The Luukkonen contract is fine, but giving away Krebs and Jokiharju for nothing makes no sense.

What room is there for either of them? Krebs doesn't have any room in the middle 6 at all and Jokiharju doesn't have any room in the bottom 4. Both of these guys are going to be RFA's and teams will know Buffalo has no space for either of them so why would they pay top dollar when they can just wait for them to be on open market? Krebs just isn't good enough to be a 3C on a playoff contending team like the Sabers want to be (Adams job might depend on it) so he won't fit there and there needs to be room for Johnson so play so Jokiharju won't have a spot either

But even when there isn’t room with organizations, teams still seem to get appropriate value for their assets. A team would have to pay that price as they both are decent enough assets that there will be more than 1 suitor for each. They each can be a secondary piece within a bigger trade, not useless picks. ****, the corpse of Eric Johnson just pulled a 4th and he’s significantly worse than Joki, like in every way possible except for that one time he got dragged into a SC win with the Avs. Add in both play premium positions, selling low just doesn’t make sense

A team loading up on playoff depth, grit, and experience is way different than trading for RFA rights.

Exactly what do you think you're going to get for these guys? Krebs is a reclamation project at this point.

OP, to answer your question of where Krebs fits, Pittsburgh, Boston, any team with a weak prospect system that has a spot in their bottom 6 to let him figure stuff out. Hell, maybe offer him to Colorado for Colton.

I said they should be part of a bigger package. Not sold off as individual parts. Krebs as a solid defensive player probably holds late second round valueish when applied to a larger deal. And Joki a RHD which always gets traded for over value. Selling off at the lowest value possible is just bad business. And yeah, I’ve seen plenty of LAK proposals of a Turcotte swap or like you mentioned a Colton swap.

Basically, those who responded after me said everything that would need to be said about this. You don’t give away decent assets for nothing, even if you don’t need them. Buffalo isn’t just going to not qualify those 2 just because they don’t have an immediate spot in the lineup for them. They might not even let Bryson walk even if they probably should. both have trade value, and if they aim to move either of them, they will get fair compensation. Anything less is just mismanagement of assets that they cannot afford to do. A player like Ross Colton would be exactly what Buffalo is looking for, that’s a great option.