Bottom 6 forwards scare me and do not want anything to do with Gally. If you could a legit 3C I wouldn’t mind this at all. I like D corps

Looks good to me

Wow you are terribly biased not a single one of these trades would go through

Buffalo won't do that trade. They value Risto way more than that.

No interest in Risto. He's not helpful.

Anaheim isn't parting with the #6 pick in this draft, no matter what. Might be too much for Kuempfer with all the goalies available right now.

I would say the Risto Trade may go through. Sabres need to move a RHD and could use Kerfoot.

Risto is really overrated by nhl gm’s so he will get more

I think he was 2 years ago, not as much now. Especially since most teams are not looking to take on a question mark with a $5.5 mil cap hit.

I'm actually a big fan of that trade you fill-in a 3c and a 2nd/3rd pairing LHD and a mid pick for Risto that should be considered a win

Kerfoot won't fit for the Sabres though. He's overpaid and won't be there long term with Cozens, Mittelstadt, Ruotsalainen and possibly 8th overall chomping at the bit for the job starting next year. Risto if moved would be in a package for a top 6 Forward.

I would rather him package for a top 6 but I don't think this offer is bad an kerfoot isn't that much money. Plus with stall only being here for a year it would still work with the youngsters we have

I think I'd rather resign Staal and not have to protect him from expansion as a UFA than have Kerfoot who we would either lose or have to protect. Having both means the kids get blocked out.

Pretty even split on the value of the trade among the three of you. Allow me to offer additional points of view.
Let's begin, who is the best player in this trade?
Obviously Ristolainen.
He played top minutes for Buffalo for the last 6 years, consistently get 40 pts a season, hits and plays against top opposition.
Dermot is a bottom pairing LHD defensemen (on a team not noted for having good defensemen) who played sheltered minutes against weaker opponents and got mostly OZ starts.
Kerfoot is a third line Center who does not PK was -2 (same as Ristolainen) but did play against top opposition about 50% of the time with a fewer OZ starts.
So I ask, in what world does a top pairing defenseman only return a third line center and bottom pairing defenseman?
Ristolainen's value most likely is a bit higher this year than last year when he had the worse +/- imaginable.
GM's hold Ristolainen on a higher level than CF AGM do because they value a guy who hits, scores, plays against top talent and is entering his prime.

Considering Adam's first trade upgraded the team, I doubt his next one would downgrade it this much.
For comparison Larsson had 18 pts and was +8 at less than half the cost of Alex, playing against must stiffer competition.
This is a VERY bad trade for Buffalo, taking on a semi cap dump in Kerfoot and a third pairing defenseman.
In terms of draft picks this would be akin to trading Ristolainen for 2 thirds and a fourth. Ristolainen is much more valuable to Buffalo than that.

Finally, Buffalo does not need to trade for a LHD.
Obviously Krueger felt very comfortable with 4 RHD because I am quite sure before Scandella was traded he was consulted and most likely asked Botterill to find a PK forward.
Buffalo's defense is just fine with only 9 other teams giving up fewer 5 on 5 goals than they, and none of those teams had a blind GK 20% of the games.