The mailbag is back for the dog days of summer. This version runs down a host of topics ranging from an arena update to the sustainability of the roster. As this is a longer one, I’ll spare you any sort of protracted introduction and get right to the questions.
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Peterka Moves to Utah in a Wednesday Night Shocker
Kevyn Adams made his first significant offseason move, trading JJ Peterka to the Utah Mammoth in exchange for Michael Kesselring and Josh Doan. Peterka moves to Utah with a five year, $38.5 million extension in his back pocket while the Sabres land the potential partner for Owen Power they have been seeking.
The trade return for the Sabres is underwhelming. There’s no way around it. Peterka is a young, productive forward with team control and he was traded with an extension in place. Peterka’s value should have been sky high after 50 and 68 point seasons that both sniffed the 30-goal plateau. To only pull a middle-pair defender and a bottom six forward leaves an awful lot of value on the table.
Continue reading2ITB Sabres Mock Offseason – Chris’ Version
After Tyler took his turn in the Mock GM chair, I’m trying my hand at the exercise, laying out my vision for an offseason that might just break Buffalo’s playoff drought.
Our aim with these mock rosters is to remain somewhere in the vicinity of reality (read: no trades for Connor McDavid) in terms of the deals we swung both via trade and free agency. Some latitude was necessary for the sake of conversation, for example, pursuing trades including players with no trade protection. But overall, the hope was to put together an offseason plan that was realistic.
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Two in the Box 