Matchsticks and Gasoline · Nov 4, 2021
Always the Bridesmaid: Eichel Traded to Vegas
Photo by Sara Schmidle/NHLI via Getty ImagesAfter months and months of speculation we finally have a resolution to the Jack Eichel saga, and it’s not a good one for the Calgary Flames. After being rumored to be one of the final two teams in the hunt for his services, the Flames ended up losing out in the wee hours of this morning to the Vegas Golden Knights.
It is not the first time that Vegas has outbid Calgary for a star player with the 2019 trade deadline acquisition of Mark Stone being the other time Calgary couldn’t match what Vegas offered to a rebuilding Eastern Conference team.