Confirmed Trade: [CHI/BUF] Bowen Byram, Jordan Greenway for Louis Crevier, 2026 1st round pick (4th overall), 2026 2nd round pick (45th overall)

[francis246]

How does Kyle Davidson still have a job?

 

[rumrokh]

Just imagine the reaction if this trade was proposed by a HF poster..

And now more than half of the bad proposals are going to be defended with this one. Gold standard Gaustad Got A First Rounder material.

 

[Zarzh]

The trade tree is insane, Casey Middelstadt for 4+

 

[biturbo19]

byram doesn't have durability issues. he's played every game for buffalo since being traded here.

Maybe he's finally past them and grown out of it, but maybe he's not. A couple solid years of staying healthy is a promising sign...but his earlier career was marred by injuries and durability issues. When i'm coughing up the 4th overall pick, i'd still at least have that history nagging in the back of my mind a bit.

 

[The don godfather]

The trade tree is insane, Casey Middelstadt for 4+

Lucky for Bruins they got casey as a dump for the Coyle trade and he actually put up close to 50 points last year.

 

[Al Lagoon]

Lacombe, Hutson and Harley are kicking themselves for not waiting to sign a deal till now. They lost 10s of millions

Never understood why filthy rich folks would want/need more. They have more money than any sane person could possibly spend in a lifetime.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

How about this for Byram....

He goes to Buffalo and they are a 'rebuilding' team spinning their wheels trying to take the next step... he slogs through some difficult years then once they finally breakthrough and are a great team.... he's traded to another team in the same position Buffalo was in when he got there.

I'm sure he's happy with the opportunity to lead a Dcore. Its an interesting thought tho.

Chicago has to do more now I'd think. This is a great piece but it isn't going to be enough.

 

[NYI365]

Byram was traded for Casey Freaking Mittelstadt.

Not two years ago!

And now he's traded two years later for the 4th+.

My brain just refuses to comprehend.

 

[Bounces R Way]

This is a pretty terrible draft guys. Like just outright bad. Not at all surprised we've seen four trades involving top 10 picks for 2026 and kinda expect we might even see a couple more.

That being said I still can't wrap my head around the Blackhawks assuming this amount of risk with a Byram acquisition. He really hasn't been much special at the NHL level and at any given moment is one bad hit away from missing the season.

 

[EXTRAS]

He will probably become the next sergachev.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

In no universe is Bowen Byram worth a top 10 pick, let alone a top 5 pick.

Kyle Davidson is a fraud.

If Eklund is worth a top 10 pick Byram is definitely worth a top 10 pick.

(I agree 4th is too high)

 

[Nicko999]

Wow...

I have live through the very dark Bergevin years. However this might the absolute worse trade in the league in a long long time.

 

[sabremike]

Sabres fans rn:

 

[A1LeafNation]

This trade would have been vetoed in my fantasy league.

Lol

 

[Chockey22]

GMs don’t like this draft

I think there's something to this

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

This is a pretty terrible draft guys. Like just outright bad. Not at all surprised we've seen four trades involving top 10 picks for 2026 and kinda expect we might even see a couple more.

That being said I still can't wrap my head around the Blackhawks assuming this amount of risk with a Byram acquisition. He really hasn't been much special at the NHL level and at any given moment is one bad hit away from missing the season.

I think there is 5-6 really good players at the top of the draft though. McKenna, Stenberg, Malhotra, Reid, Bjorck, Carels. All could be 1st line players. To get one of those picks and then add ontop of it is pretty crazy.

I agree the 7-15 picks are often overrated value-wise in the public eye though. Its probably good we are seeing them start to move again. If you can get a top line player those 6-10 picks definitely aren't as valuable.

 

[NYI365]

Has this been posted yet?

Ah f*** it posting anyway idk.

 

[Chainshot]

How about this for Byram....

He goes to Buffalo and they are a 'rebuilding' team spinning their wheels trying to take the next step... he slogs through some difficult years then once they finally breakthrough and are a great team.... he's traded to another team in the same position Buffalo was in when he got there.

I'm sure he's happy with the opportunity to lead a Dcore. Its an interesting thought tho.

Chicago has to do more now I'd think. This is a great piece but it isn't going to be enough.

It's the deeply discounted version of a Temu Coffey-to-Pittsburgh deal. I'm sure Bedard is happy though as he'll have someone jumpstarting the offense and helping rove to keep play alive in the offensive zone.

 

[Iggys Dome]

If Eklund is worth a top 10 pick Byram is definitely worth a top 10 pick.

(I agree 4th is too high)

The difference between 4th and 9th is pretty big to me...I don't hate the Eklund deal personally.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

How does Kyle Davidson still have a job?

Crazy how much he overpaid for Byram. Did he somehow think he was getting Dahlin?

 

[Chainshot]

Has this been posted yet?

Ah f*** it posting anyway idk.

I'm reminded of when Buffalo interviewed Zito and Botterill. (And also Fitzgerald so we won't talk about that one...)

 

[McJedi]

Doesn’t change the fact that Byram hasn’t shown anything to suggest he’s gonna be worth 12.5M and be paid as a top 10D for those years…

You could make the case Byram was better than Toews when the Avs won the Cup. He was better than Toews in the finals vs Tampa.

 

[JS19]

This is a pretty terrible draft guys. Like just outright bad. Not at all surprised we've seen four trades involving top 10 picks for 2026 and kinda expect we might even see a couple more.

That being said I still can't wrap my head around the Blackhawks assuming this amount of risk with a Byram acquisition. He really hasn't been much special at the NHL level and at any given moment is one bad hit away from missing the season.

Trading picks has nothing to do with quality of the draft. It's GMs thinking that Free Agency won't have many options available, and as a result, they're paying a premium to secure options ahead of time.

 

[10YearsAfter]

Never understood why filthy rich folks would want/need more. They have more money than any sane person could possibly spend in a lifetime.

greed, narcisissom and celebrity worship rule this f'd up world!

 

[5 Minute Major]

Chicago is getting a very good player but……hell what a return.