LongtimeLeafsufferer
Joined: Jul. 2015
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IMO the Sabres are NOT going to receive a premier player returned to them in any trade. And team are going to have to send about equal cap to the Sabres.
This offer posted seems to be the type best type of trade the Sabres will get. A few good players, a few prospects and a few draft picks. When Backlund and Gaudreau contracts expire, the Sabres have addiltional cap and then still have the young assets from the trade.
And really what is the Sabres leverage? They are on a 41 point pace prorated to 82 game schedule. Do Sabres really want to continue to hold onto Eichel and still miss the playoffs? A total rebuild with Eichel at his premium trade value seems the only choice the Sabres have.