BUF isn’t taking Reaves or retaining cap (would you if the roles were reversed?). They will also want Tuch instead of Smith.

I like the trade here as a Buf fan but I highly doubt Buf would retain salary.

LMFAO, well you aren't getting Tuch, Glass and Krebs plus 2 1sts so maybe you need to temper your expectations. Also, VGK is gonna have to send cap back so yes, you absolutely would need to take Reaves or something like that

send fleury to buffalo instead of reaves and buf will flip him to pit

Before this season, I would have said Fleury too but now, Smith is getting paid to much to not trade for cap reasons. He's not really a big part of this trade, he's just there to take back cap fro a year.

Smith isn't really a part of this trade. He's just there to take back cap. Same with Reaves. If you don't want BUF retaining a crazy amout, then thats what you gotta do.

I’m not a BUF fan I’m an Avs fan. Let’s be realistic here and break it down, the 1st rd picks are realistically late 20’s picks nice but not grade a territory. Glass, is dude even an NHLer, why in the world can’t he even get in the lineup and people that cover VGK are saying the same thing. Reaves is not a guy I want being a loud veteran voice on a poor team, I get cap has to go back. Smith is nice but Tuch is better. Krebs is by far the best piece of the proposed trade. They are asking BUF to each $7.5M in salary, the last time a number like that happened TML paid a 1st rd pick to have it happen.

For all the polarizing rhetoric that goes on here, Eichel is a 24yr old top 10 center under team control for another 5 years. You can’t play the injury card because as part of the trade your Doctors allowed to check out his condition. And finally only a truly bad GM is going to knee jerk and make a bad trade. But on the other hand it is BUF so you never know.

If I’m BUF, I take Reaves 1-1. Ol’ hockey trade.

They pick up a staple for their fourth line for a year to come.

Like I said before I’m not a BUF fan, I get why salary comes back and know it happens, but BUF isn’t retaining on a contract for 5 years. They are giving up an elite piece why would they? If they want to play hard ball they hold all the cards, they don’t have to trade him especially for a package they might not like.

This is what any Eichel trade offer will look like. If Buffalo is really doing this, they will always loose the trade because he's the best player in it. But, this is practically the best offer Vegas can make without sacrificing a core player.

No, they don't have to trade him and I don't think it is a good idea. But clearly they're Owners and GM think they should and Kevyn Adams is clearly trying to trade him. They have a garbage GM (See: Taylor Hall trade) who is going to take an underpay because he wants this overwith.

I don’t disagree with the latter, but I disagree with the former. How often to do elite, young 1c’s with term get traded? Duchene wasn’t even remotely in the same ball park and look at what he fetched even ignoring OTT bottoming out. Just saying if you are BUF how compelling is retaining on the guy that is suppose to be the face of your franchise for 5 years?

Very true

Using the Hall trade to measure Adam’s is a mistake. He HAD to trade him now or lose him for nothing in an environment where there was almost no cap space among competing teams. I mean how many games did VGK dress 11 forwards and 6 dmen?

Overreaction. Vegas' problem isn't that the need an Eichel caliber 1C making Eichel money. They juat need an actual 1st line caliber center. I like Stephenson but he's ideally a 3C. Having 12M locked up in net causes a bit of a conundrum, only reason it works for Montreal is their top 2 centers are still on ELC's.

LOL. Take Reaves out and Put some other guy who produces then you have a better chance of getting your trade accepted

those firsts are just above high 2nd's...nothing special there. If I'm the Sabres I use Vegas to bump up the return from other teams that are interested

Get the facts straight,,,,Hall had a M-NTC so he had the final say where he was going, Sabres had a better offer from out west but Hall wouldn't waive. He wanted to go to Boston so Adam's hands were tied. He got what he got which was better then nothing

I completely understand that but I do believe that Boston was prepared to give up more for Hall, but Kevyn Adams had already given Hall the M-NTC and within the negotiations he took the stance of the person who had no power even though he was the one with Hall on his team and he traded him way before the deadline even happened. Kevyn Adams messed that trade up.

Actually I think it was all the soccer guys doing getting Hall here and signed. At the time Krueger had stoke with the Pegulas and Kim Pegula was taking a huge amount of criticism on social media. Krueger is the only reason Hall signed here plus the other 8mil reasons lol. I think Boston was said to have offered him less. But you're right in that Adam's was getting OTJ training and he failed as to what signings he made. Hopefully Karamonos helps in those departments but again time will tell. If Adam's fails in the trades of Eichel and Reinhart he will probably be replaced sooner then later.
If they hire Granato as coach that will be another rookie coach will fail. He didn't do much better then Krueger considering Krueger had a 18 gm losing streak both coached 28 gms Granato .375 Krueger .286 (including that 18 gm losing streak) but he'll come cheap, Sabres don't improve and they draft 1or 2 again...lol