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This is just an idea I had and never seen it actually happen, but could you see trading a player like Foligno or Girgenson to a playoff team for a 1st round pick with the agreement that they trade him back to Buffalo for a 2nd or 3rd round pick depending on where they finish in the playoffs?

This would be a true rental player and depending on where the teams finish, the team trading us a 1st may actually only dropping 10 spots in the draft instead of losing a pick totally. Would really only work with an RFA or player under contract, but I think it would be worth a try.

This is just an idea I had and never seen it actually happen, but could you see trading a player like Foligno or Girgenson to a playoff team for a 1st round pick with the agreement that they trade him back to Buffalo for a 2nd or 3rd round pick depending on where they finish in the playoffs?

This would be a true rental player and depending on where the teams finish, the team trading us a 1st may actually only dropping 10 spots in the draft instead of losing a pick totally. Would really only work with an RFA or player under contract, but I think it would be worth a try.
- adambuffalo

This is just an idea I had and never seen it actually happen, but could you see trading a player like Foligno or Girgenson to a playoff team for a 1st round pick with the agreement that they trade him back to Buffalo for a 2nd or 3rd round pick depending on where they finish in the playoffs?

This would be a true rental player and depending on where the teams finish, the team trading us a 1st may actually only dropping 10 spots in the draft instead of losing a pick totally. Would really only work with an RFA or player under contract, but I think it would be worth a try.
- adambuffalo

So like this?

To Buffalo:
1st and Foligno/Girgensons next season

To team X:
2nd/3rd and Foligno/Girgensons for 2 - 3 months

Seems like a high price to pay for the services of a 3rd liner for 3 months (at the most) and a 2nd round pick....

So like this?

To Buffalo:
1st and Foligno/Girgensons next season

To team X:
2nd/3rd and Foligno/Girgensons for 2 - 3 months

Seems like a high price to pay for the services of a 3rd liner for 3 months (at the most) and a 2nd round pick....
- feetontheair22

Well, if he's right and you're only dropping out of the bottom of the first round and into the top of the 2d, it's not really all that much.

It's a pretty interesting idea. Don't know if it's legal.

Kulikov,bogosian and franson are all bad hockey players. How murray thought kulikov at 3.5 mill more was better then pysyk is beyond me
- Buffalo39


kulikov and franson will be gone


find a way to trade bogo and gorges, even if it's a red wing type deal with yotes for bogo

overpay for shat and alzner


mccabe-shat
alzner-risto
guhle-falk
fedun-nelson


just play the top 4 20-25 minutes a night

This is just an idea I had and never seen it actually happen, but could you see trading a player like Foligno or Girgenson to a playoff team for a 1st round pick with the agreement that they trade him back to Buffalo for a 2nd or 3rd round pick depending on where they finish in the playoffs?

This would be a true rental player and depending on where the teams finish, the team trading us a 1st may actually only dropping 10 spots in the draft instead of losing a pick totally. Would really only work with an RFA or player under contract, but I think it would be worth a try.
- adambuffalo

collusion

Habs and boston firing their coach is the worst thing to happen to our NEGATIVE buff media.. Two teams that have been contenders for numerous years fire their coach each with term. Both those teams are in a completely different situation than we are. We have some warts but firing the coach after a year an a half is absurd considering the team was hurt for the first half of the season. Looking at our roster we are not a contender. But if we can stay in the hunt until late march/ april i consider that a success given the first half.

Yeah if Buffalo is picking 5th in the second round and team X's 1st round pick is 25-30 they are not dropping much.

So like this?

To Buffalo:
1st and Foligno/Girgensons next season

To team X:
2nd/3rd and Foligno/Girgensons for 2 - 3 months

Seems like a high price to pay for the services of a 3rd liner for 3 months (at the most) and a 2nd round pick....
- feetontheair22

Well, if he's right and you're only dropping out of the bottom of the first round and into the top of the 2d, it's not really all that much.

It's a pretty interesting idea. Don't know if it's legal.
- Der Kaiser

Ya i guess so....you'd have to get the team in question to get over the fact that they are "trading away a 1st round pick"

Habs and boston firing their coach is the worst thing to happen to our NEGATIVE buff media.. Two teams that have been contenders for numerous years fire their coach each with term. Both those teams are in a completely different situation than we are. We have some warts but firing the coach after a year an a half is absurd considering the team was hurt for the first half of the season. Looking at our roster we are not a contender. But if we can stay in the hunt until late march/ april i consider that a success given the first half.
- yen6d1

I thought the bruins over achieved with that roster

- homiedclown

I still can't believe we got a 1st for him

sabres roster is not that bad


IMO it's still more coaching



kulikov, bogo, franson and gorges should be serviceable for the bottom 4 for an average nhl coach

Kulikov,bogosian and franson are all bad hockey players. How murray thought kulikov at 3.5 mill more was better then pysyk is beyond me
- Buffalo39


kulikov and franson will be gone


find a way to trade bogo and gorges, even if it's a red wing type deal with yotes for bogo

overpay for shat and alzner


mccabe-shat
alzner-risto
guhle-falk
fedun-nelson


just play the top 4 20-25 minutes a night
- homiedclown

Love the Alzner idea but shat at 6.5+ plus scares me. Outside the powerplay you need a consistant D corps too make him worth the money and i dont know if we have that

I thought the bruins over achieved with that roster
- homiedclown

agree 100%.

sabres roster is not that bad


IMO it's still more coaching



kulikov, bogo, franson and gorges should be serviceable for the bottom 4 for an average nhl coach
- homiedclown

As far as the Leafs go. Their fans seemed impressed . Sabres were not the team they expected last game .

Bump from last blog:

Saw this thrown out there somewhere else (Not a roomer just a guy saying something):

Kulikov for Adam Fox (Plus a mid-low pick)

http://www.thehockeynews....x-has-serious-puck-smarts

I like what I read about Fox.

When he gets announced, do they play Foxy Lady?

I thought the bruins over achieved with that roster
- homiedclown

me too

I still can't believe we got a 1st for him
- feetontheair22

Is Lehner a #1 goalie? If yes, what do we re-sign him at?

I say "yes" to the 1st question and a bridge contract @ $3.25 million/year for 2 years each.

Kulikov,bogosian and franson are all bad hockey players. How murray thought kulikov at 3.5 mill more was better then pysyk is beyond me
- Buffalo39


kulikov and franson will be gone


find a way to trade bogo and gorges, even if it's a red wing type deal with yotes for bogo

overpay for shat and alzner


mccabe-shat
alzner-risto
guhle-falk
fedun-nelson


just play the top 4 20-25 minutes a night
- homiedclown

From the last blog: yuck, wouldn't pay fair value for him let alone FA overpayment

They're going to have to overpay via trade, there's just no other way

Is Lehner a #1 goalie? If yes, what do we re-sign him at?

I say "yes" to the 1st question and a bridge contract @ $3.25 million/year for 2 years each.
- SabreWest

i'm with pham in believing that it's best to let the entire season play out before making that determination

sabres roster is not that bad


IMO it's still more coaching



kulikov, bogo, franson and gorges should be serviceable for the bottom 4 for an average nhl coach
- homiedclown

not really, the only one of these guys who looks serviceable regularly is franson and thats because hes actually playing to his role (bottom pair). Kuli, bogo and gorgers are all playing one pair too high.