Per Elliotte Friedman on the 31 Thoughts Pod, clipped by Tom Urtz, the Rangers and Sabres are nowhere near close on a potential Jack Eichel trade. What the Rangers are offering and what the Sabres are asking don’t have any matches, thus a deal may not happen. Given that this didn’t happen at the draft and the Rangers wound up selecting at #15, this shouldn’t be much of a surprise.
The Sabres were asking for the Rangers “top young players on the roster” or “the likes of Nils Lundkvist and Braden Schneider” and the “Rangers wouldn’t go there.” Those were the key snippets from Friedman’s segment on Eichel. This should give fans a bit of a sigh of relief, given some of the recent moves that have shaken confidence in Chris Drury. Seriously – I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Fan Confidence Poll so low so early on in voting.
It isn’t just the Rangers balking though. Minnesota, the rumored front runner a while back, has cooled as well. Buffalo thinks they are trading a healthy Eichel from a position of strength. That ship has sailed, and their best time to trade him was when the Rangers were (rumored to be) offering Kaapo Kakko last offseason. Now, they will need to settle for pennies on the dollar and shedding the contract.
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