wonderbread Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Just another successful move. Love this FO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesportsbuff Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 I can't blame this one on "mismanagement" since he wouldn't have cleared waivers, but its still garbage. Brennan was shredding the AHL during the NHL lockout. Surely there would have been teams interested in him if he had continued to play in the AHL and probably lead the Amerks in points, instead of sitting the bench 75% of the time in Buffalo and doing not much of anything. Now all that worrying about losing him to waivers was for naught, to trade him for a 5th round pick... I don't know. I'm not overly disappointed in losing Brennan, but I would have thought you could get more for him than a 5th rounder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Crotch Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 That 5th round pick will turn into a Hall of Famer!!! Hockey Heaven, baby!!! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannepanne Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 I can't blame this one on "mismanagement" since he wouldn't have cleared waivers, but its still garbage. Brennan was shredding the AHL during the NHL lockout. Surely there would have been teams interested in him if he had continued to play in the AHL and probably lead the Amerks in points, instead of sitting the bench 75% of the time in Buffalo and doing not much of anything. Now all that worrying about losing him to waivers was for naught, to trade him for a 5th round pick... I don't know. I'm not overly disappointed in losing Brennan, but I would have thought you could get more for him than a 5th rounder. yeah, but florida is really bad this year so that 5th rounder is almost a 4th rounder. Edit: Nah, apparently we're getting NJD's 5th rounder. NJD>LAK>FLA>BUF.. Seems like no one want's that 5th rounder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Face it guys. He was just keeping a roster spot warm for someone "who will help us win a Championship" (hereafter called Huwac). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Don't like it. Not that I love Brennan, but he never got a chance behind aging players who will not be here when we are good. This should have been Leopold. Brennan plays out the season in his spot as an audition for next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Wish the Sabres would have gotten more for him. It does sound like Pysyk and McNabb are doing well in Rochester and will be ready next season if not sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 We probably could have gotten a lot more had we traded him last season or right before this season. Regier guessed wrong. I guess this kinda sorta makes up for the 4th round pick we don't have this year (from the Gaustad trade). Keep going, Darcy, more trades like this but for better picks. A lot more? I don't know about that. I doubt there was much market for him at any point. But hey, at least we can see now that he wasn't going to be a chip in any deal for someone at the level of O'Reilly like other posters seemed to think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etiennep99 Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 This is a good deal considering that this same 5th rounder was used in trades for Loktionov (LA to NJ) and Ellerby (FL to LA), both players being more established NHLers. Ellerby was originally a 1st rounder (10th over-all in 2007). It's nice to see this little bit of drama come to an end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 I'm actually surprised somebody gave up a 5th for him. Good job Darcy? :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robviously Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 A lot more? I don't know about that. I doubt there was much market for him at any point. But hey, at least we can see now that he wasn't going to be a chip in any deal for someone at the level of O'Reilly like other posters seemed to think. OK, a better draft pick, which would feel like a lot more since a 5th rounder feels like, well, almost nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 OK, a better draft pick, which would feel like a lot more since a 5th rounder feels like, well, almost nothing. He was never anything more than a PP specialist prospect. I doubt his value has changed much at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sicknfla Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 I think it also shows that the trade market may be as slow as DR has been saying. I would hope (but with this FO you never know) that he would have explored putting him in some package deal. A 5th round pick is pretty much the compensation you give just to avoid waivers. I agree though - if you are going to clear a roster spot why not Leopold? Like Brennan he sucks as well but why keep the older, higher paid player? I would rather get a 7th and dump Leopold. Then again this is the Sabres. Kind of caps off another head scratching week in Buffalo sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewookie1 Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 I would of wanted a 4th rounder at least. But hey, if Florida tries to send him back down, Buffalo can pick him off waivers lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabre snipe Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 couldnt florida have gotten the first chance to claim him if we was indeed waived by the sabres? if that is true then they mustve thought Buffalo would trade him for just about anything (probably true) hence giving up the 5th rounder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaFontaineToMogilny Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 A 5th for someone many people were ready to waive outright. Can't complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 I'm actually surprised somebody gave up a 5th for him. Good job Darcy? :unsure: :lol: it still surprises me more people think he can play NHL D. He's a friggin disaster in his own end. Bad puck handling, bad passing, bad decision making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 If he's going to get any legitimate playing time it's going to be in FL. They've got serious injury problems. I think he's older than three of the current D-men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 He's gonna feel just like he's back in the AHL playing in front of 5,000 fans during home games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trettioåtta Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 I don't think you could be more wrong. The guy played 21 NHL games over 2 years, give him a break, geez. Exactly. The guy has been a prospect for 5 years and it has never translated to the NHL. He was a basket case in his own zone this year, not to mention awful on the PP. He was never going to be in our plans, especially with Pysyk and Mcnabb waiting. We basically got a 5th rounder for something that was a useless NHL asset. However, it does suck for the amerks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kishoph Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Not the blockbuster trade I was hoping for. Go back to sleep Darcy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deluca67 Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 The Sabres had two 2nd rounders the year TJ Brennan was drafted. They picked Brennan and Drew Schiestel. The Sabres might be in a different position today if they didn't pass on P.K. Subban and Wayne Simmonds. Brennan ends up being a wasted draft pick in a horrendous 2007 Sabres draft class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpandean Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 The Sabres had two 2nd rounders the year TJ Brennan was drafted. They picked Brennan and Drew Schiestel. The Sabres might be in a different position today if they didn't pass on P.K. Subban and Wayne Simmonds. Well, yeah, but looking at the 2007 2nd round, I believe that you picked the only two players to actually make it in the NHL (Galiardi, Spaling, Repik and Tangradi, too, I suppose, but they've barely made it.) The four defensemen between Brennan and Subban (picked by Vancouver, Washington, Boston and Philly) have played less NHL game combined (10 total) than Brennan. It was pretty weak draft overall. Edit: missed Galiardi and Spaling, but they aren't exactly lighting it up, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTS Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Good move. Clearing space for roster flexibility. All the pundits said Brennan would clear waivers and DR was an idiot for saying he wouldn't, Clearly he wouldn't and DR was right. Florida is willing to spend a 5th rounder rather than get him for free off waivers. It's a good move no matter how you want to try and spin it against DR. Brennan is not an NHL'er, not now anyway and they need changes now. Clearing a space for flexibility at the trade deadline. That 5th rounder could be used in conjunction with a few other pieces to make another deal possible. Let it play out as a series of moves before you judge the individual move on its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelo Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 :lol: it still surprises me more people think he can play NHL D. He's a friggin disaster in his own end. Bad puck handling, bad passing, bad decision making. In other words, he fits right in with the rest of our d. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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