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No thank you unless you mean Casey Nelson.

We can but I have no interest in doing so with any player of note. There is little worse than making a significant trade with a division rival and coming out the loser.

RNH & Kassian for Risto & Sheary (450k retained) Cap Neutral Any thoughts? Skinner - Eichel - Reinhart Olafsson - RNH - Vesey Johansson - Mitts - Okposo Larsson - ERod - Kassian Dahlin - Montour McCabe - Jokiharu Pilut - Miller Extras: Wilson, Girgs, Hunwick Bought out Scandella, buried Sobotka

He strikes me as Risto's opposite in terms of analytics. Risto's are below what he appears to be while Gardiner's are way to high. I've watched him plenty of times, and this graph goes completely against my own eyes which means something isn't right.

I’d be interested in a few forwards from Anaheim: Rakell, Silverberg, even Getzlaf if it’s fair. Not at all interested in Gardiner, he’s Risto with no physicality and a bit better zone exit ability.

I'd still like Boyle for his off-ice and 4th line usefulness but that's it.

At the price we got him for, I think its a solid move. We now, at minimum, have a solid fallback option at 2C which is better than just holding onto the hope we'd magically get a 2C for free.

I’d rather keep Risto in that case; we don’t need another undersized streaky winger.

The problem with Gusev is we would need to acquire at least one other Russian. For whatever reason, Russians travel in groups in the NHL. They all strangely go to teams with other Russians.

I’m unsure what this would even be regardless of how much I want to believe your “source” Who do they have on the trade block actually worth our attention?

I would of been willing, if we had our 3rd, to go up to the next level with 2 1sts and offer him 9.9mil with the same style of stacking bonuses. A 1-2 punch of Eichel and Aho would do damage

Hope not, we need teams around us to get weaker, not stronger

I want no part in Hoffman Trochek on the other hand would be a great target as he's coming off a somewhat down year with an injury.

How about a 2 year deal to help mentor Dahlin? Anything within 2 years is fine to me as Dahlin's contract will be after that.

I would of made that deal, a 1st is never something you turn down for paying 6mil in cap space for a year

Would #31, Nylander, and Girgs be enough for Collin Miller and Stastny and Reaves(Cap dump) maybe? It does take approx 12mil off their books a tad over 10 with a Girgs signing.

I wouldn’t trade Mitts for Cerelli straight up even; I can’t trust his stats on a juggernaut offensive team would translate to Buffalo. I have 0 interest in trading Risto in the division so that further puts the breaks on that trade in my opinion. My predictions: We trade Risto and Nylander to Vancouver for Virtanen, 10, a late pick in a year or two and Juolevi. That just sounds very Benning + Botts esc. C. Miller and Reaves/Clarkson for our 2020 2nd Scandella is sent somewhere for a 3rd in 2021 and a 4th this year. Sobotka is dealt for Callahan and a 4th

I can’t believe I missed it lol

An article that was linked on the HFboards seemed useful to read https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/26141295/the-secret-carolina-hurricanes-goaltending-turnaround about our supposed new goalie coach and his philosophies. One thing I noticed is some of his answers sound like RK's

If we trade Risto, I'd be looking to acquire Colin Miller from Vegas; I'd even take Reaves' contract to reduce the cost. Miller isn't quite the pest Risto can be but does play a physical jack of all trades role. Reaves for 1 year to be our 12/13/14 forward would also technically fill that physical role we lose with Risto.

To sum it up quickly: Cal O’Reilly was signed by the Sabres org to be an NHL/AHL tweener and was brought in when we signed RORs extension. COR was made captain of the Amerks and became Nylander’s host and mentor during his rookie year. Around the midway part of the season COR became unhappy and likely complained to GMTM and by March he was loaned to their rival, the Marlies. Supposedly his discontent also affected the rookie Nylander. I’ll look for the articles when I get home

Ryan is not at fault for Cal's actions; but it likely contributed to the overall relationship between ownership and him. That's something that always perplexed me about ROR; he seemed honest yet simultaneously he seemed to have a script as to his post-game feelings. At the end of the day, if you keep saying you need to be better; why didn't he ever get past what seemed to be the same issues?

He quit on us by stating it to the media and with his brother’s escapades I’m unsurprised the Pegulas were hardly happy. Great player but for a guy who literally only gave cookie cutter answers in post games; his end of the year presser becomes unusual

God they are nuts

I'd try Turris for Okposo, same cap hit, Turris has one more year on his contract but is about 1.5 years younger. He was great only a couple years ago and then hit a bunch of injuries. If he regains his form he'd be a perfect stopgap for Mitts and would be a solid 3rd line center in his 30's. If he continues to be banged up, we merely LTIR him.