I am not comparing anyone. I was not a fan of trading a two way player in a position of need opening a hole there for a player we had a surplus of. Mitts didn’t transform going to the Avs. He is playing the same way he did here. The Sabres need more of that. Byram is a great talent but did not address a need for this organization. It was a punt move to not have to make a more difficult decision on the roster within the fwd group.
We were clearly missing a top 4d. I don't believe Adam's is smart enough to think that far ahead, if he was Granato would've been fired.
Sure a top-4 D-men...not a LHD puck-mover that's young, inexperienced, not physical and not really good defensively.
Doesn't matter. That's a whole other debate about other issues. I don't feel like debating that anymore. I've spewed my thoughts in several threads here. Bottom line is that if any of the Cs was going to be traded, for any legit or stupid reason, it shouldn't have been Mittelstadt.
yeah let's trade the guys we have signed long term.......great message to send to the team.
There wasn't a good enough reason to trade any of them. Even still, this post acts like feelings should override being better. It lines up with the direction the franchise has been going though, for sure.
I hope that the DOPeS give Malkin something for that............but I am not optimistic.
