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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 27, 2020 at 10:35 a.m.
Thread: Sabres 8OA
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JTBF81</b></div><div>Tampa will decline. Buffalo is better off keeping the pick and developing the player for 2 years from now while hoping Mittelstadt can find his game after.some time in the AHL. Tampa doesn't need a player that won't help them for at least 2(probably 3) years and aren't that interested in Mittlestadt, a player they'd have to re-sign to a cap hit more than they want to pay to a bottom 6 F they already have plenty of. I don't see Tampa moving Cirelli, but if Buffalo wanted to make Brisebois listen, they'd need to start with either Cozens or Jokiharju. Tampa would want a player that could help them next year(in the case of Jokiharju, possibly with Cozens, or in the case of Cozens, at least provide a prospect with a chance of replacing Cirelli the year after). In either case, I doubt Tampa moves their rising 2C, but that would likely be the starting base for a trade with Buffalo.</div></div>

Unless the Sabres just offersheet him
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 21, 2020 at 8:58 p.m.
Thread: Sabres ideas
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>Whether or not RFA rights are commonly worth a third or fourth doesn't apply to guys who already have signed a contract in the KHL. And the idea that a fourth is a throw-away (as implied by the elevation to a third if it turns out to be worth anything) is just not rational.

You have Henrique as your #2 C. That's by definition worth more than Ristolainen, whatever the risk that he starts declining in 2, 3 or 4 years. If they were playing the same position, your argument would have merit. Because they're not, it doesn't.</div></div>

A 2/3D RHD is certainly worth more than even a 2C near his “expiration” date. Just because I place him as my 2C doesn’t make his value higher than if another team wanted him as a 3C. He’s about a 45 point guy which makes him somewhere between a 2C and a 3C statistically. Risto actually averages just under Henrique in point production with about 38 to 40 points a year. Thing is we need a center and Anaheim wants a RHD thus we are just hashing out our opinion on value. If Henrique were 28 I’d wholeheartedly agree with your opinion but he’s going to be at the dreaded 30+ years old point for all his remaining years and it’s unlikely he’d be a 45pt guy at 34.

As for Pilut, he has an opt out for an NHL contract. For another team to acquire him it would require something of value to return to Buffalo and a 5th is effectively nothing. We’d be better off just holding his rights until 2022 when his KHL contract ends.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 21, 2020 at 5:12 p.m.
Thread: Sabres ideas
Made some changes based on some feedback.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Richard88</b></div><div>
Alternatively you could simply change the 2nd to a 2021 pick, or make it Samuelsson + 2nd for Avs 4th.</div></div>

I used that value effectively with my updated trade. Just instead of a 2020 4th I opted for a 2021 3rd which would have similar value.


<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CrazyFlamesFan</b></div><div>We would probably do Montour for Bennet and a 2nd, definetly not 2 2nds.</div></div>

Alright, that's fair; someone else had made a Risto trade with Poolman, Bennett and 2 2nds and I thought that seemed rather absurd so I had dropped the extra prospect initially. Now I made it Bennett, 2020 2nd and a 2022 4th which is akin to a 6th in 2020. Granted the latter pick could be made conditional by some means.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>
Pilut = fifth-round pick

Ristolainen plus 2020 second = Henrique plus 2020 fifth</div></div>

Pilut's rights are at least worth a 4th, 3rds and 4th are the most typically dealt picks for RFA rights. Another idea would be to make it a 2021 4th that becomes a 2021 3rd if he signs in the NHL.

Risto's value should be higher than Henriques not vice-versa. Henrique is 30 and under contract for 4 more years at just shy of 6mil. While Henrique could potentially be well worth his contract the next 4 years he could also implode. The Sabres take the far larger risk hence my offer stands as he could easily turn into a cap dump within a year.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 18, 2020 at 5:23 p.m.