I think Sabre fans need to chill a little here. I love Ullmark, Ristolainen and Mittelstadt. Ullmark, looked really good at the beginning of the season until the rest of the league discovered his mechanical flaws (wrap around, low shots and of course a cavern of a five hole). I Know many of you have seen my defense of Ristolainen. I know he had his flaws as well, but we have not seen the best of him, so I need a trade that will blow me away. Mittelstadt looked a lot better at the end of the season than at the start of the season so let’s presume he will be a 50 pt center. A little tongue in cheek I suggested Kadri, Zaitsev and a first for Ristolainen. So let's see how that works with this trade (let’s take Ullmark out of the trade as suggested):
TOR
Ristolainen, Rasmus for Kadri, Nazem; Zaitsev, Nikita and 2020 1st round pick (TOR)
Mittelstadt, Casey and 2019 7th round pick (BUF) for Nylander, William
So how is this a bad trade for Buffalo. Kadri would be our #2 center for sure, Zaitsev plays over 20 minutes a game would be a great pairing with Dahlin. Nylander on Kadri’s wing with Sheary on the left would give Buffalo a better second line the first lines they had from 2016-2018. AND we get a first!!!
Skinner Eichel Reinhart
Sheary Kadri Willie
Rodrigues Asplund Thompson
Girgensons Larsson Okposo
Dahlin Zaitsev Offensive defenseman with defensive defenseman
McCabe Montour the reverse defensive defenseman with an offensive defenseman
Scandella Bogosian and the third pair
TBH, that looks like a play off team if Ullmark can fix his mechanics.
Quoting: Shibbal18
Get rid of Kadri Ullmark Mittelstadt and the picks
you know that will never happen
Quoting: BurgerBoss
Nylander+Zaitsev for Risto?
Lol nope.
Yup, nope
Quoting: BiscuitBakesandHotTaeks
Have fun with those contracts then
I think Toronto will figure it out.