Why are the oilers paying to make the team worse doesn’t make sense

Nothing in it for the Sabres

I wish that was all it took to get Mittelstadt....but alas, PIT is the clear winner in this deal, so it would never happen

Oilers unlikely to do this as they would get worse at defense and likely in net (or at least they think so); Penguins would likely not want to move draft capital for a less defensively responsible Center; Buffalo would never do this, they have plenty of depth and don't particularly need the late picks + CM is finally nice for them. In short, no one does this.

LOL this is not even close, Sabres do not need picks and Rangers worthless returns