Elliotte Friedman on WGR550 on whether he ever sees the possibility of the Sabres trading Jack Eichel: "Yes"

"Well here's the thing, obviously the way the Sabres came back out of the break with two really tough losses has started the talk about what could be happening."

"Look we know this was something that came up last summer. And I don't know that it was ever close. The feeling I've always had is that Buffalo knew that Eichel was unhappy. They asked Eichel to take a big step last year and he really did."

"We talked about how much of a step that Eichel took last year. And still when it came to team success, it just didn't really go anywhere. And now you look at where it is this year. You know he's going to be frustrated. And there were conversations last year."

"and what I was told was the Sabres just said "we are not ready to do this". Teams made offers. It was communicated that he was restless. I don't think he ever asked for a trade. I don't think he ever asked for a trade but he was restless and teams knew it"

"And the Sabres took some offers and said we're not ready to do this."

Names NYR and LAK as two teams that could make a package large enough for Eichel