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Originally Posted by Red John
Many seem to disagree but this is a hell of a first trade for Tim Murray. Keep in mind he had a goalie going UFA he was going to lose anyway. Throw in a terrible goalie market with really only one suitor.
The biggest thing was getting a 2015 1st rounder. That was huge; that draft is going to be stacked. Yes he had to take back Stewart but another conditional 2014 1st? And a 2nd from this past year (Carrier). Best case scenario Stewart looks interested next year and actually chips in some offense.
It wasn't really a bad deal for the Blues as these are the kind of trades you make to win the Stanley Cup and its nice to see them finally going all-in instead of being perennial bridesmaid.
But man the Sabres hit this out of the park.
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Has any team had the amount of first round picks the Sabres have for the past few years and this and next year? Unbelievable asset management by that franchise and the kicker is that outside of Vanek they really haven't unloaded what I would call truly elite players to get all these 1st round picks. Miller is a quality starter but I wouldn't put him in the group of top goaltenders in the league. Amazing deal for the Sabres and if Buffalo picks the right players in the upcoming drafts they could be setting themselves up to be the next worst to first organization.