LeBrun: Sabres looking to make “big” trade

[qc14]

I would take those future packages and pick up a 2C and a 4D. Would consider moving Byram for a 2C. Something like Joker+Kulich for the D and 1st+ Rosen+Krebs for the C. Idk who could shake loose though.

Hey that Middlestadt guy in Colorado is doing pretty well as a 2c, maybe he would be available!

In all seriousness, I think BUF screwed themselves by being too cheap (both with future assets and real dollars) in the summer. Just don't know who is out there that's even theoretically available and moves the needle for this team. Provorov? Matheson? Fowler? Laughton? All good players but more the types that make a good team even better and don't help a bad team become good. I don't even see the Hertl-type guy that no one thinks is available but all of the sudden gets moved. Thomas? Kyrou? Werenski? Kadri? All of them seem much less gettable than Hertl last year.

Their best hope is giving like $15M a year to Marner or Rantanen in the summer.

 

[TageGod]

Can you find a player like that? Without trade protection and who is not UFA at the end of the season. And also, that a team would want to trade him in November.

Always a chance, but it will require a team starting a rebuild most likely.

Hey that Middlestadt guy in Colorado is doing pretty well as a 2c, maybe he would be available!

In all seriousness, I think BUF screwed themselves by being too cheap (both with future assets and real dollars) in the summer. Just don't know who is out there that's even theoretically available and moves the needle for this team. Provorov? Matheson? Fowler? Laughton? All good players but more the types that make a good team even better and don't help a bad team become good. I don't even see the Hertl-type guy that no one thinks is available but all of the sudden gets moved. Thomas? Kyrou? Werenski? Kadri? All of them seem much less gettable than Hertl last year.

Their best hope is giving like $15M a year to Marner or Rantanen in the summer.

Hertl was my guy too, wanted to get him.

 

[Fjordy]

Always a chance, but it will require a team starting a rebuild most likely.

No, I mean there aren't many realistic options on the market.

 

[Chainshot]

Hey that Middlestadt guy in Colorado is doing pretty well as a 2c, maybe he would be available!

In all seriousness, I think BUF screwed themselves by being too cheap (both with future assets and real dollars) in the summer. Just don't know who is out there that's even theoretically available and moves the needle for this team. Provorov? Matheson? Fowler? Laughton? All good players but more the types that make a good team even better and don't help a bad team become good. I don't even see the Hertl-type guy that no one thinks is available but all of the sudden gets moved. Thomas? Kyrou? Werenski? Kadri? All of them seem much less gettable than Hertl last year.

Their best hope is giving like $15M a year to Marner or Rantanen in the summer.

Mitts has had a rough patch in the last three weeks: 3 assists in his last 8 games, something like 9-1 for his line in that time. Everyone goes through hard times and he's having some.