The Golden Knights are going to be in a mess
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Wilson SalaunFebruary 7, 2022 (6:55 PM)
When we think about it, the Sabres really messed up in the Jack Eichel saga. His neck injury was a big part of why he asked a trade out of Buffalo. The team didn't want him to go to surgery.
He got traded to Vegas in November. The Golden Knights did let Eichel go to surgery.
Today, the 2nd overall pick in the 2015 draft was back in contact practice, approximately 9 weeks after his surgery.
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Now, the question is how are the Golden Knights going to get Eichel out of LTIR. They have no cap space left. GM Kelly McCrimmon will be forced, in the upcoming weeks, to make some moves to free up some cap space.
Could the Flyers help the Golden Knights? Philadelphia will have 5.5M$ available under the cap at the trade deadline. So the two teams could figure something out. And it could allow the Flyers to acquire some assets at the same time.
Jack Eichel didn't play a game since March 7th against the New York Islanders.
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