Eichel speaks on his return to Buffalo in a new article with ESPN. He touched on his relationship with the #Sabres as things started to crumble: “I was frustrated... If you think about the reason why you took the captaincy away from me, it was because 'I didn't agree with you medically.' Then you basically told me not to come around for training camp. At that point, it just felt like they were toying with me. So I was just, I was pretty over it." “I would say maybe I'm an example of somebody who went against what their team thought was best for them and stood up for what they wanted.”