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Originally Posted by jayswin
Flames for sure should stay away now (and before). But this opens him up as an attractive target for teams contending in the next two years. Try to get him in and gelling and hopefully improving on a strong team.
Then you've got a) a D-man with upward mobility improving on your team at a very reasonable cap hit in todays cap world and b) Two full years to negotiate and convince to stay...if you believe in what he is as a player for your team.
And if you don't after a year? Recoup assets in the offseason a year before he's up.
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But the Sabres didn't want futures. And competing Teams rather deal futures then subtract key pieces from their roster. Plus assets contenders have usually dont measure up.
It reduces the market on Byram and reduces the control offered (reducing his value)