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Inside the NHL: Anticipation is growing as Vegas hopes to hit its Jack-pot with Eichel

By Mike Harrington News Sports Reporter
Feb 6, 2022
Feb 6, 2022 Updated Mar 12, 2026
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LAS VEGAS – Dave Aikman grew up a lifelong Red Wings fan living in Detroit until he moved to the desert 16 years ago. What luck he must have felt when hockey followed him here, and he became an early season ticket-holder of the Vegas Golden Knights.

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Mike Harrington: The Eichel deal is done and the return is decent. Time to move on

"If you want to be mad Eichel is an ex-Sabre, this one lies squarely at the feet of Terry and Kim Pegula, as well as Dan Bylsma, Phil Housley, Ralph Krueger and Jason Botterill," Harrington writes.

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Mike Harrington: With an eye to the future, Rasmus Dahlin puts on a good show in Vegas

"We have so many young guys who are super skilled and really passionate about Buffalo, first of all ... We really want to be there and we really want to do something special there too. I'm super excited for the future," Dahlin says.

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Vegas fan — Vegas season ticket-holder Dave Aikman on the team's salary cap issue: "You're taking out depth but when you've got a stud like Eichel, he just takes it over and makes up for it."
By Mike Harrington News Sports Reporter

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Eichel memories: A look back at the Buffalo career of Captain Jack after trade to Vegas Golden Knights

The selection of the 18-year-old from Boston University with the No. 2 pick in the NHL draft was supposed to mark the end of the suffering, the key moment in a rebuild to bring the Sabres back to prominence. It didn't happen.

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