UnleashRasmus
Rasmus has gone Super Saiyan VI!
I'd actually like the idea of a guy like Weber in Buffalo. But that contract scares the heck out of me...
IMO the Sabres desperately need some type of well respected veteran presence in that locker room who can keep the young high draft picks in line.
But it can't just be some scrub veteran. Like Jordan Nolan for example. He seemed like a great example for the kids, but who TF is going to listen to a 4th line grinder?
Weber is someone who even Eichel could look up to. He's established himself as a star in this league, and is by all accounts a great veteran presence and leader in the locker room.
But...
As much as I'd love a veteran presence like Weber, Man, that $7.8M cap hit for the next 8 years... I don't know if Buffalo could do that with Eichel's $10mx8, ROR's $7.5Mx5, Okposo's $6M x 5, Reinhart up for a new deal and Dahlin + Mittelstadt who will need to be paid in 3 yrs.
Plus there's just no way Buffalo is giving up their 2019 1st. They just finished dead last, and haven't finished better than 8th last since before 2012.
So I'd have to decline the OP's offer.
Although I'm not totally against Weber in Buffalo (maybe with say, like $1M to $1.8M retained. Or with someone like Okposo going back), this isn't the right deal.
A guy, well we're still getting hosed in this trade. I'm not sure where you get that this makes Buffalo any better over the long term. I'm good at adding more cap, for an even older player, while giving up Nylander or picks. Absolute garbage. We're a bottom feeder and we won't make the playoffs with Pacioretty or Weber making ANY difference.