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Quick Hit...This is a developing story...the rumor is Ristolainen and Mantha are being discussed as part of a 5 player deal between the Sabres and Red Wings.....stay tuned...
HockeyBuzz.com - Eklund - Rumor: Wings/Sabres Talking Major Trade (e4) Update> 5 players involved..Please post the link to his website so I can make him some money
Imagine giving money to Eklund
He called Brassard to Isles in February already!
Read "hot wings" in the title and got hungry
I can see it, and I can't see it. I mean, Detroit definitely needs help on the back-end, but I don't think Risto is worth Mantha (with whatever adds on each side). SFY has been preaching patience, and unless Mantha comes into camp and looks like dog bollocks, I can't see him being moved quite yet.
Please post the link to his website so I can make him some money
In all fairness, thanks to this rumour, that is as likely as Mantha going to Buffalo, if the Wings traded a plate of hotwings to the Sabres.
While I'm no Eklund fan, and no, I don't believe a trade will occur, I've seen enough tape on Seider to tell you straoght out he's still a couple years off. Good draft pick in that slot for value? Sure, but he wouldn't crack the top 6 D on any NHL team right now, his foot speed needs to improve vastly and his decision making with the puck 100% needs to improve. Like I said, a good selection value wise for 6th OA, but no way in hell is he immediate help. A couole seasons developing, and yea, he'll be good to go imo.Assets Detroit has spent on the right side in recent years.
Hronek, already top 4 ready (he is your one known future piece there)
Seider (6th overall pick in this draft, you would think your second top 4 right side piece)
Two top 40 picks spent on the right side Gustav Lindstrom & Antti Tuomisto. People can say what they want about both players and their long-term projection but surely they enter this equation.
Signed the last year's SM-Liiga MVP Kaski a right handed PP specialist D-man
Green with one year remaining is there to currently plug the top 4 and run a PP unit through the deadline. Bowey is another right-handed option.
Hronek and Seider change the way they have to view the right-side. If you go get Risto which guy is a bottom pairing guy? I mean it doesn't make a heck of a lot of sense in a cap world long-term for sure.
To give up Mantha???? I mean maybe opening contract conversations went that poorly, I sort of doubt it. I don't dislike Risto nearly as much as some around these parts. I think he has been put in a tough spot as a young player.
The Wings need left-handed D-man and as usual when Mantha comes up if I have to part with one I would much rather it be Athanasiou. But this one doesn't make sense, it might have 12 months ago, but it doesn't right now and to pay the premium of Mantha for Risto, yuck... I don't think so, bad Eklund rumor is bad.
Mantha is DEFINITELY what the Sabres need...an 8th left-shot LW on the starting roster, along with the four more that will see some ice time as call-ups.
While I'm no Eklund fan, and no, I don't believe a trade will occur, I've seen enough tape on Seider to tell you straoght out he's still a couple years off. Good draft pick in that slot for value? Sure, but he wouldn't crack the top 6 D on any NHL team right now, his foot speed needs to improve vastly and his decision making with the puck 100% needs to improve. Like I said, a good selection value wise for 6th OA, but no way in hell is he immediate help. A couole seasons developing, and yea, he'll be good to go imo.