

They disagreed about what kind of procedure he should have to fix it. He and the Buffalo Sabres agreed he had a herniated disk in his neck that required surgery. The 25-year-old center is one of the NHL’s most talented players but hasn’t played a game since March 7. It wasn’t even what conditions to attach to the draft picks they gave up in case their injury-riddled campaign went south. It wasn’t whether to include their top prospect in Peyton Krebs. It wasn’t whether to part with one of their original members in Alex Tuch. The Golden Knights had a key decision to make if they wanted in on the Jack Eichel sweepstakes. when the Sabres traded their ex-captain and face of the franchise to the Vegas Golden Knights.(AP Photo/Derik Hamilton, File) The Jack Eichel era in Buffalo is over, with a nasty public divorce reaching an eight-month finality on Thursday, Nov. Buffalo Sabres' Jack Eichel is shown during an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Jan.
