Jason Robertson rumored to be on the trade block

[BullBuchanan]

On 6/20/2025 at 6:26 PM, Flashsabre said:

Why does everyone want to throw Power away like he is a piece of garbage?

when he's asked to play defense, he often looks like the worst player on the ice.

[thewookie1]

 

3 hours ago, irregularly irregular said:

I think it would take the 2026 first (maybe top 3 protected) + Quinn + Helenius in order to get Robbie. They would ask for Benson and/or Kulich instead of Quinn.

 

2 hours ago, inkman said:

Fine.  Do it. 

 

The 26 1st would have to be Top 3 protected for me to trade it regardless of target; especially seeing as we can't conditionally use his signing to protect our *****.

Benson is completely untouchable

Lastly, if he wants more than 11.5mil we can't do it because we lack the cap flexibility to keep him at this number. Effectively we'd have to let Tuch go which defeats the purpose of getting Robertson to upgrade the Top 6.

[inkman]

31 minutes ago, thewookie1 said:

 

 

The 26 1st would have to be Top 3 protected for me to trade it regardless of target; especially seeing as we can't conditionally use his signing to protect our *****.

Benson is completely untouchable

Lastly, if he wants more than 11.5mil we can't do it because we lack the cap flexibility to keep him at this number. Effectively we'd have to let Tuch go which defeats the purpose of getting Robertson to upgrade the Top 6.

Good teams bring in players like this all the time and never have a problem making the cap work.  Trade Samuelsson or Power.  

[thewookie1]

49 minutes ago, inkman said:

Good teams bring in players like this all the time and never have a problem making the cap work.  Trade Samuelsson or Power.  

I'm not trading Power; also Buffalo has never been capable of moving players without overpaying to get rid of them.

[Justin C]

If Robertson is available I’m trading anyone not named Dahlin, Thompson or Power. I’d even trade Kulich who I am super high on. And with the cap going up I think they could afford Tuch as well.

[ponokasabre]

29 minutes ago, Justin C said:

If Robertson is available I’m trading anyone not named Dahlin, Thompson or Power. I’d even trade Kulich who I am super high on. And with the cap going up I think they could afford Tuch as well.

I also would trade Kulich for Robertson and I wouldnt even blink. 

[JohnC]

19 hours ago, inkman said:

Just keeping adding to the deal until they can’t say no.  Byram, Quinn, any of the prospects or picks.  Just do it.  

No with stripping a team for a player who is going to require a$12M plus on a long-term deal. To get a player like Johnson it would take dispatching multiple young players such as Power, Kulich and Benson plus picks. That makes little sense to me, especially for a team that is thin to begin with. Good franchises that are competently run usually end up doing what they have to do to keep their best players. Buffalo doesn't fall in that competently run category. 

[bob_sauve28]

I just saw this and have no idea if its true at all, just throwing it out there

 

 

[7+6=13]

3 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

I just saw this and have no idea if its true at all, just throwing it out there

 

 

Maybe he misspelled eye rolled?

[triumph_communes]

Yes, you trade Power for Robertson and call it a day 

[Taro T]

5 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

I just saw this and have no idea if its true at all, just throwing it out there

 

 

Would be great if they could bring him in.  Was hoping he was what Adams was targeting when it became official that Peterka wanted out.

Will believe the Sabres are in on it shortly after watching the press conference announcing it's happened and not 1 minute sooner.

[Weave]

Sure, get my hopes up.

*****

[GASabresIUFAN]

Sure why not.  As if Adams could get the deal done.  

[LGR4GM]

Without Peterka, how does this trade work?

Helenius? Kulich? You'd have to dump Samuelsson or similar salary. Tuchs extension would have to be factored into Robertsons.

You're probably losing your 2026 1st but you'd have to top 10 protect it and already don't have a 2nd in the deepest draft in years. 

I just don't know what this looks like. 

[Taro T]

2 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

Without Peterka, how does this trade work?

Helenius? Kulich? You'd have to dump Samuelsson or similar salary. Tuchs extension would have to be factored into Robertsons.

You're probably losing your 2026 1st but you'd have to top 10 protect it and already don't have a 2nd in the deepest draft in years. 

I just don't know what this looks like. 

Would guess 1 of Benson or Kulich; 1 of Östlund or Helenius; a lottery protected 1st; and 1 of Greenway or McLeod.  It would be painful, but they'd end up wiht the best player today and unless Benson &/or that 1st end up hitting their ceilings the best player over the life of the deal.

[LGR4GM]

6 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Would guess 1 of Benson or Kulich; 1 of Östlund or Helenius; a lottery protected 1st; and 1 of Greenway or McLeod.  It would be painful, but they'd end up wiht the best player today and unless Benson &/or that 1st end up hitting their ceilings the best player over the life of the deal.

I'm going to say something nuts... I wouldn't trade Zach Benson straight up for Robertson. 

Yes, ik that's crazy but it's how I feel. 

[dudacek]

Is there any legs to the report that he's actually asked out?

The Twitter poster linked just seems to be some random guy.

[oddoublee]

3 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

Without Peterka, how does this trade work?

Helenius? Kulich? You'd have to dump Samuelsson or similar salary. Tuchs extension would have to be factored into Robertsons.

You're probably losing your 2026 1st but you'd have to top 10 protect it and already don't have a 2nd in the deepest draft in years. 

I just don't know what this looks like. 

Power, 1st and Rosen/helenius? Not sure sabres can do it w out getting his salary out

[PromoTheRobot]

5 hours ago, bob_sauve28 said:

I just saw this and have no idea if its true at all, just throwing it out there

 

 

I smell poop.

[Flashsabre]

LOL

Robertson has officially demanded a trade but only this guy has it.

He is targeting Buffalo

And his source is “multiple sources”

[PromoTheRobot]

2 hours ago, dudacek said:

Is there any legs to the report that he's actually asked out?

The Twitter poster linked just seems to be some random guy.

I don't go on Twitter anymore so I don't know about that site, but Facebook is full of BS click bait posts that are totally untrue 

[PromoTheRobot]

2 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:

LOL

Robertson has officially demanded a trade but only this guy has it.

He is targeting Buffalo

And his source is “multiple sources”

Robertson is from northern California. Absolutely no connection to southern Ontario or WNY. So why is he "targeting" the Leafs and Sabres???

[French Collection]

Just now, PromoTheRobot said:

Robertson is from northern California. Absolutely no connection to southern Ontario or WNY. So why is he "targeting" the Leafs and Sabres???

I doubt any of this is true but his brother is a Maple Leafs forward.

[Weave]

35 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Robertson is from northern California. Absolutely no connection to southern Ontario or WNY. So why is he "targeting" the Leafs and Sabres???

Low expectations.

[Turbo44]

19 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

I'm going to say something nuts... I wouldn't trade Zach Benson straight up for Robertson. 

Yes, ik that's crazy but it's how I feel. 

With the $$ difference between benson and Robertson this isn’t crazy. We’re pretty tight against the cap (before any Tuch extension although that prob doesn’t hit the cap to 206/2027). We’d have to shed quite a bit of salary to take him on

18 hours ago, oddoublee said:

Power, 1st and Rosen/helenius? Not sure sabres can do it w out getting his salary out

And we seriously weaken our d then. We don’t want Samuelson on the 2nd pair