Hutton 😂

Ristolainen 😭😭😭

Stop with these, I’m going to die 🤣

I don't. mind the the concept of the trades. One trouble with Risto is his 5.4m cap hit into 21/22 leaving the Leafs with little cap room.

Bud. Hutton is worse than Campbell. He has some sort of eye problem I think. And Risto is worse than Barrie. You will cry for Barrie to come back.

That's why he is 1B offensively yes but he can't be worse on D

I don't know. Apparently he is.

No Sabre AGM commented, so I will be the first.
First:
While many doubt this Ristolainen is Buffalo top defenseman.
Many may laugh and say so what, the whole defense sucks.
Well this defense that is suppose to suck gave up fewer 5 on 5 goals than all but 8 NHL teams last year.
They did this with a blind GK and an offense that could not keep the puck out of the defensive zone.

Second:
Please stop sending Johnsson to Buffalo.
Buffalo has Skinner, Olofsson, Johansson and Girgensons all had more goals than Johansson, why would Buffalo need a fifth LW.

Third:
Hutton has no trade value now.
To start the season he set a Sabre record for the most saves to record a shut out.
Then he went blind and could not see the puck and lost 12 games in a row while recording a +4.00 GA %
So yes he has negative value.

Fourth:
Kerfoot has 113 points over the last 3 seasons while Ristolainen has 117.
Ristolainen is a top pairing defenseman (on a team that did well to stop 5 on 5 goals). Kerfoot is a #3 Center.
Kerfoot does not KP, and gets very limited PP time (even the not needed Johansson got nearly double the PP time he)
I would not trade Ristolainen one for one for Kerfoot, I would need more coming back and that is not Johansson.

So Leaf fans can bemoan that this not a fair trade for them, it does nothing for Buffalo.
Johansson would be our fifth LW, in case that does not sink in, that means press box.
Kerfoot would be the Sabres 3rd center when Buffalo needs a #2 Center.
Then I need to add draft picks for players (who have value) that do not fill needs for Buffalo.
This is a very easy pass for Buffalo.

There that is my rant of the day, Stay tuned tomorrow for my next one.

Ristolainen is an offensive defenseman, last thing they want

Thanks for the well thought out response! In my mind resto needs a change of senior but can still be a very good defence man. He is a bit of a risk though. I think Kerfoot is worth less because he is a forward. I think Johnsson is not a need for Buffalo but they did trade for Frolik. As a non Sabers fan it seems like they need more forwards. I truly think Johnsson would be an upgrade for Buffalo but not their biggest need. I didn't know about the eye think for Hutton or his current health but to me he seems like is has negative value but could bounce back, health reasons aside. My thinking was because of this a 2 for 2 trade with similar money going each way might make sense