Confirmed with Link: Sabres acquire Brandon Hickey, Mike Sislo from Coyotes for Hudson Fasching

[Ace]

Fasching has been a disappointment, he was not gonna make the Sabres so instead we get rid of one player who wasn't a big peice in Rochester for two in Rochester.

Good move?

If they sign hem sure.

In reality, as of today, we got a pending ufa and a guy who turned down two teams and can go ufa this summer.

 

[5 Minute Major]

Meanwhile, Brayden McNabb just unlaced his skates from playing June hockey.

 

[valet]

good trade if the deals get done, otherwise it's nothing for nothing

 

[Ace]

Murray was such a joke....how he ever became a GM and maintained being a GM for as long as he did is beyond me.

I can answer both of these if you really don’t know.

He got the job because Pegula let LaFontaine pick a guy based on being a good former player.

He kept the job for three years because he succeeded in the plan of finishing last then the team improved a ton in the standings in year 2. In year 3 they regressed and he was gone.

 

[Sabre the Win]

If they sign hem sure.

In reality, as of today, we got a pending ufa and a guy who turned down two teams and can go ufa this summer.

Which one is which? I am not familiar with either of these guys.

 

[joshjull]

If they sign hem sure.

In reality, as of today, we got a pending ufa and a guy who turned down two teams and can go ufa this summer.

Is that how he ended up with the Yotes? Wouldn't sign with Flames?

 

[Ace]

Which one is which? I am not familiar with either of these guys.

Sislo is an expiring ufa.

Hickey can go ufa ala Vesey on August 15

 

[BananaSquad]

Murray was such a joke....how he ever became a GM and maintained being a GM for as long as he did is beyond me.

At least we have a guy that kinda gets what needs to be done to win.

 

[1972]

Hickey is one of Jacks best friends.

 

[Ace]

Is that how he ended up with the Yotes? Wouldn't sign with Flames?

That’s what they say. But it doesn’t have to be true. He could have just been something the Yotes wanted. He for sure wasn’t signing with them.

 

[joshjull]

Hickey is one of Jacks best friends.

Really? Or being sarcastic?

 

[Jame]

Lol. Cool.

 

[Gabrielor]

First question on Hickey, is he any good?

 

[Ace]

Hickey is one of Jacks best friends.

Let’s hope Jack’s sales pitch has gotten better since the last pending ufa from college he was friends with was in this spot lol

 

[Sabreality]

Is that how he ended up with the Yotes? Wouldn't sign with Flames?

Hickey was part of the Mike Smith trade.

 

[Icicle]

It’d be cool if at least one signs.

 

[joshjull]

 

[sabresandcanucks]

I thought he was alright in College. Could be a late bloomer if we are able to sign him. Given where Hudson had fallen in this organization I don't have an issue with this move so long as we get Hickey signed.

 

[UnleashRasmus]

It's an interesting move for sure. Hickey was a guy at BU that was a worker. His game may never translate to anything more than organizational depth, but he's an interesting option when you're trying to build up defensive depth. Fasching had done what he could in Rochester and was a healthy scratch for much of the end of their regular season and the short playoff run. Good luck in Arizona. Sislo is another interesting AHL'er for Botterill/Sexton to use / bring aboard. Hey, it's a move. Change is coming.

 

[joshjull]

 

[SundherDome]

Meanwhile, Brayden McNabb just unlaced his skates from playing June hockey.

And he was awful...

 

[joshjull]

 

[5 Minute Major]

And he was awful...

Of course.

37 games into his NHL career.

 

[Ace]

And he was awful...

Have we ever bothered to factor in what the Kings actually got in that trade themselves?

McNabb litterally became nothing since they left him unprotected and he went for nothing.

The picks became Alex Lintuniemi who I’ve never heard of and Erik Cernak who they traded already.

 

[5 Minute Major]

Have we ever bothered to factor in what the Kings actually got in that trade themselves?

McNabb litterally became nothing since they left him unprotected and he went for nothing.

The picks became Alex Lintuniemi who I’ve never heard of and Erik Cernak who they traded already.

Yeah, because all the players that went unprotected in the expansion draft were awful.

What was Vegas thinking taking him?