Trades Could Improve Struggling Sabres' Roster
Plus, five little-known facts about the Sabres.
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In today’s edition, we look at a few moves the Sabres could make to get more out of the team, and five obscure facts that even the most dedicated Sabres fans probably don’t know. It would be great if you’d share the THW Substack with your friends and family so that they can subscribe and enjoy all the latest.
3 Trades Sabres GM Kevyn Adams Can Make To Improve Team
December 17, 2023 by Jacob D. Strozyk
If firing parts of the coaching staff is not in the cards for Buffalo Sabres’ general manager Kevyn Adams’ plans to improve this team, then it is about time that he realizes that there is something wrong with the players instead. Yes, several core players have shiny new contracts but others have value that do not have long-term extensions in place. Weeding out the issue in the team lineup has to be Adams’ number-one priority right now since the progress that is so frequently brought up has been stymied by multiple sources.
There isn’t a need to trade top young stars like Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson, Dylan Cozens, or Alex Tuch, and there are even fewer reasons to trade budding young talents like JJ Peterka, Zach Benson, and Jack Quinn. The players that should be on the block (based on their current value) are Victor Olofsson, Casey Mittelstadt, Zemgus Girgensons, Jordan Greenway, Connor Clifton, Henri Jokiharju, and Jacob Bryson. Every single one of these players is expendable and should be considered trade bait as soon as possible. While Adams made a meager move for Eric Robinson that has paid off in a decent way, trading for fourth-line players is not going to fix the core issues this team has. It starts with moving out pieces around the core, and here are a few ideas on how this can be done.
5 Obscure Buffalo Sabres Facts
December 15, 2023 by Matthew Morris
If you’re a Buffalo Sabres fan and a sucker for random factoids, today is your lucky day.
Most Sabres fans know that Gilbert Perreault wore number 11, at least partly because that was what the roulette wheel landed on in 1970 and that one of the most popular players in team history, Taro Tsujimoto, didn’t exist. But what if we wanted to get obscure? After all, some of the most interesting tidbits are the ones that stand out the very least. Here are five facts about the team that might come as a surprise, even to the more dedicated side of the fanbase.