Love this trade for buffalo,2 ways defenseman,, good for the future

I love this trade for both sides. As a Buffalo fan Byrum is exciting! Pairing him with Dahlin ( who will play the right side) is going to be dynamic. I think he has room to grow and eventually he will be a stud. Colorado, you’re getting a slick playmaking center who is a possession monster. Win win trade but I’m giving the edge to Buffalo solely because of Bo’s youth, potential, and premium position as a coveted offensive top 4 D. Buffalo will be fine going forward esp with a guy like Ostlund coming in 2 years. I have a feeling these two teams will be meeting each other in the finals one day as both are set up well for the future. Kudos to GMKA for getting this done with a pending free agent.

Don't forget-we basically replaced Bo with Walker-whos actually been the better player in the immediate-aince Bo was so awesome in the Cup Finals. Cost us 1st rounder-as we also unloaded Johansens contract in the Waller deal.Wouldve been tough-if not impossible to do the Middlestadt trade without unloading Johansens contract. Dont get me wrong-I love Byrum-& if his concussions don't return-I believe he will be the best player in either trade in 2 yrs or so.But that's great-I think it'll be win-win for both teams.Sabres can be patient,& let Bo grow into the star I think he will be. Walker obviously doesn't remotely have the upside at 29-that Bo had at 22. But right now/today-Walker is the more consistent,& slightly better player. Or at least he's better suited today for a bottom 4 role on a contender. But we had to give up the potential of a future Norris dman-I think Bo has that kind of ability. But we need to go for it now-which is why replacing him with a comparable dman-or slight upgrade-was so important. But the Avs needed to be all in while we have 3 of the top 15 players on earth in their primes(Mckinnon,Makar,& Rantanen)-& 2 other quasi All stars in Nichuskin,& Toewes. I don't know that Middlestadt is an elite 2c-but I think he's the next level down-very good. He's not 2022 Kadri-who went on 101pt pace(87pts in 71 games)-or Drasaitil-but we basically went from the worst 2c situation among contenders to very good. Winning a Cup when you are awful at 2c just isn't likely. But it takes something good to get a good 2c,& unfortunately it was Byrum.Some Av fans said why didn't we trade Girard? I think Girard gets a bad rap,& is underrated.But he doesn't have the talent of Byrum-I don't think Buffalo would give you Middlestadt for Girard. At least they shouldn't have-this is a good trade for both teams-per their needs,& what stage their respective organizations are at. Avs are 2nd in Vegas Cup odds...Sabres are a yr or 2 from being a playoff team,& probably 3 or 4 yrs from true Cup contention.

A logical and necessary move for the Sabres. I'm excited to see how it works out. I also believe Zach Benson's high IQ playmaking will make up for the loss of Mittelstadt.

The Avs will have around $10 million in cap space in the off-season with some holes to fill. Time will tell if Mitts is there long term (beyond his RFA window).

Savoie and Kulich, but also Ostlund is a high prospect C

Dahlin was a right d man in sweden before he was drafted and has said he prefers playing on the right

If I have to hear one more guy tell me it's a Hockey trade. They're ALL hockey trades.

Dahlin plays the right side

Leftie?!

Trade for the future, Benson is upcoming star, Krebs is showing signs of emerging, Dont hold your breath. Mitts leading Sabres scorer, who takes his place, a rookie , really!

Dude has injury history. I don't get it. Because of the injuries it seems dumb. Yeah, trade Casey, but why for an injury prone guy with loads of potential but probably won't be here long term anyway. So where did all this get them in the long term when you look at it logically ? Nowhere? Just a move to say "hey, we made one "