quinn

Solid target I would love for MTL to acquire.

I get the sense that BUF mgmt will be under the gun to put its rebuild in the past and make the playoffs this year. For that reason, I don’t see them being interested in futures but rather guys that can help them make the post season now.

Does MTL have any such players that they are willing to dangle? Perhaps Matheson, but idk if BUF would be game. Sometimes the pressure to make the playoffs can skew a GMs behaviour—see OTT in recent years.

For me, that would be moving up to take lindstrom at 5, and getting pick 26 at the cost of quinn and 11oa. As much as I'd like lindstrom, that's too much. Better to trade 11oa for somebody that fills a need and fits the timeline better.

Why would Montreal offer that?

Sabres left d- dahlin, power, Byram, Samuelsson, ryan johnson. Sabres don't need left shot d.

Because they probably have picks 5-15 as being interchangeable, and they can steal Quinn from us while getting one of those interchangeable players at 11oa instead of 5oa.