Confirmed Trade: [BUF/VGK] Jack Eichel, c.'23 3rd for Alex Tuch, Peyton Krebs, c.'22 1st (Top10 protected), c.'23 2nd

[Dan Patrick]

If Eichel gets back to his normal self this is grand larceny by Vegas. If Eichel continues to be chronically injured then Buffalo gets out from under that 10 million dollar rock and gets a couple of nice pieces for the trouble.

 

[CanadienShark]

f*** me.... Vegas did well here.

 

[SI90]

Canes really don’t mess around.

 

[Torspo21]

 

[AvsCOL]

What happened to dollar needing to match dollar for this trade to work??

LTIR strikes again…

 

[Primary Assist]

Any truth to the rumor that he'll be working out with the Thunder Down Under crew while he rehabs?

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

How did Buffalo not get Hague into this deal?

I thought forsure he would have had to be included too... crazy VGK didn't have to include someone like this too

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Figures. Imagine telling you 4 years ago that Vegas will have Stone, Pietrangelo and Eichel by 21/22. Lmao

Eichel is going to be great playing for that crowd.

According to my calculations, Vegas is about 7.2M over the cap with a full 23 man roster if everyone were healthy. They can waive a couple guys, and maybe there's slight retention on Eichel, but even if both of those things happen they still need to make a deal. Someone will have to go still.

 

[Tarmore]

When it's for precious Vegas everything is fine. When it's for Montreal, Gary throws his poop on the wall.

What are you talking about?

 

[Foppberg]

Pretty underwhelming return.

 

[alicia]

At least it wasn’t Calgary

 

[bleedblue94]

Figures. Imagine telling you 4 years ago that Vegas will have Stone, Pietrangelo and Eichel by 21/22. Lmao

Eichel is going to be great playing for that crowd.

According to my calculations, Vegas is about 7.2M over the cap with a full 23 man roster if everyone were healthy. They can waive a couple guys, and maybe there's slight retention on Eichel, but even if both of those things happen they still need to make a deal. Someone will have to go still.

Reily Smith ....

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

What are you talking about?

It's jealousy

 

[Zach716]

I remember the days of Zegras, 3rd overall and Comtois.

Stay obsessed. Buffalo got 3 out of the 4 requested 1st round assets they wanted from the start.

 

[threeVo]

8-10 weeks is the theoretical return time for the surgery he wants (and presumably will get with the trade). So potentially mid January to early February. I assume there’s also be some extra time since he hasn’t played for over a year and thus would need to get back up to speed.

No it’s 10 weeks until he can even get back on the ice. Games is around 4 months

 

[TKB21]

Calgary a bridesmaid again? Could see this coming from a mile away. Vegas sure isn’t afraid to pull off big deals.

 

[Melkor]

... some prospect? My guy I don't think you read the tweets correctly, since you are referring to Krebs as "some prospect".

Dude at some point Cody Glass was a much better prospect than Krebs. He turned into dogshit at the end. A prospect is a prospect, you never know what you gonna get

 

[Tuggy]

Good to see it's finally done.

Not the best return for Buffalo. It's not terrible by any means, but a little underwhelming. But I think with how long this played out, it was always going to be the case.

 

[JetFan4Ever]

How does Vegas always seem to be the team that gets the shiny prize?

 

[Jacob]

Does Eichel play right away or is he still wanting to get surgery?

 

[Dubi Doo]

Basically Eichel for Tuch, some prospect and a 1st. Holy shit, Sabres got fleeced.

Like I expected them to get fleeced anyways, it's just common for their trades but they completely botched that whole injury situation and got 50 cents on a dollar in the end.

Good luck to Jack, he deserves to have his injury treated the way he wants and return to his usual form

Krebs is not some prosect, my man. Geez...

 

[amnesiac]

 

[Wingsfan 4 life]

This couldn't have gotten done in the summer?

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

I think alot of fans were PRAYING Vegas would get fleeced so people can laugh at them... nothing to laugh at though with this trade... wow

 

[threeVo]

It’s hilarious to think they thought they were getting Tkachuk and a 1st and they end up with this package.

This package isn’t as bad as it could have been but it’s less than they wanted I’m sure

But Tuch and his contract compared to MT at $9M and unlikely to sign isn’t that far apart.

Whoever landed eichel was winning the trade he’s elite as can be. Sabres have a couple magic beans now in Krebs and the 1st to close the gap with in the future.

 

[Flukeshot]

Impressive trade.

Really wish now that other teams simply wouldn't trade with Vegas to force them over the cap when Eichel returns.

Someone has got to make them pay