he's been a bit weaker this year, which is definitely not reason to give up on him yet (he hasn't been bad, just not as good as previously), but he's definitely not going to break into the Makar/Toews pairing and we're really bad at finding 2Cs.
My sense was he would displace Power on the PP2.
Ditto to my above point.
I think he'll get a long term deal closer to $7M AAV. Especially with a whole season playing with the Avs, his numbers are likely to keep rising.
I feel like Buffalo could have gotten more in the offseason
Granted, we'll have to see how good Bo is...............but I cannot imagine him displacing Power. Power's best trait is his offensive IQ, and in that respect he's really only slightly behind Dahlin.
No way he's signing for under $6M. His next deal starts with a 7
Either way, he's due for a huge raise in like 3 months which depresses his trade value the way it does for any pending UFA vs. a similar player who is signed long term. Sabres did very well here. I would much rather roll the dice on Byram than, say, a late 1st and late 2nd.
Samuelsson injured, Eric Johnson headed out most likely. They also have a RHD in Jokiharju that has been in the top 4 and is due a pay raise and maybe they are maximizing his value at the deadline.
5-6M contract for Mittelstadt is a steal.
If only because Byram is more of the same (LD, injury prone, needs to prove more defensively, will have growing pains, etc...) when the Sabrea desperately need the opposite. Yuck.
I mean adding a LD seems fine with Dahlin on the right. But more that Mittlestadt is just.. better.
