To say that the 2016-17 didn’t go as planned for Jack Eichel and the Buffalo Sabres is the king of understatements.
Eichel’s high-ankle sprain kept him out of the first 21 games, and the Sabres never recovered, en route to a disappointing 78-point (33-37-12) campaign.
It’s not that Eichel was a bad player on the ice once he returned on November 29; far from it, as he managed to put up a 24-33-57 stat line in just 61 games, good for an average of 0.934 points per game. (Best not mention that to Jack, though, as he finished 0.