MSG? Maybe they tossed in an old bag of porn VHS tapes from that place in times square that closed 25 years ago. 

[Sabres Fan in NS]

17 minutes ago, WildCard said:

He's referring to Jack

Thanks, Charlie, but it was not a real question.

Your sarcasm meter needs a little adjustment ... 😉

 

[sabresparaavida]

7 hours ago, Digger said:

Since we are in a wait and see what happens (trade freeze), consider a hypothetical situation from 2015:

After tanking for the season for Connor McDavid, we lose the draft lottery and fall to picking 2nd winning the chance to pick Jack Eichel.  I’m sure we all remember being a bit disappointed but still really excited to get Eichel.

What if we had considered trading the 2OA pick that year to Boston?  I would have said no way and I imagine most of the fan base would have rejected the idea.  We wanted the franchise center for the team to lead us to the “promised land” (or at least into the playoffs).  But in hindsight (especially where we are today with wanting to trade Eichel and worried about getting value in return) it would have been the best move for the Sabres.

Here’s what could have happened:

Buffalo trades the 2015 2OA pick (Jack Eichel) to the Boston Bruins for picks #13, #14, #15 and David Pastrnak.

I believe Boston would have made that trade and that Buffalo would have rejected it as not enough. 

Boston had a new GM Don Sweeny wanting to make an immediate impact on the team.  He traded Dougie Hamilton for an additional 1st and Milan Lucic for an additional 1st.  David Pastrnak was still an unproven prospect who had played 46 games that season scoring 10 goals, 17 assists for 27 points.  Did Boston know he was going to be as good as he is today? Boston would have loved to draft the home town boy in Eichel.

Boston made some really weird picks that year in picking Jakub Zboril, Jake DeBrusk, and Zach Senyshyn.  No one could believe they were passing on such great players still on the board.  The next 3 picks after Boston’s picks (#16, #17, #18) were Matt Barzal, Kyle Connor, and Thomas Chabot.  All 3 were predicted by the draft experts to be drafted ahead of the Boston picks.

So imagine having a Buffalo Sabres team without a Jack Eichel but having Matt Barzal, Kyle Connor, Thomas Chabot, and David Pastrnak.

It could have happened……………………

I don’t think Boston would have made that trade. Yes Eichel was an elite talent. But Pastarnak was already a star in the making. His first year post draft and already over 0.5 ppg. 3 firsts on top of Pasta would probably be worth more to Boston than Eichel, with such a stacked draft.

[Marvin]

10 minutes ago, sabresparaavida said:

I don’t think Boston would have made that trade. Yes Eichel was an elite talent. But Pastarnak was already a star in the making. His first year post draft and already over 0.5 ppg. 3 firsts on top of Pasta would probably be worth more to Boston than Eichel, with such a stacked draft.

Rumour was that they did offer 13, 14, and 15 for #3 (Noah Hanifin).  If true, they certainly would have coughed that up and maybe a bit more for Eichel.

[Andrew Amerk]

5 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

Oh did they add to their offer of used pucks some trash from MSG? Maybe they tossed in an old bag of porn VHS tapes from that place in times square that closed 25 years ago. 

Edited July 20, 2021 by Andrew Amerk

[Digger]

8 hours ago, Digger said:

Since we are in a wait and see what happens (trade freeze), consider a hypothetical situation from 2015:

After tanking for the season for Connor McDavid, we lose the draft lottery and fall to picking 2nd winning the chance to pick Jack Eichel.  I’m sure we all remember being a bit disappointed but still really excited to get Eichel.

What if we had considered trading the 2OA pick that year to Boston?  I would have said no way and I imagine most of the fan base would have rejected the idea.  We wanted the franchise center for the team to lead us to the “promised land” (or at least into the playoffs).  But in hindsight (especially where we are today with wanting to trade Eichel and worried about getting value in return) it would have been the best move for the Sabres.

Here’s what could have happened:

Buffalo trades the 2015 2OA pick (Jack Eichel) to the Boston Bruins for picks #13, #14, #15 and David Pastrnak.

I believe Boston would have made that trade and that Buffalo would have rejected it as not enough. 

Boston had a new GM Don Sweeny wanting to make an immediate impact on the team.  He traded Dougie Hamilton for an additional 1st and Milan Lucic for an additional 1st.  David Pastrnak was still an unproven prospect who had played 46 games that season scoring 10 goals, 17 assists for 27 points.  Did Boston know he was going to be as good as he is today? Boston would have loved to draft the home town boy in Eichel.

