LeBrun from the Athletic (sorry on phone can’t do an official quote)
“ There was a moment as late as Wednesday where the Golden Knights thought Eichel might be headed to Calgary. Whether the Sabres leaked something out there regarding the Flames or not in order to get one last piece in the Golden Knights deal, well, I guess we’ll never know for sure.
Matthew Tkachuk was never part of any Flames package, and that’s a fact. But the Flames went hard after Eichel, sources confirm, and may have felt their offer to Buffalo was not only was fair but perhaps better than Vegas. That’s all in the eye of the beholder, of course.
The takeaway is Calgary remained in the Eichel sweepstakes right to the end, as well it should, given the chance to get a franchise center at a certain discount.”
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