Category: Jack Eichel

  • 11/5/21 | Elliotte Friedman said on the 32 Thoughts podcast of the Rangers and Eichel, “when they got Zibanejad done there was no way they were going to be able to do it without retention. I think the other thing too is that, I believe the Rangers felt that the only way he was going…

  • 5:10PM: On Jeff Marek’s show on Friday, Elliotte Friedman was asked about Zibanejad and said “The first text that I got after we reported today was about Zibanejad, like ‘what do you think it’s going to mean for him?’ I think that is the obvious comparable. That is the one that stands out.”

  • 10/8/21 | Pierre LeBrun writes that his “sense” is that the Rangers aren’t “as much in it anymore.” (The Athletic) 10/7/21 | 11:04 AM: On Wednesday, Darren Dreger tweeted that the Jack Eichel situation was “shifting” and that “both sides are hopeful something can be worked out soon.” Elliotte Friedman wrote in 32 Thoughts that…

  • After signing Igor Shesterkin to a four-year deal on Monday, the Rangers have $8.8 million in cap space. (Cap Friendly) Libor Hajek is the only remaining RFA that is unsigned.

  • On Friday, MSG’s Steve Valiquette tweeted that his “spidey senses are tingling.    Eichel.” Larry Brooks followed that up with a tweet saying that Chris Drury has been telling agents that the Rangers “have never been seriously interested in Eichel.”