The One NHL Trade Every Fan Wishes They Could Erase—And Why It Still Haunts Their Team
There are plenty of candidates for trades Sabres fans would want to reverse, but the Eichel trade carries the most baggage. Eichel was the player who was supposed to help pull the Sabres out of the basement of the league. Instead, he grew tired of losing, the Sabres wouldn’t let him get his preferred neck surgery and he won the Stanley Cup in Vegas instead. Meanwhile, the Sabres’ playoff drought has hit 14 years. The Eichel era should have been different in Buffalo. — Matthew Fairburn
Matthew Tkachuk won the Stanley Cup twice after leaving Calgary. (Christian Petersen / Getty Images)
Calgary Flames
Matthew Tkachuk and 2025 fourth-round pick for Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, Cole Schwindt and 2025 first-round pick (2022)
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