The other similarity between Sabres and Texans are that both have historically incompetent front offices, albeit with newer GM's in place who may/may not be an improvement.
I read an article about the James Harden trade in the NBA. When he wanted out of Houston, he hired Wasserman to facilitate a deal. They had a war room of MBA's working on potential transactions, talking to teams and helping structure a deal. Obviously the Rockets had final say on what they would accept but it's away to add a lot of horsepower to the work needed to get a deal done.
He then replaced him as his agent afterwards which some say is kind of a dick move. So not unexpected for Harden. Point is, if Eichel really wants a deal he can be an active participant in getting it done.
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