Proposal: Buffalo - New Jersey

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

LW/RW Miles Wood (RFA '22; $2.75M AAV)
D Mirco Mueller (RFA '20; $1.4M AAV)



D Jake McCabe (UFA '21; $2.85 AAV)
BUF 2020 4th round pick

The Devils acquire a much-needed LHD upgrade; Buffalo gets a chippy hometown kid with tons of speed, some scoring touch, but rocks for brains.

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[threeVo]

I would rather base the deal around Scandella+ for just Wood. Scandella can fill in this year and we can give futures of prospect or pick to even out the value.

 

[Beerz]

No.

McCabe just had an "A" put on his sweater so that should tell you how Krueger and Sabres feel about him.

 

[Dirty Dog]

LW/RW Miles Wood (RFA '22; $2.75M AAV)
D Mirco Mueller (RFA '20; $1.4M AAV)



D Jake McCabe (UFA '21; $2.85 AAV)
BUF 2020 4th round pick

The Devils acquire a much-needed LHD upgrade; Buffalo gets a chippy hometown kid with tons of speed, some scoring touch, but rocks for brains.

Why would buffalo want to downgrade its D for that?

 

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

I would rather base the deal around Scandella+ for just Wood. Scandella can fill in this year and we can give futures of prospect or pick to even out the value.

Scandella isn't what we're looking for. We have plenty of meh-to-average depth defensemen. If we're not upgrading, we'll just hang onto Wood.

No.

McCabe just had an "A" put on his sweater so that should tell you how Krueger and Sabres feel about him.

I didn't realize that. Fair point.

Why would buffalo want to downgrade its D for that?

Sabres fans have been inquiring about Wood for years. With the number of forwards coming off their books this summer, I figured they'd value Wood's contract and RFA status upon expiry.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Buffalo just put an "A" on McCabe's sweater and has him playing top pairing minutes this season. Can't see them wanting to trade him.

 

[Sabre the Win]

LW/RW Miles Wood (RFA '22; $2.75M AAV)
D Mirco Mueller (RFA '20; $1.4M AAV)



D Jake McCabe (UFA '21; $2.85 AAV)
BUF 2020 4th round pick

The Devils acquire a much-needed LHD upgrade; Buffalo gets a chippy hometown kid with tons of speed, some scoring touch, but rocks for brains.

No.

Miles Wood has the hockey IQ of a goldfish. He has good north/south speed but isnt doing anything other than streaking down the ice.

We dont need anymore liabilities and Sabres fans are blind for asking for him. Then again alot of Sabres HF posters seem like gravitate towards players with no NHL skill like this years favorite, Lazar.

It's bad. So I completely believe Sabres fans ask for Miles Wood.

 

[Yatzhee]

McCabe is off the table.

 

[Djp]

Scandella isn't what we're looking for. We have plenty of meh-to-average depth defensemen. If we're not upgrading, we'll just hang onto Wood.



I didn't realize that. Fair point.



Sabres fans have been inquiring about Wood for years. With the number of forwards coming off their books this summer, I figured they'd value Wood's contract and RFA status upon expiry.

I am one who hasn’t...wood isn’t worth much and is now overpaid.

Buffalo has too many defense. If they trade one they likrly don’t want yo get one back.

They have Scandella who thry likrly Trade first.

You may look and say thry have 5 forward UFAs potentially coming off the books this summer...buttheyhave some young players in the farm to replace them in Thompson,asplund ,Cozend, Smith, and others to take some of those spots.

Thry likely Trade one of their RD for a forward.

 

[DJN21]

Scandella for Wood was what I proposed in the other thread and I'm sticking to it.

 

[elitepete]

What happened to Scandella? Wasn’t he a solid #4 on Minnesota?

 

[JThorne]

Wood has wood for brains.

 

[Dahlin 2 Eichel]

Swap out McCabe for Sobotka. That’s better.

 

[DickSmehlik]

Why would Buffalo trade a 2-3 # dman for a guy who may not be in the league in a couple of seasons?

 

[TehDoak]

Oh lawd the overrating of McCabe. Don't get me wrong, I actually like McCabe, but he's a 2nd pairing LHD on most teams, a bottom pair LHD on contending teams.

