Salvage Value Hall Staal Montour Risto Trades

Created by: Survivorking77

Team: 2020-21 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 5, 2021

Published: Mar. 5, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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

I think this season is a write off for Buffalo and they need to salvage some value here.

I've seen some rumuors of Hall wanting to resign, but the same was said last year about Arizona. I have a hard time believing he will resign so I think it is in Buffalo's best interest to trade him and the others to salvage value from them before they hit UFA.

Trade reasonings are in the additional details below.

Trades

BUF

Bowers, Shane
Saad, Brandon
2021 3rd round pick (COL)

COL

Hall, Taylor ($2,000,000 retained)

Additional Details:

I think this a good deal for both sides. Neither Hall or Saad have performed admirably in new destinations. This gives Colorado an upgrade for a run, while matching salaries and gives Buffalo a chance to audition Saad for the remainder of the year while also bringing in a former 1st round pick and a 3rd.

BUF

McKeown, Roland
2021 3rd round pick (CAR)

CAR

Staal, Eric

Additional Details:

I don't think Staal has too much value these days. I think they would be lucky to get a 3rd but a return to Carolina makes sense and maybe they would be willing to pay a lil extra to bring the former captain back. McKeown never had a chance in Carolina and now Buffalo gets another player they can use on a trial basis for remainder of the season

BUF

Senyshyn, Zach
2021 3rd round pick (BOS)

BOS

Montour, Brandon

Additional Details:

Boston is one of the few teams with cap space available. Montour gives them some valuable defense depth while Buffalo salvages a 3rd for a guy they paid a 1st for but has struggled since and they take a flier on a prospect who hasn't fully panned out yet.

BUF

Niku, Sami
Perreault, Mathieu
Vesalainen, Kristian
2021 1st round pick (WPG)
2023 3rd round pick (WPG)

Additional Details:

3rd Rounder becomes a 2nd Rounder if Winnipeg resigns Risto long term or if they win the cup in either of the next two seasons

WPG

Additional Details:

Winnipeg is hungry for defense, these teams have connected before on big trades, why not another? I don't see a Risto trade happening mid season but for this exercise I wanted to entertain it.

Similiar to LA's Muzzin/Martinez trades where they had an extra year on their deals, RIsto would in this scenerio. Retained salary to match the salaries being exchanged and Buffalo gets a 1st, a former 1st rounder, another dman they can audition and a veteran player to mentor. Winnipeg brings back Eakin and gets their top paring dman.

Buyouts

Cody Hodgson: $791,667
Christian Ehrhoff: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

Taylor Hall: $2,000,000 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$71,245,833	$1,487,500	$5,187,500	$10,254,167

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Olofsson, Victor $3,050,000$3,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 6	Reinhart, Sam $5,200,000$5,200,000 RW UFA - 1
Saad, Brandon $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 3	Vesalainen, Kristian $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW RFA - 2
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 7		Senyshyn, Zach $700,000$700,000 RW UFA - 1
Perreault, Mathieu $4,125,000$4,125,000 LW, RW, C M-NTC UFA - 1		Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3
	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 3
	Lazar, Curtis $800,000$800,000 RW, C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) LD/RD UFA - 1	Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 2	Hutton, Carter $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 1
Bryson, Jacob $889,166$889,166 LD/RD RFA - 2	Jokiharju, Henri $925,000$925,000 ($637,500$638K) RD RFA - 1	Johansson, Jonas $700,000$700,000 G UFA - 1
	McKeown, Roland $700,000$700,000 RD UFA - 1
Niku, Sami $725,000$725,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Rieder, Tobias $700,000$700,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	McCabe, Jake $2,850,000$2,850,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 3
Sheahan, Riley $700,000$700,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Ullmark, Linus $2,600,000$2,600,000 G UFA - 1
Irwin, Matt $700,000$700,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Borgen, William $864,166$864,166 RD UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Mittelstadt, Casey $874,125$874,125 ($0$0$0$0) LW, C RFA - 1
Asplund, Rasmus $845,000$845,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW, C RFA - 1
Tokarski, Dustin $725,000$725,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 2
Smith, C.J. $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW UFA - 1
Davidson, Brandon $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 1

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Mar. 5, 2021 at 3:25 p.m.

leafs101

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 11,202

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sure Muzzin got that much of a return but he was also a better player who had been playing well consistently for years and was a cup champ (on a cheaper cap hit as well)

Mar. 5, 2021 at 3:26 p.m.

Bcarlo25

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 21,245

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Unless you break montour’s right arm and force him to learn how to shoot left, i don’t see how that deal works.

Mar. 5, 2021 at 3:27 p.m.

coga16

Joined: Jun. 2015

Posts: 20,030

Likes: 12,187

That’s an awful deal for the avs, what are you talking about. Saad has been great for the avs

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Mar. 5, 2021 at 4:53 p.m.

Carterman13

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 2,406

Likes: 319

This is a fair deal for both the Jets a and sabres. Take away the conditions on the 3 round pick and deal

Mar. 5, 2021 at 5:14 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 40,582

Likes: 25,436

Even accepting your premise that Hall and Saad have been equally disappointing (which I don't), wouldn't it be human nature for Joe Sakic to stand pat and hope that the two players were roughly equivalent over the rest of the season? Why pay a third and a good prospect for the privilege of publicly admitting a mistake?

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