Trade confirmed: Buffalo Sabres - Columbus Blue Jackets

Trade Details
Buffalo Sabres Acquire: Eric Robinson · $1,600,000$1,600,000$1,700,000 Sum: $1,600,000$1,600,000$1,700,000 Change: +$1,600,000 Change: +$1,600,000 Change: +$1,700,000	Columbus Blue Jackets Acquire: 2025 7th round pick (NSH) [Conditional]* *Conditions: Columbus will receive the pick only if Robinson plays 45 games in the remainder of the 2023-24 season. Result: Columbus will not receive the 2025 7th round pick. Sum: $0$0$0 Change: -$1,600,000 Change: -$1,600,000 Change: -$1,700,000

Whats the write up on him, hes a guy I dont know much about

CBJ get 1.6 mil in cap space for free, Buffalo gets a winger they can use while their whole team is injured. Pretty fair trade but leans slightly in CBJs favor because Robinson is not worth 1.6mil.

sabres are doing poorly defensively so they decided to help to situation by getting a guy whose chart looks like this



red is bad

Very fast, good on the penalty kill but has stones for hands and cant score on the chances his speed creates.

I really like Eric Robinson. He was just on waivers though, not sure why Buffalo didn't put in a claim. I feel like Donny G was behind this one

Robinson is a cap dump and if Buffalo placed him in the minors, they would still assume part of his cap hit.

The Sabres should not be giving up any trade value whatsoever.

Columbus wins the trade.

Cozens calls out soft team. Adams picks up a bad 4th liner. Toughness. Fixed.
Same as their RD when Adams signs bandaids Clifton and Erik Johnson

This obviously gets fans back in the building and believing!

Arguably the biggest pool of tradable assets in the league, they have their core that's locked up through their prime, their obvious weakness are on D and G, they have a 13 year and counting playoff drought, and this is the move they make.

Buffalo should just give the kids a chance

This feels odd

The monsters are leading their division in the AHL, management doesn't want to mess up the vibes.

They are the youngest team in the league. They are giving the kids a chance:

Benson -18
Rosen - 20
Levi - 21
Power - 21
Peterka - 21
Johnson - 22
Krebs - 22
Cozens - 22

That's 8/19 in a game 22 or under...

He was on waivers on October 15th. BUF has a ton of injuries right now that they did not have then.

Sabres are too young, too soft and dealing with a lot of injuries, so they decided to help the situation by adding a veteran 28-year-old 6'2 205lb forward for the small price of a 7th round draft pick.

Buffalo wins, Robinson is a solid 4th liner and CBJ basically gets nothing back

could've added someone who isn't a massive liability in the d zone

Freeing up cap space to make that Laine for Knutzy trade.

Fair deal. Either he gets a good start and contributes in BUF and CBJ gets a pick or he’s a bust and BUF keeps their pick and I guess they just bury 1.15 mil in the minors.

Seesm like a fair deal to me.

The guy has more than 250 NHL games played and I just learned his existence. Welp

Like who? There have been what? 5 trades made all season. It takes two to tango.

Please elaborate how they could have done that...

This trade looks much more even now that the *condition is disclosed (after about ~12-15 votes were tallied).

briefly looking over players in similar situations, someone like Jankowski or Gauthier could've filled the same role and would've been cheaper.

Personally I wouldn't have made the trade, because I fail to see how Robinson improves the Sabres or would even be a reliable stop-gap for the injury issues you pointed out. He's useless offensively and a liability defensively.

Long term this is a meaningless move. I wouldn't get to defensive over people not liking it.

I wouldn't get defensive over it either. Apparently, he isn't useless because he has over 266GP at the NHL level. By definition, he has been used. Are you positive Jankowski or Gauthier were available yesterday to trade for?

BUF literally needed a "body". The injuries to Tuch, Greenway and Girgensons are relatively short-term and then whomever they acquired in a trade would need to be deemed expendable.

Well, 1 game in and he scored a goal (questionably disallowed), had a breakaway, and a couple of 2-1's (one of which resulted in a goal). Played 1 min on the PK, no goals against there.

Perhaps now you can see how he improved the Sabres?

Obviously, a very small sample size, but 1 or all 3 of Tuch, Greenway, Girgensons will be back in the next 1-5 games. At which point, the Sabres can waive Robinson if they deem fit and all it costs them was some money.