The person who broke the Jack Eichel trade rips him apart in interview

With Jack Eichel finally leaving the Buffalo Sabres and heading to the Vegas Golden Knights, at least one person is glad to see him go.

Former NHL enforcer and radio host Andrew Peters did an interview with a Buffalo radio station Thursday morning. As pointed out by TSN's Darren Dreger, Peters was the first to confirm the Eichel to Vegas deal, as well as the key pieces of the return in Alex Tuch and Peyton Krebs.

Peters had very little good to say about Eichel.

"Look, I can't believe Vegas was dumb enough to pay basically four first-round picks. Because Krebs is a first-rounder, Tuch is a first-rounder...I think Vegas really messed this deal up," said Peters. "I could be wrong. They got the best player, but who knows if the best player is going to be 100 percent healthy again."

Note: it was technically three first-rounders and a second rounder

Peters had high praise for Buffalo GM Kevyn Adams, saying it's amazing he was able to pull off the trade with the condition that Eichel is in. He's also very high on Alex Tuch, calling him a "stud" and a "great individual."

"And he's got amazing character," said Peters referring to Tuch. "And I think Jack lacked that that. I could never say that when I worked for the team, because I worked for the team and I would have gotten in trouble."

Peters didn't stop there, giving his brutally honest opinion of Eichel.

"Jack was never really a good person when he was here," said Peters. "He wore out his welcome. How do you have someone with so much talent, so much skill and ability, and a town that is just dying for you to work hard and perform, and you just couldn't be happy here with 10 million dollars. It's like, take your money to Vegas and beat it."

Peters continued by saying that he played in the NHL for six years and with some big stars on his team, but none of them ever acted the way Eichel acted in the dressing room.

"I can't imagine the amount of pressure that Jack Eichel has had to take on in his time here as a young kid in Buffalo, but at the same time, that never gives you the right to develop an attitude and treat your teammates in a certain way. Like you're above them, talk down to certain guys, act like certain things are an inconvenience to you," said Peters.

He called the Eichel trade "addition by subtraction" for the Sabres, saying the team added locker room character and got rid of attitude in return.

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