Quoting: GM69
Byram's injury history makes him a big question mark. As is if Colorado will be able to resign Mitts. Could end up being a wash.
Quoting: Colonel_Green
Great move for Colorado to hopefully nail down a position of weakness post-Kadri
Not sure about this for the Sabres, Byram isn’t really filling an obvious position of need, however talented he is.
Quoting: majormoose007
4 lefties in the top 4 is an odd strategy
Quoting: RukaRadebe
Don't understand this from the Sabres perspective. Sure Byram is great, but they already have Dahlin and Power... They must be reasonably confident that one of those three will work well on their off side.
Quoting: FoxYou727
For me, I say avs win
Thet get a true 2C and in my opinion one of the most underrated players in the league
Bryam injury concerns was a valid reason to move on from him, still D-man take longer to develop. Devon Toews is the best example of being patient with d-men prospects
Also Buffalo has 2 1st overall picks that are left handed d-man in Power and Dahlin so adding another one seems a little strang
Now if Bryam was right handed I would say this is fair, but for right now I say avs win.
I'll come back to this in 3-5 years and see how much has changed
Quoting: Missouri
Colorado wins imo. Byram has shown flashes but he hasn't played a full season yet. Never got more then 50 games in. If he can stay healthy and play the way he has, this will be a very fair deal.
Quoting: jpsnow13
Byram lost value with his injury history. You can't play 1st pairing minutes if you can't take a hit. There's risk here.
Quoting: jpsnow13
Common man, Let's be real here.
Byram has missed around 160 games in the last 4 seasons. Not "every trade" has that kind or risk.
Quoting: retro
I think the avs win this deal. I don't get the hype with Byram and the Avs get a very good 2C who's also young.
@OrganizedConfusion55
First, congratulations to Casey going from a bottom feeding totally lost organization to a recent Stanley cup team.
Second, congratulations to Chris MacFarland for filling need and giving up an injury prone LHD.
Third, This is a horrible deal for the Sabres, FIVE left handed defensemen?
Colorado needed a second line center, Buffalo does not need a fifth LHD especially one who is injury prone.
Buffalo should have held out for MUCH more.
Colorado and Casey are the BIG winners in this trade, Buffalo huge loss adding a defenseman when the team is struggling to score goals.