The Buffalo Sabres DID WHAT?

The Buffalo Sabres DID WHAT?

we have a late night blockbuster trade to talk about and it’s a bit of a shocker i mean we all knew there was a pretty good chance JJ Purka was going to be traded at some point but it’s the return for Buffalo that really surprised me here are the full details of the trade the Utah Mammoth have acquired JJ Purka from the Buffalo Sabres and as part of this trade JJ Purka has signed a 5-year extension worth a total of 38.5 million so that is an AAV of 7.7 mil in exchange the Buffalo Sabres are receiving Michael Kessle Ring and Josh Stone that is it no picks no prospects this feels like a very light return for the Buffalo Sabres but we’ll get into that more in a little bit let’s first start off by talking about this trade for Utah and I think this is an absolute slam dunk for them based off of everything that was being reported I think we are all expecting Utah to make a big splash of some sort this off season whether that was making a trade like this or signing a bigname free agent and this is definitely a big splash if you’re a Utah fan I feel like you have to be thrilled about the fact that Utah was able to pull something like this off without giving up their fourth overall pick i think JJ Purka is going to be a fantastic fit in Utah they’re a young upand cominging team who were looking to add some scoring punch in their top six their offense was a bit topheavy this past season they didn’t get a ton of depth scoring so bringing in somebody like JJ Purka who’s coming off of back-to-back 25 plus goal seasons should help take some pressure off of guys like Clayton Keller Logan Culie and Nick Schmaltz and Dylan Gther adding an offensive talent like that overall just makes Utah on paper at least a much deeper and a much more dangerous offensive team and the best part is he’s still just 23 years old he fits right in in that age group with a lot of Utah’s other important core pieces when you consider all the moves Utah’s front office made last off seasonason reshaping the blue line and now this JJ Purka trade this summer I think it’s pretty clear that they want to get this team into the postseason sooner rather than later and honestly I think they’re going about it in the absolute best way possible not by going out and throwing huge contracts at aging veterans in free agency but instead trading for players referencing last offseason again like Mikuel Sergachev and now JJ Purka who can come in and help Utah win right away make them a better team immediately but also be huge building blocks for them long term so again absolutely love this trade for Utah and I really think Bill Armstrong hit a home run here shifting focus now and talking about this trade for the Buffalo Sabres and the return that they got in Michael Castle Ring and Josh Don now even though I said that this return feels light for Buffalo just compared to what I was expecting them to get for JJ Purka I’m not going to sit here and act like I think this is one of the worst trades of all time i actually do really like Michael Castle Ring and I think he’s going to be a great fit on the Sabres he’s a right shot defenseman which is something Buffalo has desperately needed he should round out their top four nicely he’s big moves well for his size put up pretty solid 2-way results this past season and he’s still only 25 years old he signed through next season at a very cheap capit of just 1.4 million which I’m sure the Sabres cheap owners absolutely love so I don’t really have any doubts that Michael Kessler will be a pretty impactful defenseman for the Sabres but honestly I feel like this trade for Buffalo is really riding on what becomes of Josh Don because even though I like Kessle Ring’s game at the end of the day he is a second pairing defenseman hasn’t gotten a ton of minutes on special teams up until this point in his career maybe there’s another level he can get to playing bigger minutes in Buffalo but ultimately I think he is what he is at this point and that is just you know a really solid two-way middle pairing defenseman whereas JJ Purka I think has the potential to be a real game breaker a guy that can score 30 plus goals in a season and be around a point per game so if Josh Don doesn’t pan out and doesn’t become an impactful player for the Sabres this is a trade that I definitely think a few years from now is going to be looked back at as an absolute fleece job by Utah because you just don’t trade young top six forwards with star potential for middle pairing defenseman so that’s why I think if this is going to turn out to be a good trade for Buffalo or not is really riding on what becomes of Josh Stone and I will say even though he spent some time in the American Hockey League this past season what we have seen from him at the NHL level I think is pretty promising the counting stats don’t really jump out at you with just seven goals and 19 points in 51 games but he was playing very limited minutes and his underlying numbers look phenomenal so if you’re the Sabres I think there is reason to believe that Josh Stone in a bigger role could become a pretty impactful middle six winger maybe a guy who can get you 20 goals in a season but if not like I said I think this is going to be looked back on as a pretty brutal trade for the Buffalo Sabres for Buffalo Sabres fans sake I’m really hoping that doesn’t happen because man it just feels like every move that the Sabres have made over the last five six years just seems to be the wrong one right when they traded Jack Eel he goes and wins a cup with Vegas sam Reinhardt obviously has become such a huge important piece for Florida he’s won multiple cups with them it really just feels like the Sabres just can’t have nice things which is super unfortunate for Sabres fans those are pretty much all of my immediate thoughts on this trade though as always I want to know what you guys are thinking especially if you’re a fan of either Utah or Buffalo sound off down below in the comments let me 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