If Beniers is really a future #1C the Sabres wouldn't trade him for 2 years of Dumba...

Thus is so bad for wild. No, the deal with vegas
Zuccarello isn't waiving, neither should wild trade all those pieces for alex tuch

Marc-Fleury is old, & can just as easily take a step back

You are giving up way too many pieces to Vegas when will have matt boldy, & Adam Beckham

This 2021 draft sucks. You don't give up dumba to mice io like 10 spots.

Wild aren't going to trade dumba, & then lose soucy in expansion making it 2 top 4 dman lost

They are getting another D to pair with Dahlin, move back in this years first round and can sign him to a long term deal as their #2 d man. Beniers isn't a fit if they keep Eichel and Reinhart. Beniers is more of a 2 way center and won't put up the fantasy numbers Eichel does.

Exactly, Beniers is around the same talent level as either Rossi or Cozens. Buffalo needs a Kent Johnson type player more than another potential 2C, especially if Eichel gets moved. They already have Cozens to fulfill that future role, getting more of the same at this point is just redundant.

They'll be in prime position to pick one of Wright, Lambert, or Savoie in 2022. In 2023 there's either Bedard, or possibly Michkov. That's 5 potential franchise level 1C's they can be in the running for in just the next 3 drafts.

That said, these moves are all pretty bad and everyone likely says No.

Buf definitely says No.

Wild definitely say No as well. Wild fans in particular just need to really get over this obsession they have with Tuch. Enough already, it's time to move on, as it's well past time they did. And for as much as I love Fluery, being a Pens fan too, the cost is absolutely not worth it. I would much rather have Talbot and his current contract 100 times out of 100 over Flower's any day of the week, no question.

Detroit says No, we're not getting that kind of return back for Rask.

Finally, if came down to it and we did have that drafting spot I would still go after Kent Johnson over Beniers for much the same reason as Buffalo would. He's just a more offensively gifted playmaker than Beniers and also has the higher ceiling to boot.

I think you're getting a little ahead of yourself thinking that Beniers is a 1C and Rossi isn't. Rossi is just as good defensively if not better outright, better at faceoffs, and is a higher skilled playmaker than Beniers. They're both viewed as low ceiling, high floor prospects. Both have floors as high-end 2C's, and are considered to have ceilings of low-end 1C's.

In this regard, Rossi stands a better chance of becoming a legitimate 1C over Beniers simply because of his offensive creativity and general vision on the ice and his hockey sense and IQ. Beniers is close, but Rossi's better.

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buffalo doesn't want Dumba.