Personally I find this to be a VERY GOOD move My Flyers fan friend is in the Adirondacks right now and won't have service until later tonight and I'm absolutely dying to see his response to this trade. He's gonna just nope right out of our group chat and head back to the dead zone instead of dealing with our shit
The sabres won that trade imo Although, their scouting has been awful since they fired almost everyone but still. They should turn around and trade those picks for something better to try to get eichel to stay.
I could see it being used in either the Eichel or Reinhart package. Just using a rumored team as an example, perhaps you could finally get ANA to bite on sending #3 if you're sending #13 back instead of no picks or something like that
Happy for Sabres fans to see them win a trade. While Philly did give up way too much I still think Ristolainen can be a solid 2nd pairing D in the right situation. Time will tell if that is in Philly but people are too quick to dismiss the player overall when a lopsided trade like this happens.
That's exactly it. He's not awful. He's awful how he was used here. If he's deployed properly, he can still be a useful player. He's just not a first pair, toughest matchup, 25 minute a night guy.
The only thing I can count on with the Sabres is that they will undoubtedly spank Chuck Fletcher's bottom cherry red in a trade every couple years
I don't see how Minnesota has lasted this long into the Eichel discussion. They are absolutely screwed capwise in a couple years. They're gonna have to move substantial money which necessitates moving Dumba or Brodin which doesn't make sense when they have lost two defenseman in the last week for nothing.