Three months ago I made a vow to myself: I was never going to write a GM For a Day that included trading Jack Eichel. I refused to speak this into existence. Alas, here I am. Writing an article I never wanted to create, speaking an idea into the world that feels wrong, and trying desperately to find some semblance of hope for a professional organization that consumes way too much of my free time and mental space.
I’ve sat on this article for a couple weeks now, mostly because I was hoping to get some sort of clarification on what was going to happen with Eichel’s neck injury and perhaps hoping for some bounce back from rock bottom for me in terms of recent Sabres fandom that was the Eichel/Reinhart/Ristolainen media day.