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Wow is right. I am feeling kinda stunned.
My initial gut feeling is we paid too much.
Kane is a beast if his attitude is right, though.
Kane, Reinhart, Girgensons, and McEichel is a nice core to rebuild with.
Too much I think. Basically four 1sts rounders (Myers, Armia, Lemieux, Isles pick) for two (Bogosian and Kane) though admittedly their two have proven worth.
but i just thought of it this way as well. kane has one of the highest goals per 60 minutes stats in the NHL, right up there with some mega stars like malkin.
you throw kane on a line with eichel or mcdavid next year, you have some SERIOUS scoring punch, right off the bat, to help the young kid learn. this deal, starting next year, is the new look sabres team murray was talking about when he said he plans to plug in some kids next year and let them play. i suspect next year will be alot different, and alot more fun.
but i just thought of it this way as well. kane has one of the highest goals per 60 minutes stats in the NHL, right up there with some mega stars like malkin.
you throw kane on a line with eichel or mcdavid next year, you have some SERIOUS scoring punch, right off the bat, to help the young kid learn. this deal, starting next year, is the new look sabres team murray was talking about when he said he plans to plug in some kids next year and let them play. i suspect next year will be alot different, and alot more fun.
but you know me, im the optimist.
That's because you're young.
Wait until you get older and it's beat out of you.
Seems to be a lot, and more than I expected to give up, but:
Stafford will likely be gone after this year and certainly would have been gone from Buffalo's roster (unless he loves it here and we could resign him :) )
Armia, while has promise, IS an AHL player this year and has had trouble staying healthy.
Lemieux is a SECOND rounder, as much as people like to say that he is pretty much a first rounder. To be honest, I was most sad to see him go, but he is still a very unproven commodity.
And our worst first, so we still have two. Remember, you can only sign and play so many high picks and they don't all pan out. I just hope the ones he picks do.
We get a gritty player who has good scoring ability in Kane. (though, him being hurt raises concerns)
We get a gritty defenseman who is supposed to be good defensively and has some offensive ability (though he has even more injury concerns)
So, we got 2 proven NHL players (barring injury) for the forseeable future for one proven NHL player (who has has some of his own injury concerns) and a rental plus three prospects.
Now, what I want to know is, how good of a prospect is the goalie?
Not a bad deal at all. losing Lemieux hurts because I liked his future, but Armia has been flailing around in the minors for 5 years and is now just starting to get better....Stafford a stiff....Myers a bigger stiff...late 1st round... who cares already have 2 more.
Trimming the fat is how I see it. Good job.
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