in this case he would sign a long term extension.

No. We have our top six centers already.

Don’t see why Buffalo would do that trade or sign Horvat. And I don’t see why Horvat would want to sign with Buffalo either

Why would the Sabres give up so much for a rental 3c

You mean trades don't have to be one sided?

This is a fair trade, but there are a lot of assumptions that need to be addressed. 1st, Horvat would need to sign on long term. 2nd, the Canucks are looking for a pick and/or high end D prospect.

Question: Jokiharu is young, but what is his honest potential? I don't know much about him other than never noticing him while he plays (which can be good or bad). If he expected to be a top 4, I think Vancouver could be good without a 1st, but a 2nd would have to be included.

The Canucks get to backfill Horvat with an underperforming Mittlestadt, and a high potential Krebs. Neither player replaces Horvat's defensive game, but there are not a ton of 2Cs like Horvat. Krebs and Mittlestadt could make up for the defensive loss by being better on offense than Horvat (excluding this season as an outer in his career). It really comes down to how good Jokiharu projects to be.

From the Sabres side of things, they get several prime years of one of the best 2Cs in the league. They could potentially be losers in the deal if Mittlestadt and/or Krebs live up to their draft pedigree.

No thx

Don't see why Buffalo would trade for a rental, or a center. Looks like you're paying more for Horvat than you got for Eichel

To be fair, Eichel was an unknown on if he could come back and be healthy and effective. The Sabres were dealing from a position of weakness with the public discourse between club and player . The Sabers managed that very poorly. Complicating things further was the fact that Eichel had a bad rap for being a bad teammate. Further complicating it was the declining production at that cap hit with the uncertainty of if Eichel could return to form.

I'm not interested in acquiring rental players and certainly not at that ridiculous price