Time for foolish optimism

What is this terrible deal with Winnipeg? OMG, people are completely crazy, let's give up his RHD which is gaining 40+ points and can improve with a new coach and coaching staff and we get two landfills caps and a young RHD who played in the NHL 30 games, if Botterill will make such a deal, it should immediately be fired, because it will be his second such deal (ROR).

He's had 4 different coaches. Most of his points are on the power play (40%) And while he contributes to over 40 goals he also gives up over 80. He makes the same mistakes he made his first year and has even showed regression in the defensive aspects of the game

Perrault will be a stop gap for Mittdlestadt. Gives sabres a 3C when Mittdlestadt is ready. Kulikov is off the books in a year, Niku is a young defenseman to fit along the other two young defenseman.

Yes, and he never not see really good partner, he played 25+ minutes, plus recent years, although he is not a defender #1, we had a terrible coach and coaching staff. I don't deny that Risto is totally not to blame for his bad game, but swapping it for that package, it looks really bad. Kulikov cap dump, Perrault is not worth more than the third or fourth round, Nikku is not proven at the NHL level, this is a terrible deal for Buffalo, I would then rather save Risto than trade for this return.

That I can agree with keeping him at this point but I think this is what a deal is gonna look like if it takes place. But I don't like the pairing argument because the only time Risto has done statistically well is when he was paired with Matt Hunwick. Dahlin and Pilut have been paired with Scandella and still managed to produce so that argument doesn't get me ya know?

We can keep it, or we can exchange it, it doesn't matter, the main question is what we get in exchange for Risto, how much it is valued by other GM leagues, because I have seen a lot of different opinions about Risto from other teams, someone is not willing to give a good fee for it, but a lot of adequate people offer a good return, not Kulikov, Perrault and Nikku. I think the partner is affected too, although maybe to a lesser extent, I liked how Risto looked pretty good paired with McCabe, I saw good chemistry with Pilut.