Friedman: Sabres gauging the market on Byram

[GCK]

Byram is exactly what the Lrafs need. Young offensively gifted D. Cup winner too. Cost would be higher than Leafs might want to pay though. Maybe convince Reilly to go and add a top prospect? Then the Sabres could move on from Power too and get top six forward help for him.

Toronto doesn’t have any top prospects

 

[sbhnur]

Would make sense for the Flyers to give up some decent draft picks for him, they have plenty. Plus one useless plug, they also have plenty.

 

[itwasaforwardpass]

Couple that with Dubas's stated plan to address the LD this offseason and reluctance to add anyone UFA age or older (aka over 26) so they'll be in their prime a long time, Byram is the tailor made candidate.

Sure but how do the Leafs assets fit Buffalo's needs? Tanev and Carlo fit the bill but I'm not sure if Tanev at his age makes sense and the Leafs just traded for Carlo a couple months ago.

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

Cowan + Rielly + Woll for Byram + UPL

And why is Rielly waving his no move clause?

 

[Michoulicious]

Can Byram play on his offside?

How much is he asking per, do we have an idea?

If the health issues are behind him, he is an interesting piece for sure.

 

[itwasaforwardpass]

And why is Rielly waving his no move clause?

He's not and he's also the opposite of the type of defenseman Buffalo needs.

The whole point of trading Byram from the Sabres point of view is to remove a redundancy in offensively leaning LHD, and not have to pay a big contract for that redundancy. Trading him for Reilly makes zero sense.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Sabres need right shot D who can anchor a top six pairing defensively. Byram is from Van. Hronek is clearly an anchor defensively for a top pairing.

First and foremost, Hronek has a full NMC and there's not a chance in hell he waives it for Buffalo. Second, Hughes likes playing with him. So moving to then slot a rookie in that spot isn't exactly a good idea

And finally, why in the world is Vancouver trading their second best defenseman? There is zero chance Hronek goes anywhere.

Now I do think Montreal should jump at the opportunity to land Byram. Hard to say if they could put together a package Buffalo would want as both teams need center depth, but the Habs do have a lot of assets to play with.

 

[hamzarocks]

And why is Rielly waving his no move clause?

At the threat of breaking his kneecaps /s

Realistically maybe he's tired of the media/pressure if the fans being an issue is really true.

He could enjoy lower profile environment in Buffalo, be very close to GTA if he wants to raise his family here, ans could play for a team where he has a decently sized role

 

[Jared Dunn]

Kent, work your magic.

Why? He's not playing top 4 over Guhle and Hutson

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

Uh what? Dobson is a great 2-way defenseman.



The Penguins are trying to have a retool like the Capitals, not a full scale rebuild. Trading a 1st+ for Byram is the same thing Washington did when they traded a 1st+ for Sandin.

He's not strong defensively. No idea where you got the idea he was.

Dubas has said they are rebuilding no?

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

2x2 is not "quite far apart" for a starting point, it's actually really close for starting points.... I know you'll extrapolate that to saying they're apart by 14m, but 14m over 5-7 years is not a big gap to start

its much more than 14M, it's 2 extra million the first 6 years and 18M for the 2 years after that. Maybe they can get closer to agreeing but I don't see how you can convince yourself that a 30M difference is close

 

[Captain Mountain]

First and foremost, Hronek has a full NMC and there's not a chance in hell he waives it for Buffalo. Second, Hughes likes playing with him. So moving to then slot a rookie in that spot isn't exactly a good idea

And finally, why in the world is Vancouver trading their second best defenseman? There is zero chance Hronek goes anywhere.

Now I do think Montreal should jump at the opportunity to land Byram. Hard to say if they could put together a package Buffalo would want as both teams need center depth, but the Habs do have a lot of assets to play with.

I can't see Buffalo trading Byram in-division and its hard to imagine Montreal having the best offer when they've got Hutson, Guhle and Matheson as LHD already.

 

[itwasaforwardpass]

At the threat of breaking his kneecaps /s

Realistically maybe he's tired of the media/pressure if the fans being an issue is really true.

