We got a bigger, faster, and still fairly young, regular nhler. He won't be a star but he will be a starter in the middle six.. He will have more of an opportunity to use his speed, size and experience with the Sabres than he did withe Oilers. We gave up a skilled player I liked a lot who's speedy but is 6 inches shorter and may have continued injuries issues-especially with the way he plays. He was not a shoo in to make the club this year or next no matter what the pollyannas seem to think and I do not want to wait 2 more years -I want to win NOW! This is the type of trade that needed to be made. I hope to see another trade using surplus assets to give us another strong 2 way F or a strong stay at home RD. No issue overpaying for such a player in FA either provided it is short term.
We {that includes me} tend to over value our prospects who still have not shown us anything in the big leagues.
Let's go Buffalo!!!