So O’Reilly for “parts” and Matt Moulson on line2?!
That’s just horrible
Moulson couldn’t even make it on line4 for us last year
0pts in 14games
It’s cute getting that line back together again,
but it’s not 5yrs ago
Moulson is toast

Interesting idea for the O’Reilly trade. Idk if MTL would be willing to move 4 good picks for him but that’s definitely something that peaks my interest considering how deep this draft is

Montreal would absolutely take that even though those are good picks.

Not losing a 1st rounder? Check.
Not losing a key roster player? Check.
Not losing a high end prospect? Check.

Not sure how Buffalo goes from wanting a "Richards" type deal to four 2nd rounders and a veteran roster player though. I guarantee MB accepts.

Whats the likelihood any of those seconds is as good as ror? Plus the time table, even if they hit its probably gonna be a couple years. We are just getting murrays signed with the occasional call up now. Plus montreal is rebuilding, i dont think they would trade 4 seconds.

If Tavares were off the market, then I think the Habs would be hard-pressed to say no to this deal. The problem is that the draft will have already taken place by the time Tavares hits the open market.

Odds are like 25% a 2nd round pick becomes a roster player. So playing the odds, you get a roster player. Beating the odds, you get two.

And thats like "played 100 nhl games", not necessarily kicking ass and taking names.

Thank you for sharing your comments. As you may have determined I am making space for Tavares. Those 4 2nd rounds picks are approximately equal to the 14th over all. I prefer the 4 picks because I think Botterill will find at least 2 NHL players among them. Lastly, I really like Byron, he is fast, can score and kill penalties.
I put Moulson with his old line mates maybe he can get 16-20 goals playing with them.

Still the matter of the timing issue. Habs won't want O'Reilly until Tavares is off the market. Sabres won't want to trade ROR until they know they can land Tavares.

Thank you for your comments, they are greatly appreciated. I sort of came this trade from looking at the myriad of other O'Reilly trades, and this one seemed fair to me.

https://www.tsn.ca/playing-the-percentages-in-the-nhl-draft-1.206144

Actually it is about 44%. With Botterill doing the picking I think it will be closer to 60% (check out Dobberprospects to see how well he did last year).

http://guelphstorm.com/odds-not-great-for-nhl-draft-picks

Predicts 25% will play at least 200 games. Botterill will draft better than that.

Thank you again, I agree with your comments.
I sort of think teams will know if they have a good shot at JT at the draft and this trade could work well for both Buffalo and Montreal as an insurance policy. Montreal will get their center and not sacrifice any core players, and for Buffalo, with Mittelstadt (and Rodrigues to a lesser degree), O'Reilly could be an extra center. I think it is not a stretch to see that this team could be a playoff team the the picks will be the building blocks for the future.

Here's another article breaking it down a little more just for added info
https://www.google.com/amp/s/bluebulletreport.com/2017/06/15/expanded-blue-bullet-draft-pick-value-chart/amp/

Thank you again. I am a stats wonk (I think you can tell from my posts), this is interesting that they study about the same period but have slightly different results. not much. As I said, I also believe that Botterill will draft really well. Lastly, again statistically thinking, more picks will product more players. So 4 seconds instead of one 1st. Lastly, this is my preference, I can certainty be convinced because I am open to discussion.