Confirmed Trade: [BUF/CHI] Malcolm Subban for future considerations

[dasaybz]

He has to be better than Dell. Just need someone else that can play in the NHL other than Tokarski. Dell is beyond awful.

 

[Chainshot]

Not exactly what I had in mind, but hopefully Subban finds lightning in a bottle rather than just fishing pucks from his net. Not expecting it...

Wait, but Buffalo already traded their future considerations to New Jersey for Will Butcher.

Clear violation of the CBA!

They got ol' future considerations back from the Isles when they took on Boychuk's contract.

 

[Dubi Doo]

But why? He's not that great. There's other goaltenders who would probably cost the same.

Because Dell is AWFUL. Single handedly cost them a couple of games this year. Of course, Subban isn't good, either, but hopefully he isn't Dell bad.

 

[Dietpepsi]

AHL goalie to you, #1 Starter to Buffalo...

also this is similar to how we got Hasek

 

[Asymmetric Solution]

Sabres going all in for a cup run

 

[Artorius Horus T]

But why? He's not that great. There's other goaltenders who would probably cost the same.

but the thing is, he doesnt suck either thou...
at best, he is a good NHL goalie, bad day, can't catch a beach ball

 

[beowulf]

but the thing is, he doesnt suck either thou...
at best, he is a good NHL goalie, bad day, can't catch a beach ball

Other than his first year with Vegas, he has not exactly been good. Even this year in the AHL his numbers are far from good.

 

[Dirty Dog]

The Sabres have one healthy goalie currently they are willing to play in the nhl. They needed a body desperately

 

[Sinbad]

Mrazek and Engvall for C. Miller and Eakin

What does this have to do with the Subban trade?

 

[Mrfenn92]

Good luck to Malcolm

 

[Sinbad]

No surprise, in fact I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner. The seemingly unexpected MAF acquisition kind of screwed him over; now he'll get a chance to play. The Hawks ended up with two goalies on one-way contracts in the AHL and neither was the starter.

The Fleury acquisition didn’t screw him over, his play did. He’s at best an organizational # 3.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Ex-Golden Knights bound to have a reunion there.

Collin Miller
Alex Tuch
Malcolm Subban

Guess Krebs counts too.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Sabres can have Ullmark back

I would, but Linus have other ideas.

 

[Washed Up 29YearOld]

He has to be better than Dell. Just need someone else that can play in the NHL other than Tokarski. Dell is beyond awful.

It really sounds wrong and hard to actually call Dell a "goalie."

WELCOME TO BUFFALO, MALCOLM.

 

[Vitto79]

So who’s waived ? It always shocks me Tokarski is still around

 

[Chainshot]

Eh, it allows them to keep Luukkonen in place in the AHL with someone as his partner who has NHL experience (Dell). It also probably gives Tokarski a bit of a break since they're riding him hard and putting him away wet right now... and he's fracturing under the workload.

No one is expecting miracles, it simply fits their stated goals of letting the younger players develop instead of rushing them immediately into the fire. If this was the Murray or Botterill tenure, UPL would probably already have been thrown to the wolves rather than staying down in the A to work on his game.

 

[Chainshot]

So who’s waived ? It always shocks me Tokarski is still around

Surprisingly, he won the backup job out of camp and looked okay up until his workload increased lately. Dell likely gets sent back to the AHL since he's struggled mightily on this recall.

 

[tsujimoto74]

So who’s waived ? It always shocks me Tokarski is still around

Dell AINEC. Tokarski has been mostly competent for Buffalo. I'm not sure Dell has been better than a shooter tutor.

 

[Breakers]

I completely forgot Subban was a first round pick

seems like forever ago

 

[DingDongCharlie]

This future considerations guy is gonna break Mike Sillinger’s record

 

[Just Linda]

They overpaid

 

[KeyserSoze81]

Wait, but Buffalo already traded their future considerations to New Jersey for Will Butcher.

Clear violation of the CBA!

They received special amnesty from the league and player’s union, all they had to do was send them some footage of Will Butcher’s play.

 

[Zman5778]

Other than his first year with Vegas, he has not exactly been good. Even this year in the AHL his numbers are far from good.

If you ignore that absolute stinker of a game against Grand Rapids, his save % is actually just fine.

And as Sabres fans have said above: Dell isn't good. At all. All we want/need is a goalie that stops the vast majority of the shots he should. Anderson did that and more. Tokarski generally does that. Dell did..................not.

 

[ylekot]

what position does Future Consideration play.

 

[Zman5778]

Oh, so THIS is why this move happened when it did.