Eichel’s quote about that smacks of either a “leader” who doesn’t get along with Risto, or someone who knows that a Risto trade is a foregone conclusion, or both.
"I think everyone is expecting him to show up, right? He's under contract," Eichel said. "But I can't really comment on that much. I'm not Risto. I'm not Jason, doing Jason's job. If he's in the locker room at camp, part of the team, I think you go about business normally. You want him to be completely bought in and want to be there, but I guess we'll see what happens in the next week."