Speculation: The 2026-27 Roster Speculation Thread: Summer Edition - Throw in All The Oars, We're Trading for Battleships

[threeVo]

Sabres need to hold onto that #4 pick for dear life. Id prefer to go Bjorck or in the off chance Stenberg falls. Reid is intriguing, but our forward pipeline is pretty rough

 

[Beerz]

So..what if Vancouver takes a D (Reid) ..

Wonder if we could leverage 4 with NYR to get something

4 for 5 + ?

Cuylle possible?

 

[TheMistyStranger]

So..what if Vancouver takes a D (Reid) ..

Wonder if we could leverage 4 with NYR to get something

4 for 5 + ?

Cuylle possible?

No way they pay that much to move up 1 spot. Take Bjorck and be thrilled

 

[Beerz]

No way they pay that much to move up 1 spot. Take Bjorck and be thrilled

But I really want Cuylle

 

[CowbellConray]

But I really want Cuylle

I think the Rangers are prime trading partners with Buffalo as they need to retool and we could use players they have.

4th Overall
Ostlund
20th Overall
Krebs
Levi

for
Trochek
Cuylle
5th Overall

Krebs is going to get $4-5M a year, so this moves him to NYR to develop while we add a top 6 center and 2nd line power forward. Upgrade center and wing while we drop and take BPA (this is contingent on Reid going 3rd which I dont think happens, but alas)

 

[26CornerBlitz]

 

[CowbellConray]

Sabres have $13.8M remaining

Notable RFA(s):
Krebs

Notable UFA(s):
Stanley
Beck

Krebs likely gets $4M a year on a 2-3 year deal. Beneficial for both sides
Beck gets $3M on a 4-5 year deal

That leaves $6.8M for a defeseman or potential forward upgrade.

You could move out Zucker, not sure they do that. You could also move out Quinn for an upgrade, gives you $3M to work out in addition to the $6.8

Trochek is $5.6. Thomas is $8.5. Robertson likely gets $13-14M to sign max term.

Lots of interesting moves here

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

Any interest in RFA Nikishin?

 

[Beerz]

Any interest in RFA Nikishin?

Yeah..but what would Carolina want

 

[jc17]

He’s a UFA. My guess is Washington was at the contract limit?

We're going to flip his rights to Chicago for another 2nd

 

[WeDislikeEich]

Jarmo’s press conference made me feel like his preference might lean toward trading the #4 pick and that has me on pins & needles waiting to see what happens. I am ok with the idea of trading the pick if a true difference making top line type of player is coming back in return.

I don’t really know much about any of the top prospects this year but I definitely like the idea of drafting a center that has a legit chance of becoming a true #1C. I’d love to add that type of prospect to our pool. It’s a chance that doesn’t come often. But the strength at the top of this draft seems to be more in wingers and defenseman. Malholtra and Bjorck are intriguing but I don’t know if they are more 1C or 2C types. Seems to be lots of mixed opinions among scouts and analysts.

I’m not as big on the idea of drafting a defenseman just because of who we already have on the team and in the system. But I don’t know enough about any of the D prospects to have an opinion on any of them.

I’d love to see them trade the pick for Robert Thomas. If STL wants to reset I doubt they will ever get offered a higher pick than #4 for Thomas.

I don’t know how I’d feel about trading #4 for Knies.

No chance I’d trade #4 for Hellebuyck unless

 

[CowbellConray]

Jarmo’s press conference made me feel like his preference might lean toward trading the #4 pick and that has me on pins & needles waiting to see what happens. I am ok with the idea of trading the pick if a true difference making top line type of player is coming back in return.

I don’t really know much about any of the top prospects this year but I definitely like the idea of drafting a center that has a legit chance of becoming a true #1C. I’d love to add that type of prospect to our pool. It’s a chance that doesn’t come often. But the strength at the top of this draft seems to be more in wingers and defenseman. Malholtra and Bjorck are intriguing but I don’t know if they are more 1C or 2C types. Seems to be lots of mixed opinions among scouts and analysts.

I’m not as big on the idea of drafting a defenseman just because of who we already have on the team and in the system. But I don’t know enough about any of the D prospects to have an opinion on any of them.

I’d love to see them trade the pick for Robert Thomas. If STL wants to reset I doubt they will ever get offered a higher pick than #4 for Thomas.

I don’t know how I’d feel about trading #4 for Knies.

No chance I’d trade #4 for Hellebuyck unless

I think it was lip service to other GMs. He was almost casual about the idea of trading the pick “we will be listening for now” “we want to see how you value the pick, we value it highly” “we will make a decision later on” “if we need to select someone, we will get a great player at 4”

That to me screams GM talk for “spare me your shit offers, go straight for the big value”

 

[Chainshot]

Oh some Leaf shills... where is my popcorn?

 

[EichHart]

Jarmo’s press conference made me feel like his preference might lean toward trading the #4 pick and that has me on pins & needles waiting to see what happens. I am ok with the idea of trading the pick if a true difference making top line type of player is coming back in return.

