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That’s the point.

C’mon, man. Everyone knows it’s better to make NO profit rather than LESS profit.

Fuel.

Never gets old to see the genuine emotion of these young men and their families as they soak in that life changing news and see a dream come true.

But, but, but...Mahomes. I swear, if people spent half as much time being happy for what they have as they spend being miserable for what they never had, the world would be a much happier place.

Student. Of. The. Game.

He better temporarily suspend his NMC so we can protect another player in the upcoming expansion draft. He was incredulous when asked about it during his presser.

I liked the pressure Tampa brought with their pass rush even better.

Some of his throws are other worldly. Like that one to Yeldon vs. the Titans. He’s literally one of only a few people on the planet who can do that. Amazing. And it never gets old.

Won’t know until after the prescribed (and agreed upon by Eichel’s own doctors) 12 week rehab is finished. That’s in early June according to Adams.

The return has indeed been messed with in part because Eichel chose to do that on full display at his presser. Regardless, the Sabres should hold firm and seek to get the best return no matter what team in what conference it is with, including Boston. Not that they have an adequate return, anyway. As long as the deal is done before his NMC kicks in next year, we can be patient. Which everyone has to be anyway, given the timeframe for his recovery.

Ironic, seeing as how New England became what Miami once was to us.

Easy now. Your bias is showing.

You’re probably right, him being a masshole isn’t a reason. After all, Buffalo teams have had them over the years, some of them very good players (I’m looking at you, Fred Smerlas). How about has to go because he’s dishonest, lacks character, doesn’t want to be here, and is willing to act in a completely unprofessional manner in order to achieve that? Pretty sure that’s not my bias, but what we all witnessed during his presser on Monday.

Eichel has said the Bruins were his favorite team growing up; how much of a bond he and his father shared over watching and attending their games. He loves the Patriots, too. And the Red Sox. Makes sense seeing as how he grew up there. Not sure what his favorite college team and local rivalry with another school has to do with that. There are right and wrong ways to go about asking your team for a trade. Deliberately misrepresenting the facts about the agreed upon treatment for his injury is not professional in the least. All he had to do was say that the 12 week rehab timeframe hasn’t expired yet and that a determination on surgery, etc., would be made at that time. But his arrogant, smug masshole self just couldn’t resist taking a shot at the team. And yeah, I’m sure his agent is part and parcel to the strategy. But again, misrepresenting facts in an attempt to make the team look bad is a bullcrap move. And I suspect other teams will take notice given what we now know about the experimental nature of the surgery he wants.

I’ve heard those vanderhoes are expensive.

We play a fair amount of man under concepts in our zone coverage schemes, so having a guy that’s good at both is plus.

Agree entirely. I think Granato, given where this team is developmentally at the moment, just might be the right guy for the job at the moment; at least in the short term. Eichel is an embarrassment for all the bull***t he puts out. The entire Sabres organization may be an embarrassment currently as well, but the Sabres can fix that. Eichel will always be the masshole that he is. I’m wondering if after they jettison Eichel and his contract, that they don’t make a full court press to get Reinhart to commit to a long term deal.

As I suspected, Eichel was full of crap regarding his side of the injury “disconnect” on Monday. Everyone, INCLUDING Eichel’s own second opinion doctors, agreed on a 12 week conservative rehab timeline, taking new images after that time, and then proceeding on alternatives if required. What a shocker that all the medical experts agreed to follow well established medical best practice protocols. F Jack Eichel. I’ve long had the impression that he’s a born and raised Bruin fan that never embraced the idea of playing in Buffalo in the first place. He and his pouty ass can’t leave soon enough. Let him take his entitled masshole attitude elsewhere. I mean, what; are we gonna finish worse than last if he leaves? Do whatever we can to accommodate his desire not to be here. I don’t care how good he is, he’s useless if he doesn’t want to play here.

That’s all well and good, but it doesn’t answer the question about what you know of “their handling of the injury.”

The inept ownership notwithstanding, other than what Eichel said yesterday, what to you know of “their handling of the injury?” Eichel’s own words suggest that the Sabres medical staff is following medical “best practices” by recommending rehab vs. surgery. Eichel was entitled to a second opinion. He is entitled to take it to arbitration if he chooses. While he’s at it, he should point a finger at his player’s association for agreeing to cede decisions on medical treatment for injuries to the teams in their current CBA.