The Eichel Saga is Finally Over; Traded to Vegas

[siddious]

Vegas really hates prospects.

 

Calgary offer was better if it was indeed real. Glad we can end this thread. 

[Phil]

3 minutes ago, Pete said:

I remember this well because I know someone who worked with Sundin's former agent and they were telling me that Sundin was only using NY as leverage and no intention of playing here, but that clown .99 kept saying "Sundon to NY is done"...That guy also said he kept a tape of every Rangers game and rewatched them all 3-4 times after the game was played.

Suffice to say I believed nothing he said.

Yeah, I mean, they would have had to gut the team just to pick him up. The cap was like $50 million back then.

[RichieNextel305]

I think that rumor took off because didn’t Sundin even attend a game at MSG as part of some poker tournament VIP thing? It was right around the time those rumors were rampant, that I remember.

[josh]

13 minutes ago, Phil said:

Nope. Sundin. Old school. We spent like three months of the season (September – early December) scratching our necks, fiending for morning reports about what way the wind was blowing on Sundin before he finally signed with the Canucks. It was so fucking painful.

Glorious*

[Phil]

41 minutes ago, josh said:

Glorious*

[Ozzy]

Believe me!!!  I wish we could have been here sooner!  The entertainment on this forum knows no bounds!!!  LOL

[Sharpshooter]

You also would have loved the OLD board, like from the late 90's - early 2000's, back when the Rangers' official site actually had its own forum. That was a blast too, back when I was really getting into hockey and trying to learn the game. It made it very....interesting. 

[mRanger48]

33 minutes ago, Sharpshooter said:

You also would have loved the OLD board, like from the late 90's - early 2000's, back when the Rangers' official site actually had its own forum. That was a blast too, back when I was really getting into hockey and trying to learn the game. It made it very....interesting. 

“How cares?” ... for some damn reason this saying is still etched in my brain but can’t remember why...

[Sharpshooter]

Just now, mRanger48 said:

“How cares?” ... for some damn reason this saying is still etched in my brain but can’t remember why...

LOL! Same here. That and 'U!'. If I recall the 'how cares?' thing came from a troll whom instead of saying the normal 'who cares?', it would be that, and everyone there just kind of ran with it.

[Keirik]

1 hour ago, Sharpshooter said:

You also would have loved the OLD board, like from the late 90's - early 2000's, back when the Rangers' official site actually had its own forum. That was a blast too, back when I was really getting into hockey and trying to learn the game. It made it very....interesting. 

Lol that was such a shit show. Guys would just spam the same message in bold, all caps lol

[Keirik]

PLAY THE KIDS NOW 

[Sharpshooter]

LOL Yes. I also just remember the archaic formatting of the whole message board. It was still a fun little community, kind of like a crazy secondary family for me.

U!

How cares!?

FEDOROV DONE IN DETROIT!

[Phil]

Quote

"The New York Rangers had legitimate interest and attempted to make competitive offers, but it became painfully obvious to team president and general manager Chris Drury this summer that there were too many roadblocks to pull off a trade.

Sabres GM Kevyn Adams was willing to engage, but multiple people close to the situation told lohud.com, part of the USA TODAY Network, that Buffalo owner Terry Pegula was against sending his star player downstate.

The Rangers and Sabres are in different divisions this season, but that rationale didn't seem to matter. Pegula's preference all along was to move Eichel to the Western Conference."

https://www.lohud.com/story/sports/nhl/rangers/2021/11/04/jack-eichel-trade-ny-rangers-vegas-golden-knights/6281431001/

[Sod16]

The rumors about Calgary's offer could not have been true, as this is a much worse return.  But what can you expect for a guy who's locked in at $10m per long term, cannot play for four months, and whose health is very iffy?  Still, if I were Vegas's GM I'd do this trade, and if I were Buffalo's GM I'd also do it as it is unlikely that something better is going to materialize

[Ozzy]

6 minutes ago, Phil said:

https://www.lohud.com/story/sports/nhl/rangers/2021/11/04/jack-eichel-trade-ny-rangers-vegas-golden-knights/6281431001/

That makes sense....I'm glad they traded him west as well. 

[Sharpshooter]

Just as I figured. Too bad for Buffalo, though, because the Rangers really could have put a very good package together.

[BlairBettsBlocksEverything]

55 minutes ago, Keirik said:

Lol that was such a shit show. Guys would just spam the same message in bold, all caps lol

what was the thing where everyone put the word Sauce in their username? and then it got shut down shortly after?

[Albatrosss]

10 minutes ago, Sharpshooter said:

Just as I figured. Too bad for Buffalo, though, because the Rangers really could have put a very good package together.

too bad for the Rangers too.  Eichel is a world class talent

[Sharpshooter]

1 minute ago, CCCP said:

too bad for the Rangers too.  Eichel is a world class talent

That too. lol

[Keirik]

11 minutes ago, BlairBettsBlocksEverything said:

what was the thing where everyone put the word Sauce in their username? and then it got shut down shortly after?

My god I forgot all about that. Lol

 

[Sharpshooter]

Legend has it skunkman still hasn't bathed.

[Cash or Czech]

Can we talk about how Vegas now has an entire first line on LTIR. Stone, Eichel, and Pacioretty all on IR. 

[Albatrosss]

sure, lets talk about that.  

what do you think about it?

[Sharpshooter]

Vegas isn't worried. They have Brett Howden! Actually when Vegas posted their lineup before one of their most recent games, they had him as their first line center. lol

[Albatrosss]

Just now, Sharpshooter said:

Vegas isn't worried. They have Brett Howden! Actually when Vegas posted their lineup before one of their most recent games, they had him as their first line center. lol

and they lost 4-0.