I don’t really know much about any of the top prospects this year but I definitely like the idea of drafting a center that has a legit chance of becoming a true #1C. I’d love to add that type of prospect to our pool. It’s a chance that doesn’t come often. But the strength at the top of this draft seems to be more in wingers and defenseman. Malholtra and Bjorck are intriguing but I don’t know if they are more 1C or 2C types. Seems to be lots of mixed opinions among scouts and analysts.

I’m not as big on the idea of drafting a defenseman just because of who we already have on the team and in the system. But I don’t know enough about any of the D prospects to have an opinion on any of them.

I’d love to see them trade the pick for Robert Thomas. If STL wants to reset I doubt they will ever get offered a higher pick than #4 for Thomas.

I don’t know how I’d feel about trading #4 for Knies.

No chance I’d trade #4 for Hellebuyck unless

What did you hear that I didnt? I listened and thought we're definitely keeping it.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

Oh some Leaf shills... where is my popcorn?

Don't forget the big gulps of haterade!

 

[nickdawg95]

So looks like jarmo's looking at trochek / signing bobrosky

Darkhorses being Knies / thomas / hellebyuck ?

 

[old kummelweck]

Cant disagree with any of their points.

BTW, if Ovie is done and Tuch is their big splash.... he's in for some hard days ahead.

 

[Chainshot]

As an aside, this bit with Ray and McLennan does make me laugh from December -

 

[Ace]

So looks like jarmo's looking at trochek / signing bobrosky

Darkhorses being Knies / thomas / hellebyuck ?

The man said again today that they’re looking to run the goalies back and now they’re giving term and dollars to a 60 year old Bobrovsky?

I swear it will be round 2 of next year’s playoffs and people still won’t believe they’re just running the goalies back.

 

[Ace]

I made the mistake of clicking Helenius’s name in my Twitter trending topics.

Every fan of every team is going to get him and 4th overall for whatever they’re trying/need to move.

It’s like they all turned into Rangers fans,

 

[Club]

The man said again today that they’re looking to run the goalies back and now they’re giving term and dollars to a 60 year old Bobrovsky?

I swear it will be round 2 of next year’s playoffs and people still won’t believe they’re just running the goalies back.

If they run the goalies back, I mean fine... It did get us back to relevancy for the season & into the 2nd round.

Just acquire pieces on the backend & up front who can be absolute dawgs at both ends of the ice & who knows maybe by December Ellis (hypothetically as an example) how he looks can run with it

But I personally want security

 

[Der Jaeger]

Jarmo’s press conference made me feel like his preference might lean toward trading the #4 pick and that has me on pins & needles waiting to see what happens. I am ok with the idea of trading the pick if a true difference making top line type of player is coming back in return.

I don’t really know much about any of the top prospects this year but I definitely like the idea of drafting a center that has a legit chance of becoming a true #1C. I’d love to add that type of prospect to our pool. It’s a chance that doesn’t come often. But the strength at the top of this draft seems to be more in wingers and defenseman. Malholtra and Bjorck are intriguing but I don’t know if they are more 1C or 2C types. Seems to be lots of mixed opinions among scouts and analysts.

I’m not as big on the idea of drafting a defenseman just because of who we already have on the team and in the system. But I don’t know enough about any of the D prospects to have an opinion on any of them.

I’d love to see them trade the pick for Robert Thomas. If STL wants to reset I doubt they will ever get offered a higher pick than #4 for Thomas.

I don’t know how I’d feel about trading #4 for Knies.

No chance I’d trade #4 for Hellebuyck unless

I got the exact opposite thought from it

What did you hear that I didnt? I listened and thought we're definitely keeping it.

Same

 

[EmeraldCitySabre]

I made the mistake of clicking Helenius’s name in my Twitter trending topics.

Every fan of every team is going to get him and 4th overall for whatever they’re trying/need to move.

It’s like they all turned into Rangers fans,

Can't say I blame them, if he wasn't on my team, I'd sure as hell want him to be.

 

[Chainshot]

Cant disagree with any of their points.

BTW, if Ovie is done and Tuch is their big splash.... he's in for some hard days ahead.

The Caps have done a nice rebuild on the fly. They have their high profile kids, they have a group of younger veterans and not much left of their 30+ old guard. They also have a dynamite goaltending tandem. Adding Kyrou and Tuch with only taking McMichael away is going to be good for them IMO.

 

[Ace]

I got the exact opposite thought from it

Same

I genuinely got from it that he hadn’t thought about it that much yet. I believed his “listen to offers and collect information” line. He’s been doing GM things and I doubt he’s spent much time talking it over with the scouting department since all that separated acquiring the pick and this presser was a good nights sleep and some breakfast. It’s why he knew a lot more about 20 than 4. They’d had that meeting.

He’ll collect info from them too. We know what type of player they’ve liked before…so, one assumes, there will be some table pounding to keep it and take Bjorck. Then Jarmo will look at his discussions involving moving it for a player and decide what he wants to do.

But I don’t believe he’d done that by this morning.