JT Miller is a good player, and would have got a good return. Pettersson is a great player and would get a great return. The team not trading Miller is mutually exclusive from what Pettersson‘s value is. He would be the best player on the team for pretty much each franchise and is a top ten player (he will
Out of the players that Toronto could offer (Marner, Matthews, Tavares, Nylander) with similar value (either higher or lower) Nylander is someone I have no interest in at all.
There is one main driver for possibility of EP to move: he wants to be in a team where there is realistic chance of winning.
It has nothing to do with what ranking Jiricek is in our prospect pool and more to do with team building. NJ fans are happy to tell everyone Severson cant be your best righty and its not wrong. Jiricek slots everyone behind him long term.
I would hope Adams would make a pitch. You have to consolidate prospects eventually and why not spend on a young 2 way stud.
First, Petterson is going to be 10m+, which means he will probably be the Sabres highest payed player. The GM that preaches drafting develping and paying their own players is going to go out and trade for their highest paid player? More than their assumed future captain Dahlin will make.
So from buff 2024 1st, 2025 1st and 2nd, Noah ostlund, kiskakov, neuchev and Krebs for unsigned petey?
I get all that. But the cap is going up. The cap floor is going up. Petterson is young and Buffalo will have plenty of cap space to pay him. They can let some guys walk or move them to accommodate EP. I’m not suggesting it’s likely but I’d suspect they’d at least explore it. Allegedly they called about Meier so why not call about Petterson? As for thr trade they won’t trade their core guys so whoever else they trade won’t cripple them. At some point if you can win you have to try to win. Waiting forever for prospects to develop is unlikely to get the team where they want to be. Look at NJ. They drafted and developed and when they saw a core developing they added a UFA in Hamilton and a trade for Meier. They gave up cap space and a prospect and a pick or two and they were rewarded with an excellent season and a playoff win over their most bitter rivals. No reason Buffalo can’t do that and stay within a semi-reasonable budget. Just letting Olofsson go will pay somewhat close to half of what Petterson would want. Let a couple of guys like Okposo walk and you can cobble together another few million in cap space. Buffalo has done a good job drafting guys and adding one sure thing is not going to change that in my view. Ultimately who knows. Maybe VAN has a solid year and he just extends there. Presumably this plays out at the TDL depending upon how VAN is doing.
Honestly this seems fair for a sign and trade probably a bit to much for petey unsigned
Idiot owner won't rebuild, so would probably need Cozens, not quantity. Would understand the hesitation...
The problem is the contracts immediately get more expensive when the cap goes up. They were never really in on Meier. KA calls on everyone, it's his job. Sabres recent prospects in the nhl: Peterka, Quinn, Power. 3 players that qualified for the calder. The whole argument of Sabres waiting too long on their prospects instead of making moves is incredibly false. Seasons the Sabres weren't terrible: 1. They don' t know if Quinn or Peterka can be a top 6 winger, and their next 4 are Olofsson Greenway GIrgensons and Okposo. They have NOTHING figured out long term at winger besides Tuch and Skinner. You really want a center with how bad our winger depth is? and you want to get rid of 2/3 of our best prospects to fill those holes to acquire him? It is a bad idea, a bad trade, and a bad fit. To suggest anything else is just saying "I want to watch him on my team" or "I play too much EA Sports".
Not signed-value drops. Player wants out-Value drops. Take off a first and probably VO (Eww). On second though leave him in haha.
You will make a better argument if you avoid insulting people that disagree with you. I don’t play any EA sports and I’m well aware of your point. We just see it differently.
I am stating a fact. It does not fit at all. There is no insult towards you. People who want to acquire a THIRD first line center are playing EA sports. it is not reality.
good luck getting him in under $10m then. 11.7% of the cap will likely be the Sabres initial offer. Looking at Werensk, Jones, McAvoy, Fox and Nurse as comparables. Then start adding as you feel how much better he is than some of those players. Plus a Buffalo tax.
A Buffalo tax? Like how expensive Thompson and Cozens were to sign? What a joke. I really don't even care If he signs for 10m. Pettersson will want more than 10m for sure.
Well I definitely understand the hesitation. Dahlin will probably be around 10M. Does EP deserve that? Certainly. But that number comes from a skewed narrative that he just wants to get paid and the original story was that he just wants to win. Maybe he's happy with 8M on a good team because there's not a whole lot of 10M space good teams.
