More Realistic Risto Trade NO WPG TB ANA

Created by: AudioCats

Team: 2019-20 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 8, 2019

Published: Aug. 8, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Dallas needs help on the right side.

Risto is not THAT great so realistically I think if we do decide to move him, this is something close to reasonable. The dream of Rakell/Ehlers/Cirelli is totally unrealistic.

But CapFriendly can be cancer sometimes so I expect the worst.

Trades

BUF

Faksa, Radek
Gurianov, Denis
2021 2nd round pick (DAL)

Additional Details:

Faksa is a solid 3C who can, I suppose, deputize at 2C for a bit while Mitts works on his game on the third line. Gurianov is definitely a boom-bust option, but arguably the highest upside besides their untouchables (Hintz/Robertson/Delleandrea). Both non-essential pieces if they want to attempt to improve their blueline.

DAL

Ristolainen, Rasmus

Additional Details:

He's a perfectly fine 2RHD IF his partner can hit exit passes (having such exceptions means he'll never be a 1RHD in my mind). I reckon most people here don't really watch him as much as they claim to. His play along side Pilut is significantly better than how it was next to Scandella most of the season.

Buyouts

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
25	$81,500,000	$74,410,833	$0	$4,550,000	$7,089,167

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 8	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 7	Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 4
Sobotka, Vladimír $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Johansson, Marcus $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Reinhart, Sam $3,650,000$3,650,000 RW UFA - 1
Sheary, Conor $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Rodrigues, Evan $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, C UFA - 1
Vesey, Jimmy $2,275,000$2,275,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Girgensons, Zemgus $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, C UFA - 1
Wilson, Scott $1,050,000$1,050,000 LW UFA - 1	Larsson, Johan $1,550,000$1,550,000 C, LW UFA - 1
Gurianov, Denis $894,166$894,166 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW UFA - 1	Mittelstadt, Casey $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, C RFA - 1
	Faksa, Radek $2,200,000$2,200,000 C, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Scandella, Marco $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD UFA - 1		Hutton, Carter $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 2
McCabe, Jake $2,850,000$2,850,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Bogosian, Zach $1,300,000$1,300,000 RD UFA - 1	Ullmark, Linus $1,325,000$1,325,000 G UFA - 1
Hunwick, Matt $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD UFA - 1	Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 3
Dahlin, Rasmus $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) LD/RD UFA - 2	Montour, Brandon $3,387,500$3,387,500 RD UFA - 1
	Nelson, Casey $812,500$812,500 RD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Aug. 8, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

hanson493

Joined: Jun. 2019

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finally an actual half decent trade involving risto

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Aug. 8, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

Joined: Nov. 2017

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Buffalo will just keep risto and hope to improve his value not playing him 10000 minutes a night against very hard competition.

His value is lower right now, but hes not being given away

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Aug. 8, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.

sabres89

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Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

Buffalo will just keep risto and hope to improve his value not playing him 10000 minutes a night against very hard competition.

His value is lower right now, but hes not being given away

Im actually starting to think hes just staying. Its fair to say botterill expected to move him, i mean he acquired 3 nhl rhd in like 3 months, but theres no way he can sell this low, watch him go to a team with a #1 d, a coach, and a system, and turn into a vital piece on a winner. Botterill will not only be fired but he may never get a front office job again.

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Aug. 8, 2019 at 5:06 p.m.

AudioCats

Ryan Miller Is God

Joined: Feb. 2019

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Quoting: sabres89

I can see this and I'd be okay with this. I made this trade just as putting a price to his valuation this summer. The amount of Rakell/Cirelli trades I saw were just too much.

I think that the best course of action is to play him this season, and assess at the deadline. If he turns out to be thriving in a lesser role, I think we keep him around. If he doesn't, or even if he's just pretty good, then I think we should trade him when teams can be desperate for a high-powered offensive option going into the playoffs.

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Aug. 8, 2019 at 6:53 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

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Really well thought out. Kudos. Would have given you six stars . . .

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