Friedman: Sabres looking at Skinner, Pacioretty and Nash

[Satanphonehome]

Elliott says the Sabres asking about wingers.
Friedman | O’Reilly has very good chance of being dealt

Wonder if SAN Jose first is on the table.

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[pheasant]

Looking at Skinner, Pacioretty, and Nash is like looking to buy a BMW, a Corolla, or a 98 Taurus.

Verry different options.

 

[Not Sure]

Elliott says the Sabres asking about wingers.
Friedman | O’Reilly has very good chance of being dealt

Wonder if SAN Jose first is on the table.

The guys that would help aren't available, the guys that are available won't help. I hope they ride it out, play Mitts at wing and allow him to develop and get a feel for the speed and physicality before throwing him in at center. ROR shouldn't be moved unless it fills a need with a high quality player or fills several needs with depth NHL talent.

We need a goalie first and foremost. I know they want to see what Ullmark can do, but there needs to be a fallback option if he falls flat to start the year. They can't have another start like last year and just ride it out, Botts needs to make some smart moves and have plans B, C, and D ready to go should things look bad early.

 

[SI90]

Just trade ROR to MTL already.

 

[PensandCaps]

Eichel-Skinner would be fun too watch with the puck.

 

[Beerz]

yuck...not a fan of any of those options

Heres hoping for fake news

 

[Kagomeboy]

Eichel-Skinner would be fun too watch with the puck.

It would be but Skinner as a NMC and he might not waive it to buffalo.

 

[Captain97]

Looking at Skinner, Pacioretty, and Nash is like looking to buy a BMW, a Corolla, or a 98 Taurus.

Verry different options.

In what world either is Skinner or Pacioretty so much better than their counterpart you could compare them as a Corolla to a BMW.

 

[Captain97]

Sabres fans y'all ready for patches plus for ROR, cause I'm stoked.

 

[A Loyal Dog]

Watch the Canes trade with the Sabres: Skinner + Hanifin for ROR + 32nd pick

 

[pheasant]

In what world either is Skinner or Pacioretty so much better than their counterpart you could compare them to a corolla to a BMW.

In the world where a dude on a hockey message board (me) typed a comparison in 14 seconds. Sorry it wasn't up to your standards, Hemingway.

 

[thewookie1]

I'd rather take Nash than spend assets for either of the other two.

 

[admiralcadillac]

In the world where a dude on a hockey message board (me) typed a comparison in 14 seconds. Sorry it wasn't up to your standards, Hemingway.

Doesn't take hemingway to realize that your comment was intended to be inflammatory

 

[thewookie1]

Watch the Canes trade with the Sabres: Skinner + Hanifin for ROR + 32nd pick

I doubt we deal pick 32, maybe a 4th. Also I'm not fond of Hanifin. He's protected in Carolina and still has similar numbers to Ristolainen who plays some of the hardest minutes in the NHL.

 

[sufferer]

I'm going to projectile vomit.

 

[is the answer jesus]

Sabres fans y'all ready for patches plus for ROR, cause I'm stoked.

Lol. Sure. When that plus is the 3rd overall pick.

 

[Captain97]

In the world where a dude on a hockey message board (me) typed a comparison in 14 seconds. Sorry it wasn't up to your standards, Hemingway.

Your initial comment stated one was a high-end asset, one was a reliable workhorse but wasn't special, and one was old workhorse that might be useful.

While the Rick Nash being comparable to an old beater is fair calling either patches or Skinner a Corolla is obviously incorrect.

 

[pheasant]

Doesn't take hemingway to realize that your comment was intended to be inflammatory

Do you not think Skinner is a far better player than Nash, and that Patches is somewhere in between?

 

[Captain97]

Lol. Sure. When that plus is the 3rd overall pick.

ROR isn't worth the 3rd overall pick alone, and you know very well most of the proposals will be by Habs fans.

 

[admiralcadillac]

Do you not think Skinner is a far better player than Nash, and that Patches is somewhere in between?

No, Pacioretty is a better player than Skinner

 

[is the answer jesus]

I don't think any of these guys are going to be the centerpiece in a ROR trade. Skinner and Pacioretty are rentals. Nash is just over the hill trash. It's likely Buffalo is just kicking the tires on these guys.

 

[AustonsNostrils]

As a Sabres fan if Botterill trades ROR with the major piece coming back being either Skinner or Pacioretty, both UFAs in a year, I will pray his fat head explodes.

 

[Satanphonehome]

Easy to connect the dots, but the article is written in a way that seems to indicate the Sabres pursuit of wingers is not necessarily tied to an O’Reilly trade.

I put the value of Pacioretty and Skinner as fairly similar to that of Evander Kane.

What would we realistically have to add to flip that pick for either player?

 

[is the answer jesus]

ROR isn't worth the 3rd overall pick alone, and you know very well most of the proposals will be by Habs fans.

Oh sure and most Habs fans will offer the usual pacioretty + scraps offers which shouldn't even get the conversation started.

 

[Ace]

Anyone reading the article will see the two things aren’t connected (looking at wingers and the RoR trade idea). It literally says one of the reasons they’re looking at wingers is they have Eichel at C, Mittelstadt at C and if he isn’t traded RoR at C and a black hole at wing for them.

RoR could be traded and part of that return could be flipped maybe. But none of it is saying RoR is going to be traded and the big piece coming back is a soon to be ufa winger.