Rorschach
Who the f*** is Trevor Moore?
If by the deadline or by the next entry draft period, Buffalo decides to blow it up and unload as many positive assets in the 25-something range for three times as many assets in the 18-21 year old range. And Buffalo trades Eichel to NYR to start this process.
So this deal/value of this is step 2, pending step 1 of Buffalo dealing Eichel to NYR (for something like Kakko, Lafreniere, and two firsts or whatever) because they decide to blow it up and go much younger and much deeper in the farm.
To LA: Rasmus Dahlin (LHD)
To Buff: Alex Turcotte (C), Rasmus Kupari (C), Kale Clague (LHD), 2021 LA 1st rounder (unprotected), Olli Maata (makes room for Dahlin, can be flipped at the deadline for a pick)
(We can tune the center prospects, we have a kajillion in LA. ie, we can swap Kupari for Tyler Madden for example) I picked the three prospects that I feel are the closest to NHL-ready for Buffalo, that aren't already in LA contributing. Clague is our top PMD-style LHD but if Buffalo wants some other defenseman prospect, that can also be discussed.
As I can see, one of Buffalo's main problems is the previous GM Tim Murray did not patiently stack enough young assets around Eichel, before and after him, and started going after the Moulsens and O'Reillys of the world. Then when that guy got fired, the team still had no success and no upward developmental progress. The GMs after kept up a steady diet of overpaid players like Skinner and Hall instead of promoting low-price well-developed prospects internally. They came out of the Eichel/Reinhart rebuild too soon.
LA has been rumored to have the assets and cap-space to make a deal with Buffalo, for Eichel, but I would say we don't want a 1C. We have tons of Cs and our organization has made it clear we need a dynamic LHD, probably anchoring the 2nd pair with either Matt Roy or Sean Walker (probably the former).
I feel NYR's offer of two young star winger prospects plus firsts can be a good deal IF it is followed up by a major deal with LA to acquire two or more young star centers (and likely a young LHD like Clague) from LA plus at least another first. Then Buffalo can decide to keep or deal Reinhart.
Now they have a ton more prospects, a bunch of firsts in the next several years to round out the rebuild, a ton of cap space to weaponize for even more futures and can work on building a farm system closer to LA and Ottawa's before trying to get NHL results.
I also think Dahlin can really benefit in LA's highly structured, veteran-led team defense, playing behind Doughty on the 2nd pair and playing in an organization with the likes of Rob Blake in the organization, plus playing in front of a Ranford-coached pairing of Petersen-Quick and having centers/forwards like Kopitar controlling the puck down the middle.
So this deal/value of this is step 2, pending step 1 of Buffalo dealing Eichel to NYR (for something like Kakko, Lafreniere, and two firsts or whatever) because they decide to blow it up and go much younger and much deeper in the farm.
To LA: Rasmus Dahlin (LHD)
To Buff: Alex Turcotte (C), Rasmus Kupari (C), Kale Clague (LHD), 2021 LA 1st rounder (unprotected), Olli Maata (makes room for Dahlin, can be flipped at the deadline for a pick)
(We can tune the center prospects, we have a kajillion in LA. ie, we can swap Kupari for Tyler Madden for example) I picked the three prospects that I feel are the closest to NHL-ready for Buffalo, that aren't already in LA contributing. Clague is our top PMD-style LHD but if Buffalo wants some other defenseman prospect, that can also be discussed.
As I can see, one of Buffalo's main problems is the previous GM Tim Murray did not patiently stack enough young assets around Eichel, before and after him, and started going after the Moulsens and O'Reillys of the world. Then when that guy got fired, the team still had no success and no upward developmental progress. The GMs after kept up a steady diet of overpaid players like Skinner and Hall instead of promoting low-price well-developed prospects internally. They came out of the Eichel/Reinhart rebuild too soon.
LA has been rumored to have the assets and cap-space to make a deal with Buffalo, for Eichel, but I would say we don't want a 1C. We have tons of Cs and our organization has made it clear we need a dynamic LHD, probably anchoring the 2nd pair with either Matt Roy or Sean Walker (probably the former).
I feel NYR's offer of two young star winger prospects plus firsts can be a good deal IF it is followed up by a major deal with LA to acquire two or more young star centers (and likely a young LHD like Clague) from LA plus at least another first. Then Buffalo can decide to keep or deal Reinhart.
Now they have a ton more prospects, a bunch of firsts in the next several years to round out the rebuild, a ton of cap space to weaponize for even more futures and can work on building a farm system closer to LA and Ottawa's before trying to get NHL results.
I also think Dahlin can really benefit in LA's highly structured, veteran-led team defense, playing behind Doughty on the 2nd pair and playing in an organization with the likes of Rob Blake in the organization, plus playing in front of a Ranford-coached pairing of Petersen-Quick and having centers/forwards like Kopitar controlling the puck down the middle.
