

“The decision of the surgery is one that we respectfully defer to Jack and his representatives,” McCrimmon said. More importantly, Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon made clear he will allow Eichel to have his preferred choice of surgery by having his herniated disk artificially replaced, which is something the Sabres denied because the procedure had never been performed on an NHL player.

Eichel received his long-standing wish to leave Buffalo, where he’s only known losing, and join a Golden Knights franchise that's known mostly success during its four seasons of existence.
