The clock continues to tick down on the opening bell of Free Agency this Wednesday at 12 PM ET. There’s a number of teams waiting to see what the Sabres are going to do with Jack Eichel before that day.
Bottom line, whichever team is even remotely involved in talks for the 24 year-old with a $10,000,000 cap hit can’t wait on a trade beyond Wednesday. If a deal can’t be worked out by then, they will likely spend their money elsewhere. Consequently, that will make it less teams for the Sabres to maximize a trade return.