Okay then. It's clear you and some Sabre's fans valuation of Krebs is way out of line with how outside observers see him, he's not viewed as some blue chip can't miss prospect anymore

Bc u don’t watch him play nightly against other teams’ top lines
U just see his offensive stats aren’t up there, so he’s no longer a “blue-chip” prospect, but that’s extremely short sighted & just shows your lack of knowledge on how good he’s becoming for us

But tbh,
we aren’t trading much value for a RENTAL regardless
Just not gonna happen
Sabres aren’t in position to make moves like that yet
Too soon

Well fair enough, I agree it might be too early for BUF to make this kind of move. Backlund does all that defensive heavy lifting, with elite analytics and still puts up 45-50 points a year. He's basically the best case projection for Krebs imo. So I think the upgrade would justify the price, provided your team was in a win now mode. I just thought perhaps you'd be more aggressive in trying to end your playoff drought

But Backlund would do it for us FOR ONE YEAR,
and then he’s out

***OR***
We keep Krebs for the next 10yrs or so

And Backlund scoring more points than Krebs means NOTHING to us, as we are already one of the highest scoring teams in the league


Yes, we are trying to make the playoffs
But we don’t need 34 year old RENTALS to do that
You’re gonna have to look elsewhere if that’s the kind of return u want for him

We might give up a 2nd at the deadline
But not a 1st, and not a guy like Krebs, who figures into our long-term plans