The Buffalo Sabres announced last night that they had inked star center Jack Eichel to an eight year contract with an AAV of $10m, to start when his three-year entry level contract expires at the end of the upcoming season.
This deal will make him the joint fifth-highest paid hockey player in the NHL, with Connor McDavid making $12.5 million, then Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, and Carey Price at $10.5 million, and Eichel joining Anze Kopitar at $10 million.
As can be expected, the news was greeted by Sabres nation with both joy and dismay.