Speculation: 2024-2025 General Discussion III: Combined goals by Luke and Zemgus: 3

[Major4Boarding]

I hope I’m wrong but the ask for Tuch is gonna be too much for us. By that I mean, I am not willing to give up Ike, Crozier, or our future firsts.

Now, if they would be willing to take a couple players off of our current roster like Perbix, Sheary, Chaffee, or Goncalves, and a future 2nd/3rd I would live with that

 

[DFC]

Buffalo's in a weird spot. It seems they have pissed their fan base off to the point that trading win-now players is a no go, but by the time they are actually ready to win, a guy like Tuch will be far less useful.

That said, because it's in-division, I can't see them going for it. Half of Buffalo's hope for the future is teams like us age out of playoff contention and are forced to rebuild.

 

[Flat Ronnie]

Don't think Tuch is gonna happen

 

[LightningStrikes]

Tuch is German for thin cloth / towel / blanket / scarf. Sounds soft.

 

[Rschmitz]

Buffalo's in a weird spot. It seems they have pissed their fan base off to the point that trading win-now players is a no go, but by the time they are actually ready to win, a guy like Tuch will be far less useful.

That said, because it's in-division, I can't see them going for it. Half of Buffalo's hope for the future is teams like us age out of playoff contention and are forced to rebuild.

If they were smart they would trade Tuch now and load up for next year in the off-season when their season isn’t lost. In other words they will hold onto Tuch

 

[JTBF81]

I am just saying we shouldn’t fixate on Tuch to the point of a massive overpay like we've done before, he's not at the right age to try and make that work with years of affordable cost control in front of him. All of this extra cap space we are getting over the next few years is a big opportunity to turn us back into cup contenders and extend our window if used intelligently.

Adding Tuch (or a similar player) would be an add that definitely increases their contention chances, and unfortunately, with the cap going up, getting players for bargains is going to be more and more rare. The assets moved will also not be minimal if Tampa goes after anyone with term. I'm fine with an extra asset moving for a player like Tuch, should he be the main target. Getting at least 2 runs with him would be great, and with the cap space, odds would be good they'd be able to re-sign him (unless he just didn't like Tampa for some reason). If Tampa has a realistic contention window of perhaps 5 more years, he'd fit in well at age 28 now. As I've said, I'd rather go for other players, whether ufa or rfa, that may cost a little less or maybe a little younger, but if it took two high level picks+prospect to get him, I wouldn't have any problems with it.