Current Sabres player reveals details of the Jack Eichel debacle
There was quite the drama last season between the Buffalo Sabres and star forward Jack Eichel.
Eichel needed surgery to repair herniated discs in his neck/back and it was reported that the Sabres weren't willing to do the surgery Eichel wanted.
Subsequently, Eichel demanded a trade and ended up going to the Vegas Golden Knights and getting the surgery.
Current Sabres veteran Kyle Okposo joined Spittin' Chiclets and the discussed whole Eichel situation:
�'That situation was very stressful on everybody. I love Jack, he's a good friend of mine, and like obviously, I have a job to do and l'm a Sabres player.''
�'Jack and I have had so many conversations and we've
talked about it so much and the only person that's ever gonna be privy to those, is Jack. He knows exactly how we feel about him. He knows we care about him and he knows we would do anything to help him.''
�'It was just such a difficult situation because for whatever reason the CBA was written to where the team had control of the final medical thing.''
�'As a person, obviously you're not going to let anyone tell you what to do with your body, right?''
�'So it was a rock and a hard place, and I think that Pat Brisson, who's my agent, he came in, and he did a great job at navigating the whole situation. Him and Kevyn worked really closely together to get that done in an amicable way, and I'm so happy that Jack ended up getting the surgery, and now he's healthy.''
�'I think for our team, and the way that it affected us, Kevyn came in and was very, very honest with what was going on right off the bat. In the locker room, it didn't really affect us too much. Jack wasn't around, which sucked. It sucked not having him around, but we just were kind of focused on playing, and that's what we tried to do''
�'Jack and I have had so many conversations and we've
talked about it so much and the only person that's ever gonna be privy to those, is Jack. He knows exactly how we feel about him. He knows we care about him and he knows we would do anything to help him.''
�'It was just such a difficult situation because for whatever reason the CBA was written to where the team had control of the final medical thing.''
�'As a person, obviously you're not going to let anyone tell you what to do with your body, right?''
�'So it was a rock and a hard place, and I think that Pat Brisson, who's my agent, he came in, and he did a great job at navigating the whole situation. Him and Kevyn worked really closely together to get that done in an amicable way, and I'm so happy that Jack ended up getting the surgery, and now he's healthy.''
�'I think for our team, and the way that it affected us, Kevyn came in and was very, very honest with what was going on right off the bat. In the locker room, it didn't really affect us too much. Jack wasn't around, which sucked. It sucked not having him around, but we just were kind of focused on playing, and that's what we tried to do''
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