Boston made some really weird picks that year in picking Jakub Zboril, Jake DeBrusk, and Zach Senyshyn.  No one could believe they were passing on such great players still on the board.  The next 3 picks after Boston’s picks (#16, #17, #18) were Matt Barzal, Kyle Connor, and Thomas Chabot.  All 3 were predicted by the draft experts to be drafted ahead of the Boston picks.

So imagine having a Buffalo Sabres team without a Jack Eichel but having Matt Barzal, Kyle Connor, Thomas Chabot, and David Pastrnak.

It could have happened……………………

1 hour ago, sabresparaavida said:

I don’t think Boston would have made that trade. Yes Eichel was an elite talent. But Pastrnak was already a star in the making. His first year post draft and already over 0.5 ppg. 3 firsts on top of Pasta would probably be worth more to Boston than Eichel, with such a stacked draft.

We will never know but I bet Boston would have really offered a huge package for Eichel that year.  I don't remember what the hype was around Pastrnak at that time in the league.  It was before he was a proven star and he was the 25th pick in the 2014 draft.  Boston really wanted to make a splash in the draft moving up (but failed miserably with their eventual picks that they made).

My point was that I doubt Buffalo would have accepted that as being enough at the time because we wanted the franchise center.  

Let's hope that we get a good deal for Eichel when and if it happens.

 

[LGR4GM]

2 hours ago, Andrew Amerk said:

Paul Rudd is great. 

 

Anyways I feel like Thursday and Friday will be crazy league wide.

[Brawndo]

 

[LGR4GM]

16 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

 

This week is gonna have a hell of a finish. 

[jsb]

53 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Paul Rudd is great. 

Anyways I feel like Thursday and Friday will be crazy league wide.

Since l’m on a personal crusade to correct you this month and to let @New Scotland (NS) know that someone actually reads his posts, there is no such word as ANYWAYS, it’s anyway.

[JustOutsideChicago]

28 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

 

Yikes. How about an elite prospect and a top 10-12 pick? 

[spndnchz]

47 minutes ago, jsb said:

Since l’m on a personal crusade to correct you this month and to let @New Scotland (NS) know that someone actually reads his posts, there is no such word as ANYWAYS, it’s anyway.

Anywho is ok though?

[Doohicksie]

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if he’s still on the team.

[Doohicksie]

1 hour ago, jsb said:

Since l’m on a personal crusade to correct you this month and to let @New Scotland (NS) know that someone actually reads his posts, there is no such word as ANYWAYS, it’s anyway.

Were you raised in BAHSTON or something?  Of course anyways is a word.  In Buffalo.  I think it's related to Posessification in Buffalo English:
 

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Posessification

Another strange linguistic trait among Buffalonians is the "posessification" of many business names, where it is changed to the posessive case. For example, it's common to hear Buffalonians refer to "Rite Aid's," "Kmart's" or "Noco's," as if there's a "Mr. Noco" that owns the gas station chain. In some cases a business name is shortened and the posessive case added, for instance Blockbuster Video becomes "Blockbuster's," and La Nova Pizzeria changes to simply "Nova's."

 

 

24 minutes ago, spndnchz said:

Anywho is ok though?

English is a funny language, even more so in Buffalo, innit?

[Zamboni]

I don’t know if it’s a WNY thing, or an education thing, but …

Could care less.

Couldn’t care less.

 

If you don’t, at this stage in life, know the difference, your education wasn’t very (borrowing NS words) goodly. 😂

 

I couldn’t care less where Eichel goes if he gets traded.

I could care less, but why bother.

[Cascade Youth]

Come on guys this ain’t rocket surgery.

[Derrico]

9 hours ago, Brawndo said:

 

I would be looking for quality versus quantity.  Give me Zegras and 3OA and I'm good.

[inkman]

10 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

This week is gonna have a hell of a finish. 

[Radar]

I'm now leaning heavily to the Jack will not be traded position. First, other teams concern about healtn issues. Second, Adams can't afford to make a bad trade and doesn't need to.

[Buffalonill]

Might mean nothing but Sam Reinhart moved his girlfriend to Vancouver full time instead of Buffalo they have a house now together. 

 

 

[WildCard]

 

Edited July 20, 2021 by WildCard