Brenden Dillon revealed at the start of training camp he underwent an artificial disc replacement last spring after suffering a neck injury in Game 1 of the playoffs last season that sidelined him for months this offseason, but it wasn’t without the help of others who guided him before the surgery process to ease his mind on the major decision. An artificial disc replacement is a rare surgery amongst hockey players, something that was never performed on an active NHLer until 2021 when Jack Eichel, then with the Sabres, had an entire public dispute with the team about the surgery process, before being dealt to Vegas and finally undergoing the replacement. When Dillon discovered the extent of his neck injury in April and realized an ADR would be the resolution, he consulted Eichel several times about the process before undergoing the procedure. “It was just more than anything to have the confidence that I would be okay,” Dillon said. “He kind of almost did a lot of the homework for me…...