Quoting: smrtguy90
No, but landing a 30 point play driving forward, a scoring prospect and a LHD prospect is plenty of value for Risto. Plus... It's not as much about the cap crunch as it is a positional surplus. With Montour, Miller, Jokiharju, Nelson, Bogosian.
At least 2 of those players will be higher in the depth chart than Risto... Meaning his ice-time will go down... Meaning his value will go down.
This kind of trade would be more than they get for him after a season being a 2nd or 3rd pairing Dman.
Perreault is creeping on cap dump. Still capapble player but no one needs a 4M+ 3rd liner whose only skill is offense. He was a good stop gap for the PP until others arrived but being placed lower down in the lineup is somewhat lost. At the very least not worthy of 4M.
I didn't see you changed the trade so i was still going on the Perreault plus Comrie deal.
As for the Sabres depth chart, of all the players you named and even the ones your didn't, Risto is the only one to break 24+ avg a night and its not even close. Bogosian is bust top 5 pick who is always injured. Nelson is a 26 year old who hasn't even broken full time into the NHL yet. Jokiharkju hasn't even played a full season yet and is only 21 years old. Miller is by no means any better than Risto, in fact he isn't any better. Montour is by no means a defensive stalwart.
Anyways I'm not arguing he should be traded for Ehlers or Laine. But Perreault and a Comrie is the equivalent of Sabres fans asking for Laine or Connor in exchange.
For the newly formed trade, I think the prospects are ok but adding Perreault does nothing for Buffalo. The problem here is Perreault more than it is anything else.