LHD Will Butcher and 5th round pick in 2022 traded to Buffalo from NJD

[LGR4GM]

I would note that Buffalo did not have a 2022 5th round pick but got one in this deal. 

[Pimlach]

This is about free assets and mostly helping to keep players that need development in Rochester, then making them beat someone out to get to Buffalo.  Let’s not hand jobs to the kids.  

[Randall Flagg]

5 hours ago, IKnowPhysics said:

However, Chad blames Connor Carrick; I accept this.

https://www.expectedbuffalo.com/will-butcher-mark-pysyk-acquisitions-fortify-buffalo-sabres-blue-line/

"Fortify"

come on chad. i get that they could be surprisingly ok as depth pieces. they are not "fortifying" our blue line, which is a tremendous weak point now

[thewookie1]

23 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said:

"Fortify"

come on chad. i get that they could be surprisingly ok as depth pieces. they are not "fortifying" our blue line, which is a tremendous weak point now

Debatable, it comes down to which Pysyk and Butcher show up. From an analytics perspective our team got worse losing McCabe but much better with Risto’s departure. Both Butcher and Pysyk have been generally analytics darlings and if they play out well we could have a better d than most of last season.

[Randall Flagg]

5 minutes ago, thewookie1 said:

Debatable, it comes down to which Pysyk and Butcher show up. From an analytics perspective our team got worse losing McCabe but much better with Risto’s departure. Both Butcher and Pysyk have been generally analytics darlings and if they play out well we could have a better d than most of last season.

If we do the exact same things with Pysyk/Butcher that we did wth Risto/McCabe, they'd break analytics records in terms of negative outcomes

[bob_sauve28]

Be interesting to see who lands in the opening night line up. I though Sameulsson was NHL ready

[PromoTheRobot]

 

[Taro T]

On 9/4/2021 at 12:41 PM, PromoTheRobot said:

 

So THAT'S what happened to the base stock of Gerbe sweaters after he left.

[bob_sauve28]

Just a thought: Butcher does not seem like a Lindy Ruff type of player. But he really might fit with Donny G’s system pretty well 

[inkman]

32 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

Just a thought: Butcher does not seem like a Lindy Ruff type of player. But he really might fit with Donny G’s system pretty well 

Excellent point Bob or whatever your name might be