The chychrun package is more valuable than the meier one.

Chychrun is a D signed to a reasonable contract for 2more seasons.

Meier is a wing, who is due big $ and a new deal within about a year.

Regardless, bc Chychrun here is a bad fit
He’s not good at RD, just ask ARZ fans

The Meier trade is reasonable
A bit more than I’d like to give, which probably means it’s a good deal for both sides

Honestly, my belief is that if they go for a defenseman it’ll be a lefty. Lybushkin & Jokhiharju both have time left on their deals and I think the Sabres like both, but especially Jokhiharju, more than the fans do.

Adding Chychrun to the left gives you someone who can eat big minutes if someone like Samuelsson or Power or Dahlin get banged up. And while he’s not great on his right side, he can do it. I also wouldn’t be surprised to see Power be very successful on his off-hand if need be, similar to Dahlin.

Honestly I put it he pairs the way I did bc that’s how most people see it. But I’d put Chychrun with Lybushkin on the 3rd pair. Give him some big PK minutes and let him work some PP2 minutes, but allow Dahlin to go from 26min to 24min power from 23 to 21 and eat 20min or so a night himself.

I also don’t believe Chychrun is the only option here. I also don’t believe they’ll actually do this deal and that they’ll wait to see what Ryan Johnson does before doing anything to their D-corps.

I think a guy like McCabe would be a better fit for the role u wanna give Chychrun
For one, he’d cost a lot less to get

Also, what do we do when Chychrun’s contract is up?
Don’t see how we pay him and Power & Dahlin all big $$$
So are we just gonna turn around & flip him?
I like the player, just doesn’t seem like a fit to me