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Confirmed with Link: Sabres acquire 20th pick in the 2026 draft from SJS for Kesselring + 27

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I’m only ok with this if we find out we just needed a better 1st round pick for another trade. Otherwise I’d rather just get a second. If it’s to move up to possibly get a better player at 20 I hate it.
 
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Samsonite23 said:
This is a draft thread question, but wouldn’t the Sabres not love him giving other teams ideas of prospects they like in the upcoming draft?

He seems to have a pretty solid history with identifying players the team likes. And he obviously has links to the org and what they like.
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Eh, some teams have it out there who they are interested in well in advance. It's not like Bakes hasn't had the skinny on guys they like beforehand either. Helenius was a guy they wanted in his draft year. Some other names that have leaked included them like Yurov and Kasper, both of whom went before Buffalo came back up on the clock. Savoie and Kulich were the consolation prizes from what was out there.

I just don't get doing it today.
 
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start winnin said:
Never understood why he never got a fair shot, he was bad sometimes but still played serviceably, he was better than Schenn and Stanley (who did improve over time) but had a way shorter leash. Wish him the best.
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I suspect there was more going on there than we saw. Fairburn talked about how they wanted him to do certain things and he wasn't doing those (namely staying back instead of pinching) and it burned him. He pressed to do his thing - wants to impress because he knows it's a big summer for his RFA and arbitration and the staff want him to be safer. Think back to his last game in the playoffs and how he came off the ice furious because he'd had a turnover and got benched after being put in the blender for 1:44.
 
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Terrible.
Kesselring was the centerpiece of the JJP trade. He was never given a real shot.
I could maybe see this trade being semi-smart is if it happened during the draft and a great prospect fell to #20.
 
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Chainshot said:
Eh, some teams have it out there who they are interested in well in advance. It's not like Bakes hasn't had the skinny on guys they like beforehand either. Helenius was a guy they wanted in his draft year. Some other names that have leaked included them like Yurov and Kasper, both of whom went before Buffalo came back up on the clock. Savoie and Kulich were the consolation prizes from what was out there.

I just don't get doing it today.
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Same. Not exactly massive value. Might as well have waited to see if offers improve toward the draft.
 
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Jage said:
This exactly.

The pick is more valuable now to different teams so it makes shopping it much easier. If needed.
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I think the late 1st and kesselring could be worth more in terms of trade. RDs are in high demand.

At the same time a team not looking fir a RD would like 20 over 27.

The problem for Buffalo is cap space. Thry don’t have much room to acquire nhl players
 
toddkaz said:
Its a bad trade because chances are the player you want at 20 is possibly there at 27th and the talent from 20-27 is all the same by that point.

It only makes sense to make that trade in real time during the draft when the player you want is available at 20.
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Cant say that maybe they get someone like lane hutson instead of a rosen at 20 compared at 27 so it could be massive difference
 
Really perplexed by the number of negative reactions to a mostly nothing trade involving a guy who proved to be a mostly nothing player here.

Sometimes it's just not a fit and you move on. The coach and gm didn't think he was a piece that made them better (because he ovjectively didn't). Buffalo is expecting to contend now, and rostering a player they don't think fits is a problem.

They got decent value. They didn't give him away for free.

I wish Kesselring the best. I think he can be a good player in this league. It wasn't meant to be here.
 
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I think we trade this pick for somwone. Doing a moving up in the draft trade way before you know if your target is there seems stupid.
 
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gallagt01 said:
Really perplexed by the number of negative reactions to a mostly nothing trade involving a guy who proved to be a mostly nothing player here.

Sometimes it's just not a fit and you move on. The coach and gm didn't think he was a piece that made them better (because he ovjectively didn't). Buffalo is expecting to contend now, and rostering a player they don't think fits is a problem.

They got decent value. They didn't give him away for free.

I wish Kesselring the best. I think he can be a good player in this league. It wasn't meant to be here.
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Moving up 6 spots in a draft where everything outside of the top few picks is an absolute crapshoot is in no way decent value. An extra 2nd would've been better as it's a second chance to hit in a draft where very little distinguishes guys.
 
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5 Minute Major said:
And the year before Samuelsson wouldn’t have either.
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So, by this logic, every player who has a bad year should be kept because maybe they will be better next year?

Kesselring was always a project player. he was a bottom pair d-man in Utah who played well in some spot duty due to injuries. Some underlying numbers suggested he could be more.

He wasn't here. He's behind Dahlin, Byram, Power, Samuellson, and Timmins on the depth chart (and probably Metsa)

Adams took a shot that he'd be their #4 and samuelsson could anchor the bottom pair. Samuelsson had a great year and pushed Byram/Power down to the #4. Kesselring had some bad luck. Sometimes players simply don't work for teams beyond the players or the teams control.

Glad to get back some value.
 
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I am all for the move, I just wish we moved a higher priced low quality player. Only 1.8 million in cap savings. Need to offload some dead weight
 
Don't really like it. Moving up 7 picks is meh. I'd rather have the depth on D and I can't imagine his re-sign would be debilitating.

But maybe Lindy was never going to play him and his market was bare.
 
The manager at Jarmo's preferred car dealership must get a huge smile on his face whenever this guy pulls into the lot. Like this trade about as much as the one for Schenn/Stanley.

On a more hopeful note, maybe this means we see a Byram extension announced soon.
 
I feel like Kesselring could have been added as a sweetener in a bigger deal, this is my biggest disappointment with it but the value seems terrible too, San Jose got a serviceable defenseman and still have 2 picks in the first round only for us to move up 7 spots.

Honestly is the difference in a player at 20 and 27th all that different? What does Buffalo do if all their guys before 20 have been picked off the board and they have to take their 27th rated player at 20? That would be hilarious.
 
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