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Sabres possibly on the block. (Although I doubt anyone with term or control will be traded) 1) Victor Olofsson - RFA 2) Cody Eakin - UFA 3) Bjork - 1yr left 1.6 4) Girgensons - 1 yr left 2.2 5) Asplund - 1 yr left then RFA @ 825K 6) Hinostroza - UFA 7) Hayden - UFA 8.) Anderson - UFA 9) Hagg - UFA (Traded to Fla for a 6th) 10) Butcher - UFA 11) Miller - UFA 12) Pysyk - UFA

So trade him? This is the trade thread.

Come on Z

This is the best Mitts has looked this season.

Dahlin burys Schenn

Sharks draft pick who was the AHL goalie for 3 years. Also played 9 games for the Panthers in 17/18 and then some time in the Det organization. Played 7 years in teh KHL and had really good numbers there.

I'm sure West Mich is thrilled to be playing Levi and Northeastern in the first rd.

There is nothing wrong with it, I just wish that he had acquired a player who could have helped the team.

Terry certainly does.

What? We paid him $2.8. That isn’t free.

We get Steve Yzerman with that 5th rd pick, I’ll concede the point.

God forbid. Miller should never ever play for us again.

So you think it’s ok for an organization to mismanage their $ and have poor player evaluation. Gotcha!

What your missing is that we weren’t working toward the cap, KA was working to keep us at or near the cap floor. That was our budget to start the season. If you budget is 60 mill, why waste 5% on a player that can’t (and didn’t ) help you. The Butcher acquisition was a reflection of poor pro player evaluation and ultimately a waste of money.

I guess they’ll try to get that 3rd back when they trade him at next season’s deadline.

I do and did then. It was a poor decision just like acquiring Butcher.

You never disproven my argument, you just disagree. Obviously you don’t understand opportunity cost. We are a cap floor team this season and using 2.8 mill (or about 5% of the cap) for a useless player when you have actual needs elsewhere is a poor management decision regardless if you get a 5th rd pick. FYI the last 5th rd pick to play for us was 2005’s Nathan Gerbe. What? What does an expiring contract this season have anything to do with our cap situation next season?

You are ignoring that his defense was bad in LV which is why his minutes decreased. So yes he was bad defensively when acquired. Not Hutton terrible overall, but yes it was a bad acquisition of a bad defensive player for a team that didn’t need his PP skillset. He should have been gone long before now.

Mrazek on waivers. Any interest?

No we paid $2.8 million for a 5th rd pick and a below replacement player. I don’t think a 5th rd pick is worth $2.8 mill. Maybe we should have used that money on goaltending or a capable defensive defenseman?

If Hagg is worth a 6th, I guess Miller is worth a 5th and Butcher nothing.

LOL. I'm looking forward to that for 5th for Miller. I'm also so glad we acquired Butcher. Can't wait for the bag of donuts for him.

Last I looked there was more to playing defense in the NHL than simply looking at a guys points, especially when 40% of Miller's points in LV were on the PP. By the end of his time in LV his points began to drop off ( 8 points in his last 27 games), his PT dropped (from 21+ to 17) and he was an occasional healthy scratch. I wrote when we acquired him that he was defensively challenged, was going to be Baloo 2 and the deal only made sense if we were trading Risto. We didn't trade Risto and Miller has been terrible in our zone since he arrived. To make matters worse, he was the 4th option for PP time behind Dahlin, Risto and Montour and has been mostly a bottom pair guy here on a defensively challenged team. So yes he was bad in LV as a defenseman. PP specialist he was fine, except that wasn't what we needed here. Buyer beware.

Check his last season there. He pts dropped, his pt dropped and he was even a healthy scratch. He was also terrible in his own zone during his time there. So yes he was exceedingly mediocre by the time he got traded. Also over 40% of his points came on the PP, something he was not needed for here.

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