Trade: Hudson Fasching to Arizona for DMan Brandon Hickey/ AHL Forward Mike Sislo

[Brawndo]

The Buffalo Sabres today announced the team has acquired defenseman Brandon Hickey from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for forward Hudson Fasching.

Edited June 14, 2018 by Brawndo

[Randall Flagg]

Wao 

[North Buffalo]

Interesting... looks like its rollin early...

[Randall Flagg]

McNabb + 2 second round picks 

 

for 

 

The rights to Brandon Hickey, and Zach Redmond 

Edited June 14, 2018 by Randall Flagg

[Brawndo]

As Crusader pointed out on Twitter he is a UFA on August 15.

[pi2000]

Another BU player.

[Brawndo]

 

4 year player at Boston University, played first season with Jack

[North Buffalo]

College guy... Fasching wasnt gonna make it here... so why not..

[Huckleberry]

AHL fourth liner for us last year, kinda sad what we lost in that McNabb trade.

No room for him on the big club anyways, better than losing him on waivers for nothing.

[pi2000]

Fasching was really hyped up as a prospect.    He scored in his first game, and then was mostly downhill from there.    He had a solid background, was hyped up as a solid character guy, hardworking, etc.... and yet here we are.   

 

You just never know with kids that age I guess.

[Brawndo]

The #Sabres also acquired Mike Sislo in the deal, who scored 47 points in 68 games with the Tucson Roadrunners [AHL] this season @WKBW

 

Per Matt Bove

[ubkev]

Fasching was really hyped up as a prospect. He scored in his first game, and then was mostly downhill from there. He had a solid background, was hyped up as a solid character guy, hardworking, etc.... and yet here we are.

 

You just never know with kids that age I guess.

He'd have been better had he forgone the NCAA for the Swiss league. Edited June 14, 2018 by ubkev

[pi2000]

He'd have been better had he forgone the NCAA for the Swiss league.

 

hahaha, good one.  :P

[Brawndo]

Sabres AGM Steve Greeley recruited him to BU

[pi2000]

So the Sabres are specifically targeting two types of players...

 

Swedish

or

former BU Terriers

 

...now if there was just a swedish former BU Terrier.... JBOTs head would explode. 

[LGR4GM]

We're trading a LHD before this is over.

[Huckleberry]

We're trading a LHD before this is over.

 

That was obvious before this trade even.

 

Dhalin

Scandella

McCabe

Guhle

Pilut

Mike Sislo might be a good AHL addition.

[LGR4GM]

Guhle and Pilut will fight for a spot.

[dudacek]

I really liked Hudson as a prospect, mostly the way he worked the boards.

I envisioned him growing into a heavy LA style 15/15 guy.

But that was in another GMs system and the way he finished the year made this inevitable.

Hope he can find a niche elsewhere, seemed like a great kid.

 

Kulikov, Gionta, Deslauriers, Moulson, Kane, Gorges, Fasching, soon-to-be-be Lehner and O’Reilly?

Tim Murray’s Sabres quickly becoming a memory.

Edited June 15, 2018 by dudacek

[That Aud Smell]

Seems like a fair deal, for both teams.

 

Nice that Fasching also garnered a top-6 AHL asset. Go, Roch!

[Brawndo]

Brandon Hickey's agent, Kevin Epp, told @AZSports back in March that he didn't expect to sign with the Coyotes. He wanted a chance at a bigger role than he thought was available in Arizona.

 

Per Craig Morgan

[dudacek]

Hickey was a Flames 3rd rounder, traded to the Coyotes almost exactly one year ago for Mike Smith.

Was good enough to play for team Canada in the 2016 WJC.

 

So, similar project to Fasching. The Greeley connection might mean they think they can sign him.

 

 

Sislo might be in the plans for Rochester, but I’d say he’s more likely just a contract Arizona demanded we take to match the one they were taking on. A 30-year-old minor league journeyman middle-sixer.

Edited June 15, 2018 by dudacek

[Brawndo]

https://twitter.com/news4_nick/status/1007413698569342976?s=21

 

Hopefully this is a good sign

[JJFIVEOH]

To be fair, the Kings don't have anything left from the trade. One of the 2nd round picks is still buried in the AHL, the other isn't even with the organization any more. And Jonathan Parker has played for 7 different teams in the ECHL. in 3 years. In fact he's retired. 

Edited June 15, 2018 by JJFIVEOH

[LGR4GM]

JJ!