remember when buffalo made a big deal about the oilers “cheating” during the draft lottery
remember when buffalo made a big deal about how they deserved mcdavid even though they were getting eichel
remember when the nhl media dismissed jack eichel in his own interviews
remember when the nhl always deferred to connor mcdavid during almost every question when they had interviews together
remember all the times jack eichel just stood there listening to people fawn over connor when he was right next to him, no one even acknowledging him.
remember when jack eichel was told in a board room meeting by a bunch of grown men (the sabres) that they didn’t want him but he was what they got and he stared them down and said “I think you did win the lottery.”
remember all the times jack eichel was pushed aside, forgotten about, disrespected to his face, treated like trash as a teenager, bullied by cities of people as a teenager. remember all those times because he just scored his 100th point in the NHL in 127 games and the media is completely brushing it off. all he did to deserve any of this was dare to be the same age as connor mcdavid. but apparently that’s enough.
People are really out here trying to police fans on how to feel when their favorite player is traded. PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO BE UPSET. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO GET EMOTIONAL ABOUT SPORTS.
Assistant GM Steve Greeley presents Tage Thompson with the Craig Ramsay award which goes to the hardest working player in development camp ( 06.29.19. )