24 Jun 2018 00:17:17
Just a proposal, i know buffalo wanted young players or draft picks but value wise this still might be fair and help buffalo add good wingers to play with mittlestadt and eichel and now with dahlin they might compete

Montreal: pacioretty, byron, A. Shaw

Buffalo: ryan orielly


Pacioretty has a good valueand is an elite winger which eichel would love to play with and is affordable if they resign now after a rough year. Every team wants a paul byron a speedy hard working winger who puts up points and versatile, aslo cheap contract. Shaw is a bit of a cap dump to buffalo but his contract isn't huge and he still is young puts up points works hard and was a previous 50 pt player when healthy. All would be helpful to buffalos weak wingers.

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If montreal wanted new fire power on the wings there's lots of great winger free agents available as well as they could sign stastny if they have cap room. Players on montreals lines are interchangeable

Realistic thoughts?

1.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 01:54:37
Realistic thoughts is I can’t see buffalo accepting that.

2.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 02:33:54
That’s not even close for O’Rielly. He should bring back a package similar to Dougie Hamilton.

3.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 04:09:50
Realistically if you want a top tier center like ror the price is going to be painful. This seems like only the spare parts no one would miss.

4.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 07:47:13
Only piece there that has real value is pacioretty and as good as he can be, he’s a scoring winger vs a 200 foot centre with 60+ pt capability. Need a top prospect or first round pick with patches to start the conversation. Not a 3rd liner and an overpaid 4th liner. Shaw is a terrible contract. That’s a negative at worst or a break even nothing if a team really needs a player like him. He holds zero value with that term and salary.

5.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 15:22:45
I agree with Unbiased Jim thinking about it more he Should get a little bit more then Duchene got. O’Riellys 2way ability are up there with Bergeron and Kopitar.

6.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 17:20:57
This is not the type of offer buffalo would want though.

7.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 17:19:15
Oreilly two way game isn't to the level of those two guys. He is elite at two things face offs and on the power play. He is just good at everything else not elite and his offense at 5 on 5 could be considered a shade less then good. He has a 7 mil signing bonus owed to him on July 1st which teams looking to aquire him would sooner not pay. So either buff drops the asking price before then or they pay it on July 1st and trade him or they pay it and then he stays. anything can happen yet. I don't think they get the value duchene got though especially not before July 1st.

8.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 18:52:08
He was the most trusted player defensively at the World Cup for team Canada was on the top PK that says something. It may look bad because the Sabres are horrible.

9.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 19:20:56
He’s a really good defensive player who plays fairly physical, smart physical tho, not like running guys over. 61 pts And only had 2 PIMS all year (only penalty was playing the puck with a broken stick) That tells me he plays the game the right way and the way coaches want their top players to play. He’s worth a lot more than one year of a good winger and 2 bottom 6 players (one of which has a terrible contract)

10.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 19:24:28
Especially when he would walk on the habs as their best centre by a mile and probably their best centre in over a decade. If you think he’s not ‘elite’ that’s fine, but that puts every person Montreal has tried to fill that spot with as average at best.

11.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 19:43:05
damn people really overestimate the value of their player. O'Reilly is good but not worth all that. maybe for pacio and a draft pick like a 3rd round for O'Reilly and a 4th round draft pick! People think that we need it now. well the Habs drafted like 5 or 6 center potential center!

12.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 20:51:37
He's real good but not elite and everyone montreal tried to play at center was even worse then him at it I would agree. he for sure is a better center then plekanec drouin daneult desharnais and galchenyuk. But he's not as good as kopitar or bergeron.

13.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 21:02:04
But yeah vbbbvvbb he would probably be even better on a better team. Hasn't really played on a good team yet.

14.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 21:21:46
O'Reilly is a very good player but I think that pacioretty has been undervalued. I'm sure if u looked at top goal s orders cumulutavely over last 5 years he is among the leaders.

15.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 21:45:10
Patches is a good way to get the conversation started. Just saying those other 2 guys do nothing for sabres. Byron isn’t bad, fast and can score in the right situation, but any team can find 5 guys internally to do what shaw does for 20% of the money.

16.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 21:45:10
Patches is a good way to get the conversation started. Just saying those other 2 guys do nothing for sabres. Byron isn’t bad, fast and can score in the right situation, but any team can find 5 guys internally to do what shaw does for 20% of the money.

17.) 24 Jun 2018
24 Jun 2018 21:52:00
Ohh no I’m not saying he’s on the same tier as those players. O’Rielly, Couture, Mohnahan And Ryan Johanson are on the same level imo.

18.) 26 Jun 2018
26 Jun 2018 02:26:22
O'Reilly is a great player but his cap hit lowers his value IMO. 7.8M is a lot for a fringe 1st liner/ 2nd liner.