Sabre and King fans will hate this trade

I am a Leafs fan and I hate that deal for the Sabres!

Samuelsson is one nasty buggar to play against. And he is what 22? Imagine what he looks like in 3-4 years. Durzi is a puck moving D, and at last look, Buffalo has two of those in Dahlin amd Power.

Iafallo for Asplund is an improvement granted, but the Kings have little reason to do it.

But, if you are hell bent on moving Samuelsson, Leafs will happily make an offer.

The Sabres aren't selling Samuelsson. It's an interesting idea to try to get these 2 players from LA, and I understand you've gotta give to get, but Samuelsson isn't for sale for anything reasonable, and this trade is reasonable. I see that part of the motivation is to even up the defense, with 3left and 3right shot d. The problem is- dahlins game seemed to really take off when paired with the large, physical, defensive minded Samuelsson. I don't know if durzi would necessarily be an upgrade over jokiharju, but durzi would likely be a better complement to bryson/pilut on the third pair. Probably worth kicking the tires on durzi for something else. I would take iafallo for asplund, but the add would likely be significant. As of right now, we have plenty of wingers, we will likely play the season out and evaluate what needs to be swapped out. Again, swapping Samuelsson for durzi- makes us smaller and less physical, potentially derails the progress of a recent first overall pick, and does absolutely nothing to improve our third pair- bryson/pilut and jokiharju, a pair that could be our Achilles heel.

Isn't that what I kind of said?

Wouldn't trade Samuelsson in any scenario. Durzi could be available but LA has a logjam, we could probably acquire him for a LHD like Johnson and maybe a pick.

Makes no sense for Buffalo they give up the better players get significantly older