sweetlou Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Scrolling through the past 20 years of Sabres trades, trying to remember the last "star" that was traded to Sabres? I guess Skinner and ROR were proven stars before coming to Buffalo. Most of the "star" players the Sabres have had over the years are either drafted by Sabres or are young prospects who finally get a chance and become "stars". I did come across a few trades that may have looked good at the time, but "what if". So a lot of Sabres fans were ecstatic when the Sabres got a 1st from Nashville for Paul Gaustad, but do they remember the Sabres also "thru in" a 4th rd pick which ended up being Juuse Saros!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 It is hard to beat the return for Hasek under "worst trade ever." 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 11 minutes ago, Marvin said: It is hard to beat the return for Hasek under "worst trade ever." Best deal ever on the incoming side, and worst deal ever going out. I guess this is a case of, it all evens out in the end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 (edited) ROR trade so far as worst in my lifetime The one that shipped him out. Big part of why we still haven’t made the playoffs ~ 6 years later. It’ll be at the mid-way point of the drought soon Edited January 15 by Thorny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Sabres receive Doug Bodger and Darrin Shannon...for G Tom Barrasso. Ugh.. Barrasso goes on to win 2 cups for Pittsburgh. 4 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 9 minutes ago, Night Train said: Sabres receive Doug Bodger and Darrin Shannon...for G Tom Barrasso. Ugh.. Barrasso goes on to win 2 cups for Pittsburgh. At least Bodger was a good player. Not a difference maker when it was all said and done, but he was a good reliable 2 way defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 The Sabres have acquired many "stars" in trade. Hasek, Satan, Briere, Drury, ROR, and Skinner to name 6. The worst trade the Sabres made in recent history was trading McNabb and 2 2nd rd picks for Fasching and Deslauriers. Fasching never made the Sabres, Deslauriers was a briefly useful 4th line player and all McNabb has done is be a steady stay-at-home D for the last decade who is having a breakout offensive year this season. Also one of the 2 2nd rd picks became Eric Cernak. All Cernak has done is become a steady physical stay-at-home D for TB getting top 4 minutes. Well done TM. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 2 minutes ago, Weave said: At least Bodger was a good player. Not a difference maker when it was all said and done, but he was a good reliable 2 way defender. Bodger is one of the most underrated D in Sabres history. He played 7 plus years for the Sabres and averaged over 40 pts a year and was good in our end. We also gave up on Shannon to soon. He went on to have some very good years with the Jets. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 OSP for TP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Losses now for wins later The worst, because we’ve been willingly making that trade every day for a decade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Allen Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, GASabresIUFAN said: The Sabres have acquired many "stars" in trade. Hasek, Satan, Briere, Drury, ROR, and Skinner to name 6. The worst trade the Sabres made in recent history was trading McNabb and 2 2nd rd picks for Fasching and Deslauriers. Fasching never made the Sabres, Deslauriers was a briefly useful 4th line player and all McNabb has done is be a steady stay-at-home D for the last decade who is having a breakout offensive year this season. Also one of the 2 2nd rd picks became Eric Cernak. All Cernak has done is become a steady physical stay-at-home D for TB getting top 4 minutes. Well done TM. Haha. I remember TM loving him some Hudson Fasching. What a terrible trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Collection Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 19 minutes ago, Mr. Allen said: Haha. I remember TM loving him some Hudson Fasching. What a terrible trade. Fasching scored that soccer goal vs the Sabres last year, still haunting us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoot da Puck Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Any goaltender traded by Buffalo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berg Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 2 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said: The Sabres have acquired many "stars" in trade. Hasek, Satan, Briere, Drury, ROR, and Skinner to name 6. The worst trade the Sabres made in recent history was trading McNabb and 2 2nd rd picks for Fasching and Deslauriers. Fasching never made the Sabres, Deslauriers was a briefly useful 4th line player and all McNabb has done is be a steady stay-at-home D for the last decade who is having a breakout offensive year this season. Also one of the 2 2nd rd picks became Eric Cernak. All Cernak has done is become a steady physical stay-at-home D for TB getting top 4 minutes. Well done TM. Some teams get this number of "stars" in 1 or 2 years not in 20 years like Sabres 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, French Collection said: Fasching scored that soccer goal vs the Sabres last year, still haunting us. Don't remind me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norcal Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Whether good bad or otherwise it may still be determined but the last two stars Buffalo traded promptly went on to win the Stanley Cup. For Jack it was his first full year healthy after the whole neck thing. We can argue about players coming back and such but the Cup being the ultimate goal I'd say the other teams won. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthEbriate Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 2 hours ago, Berg said: Some teams get this number of "stars" in 1 or 2 years not in 20 years like Sabres There's only one star on that list. The others are very good players with a few great seasons spread between them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthEbriate Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 6 hours ago, Marvin said: It is hard to beat the return for Hasek under "worst trade ever." The Hasek trade was an indictment of the ownership's refusal to pay their best players (just pay them, you're thieves anyways!), which led to no leverage in trade negotiations. Either move him the same day you move Peca, or sign the 1-year tender extension (which they did) and let him retire or keep awaiting new offers as the season gets underway. Hasek turns almost any playoff team into a Cup contender. Peca (a good 2C) netted a 5th overall 20 year-old and an 8th overall 20 year-old. Potential cornerstone pieces that you can feature in a reset. Hasek (the most decorated goalie of his era and arguably the best goalie of all-time) netted a 29 year-old 2W (a good player, but with no future upside), a guaranteed end of 1st round pick, and future considerations (that went unmet). It needed to start with a 1st, a top prospect ready to join the team like Connolly/Pyatt, probably another pick/prospect, and only then do you throw in the cap dump veteran. Any one of their top prospects at the time would have been a key contributor to the '05-07 run: Jiri Fischer, Pavel Datsyuk, Niklas Kronwall, Henrik Zetterberg.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastajoe Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 For old timers trading Peter McNabb to the Bruins for Andre Savard always bothered me. McNabb went on to have many productive years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetlou Posted January 16 Author Report Share Posted January 16 8 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said: The Sabres have acquired many "stars" in trade. Hasek, Satan, Briere, Drury, ROR, and Skinner to name 6. The worst trade the Sabres made in recent history was trading McNabb and 2 2nd rd picks for Fasching and Deslauriers. Fasching never made the Sabres, Deslauriers was a briefly useful 4th line player and all McNabb has done is be a steady stay-at-home D for the last decade who is having a breakout offensive year this season. Also one of the 2 2nd rd picks became Eric Cernak. All Cernak has done is become a steady physical stay-at-home D for TB getting top 4 minutes. Well done TM. I saw that one and almost mentioned it. Imagine having two stay at home physical defenseman like Cernak and McNabb on this current team instead of Joker and EJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 It’s not worst by any standard, but looking back at the Kane trade, that one really sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerreaultForever Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 Both times we traded away a Foligno. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 Trading away Hasek hands down. A couple of honorable mentions: trading for Jacques Richard and trading for Buddy Cloutier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoPuckYourself Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 We had to trade away hasek, didn't he want out because Nolan slept with his wife or something like that? Isnt that why Nolan was black balled from the NHL for so long? Ryan O'Reilly traded to St. Louis was the worst, yeah we got Tage but he went on to win a cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska John Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 ROR, Eichel, Reinhart, and Barrasso all wanted out of Buffalo for one reason or another, and Hasek was traded for non-hockey issues that I still don't understand. At least the Reinhart trade brought in Devon Levi, and we got more than nothing for both ROR and Eichel. It's too early to tell whether in the long run the Sabres won or lost those trades. Barrasso was too long ago for me to remember how that trade went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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