DarthProbert
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If theu pulled a Giloolly to get rid of Skinner and got caught, the price wouldn't be that high.
What are you smoking, dude? Value favors Seattle quite significantly, so you turn one of the firsts into a second? Wow, that totally evens things out.
Any team would.
You take the first, use one to off load the contract to someone else.
If Ottawa could do a go fund me page, i am sure we could raise enough to make this happen. Lets do it.Based on something that I saw on HFBoards.
Let's say that Seattle assumes that Vegas 2.0 is impossible due to teams not willing to give high quality "win now" pieces after what happened 5 years ago so Seattle wants to build patiently.
Here come the Sabres and offer this to end Skinner fiasco:
BUF 1st 2021 + BUF 1st 2022 + BUF 1st 2023 + Jeff Skinner
for
future considerations/whatever
Originally, I thought about adding Cozens here but prime Cozens fits Eichel's prime better than those picks.
Who says no in this scenario?
The Marleau trade is a great comparison. If Buffalo ownership wants to throw $54 million down the drain then they can have at it. If they want to get rid of their problem they have to pay up and in today's NHL that is not going to be cheap.I personally wouldn't do this deal and would just hope Skinner can his head out of his you know what, and the Sabres are a lottery team.
But LMAO at anyone thinking that contract would be dealt off with one first round pick.
Patrick Marleau at 40 and at one year left and less AAV, netted a first rounder by itself.
This is 6 more years at 9 mil AAV.
OP even admitted that it's an outside the box offer.
Based on something that I saw on HFBoards.
Let's say that Seattle assumes that Vegas 2.0 is impossible due to teams not willing to give high quality "win now" pieces after what happened 5 years ago so Seattle wants to build patiently.
Here come the Sabres and offer this to end Skinner fiasco:
BUF 1st 2021 + BUF 1st 2022 + BUF 1st 2023 + Jeff Skinner
for
future considerations/whatever
Originally, I thought about adding Cozens here but prime Cozens fits Eichel's prime better than those picks.
Who says no in this scenario?
Sure, I would trade Johansson (expiring) and Rask (1 yr x 4M) for any combination of two 1sts and a 2nd from Buffalo's next three drafts. A GM can just figure the rest out later and trade other players to get under the cap from season to season. You're basically asking if the Wild would trade Greenway, Foligno, Hartman and Soucy (role players) at certain points over the next 2 or 3 years in exchange for 2 lottery picks and a 2nd round pick, plus whatever assets those players would bring back in a trade. Any team would do that.As a Wild fan, would you do it? Two 1sts + 2nd for so much dead cap space until 2027?
Or hire a coach who's willing to play the $9mil winger with the $10mil center, but your suggestion seems about as likely at this point.Or just hire someone to run over Skinner with their car. Much cheaper.
Seattle is only allowed one Sabre but there's nothing stopping Buffalo from trading Dahlin in exchange for 'future considerations' (With that consideration being the drafting of Skinner).What about Seattle takes Rasmus Dahlin and Jeff Skinner. Buffalo saves huge money and loses one quality defender on a decline. Seattle bets on Dahlin and Skinner rebounding.
Seattle laughs right to the lottery for three years and buys out Skinner in 2023
I'd say most likely scenario is Buffalo cleaning up their own mess with a buyout in 2023. Keep the high picks and hope a new coach can get something out of Skinner until that time.Checked the buyout calculator and you're probably right:
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So based on that, the value is more along the two 1sts, not three.
The question then becomes does the ownership want to spend this kind of money to deal with a mistake of their own making? Do they want this much money going down the toilet when 2-3 high picks and maybe some prospects and roster players can get them out of it?I'd say most likely scenario is Buffalo cleaning up their own mess with a buyout in 2023. Keep the high picks and hope a new coach can get something out of Skinner until that time.
Fans really need to realize these 2-3x 1st round picks for a cap dump NEVER EVER happen. It's craziness. You're better off just riding out the bad deal.