Buffalo Sabres forward Jack Eichel (9) skates during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Islanders, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, in Buffalo. Credit: AP/Jeffrey T. Barnes
The speculation about Jack Eichel refuses to go away, or even quiet down for a while. The Buffalo Sabres center has been the subject of trade rumors for months, ever since he told The Athletic in an interview last spring that he was "fed up with the losing.’’
"It’s been a tough five years,’’ Eichel told The Athletic back in May. "I’m a competitor. I want to win every time I go on the ice.