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

[Kimota]

Buffalo should have gotten way more. I think there's a risk but people forget that Eichel has still the potential to be a franchise player.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

This couldn't have gotten done in the summer?

No.. smarter for other teams though cause the longer this went on, the lesser of a return it would be. Summer time Sabres were probably demanding WAY more than this

 

[KingsCourt]

Horrendous return, bad job Buf

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

So what's the consensus here, both teams win the trade?
Feel like BUF may get a decent 1st out of VGK if they keep sputtering with injuries

 

[hatterson]

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

I meant return to training, not return to games. If you took a fully in shape player and did this surgery in the middle of the season he could be back on the ice in 8-10 weeks and wouldn't need a ton to get back into game shape so 10-12 weeks would likely be a good estimate.

Given Eichel will be approaching a year from his last game when he gets back on the ice, he'll need a lot more time to get back into game shape and at game speed, so yea 4 months is probably a better estimate.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Underwhelming retun. Buffalo handled this all wrong from the start.

 

[Bizz]

LOL the 1st is unprotected and Eichel will be out for the season. If this pick wins the lottery, hoo boy.

 

[inthe6ix]

Nice deal for VGK and Adams almost got what we wanted (1st, top prospect, top-six forward and NHL d-man under 25).

Figured BUF would get Hague one way or another, but both sides seem to be happy and good to see him head out West out of our conference.

 

[IslandBeast]

Buffalo rebuilding the rebuild they tried to rebuild while rebuilding and now are rebuilding again

 

[BKarchitect]

The crazy thing is that Vegas was able to do this without losing really much of anything from their current roster which is important with how injury-riddled it was. Didn’t lose a defenseman. Tuch has been out all year. Krebs is gonna be excellent but he was being bedded into the NHL in more of a third line checking role with a defensive emphasis. His actual current role and production won’t be difficult to make up for.

So the Knights basically get to have status quo until basically the trade deadline and then, in theory, get a healthy Eichel added at that point. That’s pretty sweet.

 

[VijayPatel11]

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

Same with a first... You aren't gonna get only nhl roster players for eichel, no team would do that
I think this was an overpay by Vegas tbh

 

[JoVel]

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

GMs are probably more concerned about making their own teams better than screwing Vegas over.

 

[Tob]

A healthy Eichel gets more than this obvs. This trade ended up being 100% dealt at the value of a very injured Eichel. Tuch is a good young player but 1st+Krebs to upgrade Tuch to Eichel is very formulaic. You've got a lot of players with injury histories on this one. Seems like the notion that no one was willing to deal sure things and bonafide prospects and even some upward trending players for a huge risk in surgery Eichel is true. Tuch is injured, Krebs had his struggles plus his injury in the draft year.

 

[inthe6ix]

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

Ironically, it seems all their injuries and LTIR helped VGK facilitate this trade.

 

[Kimota]

Horrendous return, bad job Buf

If I had been the Sabres, I would have waited the whole season until you get the most possible.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Same with a first... You aren't gonna get only nhl roster players for eichel, no team would do that
I think this was an overpay by Vegas tbh

You think VGK overpayed?

This is a steal for vegas

 

[Ace]

Has Drury called Vegas yet to offer Hugo Ollas and a 5th?

 

[Seb]

Dafuk is everyone smoking? This is a mighty fine return for a risky injured player...

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Pretty unremarkable trade to wait this long for.

 

[EichHart]

Poor Alex tuch. From Las Vegas to.... Buffalo

He’s from Syracuse…do your research before you post.

 

[MessierII]

Vegas must have to dump more cap when he’s active

 

[EichHart]

As a Sabres fan pretty happy with the return.

 

[Tob]

He’s from Syracuse…do your research before you post.

calm down there pierre mcguire. Plenty normal to assume going from Vegas to Buffalo is a step down. I mean, hell, even if I have family in Buffalo, it might still be a step down to not play in Vegas with a great team when you're 25 years old.

 

[Artemis Clyde Frog]

So much for that laundry lisr of blue chip prospects, multiple 1sts, and nhl players that Buff fans were tellinh us they would get

More like "hoping to get". Don't think many had high expectations considering recent trades =)

 

[iginlafan77]

Vegas must have to dump more cap when he’s active

Or he just pulls a Kucherov