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This is amazing, went out for dinner and turned my cell phone off and came back to this news! #YES! Vesey to Buffalo, make it happen! This is our extra 1st lost in the draft last year potentially! Kane-O'Reilly-_______ Vesey-Eichel-Reinhart Wow, this is just so exciting!

Who let the dogs out.....? In all seriousness, it was a long overdue death for Ramses Bolton. I enjoyed it, and while there may be things to nit-pick about, it was well done and sets up plenty of things for 6-10, and heading into season 7.

Hartnell will come in and is usually good for 55 points. He was stellar for them last year. Easily was their best forward all season not named Jenner. He could easily be sent elsewhere. He's definitely a very "Joel Ward" type of physical presence. Though Ward may be better.

I still think it was a non-starter. Hedman is more crucial to their team success and the team was on the door steps of the Cup Finals without Stamkos. I would call Kucherov much more important to their team dynamic on offense going forward. You throw in needing to re-sign: TyJo, Namestnikov, Killorn, Drouin (in a few) and others and you run into a plethora of problems. They're better off continuing to develop.

I wouldn't scrap McCabe, he played admirably in his first full year of regular minutes. You probably could find someone to take Gorges. If Ben Lovejoy can be traded and a guy like Engelland can make upwards of 3, you can find a taker in a weak market.

I still say we need two at the bare minimum. Gorges' play will improve being moved down in the pairings, but I still question if he's not too slow.

Pretty much my thought process once I read "Hockeybuzz". Moving on to legitimate rumors. The Rangers really must not understand their cap situtation. Unless they will magically transport Girardi, and several others with pixie dust, I don't see a Stamkos marriage. Now that could be fixed moving out Nash (not to Buffalo), and someone else, but I just don't understand that fit when they have too many RFA's to resign.

He definitely took a fall in their system last season. He's an interesting gamble play, but not definitely an upgrade over McCabe, Gorges.

True, but if they're trading for Bogosian.....I'm hoping to angle in that pick. :D

I meant space as in RHD. It frees up a spot to make a move for Shattenkirk or another upgrade at RHD. That's what I was trying to imply. The difference in salary between the two is about 750K-800K, which is about the difference of Justin Bailey.

If you can get #4 and Eberle for Bogosian and #8, then you make that move and laugh it off. It frees up space, controls your draft board and you have the chance to make another move to get D in a different avenue. The question is: Dubois, Nylander, Juolevi or my boy Tkachuk. I hope they cannot, McKenzie is usually right on these things, but I want them stuck in the hole with Datsyuk for this season. :D

I personally cannot stomach that second trade at all. Eberle isn't worth that at all. I know he can put up between 25-35 goals a season, but he's not worth all of that. #8 for Shattenkirk makes some sense. I'd still prefer to keep the pick.

He'd mark an improvement, with Caggiula as a different type of forward that they've gone towards from recently. I know they drafted Bear, Jones, and a few others and guys like Davidson, Klefbom (if he can stay healthy) showed improvement....they're still the worst defensive structured team in the NHL.

I meant as in this is his last year. I only meant that he could be easily dealt as he's under 30 and can pass the puck well enough.

My second round and third round list is up: At least some guys I'm looking at, Dineen, Asplund, Laberge, Niemelainen, Fox, Grundstrom, Makinen, Rasanen, Kyrou.

And by that time the only surplus defensemen that Buffalo may be looking to peddle elsewhere are: Gorges and Franson (with a year left). I still think someone who misses out on the: Yandle, Goligoski, Demers, group could come calling for Franson who should be easy to move out, as long as he's medically cleared.

Short answer, nope.

He goes back to the desert for one last hoorah before setting off to stink like expired deli meat.

Then he'll go #6 to Calgary, and they will laugh on their way to the podium. Or he goes to his daddies Coyotes to join Dvorak and Domi!

Exactly, Eberle is not worth #8, I don't know where that would even come into play. I wouldn't give up more than #38 and parts. He is a fine skater and he scores goals, but at the same time, I would rather wait and look at Vesey, and other pieces. There are few players in the league that I would even consider letting Rasmus go for. *There are scenarios but completely unlikely gambits. Vrbata was lost playing with anyone from Henrik Sedin, Bo Horvat, McCann and so on last season. He couldn't gel and to be honest he's a guy like Kessel where he demands the puck on his stick to create. He's not a seamless goal scorer.

I agree with Larsson, he belongs in the middle on our third line. He's a staple for that line, whether he plays with Foligno, Gionta, Bailey, Baptiste, Carrier or an addition, that's where he belongs. I think you can always put a defensive minded forward on a line with an ultra worldly offensive minded player. Though Jack isn't someone who will not defend himself.

I see him as a Pavelski type, where he can play center and right wing. There is a lot to like. If he fell to 8, which seems unlikely, that'd be a great selection as well.

4 more days until Hockey Christmas. I'm so pumped. I don't care if we don't move and end up with the best of Nylander, Chychrun, Juolevi, or Sergachev. At this point, I'm pumped for what happens after. I do think the Sabres will make a trade, even if it is seen as a minor upgrade.

Rasmus Ristolainen is worth more than anyone on their roster outside of perhaps McDavid. At this point it would take #4, Draisaitl, #19 and Nurse for me to even consider dealing Rasmus. You don't deal #1 defensemen for Jordan Eberle or Taylor Hall. HAH!

More so on the second pair. I don't see him as a top pairing defensemen. But, when you factor in age, he's signed to a nice term for a while it's appealing. He doesn't fit the need of a PP QB, but he offers versatility and would be an upgrade over McCabe. Despres-Bogosian McCabe-Pysyk/Nelson Looks decent. I'm all for any number of possibilities, but the D has to be altered and upgraded for sure. If Despres is more feasible a target at $$ for the acquisition than Fowler, I'm all about acquiring someone that we can control entering his prime.