Deep down we all knew it would come down to this, it was just a matter of when it would happen.
On Monday, Jack Eichel made it clear there were serious problems between the Buffalo Sabres and himself regarding his most recent neck injury and the other injuries he’s sustained in the past couple years. After the sudden firings of Jason Botterill, Randy Sexton, and Steve Greeley last year followed by the hiring of Kevyn Adams and the rumblings of how he listened to calls on Eichel this was destiny to happen.
But destiny is only how the story plays out, and destiny can be changed, but instead this is the journey of how we’ve gotten to this impasse between team and player and ownership that’s got priorities somehow on other things.