The Casey for Byram trade makes it pretty clear the Sabres are after speed in an attempt to resurrect the rush offense and beat the trap. Additionally, they need a natural C who is a good faceoff guy. Nothing against the local boy, but hes not an elite skater and his faceoff percentage this year is like slightly higher than mine would be lol. Just not a good fit imo.

He would be a pretty good fit imo. Buffalo needs more defensively responsible forwards and iafallo can definitely be a 0.5 ppg player just really hasn't been a fit with the jets. He's great pker and could really be a buy low type player as he does just about everything good while being an elite defensive forward and pker. Feel like he'd be a great winger on a line with Krebs imo

Yea but we don't need a winger. They have to make room for like 3 of them coming through the minors as is. He wouldnt fit with what the Sabres are trying to do, which is get even faster. I dont disagree with him being a value add, just not for the Sabres.

I'm a Sabres fan too and I feel like he'd be a great addition guess we're not on the same page on him

I mean the proof is in their moves. You dont trade Casey for Byram just to replace him with iafallo. It's gunna be a centre with speed.

Easy no from buffalo

Sabres do that if you take Skinner back

Any thoughts on who that might be

Lol skinner is unmovable 9m aav jets need cap to sign Monahan and Toffoli hopefully not skinner 💀

mentioned it elsewhere but basically anyone whose got the skill makeup to beat the trap. If we're talking pure skating speed like Byram, I guess maybe a guy like Morgan Frost? Idk if he'd sign an extension here but Sam Bennett fits that profile if Fla get cap squeezed. Kotkaniemi if they wanna buy low. Then there are slower guys who may be able to just play a trap game and generate offense like Noah Cates or Nic Roy. You could put them with Greenway and maybe Benson and get a nice cycle unit out there. I dont know if they want to do that though cause its an awful lot to ask of one line, might just be easier to load up on guys who can beat the trap.

I will die if it's kotkaniemi.

well thats a little extreme lol. What if its for samuelsson? I mean if it makes you feel better I think that is among the "long shot" options. If I were betting money id say Noah Cates.

Maybe Bennett if he doesnt hate the idea.

Have you seen my kotkaniemi posts?

lol nah i try to stay away from canes/habs acgms . Its good for the mental health. Although i suppose you could make that argument for the Sabres ones too.

I think Pulock with term is a little more valuable than Ehlers who would be in his walk year and need an extension. I also think that Gill has more value than Stanley's RFA rights. Basically, I think there's some good bones here but I think the value needs to be sweetened just a tad for the Isles.

Maybe swap Oliver Wahlstrom for Gill (he's useful to the Isles org for the same reasons you have here) and swap out Stanley's RFA rights for something a little more useful. Are y'all doing anything with Simon Lundmark? I think he'd be an interesting depth piece and help backfill the RHD depth with Pulock going out. So Pulock/Wahlstrom for Ehlers/Lundmark feels like where I'd want to settle.

Sabres just don't have room for forwards with out moving one, Skinner is the only one they'd move rn

Yeah that works would prefer someone that can play ahl over wahlstrom? Anyone fit that bill

I think if the Isles move a top-4 defenseman it will be Pelech over Pulock. That being said, both have full NTCs so it's probably a moot point.

Stadel you make great points while you and I are nearly always in lock step with each other, I have to agree with Howie on this on.
Okposo, Robinson and Olofsson are surely gone next season while Girgensons would need to accept a pay cut to stay a Sabre, adding three new forwards should not be an issue.
IDK if Alex is a Sabre fan, but if he is, could the uniform be enough for him to bump is output as it did for Tuch.
If all it cost was a third, from next years draft, IMO the Sabres should do it, but TBH, IMO the Jets would want more.

My parting shot, why did Tim Murray not approach Alex with a contract in April 2017?
Probably because he was trying to get Alex Nylander into the line up!