GMBots says you should really figure out how to get Hoff as you are not going to have ROR on your roster if that is what you are offering.

Washington matches your offer sheet

I know Buffalo fans think they're going to get four firsts and a rookie franchise player for their star center. Good luck with that, but I'm not interested in litigating that foolishness in this thread. I'll assume the Blues can land him for what I've offered, or something comparable, and deal with the disappointment if it doesn't come to pass. Since you think my disappointment is so inevitable, it should be no skin off your back that I maintain the illusion.

Just one question for you..... switch it around and your team was dealing a legit center to a team that you know values him as their #1 Center would you really accept what is being offered....

A late first (#29, Sabres own #32) and a Dman that "Six years after being a first-round pick, the jury is still out on Jordan Schmaltz as an NHL defenseman."* and 2 cap dumps. You know the Sabres will keep him if they arent intrigued, right? They are not in a position where they need to move him, and will get much better offers. STL traded Stastny with 50% retained (3.5 mill) with only 3 months left on his contract for that first a decent prospect (for STL) and a 4th. Your making the Sabres take back 7.85 mill in bad cap with a 24 y/o mediocre prospect and the same first, for a better center with much more term left and you take a Sabres 4th.

Citation: https://www.stlouisgametime.com/2018/6/15/17464940/nhl-mock-draft-2018-st-louis-blues-select-mattias-samuelsson-with-no-29-pick

The offer is based on the premise that they (reportedly) want Allen; that Sobotka fills an immediate need (this is a guess, perhaps erroneous); that Schmaltz gives Buffalo much-needed depth at RHD (they're a hot commodity right now); and that 1st round picks are more highly coveted in this draft than they have ever been. If that's the case, I think it's a reasonable offer for an excellent center whose contract is a wee bit high.
As for putting the shoe on the other foot, Doug Armstrong is wildly inconsistent. I know nothing about Botteril. We got Troy Brouwer, a 4th string goalie we didn't bother resigning, and a 3rd round pick for TJ Oshie. And then we got Brayden Schenn for a cap dump and two firsts. In the case of Oshie, there were hard feelings between TJ and Hitchcock that was becoming a distraction. DA was motivated to move him, so he took a terrible offer.
I think Botteril is motivated to sell. RoR is a professional, but he's more or less announced that he wants to move on. He can stay, but it will become a distraction. There will be plenty of bids for him. Given the market, those offers will probably exceed what I've offered here. But if it's true that Buffalo wants Allen, could use Sobotka, needs a player like Schmaltz, and wants that 1st rounder, yeah--I guess it all depends on how motivated Botteril really is.

They want to flip Lehner for Allen, they arent in pursuit of him. Sobotka would be a body but would be completely lost in the Sabres system, they could just resign Pouliot for cheaper. Botts isnt motivated to sell, he's motivated to build a winner. If he has to sell his top player, but they get better, then so be it. If they are just getting bodies and a question mark back that doesnt help them

That is in no way enough to get ROR, buffalo traded zadorov a 1st rounder, grigorenko a first rounder, and JT compher just to get his rights, then they paid him 7.5 mill a year, no way they give that up for a guy who has 22 nhl games on defense, an 11 goal scorer, and the league's worst staring goalie, the only way you get ROR is with packages that have kyrou or parayko in them