leafs take before sabres let the deal not go through

i do not get what is happening here

No. Again.

Ah yes, picks for players the leafs need. Totally what a team not rebuilding does

I like the fact that you laid out the other side of your deal. I think this makes it a lot more clear why Sabres fans are turning this down.

Both those players are/were close to being good adds for us, so I like the thought process, but it just doesn't come together for me. Kerfoot would have been a good addition over the summer, but we signed Eakin to fill that 3C hole so the need for Kerfoot has pretty much vanished. With Dermott, we definitely have a hole at LD. But what we really need is a second pairing LD, and I don't think Dermott has proven capable of that role. He's not a strong enough player to justify sitting Risto for him, and the same can be said for the rest of our RHD. I'd rather play one on their off side than sit one for Dermott.

Hope that makes sense.

We also dont have enough cap space to even have a 22 man roster and that's before establishing bonus overages from last year and there's no cozens here. Also, as much as I dislike ristolainen, its laughable that he would sit. Also Hutton starting?

With Cap being tight- and VERY VALUABLE these days-
the ABSOLUTE LAST thing the Sabres (or anyone else) are going to do will be to TRADE DOWN in the 1st round in order to get depth players that add significant Cap

This is an utterly ridiculous idea
Buffalo doesn’t even need either of these guys for free

Its funny, even if kerfoot or dermott were better than some of our depth guys (and im perfectly fine admitting that they might be), the cap/roster acrobatics that would be required make it ridiculous.