Équipe: 2018-19 Sabres de Buffalo

Date de création initiale: 1 mai 2018

Publié: 1 mai 2018

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

TRADE DESCRIPTION: WE NEED LW
PIT: PIT saves some salary and picks up a cheap 6th D that might have his career revived (again). Could play the PP1 with Schultz. Extra pick to entice. Hagelin is the definition of speed on the wing and has done well in a DZone heavy line deployment role due to his ability to transition ability.

NYI: I think I've made this trade 70Billion times, and it still makes sense.

WSH: WSH cant afford to let Carlson walk. So they swap 23yo and 37 yo with Buffalo and pickup 3.4M in cap space without losing roster body. Carlson is 4M right now, plus 3.4 brings you to 7.4 which is getting real close to what you need to give him on an 8 year deal. Not to mention Tom Wilson also needs a raise. Burakovsky still struggles for minutes on WSH, and I think this deal helps both sides. Again, BUF gets speed on the wing and a guy that can thrive with Jack.
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LINES
F1: The Eichel Line. Zemgus Girgensons produced like a top6 with Jack. Burakovsky could be great with him
F2: The insulator line. Heavy DZone deployment to shelter F1 and F3. ROR and 2 speedy wingers to win key faceoffs, great transition game, and flip the ice. Im against trading ROR for right now, just because he makes other lines better because he is so all-situation
F3: The "per60" line. I'm talking this line only gets like 14Min in heavy OZone deployment schema. Mittelstadt produced a league high P/60 at ES in the small sample he played at this last season. Okposo is a bull down low, a veteran presence, ERod provides off-wing speed.
F4: Checking 4th line with speed.

P1: The Rasmi. I'm hearing a lot that Dahlin can come in and be top4 right away. I think this pair can be pretty damn good given Risto's ability to clear the net and Dahlin's ability to exit the zone whether it be via pass or taking it himself.
P2: Support the P1. Heavy DZone deployment. Bogosian actually had a +3% relative corsi with 56%DZ Deployment last season, and with a steady partner like Scandella I believe its worth it to hold off on the buyout for now. If he gets hurt, Nelson slots in
P3: A different dynamic. Guhle and Nelson can move the puck well and maybe can get some good match ups as a bottom pair playing only 15Min a night, and taking some of P1s OZFo situations to level ice-time.

Goalies are... goalies so therefore its very random.

I thought about this a lot. Thanks for your time.

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