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Ok, i HATE the trade, but love what we got back. IMHO we did not get enough, unless Kesserling turns into that solid top 4 physical defensive dman (Which is well in his wheelhouse) and Doan turns into a solid insane forchecking 3rd liner. IF JJ stays where he currently is at and Doan and Kesserling are what we hope then the trade is good. If not, then we just got screwed!!! Either way, we got more physical and harder to play against and gave up a 30 goal scorer that does not know the word defense.

Looks absolutely abysmal.

It’s not about making the Sabres better, it’s about letting a player leave who, checks notes, don’t want to be here. i can’t wait till next summer when they trade Tage and Dahlin.

Two "decent" players but do not see how this makes us better. Guess I'll wait to see what else happens this summer to get a total picture to judge. Initial reaction is... underwhelmed.

As if that’s happening. He trading Byram for a cost controlled depth D and a draft pick. The D group for next year has now been completed Dahlin Kesselring Power JDB Samuelsson Clifton Bryson Depth D from Byram trade. Very exciting times in Sabreland.

We better be getting pettersson and marner

The only competition for Muel is the IR.

Competition for Muel

I don’t understand why people think Marner is even in the mix. Why the hell would he want to come to the Sabres?

Wookie the Nostradamus

Well he was 100% correct. Honestly, I trust him more that I ever trust Adams. Adams just said that his exit interview with Perterka was positive. I call bulls#it.

Oh the timing.

What I need to know...2 things: -If Kesserling were not here, who would be getting those minutes. Meaning, how much of an improvement (overall) is Kesserling over the minutes without him? -Who will be getting Peterkas minutes. How much of a downgrade (overall) will that play have vs JJP.

We all knew that the second Adams was kept on, any trade value coming back for these moves was going to be awful. If the owner doesn’t care, honestly, why should we? this is where I have landed and I just hope that a new GM next year can get much better trade value for Dahlin.

Here is something to make everyone feel better. Kesslering is an RFA after next season. So who is he getting trade for at the deadline so that KA can keep Samuelsson and not pay the new comer? &nbsp Bo Byram/Mitts trade 2.0 with the same future results. To make matters worse he has given every young player who is “unhappy” a way out of town. This franchise is just about dead. By the way no one is going to “like” Doan. He isn’t his Dad. He is at best a bottom 6 forward who has shown no ability to score goals. At least he’s young and cheap. The only person thrilled with this trade is Quinn. He now gets a chance to prove he can play in a top 6 role. When he plays well, Adams will trade him too. Very exciting times in Sabreland.

Even if add Marner now, we'd still have questions on the 2nd line and goaltending.

Thoughts: -After all the reports of interest in Peterka, the return is disappointing. Makes me wonder if other GMs thought it would have taken them less -Count me skeptical on Kesselring. I’m not of the belief that D are as plug and play as F, and he’s probably coming in to a less disciplined team defensively -On the flip side, it wouldn’t surprise me if Doan plays a larger role here. People will like him -As long as Kevyn Adams is making the decisions, I will not have confidence in the Sabres being successful -There’s a general turning on Terry over the last 2-3 months coming from the Athletic and their writers. It’s interesting. Much of what I see now are things people have been saying even before EEE was implemented. -We’ve got more cap space to make a big move in FA this summer. Kesselring+Doan+Marner (7x14) for Peterka is great for us.

Well they did a very bad deal with him. 5 years at almost 8? He had 4 years of team control. They got one extra year for giving him a boat of cash.

In Rochester. This sets a horrible precedence - seems all you need to do to get out Buffalo is demand a trade. How long until tage and Dahlin demand out? Btw, Utah has a state tax but I’m told they may have palm trees?? Adams is a joke. He better have a plans to sign a UFA top 6 forward with the money he just saved. He better also resign Byrum to play with Dahlin. Byrums analytics with Dahlin are quite good and pairing Dahlin with the oft-injured p*ssy samuelson on the first line is unacceptable

While I really like Peterka... I have watched a lot of late night hockey because of my job, including Utah... Kesselri(n)g ... keep wanting to call him Kesselrig because that is the way he plays... pretty good passer and nice point shot... Doan is young but tough and has skill too... not sure if that equals Peterka but fans should like the efforts of these two. PS for those that dont know he is Shane Doan's kid

Our teams problem has been defense and in every way this made our defense better. And bigger. And tougher. Sucks that Muel didn’t live up to his hype, but this is addressing exactly that. Peterka was just another finisher at the end of the day, a good finisher, but he ain’t a star and we have finishers on our team and pipeline.

Could have at least swapped 1st rounders in this deal as well.

After 54 years I’m done as well. This Sabres are now the Marlins of the NHL, but at least the Marlins won 2 WS.

After 20 years I’m done also, does this mean that Utah will win the Stanley cup in the next 3 years ?