The Vegas Golden Knights won the Jack Eichel sweepstakes.
For a minute there, it looked as though Eichel would be on his way to Calgary, as Kevin Weekes posted on Twitter that the Flames potentially had a package involving Matthew Tkachuk on the table for the Buffalo Sabres.
Instead, Eichel wound up getting moved to Vegas in exchange for Alex Tuch, Peyton Krebs, and a first- and a second-round draft pick on Thursday morning.
Frank Seravalli and Scott Burnside spoke on Thursday’s episode of The Daily Faceoff show about the Tkachuk-for-Eichel rumour and why it didn’t make sense for the Flames, who are off to an excellent start this season.