Underpayment for Marino.

Puljujärvi is a bit too much. I like the idea of bringing McDonaugh, especially for that cheap

No thanks on mcDonaugh, makes too much for too long that it could impact retaining the core and be a bad contract in a couple years.

Not necessarily, this is pretty much the equivalent to a Marino for Garland trade

No it's not. Garland is much better than Oloffson. Not even close.

Um

McD is the exact type of guy the Sabres need on their backend.
He would be a rock solid d partner with Power.
His contract wouldn't even come close to handcuffing the Sabres, they would have $35-$55M in cap space over the length of his contract to sign any RFA's.

huh? "much" better?
give me a break.

This is an instance of fans overvaluing their own property. I have no skin in the game of comparing Olofsson to Garland.

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I'm not interested in paying for McD, his contract is abysmal for his age. (4x6.75 is 2 years too long to absorb)

I might be convinced to take him on for TB's 1st this year and a piece in 2025.


Don't hate the Oiler trade but feel Portillo would be overkill


The Pittsburgh trade just doesn't work as a whole; with McD; you are locking up way to much money in your lesser Dmen

1. McDonagh is a LD that as far as I know has pretty much only played LD. Power is also a Ld, and asking him to switch to the right side as he is trying to find his place in the league is not a good idea IMO

2. If the Sabres young guys develop well, that cap will be chewed through quickly in years 3 and 4 of McDonaghs contract. Thompson likely needs 7+, Oloffson~4 Cozens, mitts, Krebs, Quinn, JJP, Samuelson, Dahlin, Asplund and Joki will all need new deals before that contract is up. Some of those aren’t going to be very big, but others could be quite large contracts. Adding McDonagh at the minimum likely makes it hard to make deals to get us over the top in 3-4 years when we are competitive.

3. He’s getting older. By the end of the playoffs, you could see him wearing down and not being nearly as effective as he was just a season ago in the playoffs. By the time you get to year 3/4 of this deal, he will be a lot less effective which is when it’s more important for us to have a strong roster.

4. If you’re making the Marino deal, I’d rather sign a 3rd pair LD and roll:
Samuelson-Dahlin
Power-Marino
Ld-Joki