[News] Jack Eichel Surgery And Comeback Thread

[Vinny01]

If anything this makes the Flames path to winning the division much easier. Would you rather play the second wildcard or third place team in the Pacific?

I think Vegas will limp by fine this way and should secure at worst the 2 seed. They are poised to do a ton of damage in the playoffs. You take the roster that is 1st place already and bring back Martinez and add Eichel.

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

There are a lot of assumptions being made on Eichel and his impact. Have to wait and see what the surgery does to his play and whether he can get back to the level he was at. We don't even know if he's pain free at this point.

We don't but the doctors cleared him for full contact so one can assume he's fine.

[Locke]

Because of course.

The Ol' 'Tampa Flu.'

[Nsd1]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1491874658802712576

[Robbob]

Probably not ideal, even if it is for cap space, for one of their better players to have a legit back injury that will keep him out for a couple months. Nagging back injuries are probably not something that will just go away.

[The Yen Man]

Man, this thread is going to be so annoying to read, especially if Eichel comes back and is a dominant player again.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

Man, this thread is going to be so annoying to read, especially if Eichel comes back and is a dominant player again.

You have the power to read it, or not.

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[transplant99]

Losing Stone hurts the Knights more than getting Eichel in the line up helps.

Perennial Selke finalists are a rare breed.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

Man, this thread is going to be so annoying to read, especially if Eichel comes back and is a dominant player again.

It's good for the league to get another star player back in the fold. Sucks that it helps a divisional team but I think fans need to come to grips with the fact that there's probably little the Flames could have done to get him as the Sabres were more attracted to the players the Knights had to offer. Being a fan already involves enough high's and lows so I don't know why any fan would dwell on players that were never going to be a Flame like Kadri, Eichel, etc.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Tkachukwagon

https://twitter.com/user/status/1491858930896670722

Oh F*** off Vegas.

I said they would pull this crap months ago and some posters were calling me out saying no way the league would allow it. Well, here we are. Such a bunch of broken bs.

[Moneyhands23]

This is just becoming a huge joke. IR is basically cap circumventing and allowing teams with deep pockets to go over.

[Groot]

Also from the article though...

Is this an avenue for the Vegas Golden Knights to move forward, and if so, will the NHL allow something like that to happen? You could see a lot of teams crying foul if Mark Stone were to go down with this injury now after playing for a significant period of time to then ultimately be activated for the playoffs using that loophole that some other teams have used.

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

You have the power to read it, or not.

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True, but doesn't make it any less annoying to keep seeing the thread bumped up anytime something good or bad happens (similar to the Bennett thread). But at least Bennett was a Flame at one point, so I get the relevancy of that thread. Eichel was just a "what could have been" moment for the Flames, so we'll get a lot of handwringing on something that didn't even happen in the first place.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Groot

Also from the article though...

So? Do you think Vegas cares if other teams are angry about it? Do you seriously think the NHL is going to do anything to their new fav franchise? They will just take the word of the Golden Knights medical staff that they pay handsomely that Stone's back issues will not allow him to play. Of course after a few months of rest he will be good enough to go just in time for the playoffs. I said after TB pulled this last year we would see this happen every year with at least one team and here we go. I wonder who pulls it next year, maybe McDavid asks for a trade out of Edmonton and some contender will pull this and why not, the precedent has been set.

[MrMike]

Why can’t the NHL just keep the salary cap limit for the playoffs? Like it’s not hard enough for teams in smaller markets to compete already. I ####ing hate Vegas.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Losing Stone hurts the Knights more than getting Eichel in the line up helps.

Perennial Selke finalists are a rare breed.

I agree that Stone is likely more valuable today than Eichel is. But in the playoffs they will have both and they are in no danger of missing the playoffs.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

I agree that Stone is likely more valuable today than Eichel is. But in the playoffs they will have both and they are in no danger of missing the playoffs.

Sure but it does make finishing 1st a lot more difficult if this happens.

You can be sure that opening at home every round is the goal there.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Losing Stone hurts the Knights more than getting Eichel in the line up helps.

Perennial Selke finalists are a rare breed.

Sure, but Vegas are in a good position to make the Playoffs and are now figuring they're going to get their shiny new toy into game-shape while staring at presumably having that self-safe Selke finalist healthy and rested for the playoffs.

Its a win/win for them but its total horse####.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Sure but it does make finishing 1st a lot more difficult if this happens.

You can be sure that opening at home every round is the goal there.

I would think they're a lot more concerned about getting Eichel into the lineup without losing other assets, than they are about finishing first

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by MrMike

Why can’t the NHL just keep the salary cap limit for the playoffs? Like it’s not hard enough for teams in smaller markets to compete already. I ####ing hate Vegas.

Such a simple solution