Edited Sep. 5, 2023 at 12:20 p.m.
Quoting: gretzkyghosts
Sabres fans will consider me to be a traitor, but To CGY: Tuch/To BUF: Andersson is fair deal.
Tuch is not going to be traded, but it is always fun imagining a true hockey trade!
Buffalo will probably continue building through the draft, adding young talent through trades, or picking up players who are from Buffalo or have a connection to Buffalo.
I'm not exactly arguing the value. In a vacuum I think they are pretty close. I am arguing the team needs and positional difficulty to fill. Especially in the upcoming years. The only legitimate #1 caliber defensemen whose contracts expire in the next 2 years are Theodore, Slavin, Burns (though too old), Ekblad, Montour(?), Chychrun, and Hedman. Can pretty much cross Burns off that list due to age and Hedman certainly isn't leaving Tampa. So that leaves 5 guys, with Slavin almost certainly not being willing to sign in Canada and Montour is kind of a long shot to call a legitimate #1 defenseman. You can probably make an argument for Toews but like Weegar I consider him an elite #2 (Seabrook/Rafaski esque)
As for wingers in that caliber expiring in the next 2 years you have Boeser, Kuzmenko, Marchessault, Stephenson, Hall, Rantanen, Benn, Pavelski, Duchene, Buchnevich, Ehlers, Toffoli, Nelson, Konecny, Guentzel, Marchand (prob retires), Reinhart, Verhaeghe, Tarasenko, Stamkos, Marner, Nylander, Bertuzzi. Im excluding Draisaitl and Scheifele from this list as they are pretty much strictly centers