[SportsJunky]

Big deal between Vancouver and Buffalo.

To VAN:
Nazem Kadri
Pavel Dorofeyev
Zachary L'Heureaux
Nathan Gaucher
2025 1st
2025 2nd

for

JT Miller
Victor Hedman

For my part, Buffalo has been looking for a 1st line C for years. They are hard to come by. I was close to landing good candidates during this past season but the deals always fell through in the end. Buffalo isn't going to offer Kadri a UFA contract in the offseason so he was expendable in this deal. Dorofeyev is rounding into a player but nobody seemed excited about him when I pitched deals. Blaster saw his value but I'm sure the futures helped his decision as well.

Hedman gives me the #1 Dman I've been lacking. He will be offered a UFA deal in the offseason. GMSportsJunky has not been enamored with the team's play for weeks and wanted to take a shot this year. So, Buffalo adds a top line C and a #1 Defenseman just before the playoffs. The D corps is locked in and will be together for years now. My biggest sigh of relief was that I didnt have to give up any young wings in this deal. Jarvis, Necas, Tkachuk and Hagel all remain with the team.

Paid a very high price but I've never been afraid to move youth to fill roster holes with the right veterans. This gives us two very strong forward lines and a solid defense corps top to bottom. As long as I didn't completely destroy my team's sim chemistry, I'll be looking forward to the post season. It's been a while.