While I don't think I do the proposed trade, let's not pretend he's some untouchable asset. I probably wait and see how Pilut does in his return before making any decisions. I'd much rather move Scandella and keep McCabe as a bridge.

 

[HaNotsri]

Terrible. McCabe is finally turning into the second pairing leader we hoped for. No thanks.

 

[Chainshot]

What happened to Scandella? Wasn’t he a solid #4 on Minnesota?

He was getting caved next to Risto. This year with Jokiharju, he's back to making mostly solid decisions with the puck and has a partner who is very good at passing the puck to safety.

 

[dasaybz]

Oh lawd the overrating of McCabe. Don't get me wrong, I actually like McCabe, but he's a 2nd pairing LHD on most teams, a bottom pair LHD on contending teams.

While I don't think I do the proposed trade, let's not pretend he's some untouchable asset. I probably wait and see how Pilut does in his return before making any decisions. I'd much rather move Scandella and keep McCabe as a bridge.

Overrating, or pointing out he has a letter on his sweater?

 

[Chainshot]

Oh lawd the overrating of McCabe. Don't get me wrong, I actually like McCabe, but he's a 2nd pairing LHD on most teams, a bottom pair LHD on contending teams.

While I don't think I do the proposed trade, let's not pretend he's some untouchable asset. I probably wait and see how Pilut does in his return before making any decisions. I'd much rather move Scandella and keep McCabe as a bridge.

Yeah, it's not like we haven't seen a glimpse of McCabe playing well for 10-15 games and then he goes back to us all wondering what he's doing with the puck. That he's part of the leadership group is new, which might indicate they aren't as interested in moving him now as they were before. He's nice to have at the moment, but if he reverts to McBrainfart, upgrade him.

 

[Zip15]

I think the window to trade for McCabe has probably closed.

 

[Gabrielor]

Six months ago, Sabres fans would’ve said yes. Today, no. (From me as well)

The hockey world is an interesting place.

 

[I Like Eich]

Oh lawd the overrating of McCabe. Don't get me wrong, I actually like McCabe, but he's a 2nd pairing LHD on most teams, a bottom pair LHD on contending teams.

While I don't think I do the proposed trade, let's not pretend he's some untouchable asset. I probably wait and see how Pilut does in his return before making any decisions. I'd much rather move Scandella and keep McCabe as a bridge.

I don't think anyone is arguing that he's "untouchable", just pointing out that with him getting the "A" and playing top pair minutes now under the new coach, it's highly unlikely that he's traded.

I would say no to the OP. I'm not even sure I'd do it if it was Scandella instead of McCabe in the trade offer. I just don't see what Miles Wood would bring to the Sabres bottom-6 that we don't already have an abundance of. We need either a 2nd line C (hard to come by), or someone to play 2nd line wing who can keep up with Johansson and Skinner. We have a lot of RHD that we can shop for that type of asset. That's really the only type of trade I see the Sabres being interested in at this point

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

Six months ago, Sabres fans would’ve said yes. Today, no. (From me as well)

The hockey world is an interesting place.

After a couple seasons playing a pond hockey system, Sabres players across the board have lost trade value in the eyes of NHL fans...and maybe some GMs as well.

 

[La Cosa Nostra]

McCabe is the perfect #4/5 dman and he is only 26. Miles Wood is just another Girgs type player circa 14-15. Wood would get 10-11 mins a night. Mueller wouldn't even crack our blue line. McCabe was projected to be better then what he became but he still is a solid #4/5 type.

 

[Panthaz89]

Oh lawd the overrating of McCabe. Don't get me wrong, I actually like McCabe, but he's a 2nd pairing LHD on most teams, a bottom pair LHD on contending teams.

While I don't think I do the proposed trade, let's not pretend he's some untouchable asset. I probably wait and see how Pilut does in his return before making any decisions. I'd much rather move Scandella and keep McCabe as a bridge.

McCabe is a top 4 on nearly every team in the league....I have no idea what team would put him on the bottom pairing considering he is a perfectly capable defender which is why he is paired with Risto successfully. I don't get the hate for a defenseman who rarely makes mistakes.