Elliotte Friedman reports on 31 Thoughts: The Podcast (31:00) that the Rangers and Sabres haven’t gotten particularly close on agreeing on an appropriate trade package for Jack Eichel.
He says the Sabres were after right-defense prospects Nils Lundkvist or Braden Schneider or top young players already on the roster but the Rangers didn’t want to go there in either case. He says there was no intersection between what the Sabres were after and what the Rangers were willing to give.
Rick Carpiniello of the Athletic reports that Buffalo owner Terry Pegula wants to trade Eichel to the Western Conference.
Michael Russo of the Athletic reports that Wild GM Bill Guerin doesn’t want to pay Buffalo’s ask of young players and also would need to clear about $10 million of cap commitments. So it doesn’t appear an Eichel deal is close anywhere.
