Sabres or Islanders: Who came out better after letting go of their superstar?

[SeanMoneyHands]

Who came out better after letting go of their superstar?

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[Ace]

Sabres are entirely new franchise. They cleared out the locker room problem and overnight they had a good room and started to actually develop as a team. Go figure.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

The Sabres may be good this year but the Islanders made two ECFs in a row how could it not be them?

 

[Hockeyholic]

The team that made two straight ECF came out better.

 

[NyQuil]

Too soon to tell.

 

[BRobMint]

It’s the Isles. More playoff success without Johnny T. The Sabres have to make the playoffs and go on some deep runs to even compare

 

[LongWayDown37]

Probably the Isles. But way too soon to tell on the Sabres.

 

[NyQuil]

I mean, Eichel was literally traded in November of last year.

Tavares was traded signed four years ago.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Tavares was traded four years ago.

He wasn't traded.

 

[Boreal01]

Will almost certainly be the Islanders but it's still too soon to tell

 

[Ratelleitlikeitis]

Sens trading Karlsson.

 

[Asymmetric Solution]

I mean, Eichel was literally traded in November of last year.

Tavares was traded four years ago.

This how is this even a poll?

 

[NyQuil]

He wasn't traded.

Whoops.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Is this about the Turgeon/Lafontaine trade

 

[leafsfan5]

The Islanders were one game away from winning the cup in 2021

It's clearly them

 

[Stealth JD]

The Islanders were one game away from winning the cup in 2021

It's clearly them

yeah...but the Sabres have had, what, one year to make their claim? how's that fair? pieces of the Eichel-return weren't even on last years team. with the state of the franchises TODAY, it's definitely a question for moving forward.

But it's a weird poll anyway, because the Sabres got assets back, while the Isles were left empty handed and with holes to fill, which they did admirably. We're comparing apples to apple seeds.

 

[Peat]

Too soon to tell, although I think it's possible the Sabres win a cup before the Islanders do, and if they do that trumps the Islanders' two conference finals.

 

[PromisedLand]

Sabres at least got something for Eichel. NYI didn't get anything back.

Its an easy poll

 

[EK392000]

Which team came out better and which team has been better are two completely different questions.

The Sabres came out better because they traded a disgruntled star for assets. The isles got nothing in return for the departure of their star.

The Isles have been the better team since the departure of their star, but still too early to tell for the Sabres. Only a year or two away from playoff contention and then who knows.