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2021-2022 NHL Thread

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/32-thoughts-state-rfa-market-training-camps-open/ said:
1. I know there?s a craving for Jack Eichel information. One longtime executive said this week ?this is the most complicated situation I?ve seen? during his professional existence. (He?s not involved, but, obviously, everyone?s talking about it.) This is what I?m expecting over the next few days: Eichel comes to camp, but does not pass his physical and is not cleared to play. I also think there?s a very good chance Buffalo removes his captaincy. What I don?t know is if they?ve settled the medical path.

I heard there were some trade talks a couple of weeks ago, but I think people want to see what the doctors say. As you can expect, there is a ton of frustration. Eichel was hoping to be recovered from disc surgery by now, and, another player said not to underestimate what playing in the Olympics would mean to him. But the Sabres are unhappy too, with the promise of the ?Eichel era? completely dissipated and hard feelings about how things fell apart. Really a shame for everyone involved.
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I'm genuinely stunned how the PA hasn't done more for Eichel here. The Sabres are basically refusing to let him get medical treatment because he requested a trade.
 
Never underestimate just how angry it makes the sort of people who own and run hockey teams to be presented with the idea that there should actually be consequences for their own incompetence.
 
https://twitter.com/TheHockeyNews/status/1440705436286537732

I don't know, seems kind of bad.
 
Nik said:
https://twitter.com/TheHockeyNews/status/1440705436286537732

I don't know, seems kind of bad.
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Boy I'd sure love to see his teammate Josh Archibald try to explain to Stalock why Covid is actually a plandemic.
 
herman said:
https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1441030319235379201
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I read a write up on this earlier this morning. Who's on the hook for Eichel's salary if he refuses the recommended treatment of the team(considering they now have last say on treatment)?
 
?I spoke to Jack two days ago, I spoke to the team yesterday and addressed this, Jack Eichel is no longer the captain of the Buffalo Sabres," Adams said. "From our perspective, the captain is your heartbeat of your team, and we are in a situation where we felt we needed to make that decision.?

Adams added the Sabres will not have a captain this season.

Adams is being more candid than he knew....
 
https://twitter.com/seanshapiro/status/1441372225546842120

If this ends up being the extent of it, I'm okay with it. I suspect it might just be the beginning, though, and that concerns me.
 
Tough to say where it will go. Ads will be costly and really only available to larger corps that can afford it. I imagine they'd be willing to pay a premium to be the only ad on a jersey. I think lower leagues will take whatever they can get.
 
The presence of ads doesn't devastate me or anything but it is quite a thing to see in recent years just to what extent sports leagues have jumped into this embrace with sports gambling businesses.
 
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