Jack Eichel Completes Controversial Neck Surgery

 The seemingly endless controversy over star center Jack Eichel's neck injury seems to finally be coming to a conclusion. After a lengthy and thoroughly documented disagreement over treatment options between Eichel and the Buffalo Sabres, the former first overall pick was traded to the Las Vegas Golden Knights over the summer.

The New England native and the Sabres famously could not reach an agreement on how to proceed with treatment of a neck injury that kept the disgruntled forward out of the lineup for the better part of last season. With Eichel now calling Las Vegas home, under a dynamic and forward looking ownership group, new options have been made available.

It has been reported that Jack Eichel had been seeking a disc replacement procedure, thought to have a superior outcome to traditional fusion surgery. The Sabres balked at the proposal and claimed the surgery was untested in NHL players. The Golden Knights however harbor no such concerns and has given Eichel the green light to pursue any procedure he himself deems the best option.

Taking advantage of the vast freedom of choice afforded to him by his new team, we know have learned that Jack Eichel has not opted for the disc replacement surgery he initially requested, but instead have had performed an even more radical procedure where the damaged disc in his neck was replaced with a swivel joint.

"This procedure offers unmatched mobility of the neck" explains Dr. Simon LeClaboux at the First Nevada Experimental Healthcare Facility. Going on to describe how the unique physical properties of the swivel joint enables a full 360 degrees of motion. "This level of spinal mobility is unheard of even in the animal kingdom, if we exclude owls" continues LaClaboux.

The procedure is sure to be controversial and in fact neither the clinic nor Mr. LaClaboux are strangers to controversy. First Nevada has been the subject of numerous lawsuits, and of the time of writing they are currently being sued by the state of Nevada both over the use of the word "Facility" and "Healthcare" in their name. Mr. LaClaboux, First Niagras owner and only employee, has himself not escaped criticism over claims of misleading clients. The complaints stems from 2019 when he changed his first name to Dr.

Jack Eichel on the ice with his new teammates

However controversial the performed surgery is, the main character himself is overjoyed with the procedure. "It's still early, and I have a lot of recovery time to still go through, but so far the surgery has been awesome" says Eichel. Adding that "ever since I started playing hockey, coaches has been telling me how important it is to keep my head on a swivel, and now I finally have the opportunity to do so". 

While there is still a few months before we can expect to see Eichel back on the ice, he has already begun skating with his new team and found that his newfound abilities takes some time to get used to. "I can't really tell much difference as long as I go straight ahead, but if I turn too hard it's kind of hard to control the spin of my head" he explained after a recent practice. "It's just something I have to work on" he told the press as his head kept spinning like a top.