Confirmed Trade: [FLA/BUF] Kyle Okposo for Calle Sjalin and 2024 cond., 7th round pick

[Jared Dunn]

Still have about $1.4 mill in deadline space.

Yup just looked, I'm a little confused because I could have sworn I looked the other day and they had something like $5.4 mill. If they demote Lorentz they get an extra mill too so I'd guess they still add a depth D

 

[dire wolf]

They gave him choice on where he wanted to go and he said Florida. He didn't have trade protection and they still honored his request. In recent weeks, there were reports the Rangers and Bruins were both interested and perhaps they could have gotten a smidge more outright but they still did well by the player to honor his request on where to go.

That isn't something to remove. And it would not surprise if Dad is back in the front office after his season and playoffs is over.

Exactly. From what I can tell, he's pretty tight with Kevyn Adams. I would like to see them bring him into the front office next year. He seems like future GM material. Also, FLA may not need his leadership, but he is very well liked and respected in the room. I know he's played with Reinhart, Montour and Rodrigues. Not sure if he knows anyone else.

 

[Ghost of Murph]

FLA is just showing off at this point. Crazy depth and all bases covered. Good luck to the rest of the league in the playoffs.

 

[WeDislikeEich]

Happy for Okposo.

I have a feeling he might retire after this season ends, so I’m glad to see him get a chance to play some playoff hockey again before then.

 

[Bones Malone]

Hilarious that Buffalo threw that bonus in the deal in their current state lol

If I had to guess, it was for this very reason, not bc Buffalo thought they were winning a cup.

 

[Hasek]

Exactly. From what I can tell, he's pretty tight with Kevyn Adams. I would like to see them bring him into the front office next year. He seems like future GM material. Also, FLA may not need his leadership, but he is very well liked and respected in the room. I know he's played with Reinhart, Montour and Rodrigues. Not sure if he knows anyone else.

I sure as hope he doesnt get hired in Buffalo. Him and his multiple winning seasons and stanley cups. I understand the move by Florida as it adds another body for the playoff run, which they probably wont have to pay next year, but he has never won. Losing breeds losing.
With that said, i hope he proves me wrong and wins a cup as he was a good soldier.

 

[Jared Dunn]

If I had to guess, it was for this very reason, not bc Buffalo thought they were winning a cup.

No doubt, but let's not let facts get in the way of a good chuckle

 

[sr edler]

Florida’s additions of Tarasenko and Okposo remind me a lot of the 2013 Penguins adding Iginla and Morrow.

You have a team that plays a certain style and pace, and you’re adding two guys that play a much different, much slower game.

Not saying it cant work or they wont fit, just feels like a bit of deja vu. Hopefully Maurice knows how to integrate without allowing the domino effect to slow the whole team down like it did the Pens that post-season.

This is definitely a thing, but people on this board are too occupied with fantasy hockey to even understand that hockey players are real people with real people dynamics, like someone can't do his prior job properly if someone else is thrown into the exact same space, like in any normal workplace.

 

[sr edler]

The guy Buff should really try to move to change its culture and composition is Skinner.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

This was a favor to Okposo

 

[Farmboy Patty]

Okposo has 22pts in 60 games. He's better than any of our 4th liners, including our top6er Cousins.

Any player replacing the turd Cousins is a win in my book

 

[Tofveve]

Florida really going all in

 

[Section 104]

Nice gift for someone who had to suffer through the disasters of the Wang Islanders and the Pegula Sabres…a man drafted in Neil Smith’s 40 day reign as Islander GM..who had concussion problems a few years ago. I remember being at his debut game in Nassau Coliseum March 18, 2008. Rob Davison scored the only goal in his 19 game career as an Islander. Sat next to a Maple Leaf husband and wife. The wife read “Paris Match ” magazine the entire time. At one time when one of those camera man came by one, the man asked to be shown on the video screen. He laughed and said no, he wasn’t allowed to showed fans in visiting jerseys.

 

[PensandCaps]

Weird that people are talking about a 4th liner with 12 goals being done? Seems like solid 4th line production.

Not the same but I see the similarities.
Iggy was a big add and should’ve been played rw to Crosby but the coach botched it

Meh, Morrow and Iggy were pretty good, the problem was the stars in round 3.

 

[abo9]

Cool add for Florida. Okposo was a force in his peak, but has been stuck on crappy teams his whole career it seems.

Would be cool to see him win one.

 

[Chainshot]

The guy Buff should really try to move to change its culture and composition is Skinner.

We know. They're stuck or maybe they buy him out. That NTC does them no favors.

 

[Panthaz89]

Weird that people are talking about a 4th liner with 12 goals being done? Seems like solid 4th line production.


Meh, Morrow and Iggy were pretty good, the problem was the stars in round 3.

Probably because the Sabres had him playing on the PP and had up in the lineup for some reason not all of his points are coming from the 4th line....he's also terribly slow which doesn't really fit into 4th line you would expect from a competing team that would hope to have hustlers that can be relied to play defense and being honest while some say Girgs should have been gone too I say absolutely not he can actually hustle and play defense you would expect from a 4th line player.

 

[HabzSauce]

Good f***ing luck beating this team lol

Vegas Florida rematch let's go

 

[BFLO]

Love it for Okposo. Thats a captian doing what’s best for the team. And now he’s going from 5 feet of snow to south beach with a chance to win a cup.

Bruh. It was 73 degrees Fahrenheit(23 C) in Buffalo this week…




.. yes it snowed 2 days later..so what?

 

[JP Mick]

Any player replacing the turd Cousins is a win in my book

The same Cousins that scored two goals last game?

Bruh. It was 73 degrees Fahrenheit(23 C) in Buffalo this week…




.. yes it snowed 2 days later..so what?

It's all about the beaches.

 

[Mattilaus]

The same Cousins that scored two goals last game?


It's all about the beaches.

Uhhh there's a lake......it has a beach.......

 

[Hobnobs]

Weird that people are talking about a 4th liner with 12 goals being done? Seems like solid 4th line production.


Meh, Morrow and Iggy were pretty good, the problem was the stars in round 3.

He hasnt scored 12 goals from the 4th line exclusively. I wouldnt say hes done either though. BUT I don't see how he fits Panthers system which is pretty much a fast paced physical forecheck to pressure your opponents in their own zone. Okposo is too slow for that. But maybe finds a niche as a dragging forward capitilizing on that system. We'll see.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

If Florida doesn't win the cup, the team that knocks them out is gonna be on crutches and in slings going into the next series.

 

[Chainshot]

I sure as hope he doesnt get hired in Buffalo. Him and his multiple winning seasons and stanley cups. I understand the move by Florida as it adds another body for the playoff run, which they probably wont have to pay next year, but he has never won. Losing breeds losing.
With that said, i hope he proves me wrong and wins a cup as he was a good soldier.

Just to point out that Bill Zito, the guy who is probably the best GM in the NHL right now, has no Cups in his resume and came out of the Blue Jackets front office. It would be nice to have some clearer managerial direction, but let's not forget there are good hockey minds that can come from anywhere.

 

[PensandCaps]

He hasnt scored 12 goals from the 4th line exclusively. I wouldnt say hes done either though. BUT I don't see how he fits Panthers system which is pretty much a fast paced physical forecheck to pressure your opponents in their own zone. Okposo is too slow for that. But maybe finds a niche as a dragging forward capitilizing on that system. We'll see.

Not like he's just piling up PP goals though. Pretty decent 5v5 goal scoring production this season for his role