The whole Nylander Family.

Buffalo is snatching them all up. They've traded for 3 RHD (all likely to be in their opening night lineup) in 6 months.

GOOD for Chicago???????????

I've had several hours to think this trade over, I've read all the preceding 53 comments (including my own twice) and I've come to the following definitive conclusion:

Anything more than Nicolas Beaudin for Alexander Nylander is highway robbery by the Sabres. Or hockey malpractice by Stan Bowman.

By the way, I can actually foresee Nylander scoring 70 points this season and then holding out for $10M next summer.

Fair deal.

Chicago gets a young skilled forward who can add scoring depth, potentially ready to have a break out year. Buffalo gets a young skilled dman who can add more offense from the back end, potentially ready to be more than a depth option (too bad Buffalo has so many d roster spots taken up by big contract plugs). Buffalo has a habit of signing fa's or trading for all their forward scoring depth, so it leaves little room for Nylander to find a consistent home their. I'm guessing Jokiharju was not meshing well with the coaches or team in Chicago (another Finn that can't speak good English perhaps?) and they also have a stud rhd man in the pipes that will play the same role. As much as a potential top 4 offensive rhd is great to have for being a good team, teams also need more balanced lineups with scoring depth to succeed in this league.

You forsee him getting 70pts but you still don't think he's worth a potential top 4 rhd?

Nylander may never be a full-time NHLer. Hard to predict with him. But looking at it now, i don't see what got Chicago to do this.

I don't in my wildest imagination foresee Alexander Nylander scoring 70 points in ANY season, let alone the next one. I just foresee him being the same kind of jerk as his brother, which is yet another reason why this trade makes no sense from Chicago's perspective. Why buy into this family and set of "advisors"?

Just sign me instead. I'm worth 16.6 million or whatever the maximum is.

Edit: And I won't play if i get any less.

As a Sabres fan I can tell you: Nylander is not ready for a breakout year. The Sabres were not flush with skilled wingers blocking his path. Victor Olofsson beat him out.

13 people who didn't say Buffalo won either thought that it was for William Nylander or they were drunk

Just so everyone knows, i'm Dan Girardi.

This trade is dedicated to all the people on here telling me that WILLIAM Nylander is not worth a 1st round pick.

I forgot to make my obligatory once per day post about how everything affects the leafs. My bad.

Did you mean to say - "about how the Leafs affect everything?"

Because that would make more sense.

Apologies oh mighty leafs overlord.

Dylan Strome 2.0...Another highly touted young offensive player that has failed to develop with the team that drafted him. I think this trade was a win for BUF in the short term, but I do expect Nylander to become an NHL regular. I guess CHI thinks they're pretty much set at RHD.

Still doesn't make up for the terrible Skinner extension. But they've had a press good last couple of weeks.

Most fans were highly critical of the Strome/Schmaltz trade and that worked out quite well last season for CHI. Is Nylander the next Strome? Is he even gonna make the team next season?

I don't remember people not liking that trade.

Still high upside in Nylander. Colliton has a background in Sweden and took in Tomas Mitell ass his right hand who is from Sweden. I firmly believe in the right environment, Alex can be a top 6 forward in this league. Chi still has Boqvist and Mitchell with bigger projected ceiling on the righ D side.

Just because a high prospect don´t deliver in his first year in a NHL organisation doesn´t mean he will be a bad hockey player. New team with one of the coaches beeing from Sweden and the other with big experience in swedish hockey can be a boost for a young kid. Here in Sweden we still have big hopes for Alex and with Mitchell and Boqvist in the pipe, i like this deal.

Strome at least produced in the AHL. Joki had a higher ppg than Nylander did.

Perlini was also part of the deal for CHI. It wasn't a 1 for 1.

Starts with a RHD for a FW, this is fail right then.

Now factor in the players, what in the blue hell is Stan thinking here?!?