Buffalo Sabres TRADE Casey Mittelstadt Soon? Erik Johnson? | NHL News & Sabres Trade Rumors 2024
All right so this is happening Kevin Adams apparently is actively shopping Casey midad I don’t know how active or accurate this is but let’s just listen to this clip so let me tell you what I heard okay I’m excited about this because uh you’ve been teeing me up all
Morning I have heard oh God from a very reliable source very reliable Kevin Adams is shopping Casey midad hard doesn’t want to pay him just threw out the h this morning so I pressed a little bit and said what are they wanting in return didn’t have that information just knew shopping him
Hard and then then the last thing he said I don’t think you need to shop Casey midat that would be the word that he used and last but not least he said take it for what it’s worth but they’re looking for a goalie they don’t trust
The three that they have and he said and I said give me one goalie name that you heard and he said so let me tell you what I heard okay I’m excited about by the way he said John Gibson so that was what the name that was mentioned uh this
Is per instigator Andrew Peters he got a lot of sources played in the NHL so also John Marino who’s close to the or Joe Marino sorry Joe Marino who’s close to the Sabers says I’m not going to waste any more oxygen on this Casey middle stat debate but if they trade him
For anything less than a legit legitimately good top four defenseman to play with power or dalen I’m going to lose my mind I mean there’s just so many conversations hypothetically here the Sabers signed Casey middle stat to a stimes 7.1 they’ll have just under 19 mil next year to sign Krebs and
UPL Lucan so I mean we’ll see I I mean yeah Olson’s going to move on Eric Johnson I’d imagine move on and the Vets salary Cap’s not an issue here middle stat has been the big production guy for Buffalo this year if you guys have been missing the boat obviously the Sabers
Have been struggle this year middle stats been one of the more consistent players in the Sabres he’s really growing into his own finally as like a top 10 pick uh he’s just finally shown well so I think for Middle stat when you’re talking about a guy that like top
10 top 15 pick he’s always been regarded as a High um value high potential but like there’s been years with the Sabers here where he just hasn’t developed to what they expected but now this year you’re seeing it 7.1 it kind of gives me like the Dylan cousins Vibe like you’re
Just you’re locking him up for seven years knowing that okay Casey middle stats going to be like a very good second liner for you down the stretch here for the next seven years and you’re paying him 7.1 why because the salary Cap’s going to go up and because that
Value is going to be at the highest probably by year three year four year five right when middle stats like mid to late 20s that’s the value right I’m kind of all over the place on this one I I I think think I talked about middle stat trade rumors like two
Years ago like a year ago like why are you going to trade them now like is he’s going to be up for a new contract he’s having a good year but not like enough of a year for where you have to overpay I feel like if you get middle
Stat between six and 7 million you do that so if there’s a scenario where the Sabers can pay him that I think you do that if middle stats wanting much more over seven then maybe I’m having the conversation of going okay maybe we look elsewhere we trade him for a goalie we
Trade him for a defenseman I could see something like that I mean look what the Canucks did they traded for Philip pronic on the right side look how much value that’s brought to the Canucks I really think the Sabers need something like that they’ve got power on the left
Side they’ve got Dian on the left side they’ve got Ryan Johnson on the left side they’ve got Matias samelson yeah who can play both sides but a left-hand shot defenseman I mean it’s just getting frustrating I’m not even a Sabers fan but Sabers fans I feel you I definitely
Feel you it’s frustrating so I’m just going to say either get a goalie or get a right shot defenseman I cannot believe they thought Clifton was an answer Kevin Adams I was praising the guy like a year ago off season just so brutal like signings like Clifton and Eric Johnson I actually
Didn’t mind the Eric Johnson just because it’s one year but Clifton you got to be out of your mind so um yeah if they can trade middle stat for a stud top four defenseman sure or a goalie I mean I’ll say this and I’ll just throw this out there if you’re the Buffalo
Sabers surely you got to be calling Anaheim for two guys two names one being and again this is a left shot defenseman but he can play both sides but the goalie John Gibson and two just call about Cam Fowler see about the availability I think Cam Fowler would be
A stud next to Rasmus denen he can play the right side he’s a left shot defenseman yes so the Savers would be stacked with left shot guys but I mean you got to get creative here so that’s my one target I mean I could throw a
Bunch other like also call S Louis for like a Paro again I could go for a bunch of examples here but um those are the examples I would look at so Casey midd stat could he get dealt I think for the right price right uh player coming back
In the deal I don’t think they should be trading them but seems like there’s a lot of potential that they could so subscribe like comment notification Bell we’ll see you on the next one peace
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I hope we get to stream together on March 8th
I don't get the John Gibson direction. He is not the greatest and would probably have worse numbers with Buffalo's poor defense. The needed a Hellebuyck level G1, but they let that ship sail.
Teams I’d guess might be talking to Sabres potentially: Colorado, Anaheim, Calgary, Toronto, etc
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Saros is the only guy i would go for, but i dont know if Saros wants to go after next season.
Sam Reinhart 2.0
Samsonov to buffalo sabres
Cam Fowler not getting trade
Buffalo would rather eat a bag of blank then trade with toronto mapleleafs!!
So when C.Mittelstadt finally start producing we’re trading him?
I agree with you 100% in saying Adams has done so really well until this offseason when we signed Clifton and Johnson. Neither of these two make us any better. Adams also extended a couple of players who should have been let go. I can see us way overpaying for a new G1. UPL needs to go and Levi should be backup.