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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
The agent can put as much pressure as he wants on the Sabres but he can't force them to make a trade. I just don't think the Sabres need to be in any rush to move him. Friedman mentioned yesterday there was a meeting between the NHL, player and team and neither side was budging after the meeting. Sabres will not want to lose this trade so I just can't see them going back and accepting any of the offers teams have already made. They are going to wait for one of the teams to meet their terms.
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But there does come a point where the Sabres lose all of their leverage. My thoughts are there is a more contentious relationship between the PA and league in hockey than any of the other sports (or at least the hockey owners do not wield the same power as the NFL) and I believe a power agent and the PA will force the trade before the end of the year and I still believe before the end of summer.
The trade becomes harder to make in season so they could burn a full year of Eichel’s contract and move him next offseason prior to the NMC kicking in but I fail to see how that will yield a better return than this summer. I feel they have overplayed their hand and maybe Adam’s got cocky after doing so well on the Risto deal?