I’m not saying Kyle Connor is the player they trade for in 2 to 3 years. For that matter they may not need a 40 to 50 goal player to add to the core they’ve already built at that point. They might only be looking to bring in a guy who can score 25 to 30, from a team that doesn’t have any prospects around him, and two younger players who don’t have the room to develop with the Sabres because their roster is already full and a draft pick just might be enough to get that done. Look what they paid for Jeff Skinner when they traded for him, next to nothing.

Fair. But you need one of those Kutcherov, Rantanen, Marner type scorers when the game is on the line in double overtime.

The truth is that in any given season some of your players will play better and some will play worse. I think Mittelstadt and Krebs are unfortunately gonna be bottom 6 players on a cup contending team. That's not a bad thing to have, but hoping that they take huge leaps forward is ... Wishful thinking at this point. Krebs may break the top 6 on the wing.

I believe Cozens & TT can be a good top 6 tandem, but... If you can have a Scheifele back by trading Cozens that's a good option because you are getting a 70-80 pts center back and Cozens would be lucky to become that.

No team competes with 100% of players they drafted themselves.

Kyle Connor is a 48 goal 94 point scorer who is 25 years old. He is the real deal. Hellebuyck is the second best goalie in the game right now in my opinion. What's wrong with this return. Buffalo would become a force in the east and make a deep playoff run...