Yikes the wild turned down a first rounder for staal lol This trade just keeps getting better hahahaha
- GERBE!!!75PTS

Source?

Has Staal said anything besides being "stunned"?

I would imagine Ralph has him drinking the kool-aid already.

Wild fans sooooooooooo pissed

https://hfboards.mandator...d-for-eric-staal.2779382/

As someone said earlier, we are a better team now than we were 2 hours ago. Brilliant move - get the stop-gap 2C vet with leadership skills and reduce our salary cap by $1.25 million. And we now can keep our 8OA. Adams still has tradeable assets in Risto/Montour+ to upgrade at RW and perhaps 3C (if Cozens isn't it).

Source?
- jcragcrumple

Wild fans are saying They turned down a first round pick at the deadline

I do fail to see how this benefits Minnesota in any way.

I do fail to see how this benefits Minnesota in any way.
- sbroads24

Tank-a-thon, Minny style

I do fail to see how this benefits Minnesota in any way.
- sbroads24

It makes the Sabres better. The question is how much.

Tank-a-thon, Minny style
- Powerslave

Only 5 more years of Parise and Suter. Here we are counting the days when Okposo comes off our books - I can't imagine those two albatrosses.

I do fail to see how this benefits Minnesota in any way.
- sbroads24

All about raty

Tank-a-thon, Minny style
- Powerslave

Who's "the guy" in the next draft?

olofsson-eichel-reinhart
skinner-staal-cozens
casey-stepan-kahun
tage-lazar-okposo
- navinrjohnson

If they're going to spend 6.5 then spend it on a 2RW like Dadonov. That's adding 50 goals between Staal and Dadonov

Only 5 more years of Parise and Suter. Here we are counting the days when Okposo comes off our books - I can't imagine those two albatrosses.
- Slump Buster

We dodged two bullets there

It makes the Sabres better. The question is how much.
- buffalofan19

They got a 50 - 60 point 2C for the cost of....virtually nothing.
Yes, they got better , way better at the 2C position AND saved resources fo upgrade elsewhere.
Can't make the value of this trade in isolution, must be considered in the bigger picture!
Let's wait on that.

They got a 50 - 60 point 2C for the cost of....virtually nothing.
Yes, they got better , way better at the 2C position AND saved resources fo upgrade elsewhere.
Can't make the value of this trade in isolution, must be considered in the bigger picture!
Let's wait on that.
- IonSabres

All good points. The good news is that the other pieces should be easier to get. Would still be nice to see one more hockey trade made.

They got a 50 - 60 point 2C for the cost of....virtually nothing.
Yes, they got better , way better at the 2C position AND saved resources fo upgrade elsewhere.
Can't make the value of this trade in isolution, must be considered in the bigger picture!
Let's wait on that.
- IonSabres

Let's see what happens at 2RW know, does he make a trade, or does he fill that spot in FA.

Good start by adams. I was hoping for monahan but im impressed by this trade and staal should fit perfectly for us.

Hopefully this is just the first domino of a wild offseason for the sabres

They got a 50 - 60 point 2C for the cost of....virtually nothing.
Yes, they got better , way better at the 2C position AND saved resources fo upgrade elsewhere.
Can't make the value of this trade in isolution, must be considered in the bigger picture!
Let's wait on that.
- IonSabres

Exactly.

Thought the Pegulas were going cheap?
Isn’t Stephan over $6mil??

If we are taking him,
they better be giving up a really good piece(s) along with to take their Cap dump
- jdfitz77

they are going cheap

dumping montour will solidify that


hell we cut payroll by 1.5% today alone

Michael Russo
@RussoHockey
Guerin says he's trying to find a different pathway to success here and "sometimes you have to take some drastic measures."

Guerin confirms Johansson will play center in Minnesota. Dean Evason knows him well from Washington and feels he can be an impactful centerman

Are all these x Pittsburgh people morons?

Yikes

they are going cheap

dumping montour will solidify that


hell we cut payroll by 1.5% today alone
- navinrjohnson

I listened to the Adams presser tonight. Pham asked him point blank about his ability to spend to the cap. No clear answer.

LEADER
- TheSabresTaco

Nana nana nana, leader

Source?
- jcragcrumple

Garth

they are going cheap

dumping montour will solidify that


hell we cut payroll by 1.5% today alone
- navinrjohnson

And got better

Its an interesting dynamic to see out of adams first move

Ehlers next please