Pretty awful trade for buffalo

Foegele isn't good and doesn't help the sabres, stop with this. Hitting doesn't matter when the rest of his game doesn't help the sabres. Mike Smith won't pass his physical. Pool party has very little value.

Again Buffalo Declines. One thing to hit and not be good and another to be hard to play against. Rather try to use those assets in other areas and fill spots with Kulich and Rousek who are tough to play against and can bring some offense.

imagine retaining $4.75M over the next 2 season on a multiple time 20-goal scorer so you can get a guy who hits more, a reclamation project, and a goalie that's ten minutes from retiring.

Thank you for your valuable input.
Let's look at the trade differently.
The Olofsson retention keeps the caps essential equal for this year and next.
Buffalo is getting a first and a second for "a multiple time 20-goal scorer" and a third line center.

Getting "a guy who hits more, a reclamation project, and a goalie" a year younger than Anderson is filling in pieces to the line up until the next wave of prospects are ready to take the ice.
The Sabres need to cut down on the goals against, this trade moves the two worse +/- forwards and replaces them with a defensive minded Puljujarvi and a hard hitting third line forward.
Maybe having a third and fourth line that can keep the puck out the net will not help the won loss record, but the two picks should help in the future.
Smith is probably "ten minutes from retiring" because the Oiler's did not want him to pass the physical. He actually played very well last year posting a 2.81 GAA 16 wins 9 losses 2 OTL and a 0.915 SV%. Better than Anderson last year.
Having two 40 yo GK only hurts when the team plays 3 games in 4 nights, then a GK only gets two days of rest, playing every other night they would get 3 days to recover.

Well that is my take, Olofsson and Mittelstadt WILL BE replaced by prospects next year or the year after.
Getting a first and a second in a deep draft would be good asset management.
While Casey's and Victor's replacements do not have the same offensive skills. they may be more helpful to the Sabres winning more games.

Regardless this is all for fun and none of this will ever happen

Buffalo isn't getting a 1st and a 2nd for olofsson, what are you talking about. You included no picks

That's a no for Sabres. Beside, what's the point adding Bjork to "balance the trade", when you can retain less.

LOL, I forgot the add the draft picks.
Off course none of you would like this trade.