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The Sabres have tried to conjure up a market for Eichel that simply isn't there. And everyone knows it.
Trading away important assets for a $10M player is daunting enough. Doing so for one with a neck injury that clearly everyone is afraid of, makes it near impossible.
Buffalo is better off holding onto Eichel until at least the next Trade Deadline, to see how he is and build his stock back up.
No one is giving away a Lafrenière, or a Byfield, or a Zegras, or whatever other major pieces the Sabres were asking for. Not while this potential neck surgery hangs overhead.
Even trying to acquire Eichel for half his Trade value, but then being potentially stuck with a $10M Lemon, isn't a wise choice.