Quoting: leafs101
Ya but you wait another 3 years for some prospects to *maybe* pan out and then best case scenario you have a 3 year window where you have a good enough team to make the playoffs to prove to jack that the team won't continue to fail him, or worst case the hyped up prospects aren't what you think they are and you fail him completely
I see your point, but this is more like a Murray trade.
Montour had the best +/- among all Buffalo Sabre defense-men.
Cozens appears to be only a year away,
The 7th round pick is projected to be another Cozens or better.
All this for center who broke 50 pts once in his career.
If I were the Sabres HC. I would try Sam at center with Jeff. Sam is a very good passer, creates traffic in front of the net and seems to be a team player.
Olofsson - Eichel - Thompson
Johansson - Reinhart - Skinner
Free Agent/Mittelstadt - Kahun - Okposo
Girgensons - Larsson - Lazar
I know I am in the minority but IMO Thompson is ready.