Jack Eichel feels bad and regrets this one thing
The Sabres traded former captain Jake Eichel to the Vegas Golden Knights for Peyton Krebs and Alex Tuch on Thursday morning.
Eichel spoke to the media in both Canada and the US after the deal. Eichel told ESPN's John Buccigross that he regrets not winning anything for the fans in Buffalo.
"I can't say enough good things about the fans here. They love hockey, they deserve a winner. I feel bad that I wasn't able to contribute more to winning here, but they deserve it all," Eichel said in an interview with ESPN's John Buccigross. "I really, truly care a lot about the fans here in Buffalo."
"It's been tough since I got hurt. It just seems like things haven't really went my way, and that's fine, people deal with adversity, and this is no different," he said. "It's definitely been a long process. ... Just a lot of drama that you don't really want to deal with. I guess you just learn to.
"I'm just happy to be on the other side of it. I'm happy to be moving on."
"I really appreciate the Vegas Golden Knights organization for giving me the opportunity to move forward with what I want to do and just get back to playing hockey and doing what I love,"