The trade rumors about Buffalo Sabres star forward Jack Eichel have been swirling for what feels like forever now, with talk that he may want out of the team that drafted him second overall in the 2015 NHL draft.
The only thing missing this offseason was some kind of message from Eichel that he was unhappy … but it appears we may have gotten it.
Eichel started up a Twitter profile recently and hasn’t said much since his initial tweet.
But on Thursday afternoon, he dropped the ol’ “cryptic emoji that could mean anything” tweet and sent NHL fans into a frenzy: