By; Maeve Hushman, Staff Writer

After the Buffalo Sabres’ disastrous 2020-2021 season in which they famously went on a 18-game winless streak, there was a lot of speculation that their star center and captain, Jack Eichel, had requested a trade. Eichel is one of the best Americans in the NHL right now; he was drafted second overall in 2015 behind the best player in the league Connor McDavid. Eichel trade talk dominated both the 2021 trade deadline as well as the entire off-season. People were listing off all sorts of teams who could be interesting, among the most intriguing was the power-house Vegas Golden Knights. On November 4th, it was announced that Eichel and a 2022 3rd round pick had been traded to the Golden Knights for Payton Krebs, Alex Tuch, a 2022 1st Round pick, and a 2023 2nd round pick.