Quoting: Tjm220
You’re wrong. Taylor Hall had an expiring UFA contract, Jack Eichel has an existing multi year contract. The Sabres have no reason to be in a hurry to move him at any point. If the offer is no good they don’t have to accept it. If he doesn’t like the trade they want to accept they still don’t have to move him where he wants to go. They might ask him which teams do you want to play for, and focus on negotiating with them. But it would simply be stupid to let the other teams know how many other options there are or aren’t. You work to get the best offer possible regardless of who you’re talking to. The point is not that he gives a **** who made the best offer, just that the team should only present to him the trade or trades they are prepared to accept. Like most of the people here I believe he will accept multiple destinations, and it’s the Sabres duty to the franchise not to get fleeced in return for him. The longer this drags out the more likely I think he just accepts the trade the Sabres are willing to make.
1. I'm right and you're wrong.
If you have an NMC that is currently in effect, you're allowed to invoke it every time your team tries to move you.
It doesn't matter how long the contract is.
If he doesn't like the team he's being traded to after July 1st, Eichel just shoots it down.
I can't believe I needed to explain that to you.
2. I never said the Sabres are in a hurry.
I'm saying it would be wise to trade Eichel somewhere before his NMC kicks in before July 1st.
Once July 1st rolls around, Eichel can veto any trade that the Sabres try to make for him.
At that point, the only teams that Buffalo can trade Eichel to are the teams of Eichel's choosing.
How do you not understand this??
3. If this drags past July 1st, Eichel only accepts a trade to a team he likes.
Eichel won't even accept the type of neck surgery that the Sabres want.
It has resulted in a standoff that has gone on for months.
And you think Eichel will just accept whatever trade the Sabres try to make when his NMC comes into play??
Are you really that gullible??