Edited Apr. 1 at 5:20 a.m.
Consider this as Part 1: excellent defenceman Colton Parayko in exchange for 8th overall selection in the stud-filled 2020 draft's 1st round right shot right winger Jack Quinn, 23 years old and ready, once he returns to action, to be a core piece up front for the Blues as players like Saad and Hayes continue to age and Buchnevich possibly moves on.
Then Part 2: solidly developing depth center (3rd line I'd say for sure) Alexey Toropchenko, and slightly big-bodied D-man Matt Kessel in exchange for right shot D-man Connor Clifton (4 goals, 17 points and +11 this year), the RFA rights to right shot D Henri Jokiharju, and a 2nd round pick, which I wanted to make a 2024 2nd round pick, so consider it a 2024 2nd.
Stl 2024-25:
Binnington - Hofer
Krug - Faulk
Leddy - Clifton
Perunovich (RFA) - Jokiharju (RFA)
Buchnevich - Thomas - Kyrou
Neighbours - Schenn - Quinn
Saad - Hayes - TBD
Walker - Sundqvist - MacEachern/TBD
Buf 2024-25:
Luukkonen (RFA) - Levi
Byram (RFA) - Dahlin
Power - Parayko
Samuelsson - Kessel
Skinner - Thompson - Tuch
Peterka (RFA) - Cozens - Benson
Greenway - Toropchenko - Krebs (RFA)
TBD - Kulich/TBD - Rousek/TBD
Sabres end up with what certainly looks like one of the top three D corps in the NHL, and the Blues get a dynamic young right winger and a couple reasonably decent D.