He could enjoy lower profile environment in Buffalo, be very close to GTA if he wants to raise his family here, ans could play for a team where he has a decently sized role

Just ignore and blow by the fact that the Sabres wouldn't want Reilly, and trading for him would nullify the benefits of trading Byram in the first place.

Jump straight to baseless hypothetical justifications why Reilly might waive his NMC.

 

[toddkaz]

Buffalo has 22M in cap space for 2025-26. What's a top4 D going to cost? Let's say 6M. Also, Docker, Kozak and backup goalie cost 3M. You got 13M to sign McLeod, Peterka, Quinn. You put the risk of McLeod, Peterka and Quinn getting offersheet as McLeod and Peterka cost at least 6M each. Jack Quinn taking 1M bridge?

You mean you can't trade for a 4HD that makes less than 6 million? You just making stuff up.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Yup he wants to be #1 in all situations and will likely only re-sign long term with a team that can provide him that so let's see which teams can.

CHI - Yes (but may want that role to be given to Levshunov at some point)

If you were to ask me the best fit is probably a team like Chicago that's looking for young guys to take big roles and Byram fits that.

Hawks already have a logjam of young LD led by Vlasic and then have Levshunov and Rinzel on right side who have #1 potential

Byram is also one hit away from being out of NHL

Connor Murphy + 25th OVR for Byram?

Don’t think that will cut it

Byram risks make anything more than it far too risky

He also wants to be paid big $ that he hasn't shown himself to be worth so yeah not all that appealing

 

[DesertPenguin]

Sure but how do the Leafs assets fit Buffalo's needs? Tanev and Carlo fit the bill but I'm not sure if Tanev at his age makes sense and the Leafs just traded for Carlo a couple months ago.

You know Dubas is the GM of the penguins now, right?

 

[DJN21]

What would be Buffalo's needs?

yes...

 

[Canovin]

You mean you can't trade for a 4HD that makes less than 6 million? You just making stuff up.

You can but won't be easy

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

Perfect. They can get a geezer winner in Bryan Rust.

I can't tell if you're joking but that's exactly correct imo.

 

[VaporTrail]

Middlestadt for Byram 1:1

Casey may have a NTC and Buffalo may be on that list lol

 

[Jared Grayden]

I can't tell if you're joking but that's exactly correct imo.

Rust has been a solid top 6 winger. I wouldn't count on it going forward though with his injury history and at his age. I don't love Byram, but Rust and maybe as much as a 2nd for Byram wouldn't bother me at all (as a Pens fan). I wouldn't remotely consider it from Buffalo's perspective.

 

[hamzarocks]

Just ignore and blow by the fact that the Sabres wouldn't want Reilly, and trading for him would nullify the benefits of trading Byram in the first place.

Jump straight to baseless hypothetical justifications why Reilly might waive his NMC.

That's the purpose of these boards.

How many trades proposed here go through

Some actual trades look terrible from one teams perspective and would be shot down by fans of the team on Hfboards.

Buffalo probably doesn't go after Rielly, just put an offer that value wise maybe of interest if Sabres value Cowan and Woll as pieces they could want.

 

[Patty Ice]

A pretty popular Sharks fan YouTuber recently floated this idea:

2OA for Bryam (though he had the initial deal with Powers, he made clear that Byram was interchangeable with him, he only preferred Powers) and 9OA.

I'm curious on Buff fans thoughts on this proposal.

 

[Fatass]

First and foremost, Hronek has a full NMC and there's not a chance in hell he waives it for Buffalo. Second, Hughes likes playing with him. So moving to then slot a rookie in that spot isn't exactly a good idea

And finally, why in the world is Vancouver trading their second best defenseman? There is zero chance Hronek goes anywhere.

Now I do think Montreal should jump at the opportunity to land Byram. Hard to say if they could put together a package Buffalo would want as both teams need center depth, but the Habs do have a lot of assets to play with.

Doesn’t Hronek’s NMC not come into effect until July 1?

 

[toddkaz]

You can but won't be easy

and Buffalo can't trade Quinn or Peterka? Pretty narrow sited.