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Forum: Trade Machine ProposalsSep. 9, 2020 at 4:44 p.m.
Thread: WPG acquires a RD
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Windjammer</b></div><div>Well make your case for why Chevy wouldn't. Buffalo has been trying to dump Ristolainen for over a year with no takers. But all of a sudden a defenseman they couldn't give away is worth a young, first line, play driving winger with a bargain, long term contact that has committed to Winnipeg.

My assertion is Chevy isn't going to trade 5 years of a first line winger on a bargain contract for 2 years of a low end second pairing defenseman. I think Chevy's smarter than that.

But go ahead and make your case. It's something to talk about at least.</div></div>

Okay, here's my case:

While Risto has been in trade rumours for a while, Buffalo has not tried to "dump" him. The reason he hasn't been traded yet is that they were deluded into thinking they were a playoff contender, and therefore they might need a guy like Risto. Now that the Sabres have come to their senses, they would logically attempt to shop Risto.

You seem to underestimate the abilities of Rasmus Ristolainen. He is hardly a "low-end second-pairing defenseman". He played with Rasmus Dahlin on the top pairing in what might be the only Sabres bright spot not named Jack Eichel. He managed 33 points in a shortened season. You're kidding yourself if you think he would play anywhere other than next to Morrissey in WPG. Ehlers is a heck of a player, no doubt, but he's not a first-line winger because he isn't on your first line. At least, not when Scheif and Laine were healthy. Meanwhile, 5 years 6 mil is, in this flat cap, more problematic than you might think, especially considering the Jets are re-signing Patrik Laine next summer, and they need space to beef up their defence. Your point that Risto is signed for only two more years is problematic because a) The Jets don't know if they will need him in two years, but they do know that they need him now, and b) there is this wonderful tool employed widely by GMs called a "contract extension". Having lived in Winnipeg before, I am sure that Risto will know better than Jacob Trouba and stay long-term in your fine city. It sure is nicer than Buffalo.

I am sure I did not convince you one iota regarding this trade, but you asked me to make my case and I did. Good-day to you.