Flyers/Sabres Swap Some Pieces

[JonDuke]

Sabres and Flyers hooked up for a deal before the regular season starts.

To Buffalo:
Brandon Sutter
Calvin de Haan
Christian Djoos
2018 3rd
$6.0m in cheese

To Philly:
Jeff Petry
Josh Morrissey

With Jagr coming in, Sutter needed to move. Next year, or maybe this year if Matthews makes the jump to the CPHL, Sutter would've been a $5.30 4th line C for us. We had no desire to mirror the real life.
This deal also allowed us to get rid of de Haan as well, which wouldve been a move needed by this time next year anyway.
Not a fan of Petry or the fact that he's a Hab, but he gives us a slight boost over de Haan on the backend, where we need the most help.

We like Morrisey. A lot. He's been getting top line minutes with Buff/Trouba so we hope he does well in Winnipeg and gets a good re-rate for next year, especially at his price.
Djoos is having a decent start with the Caps. This one might come back to bite us.

We paid a lot but given the future salary we shed and the optimism we have around Morrissey, it was a package we were willing to pay.

The Flyers new line up should look something like this.

Benn (79) - Backstrom (79) - Laine (75)
Schenn (75) - Duchene (75) - Radulov (73)
Schwartz (74) - Couturier (73) - Jagr (71)
Perlini (68) - Glendenning (66) - Rieder (70)
Extras: Brown (67)

Petry (71) - Lindholm (70)
Ekholm (70) - - Savard (70)
Dumba (69) - Stetcher (66)
Extras: Morrisey (66) Dotchin (64)

Big thanks to Sportsjunky for being patient on this one. Between having to fly to Kitchener to drive a vehicle back to Calgary, and the election coming up, I've been crazy busy. He reminded today that I sucked at replying to his counter, so we hammered this one out fairly quickly.

[SportsJunky]

This deal made sense for the Sabres, too. Petry was going to walk in the off season as a UFA so bringing in 26 year old de Haan is a good fit. He’s a downgrade in rating from Petry but not by much. Petry should be a nice addition for JonDuke this season.

Sutter is the guy that started this whole deal. I needed a good face off man who could slot in on the 2nd/3rd line swapping out with Spezza as needed. He’s strong defensively and can take over first unit PK duties from Lowry who is better suited to a smaller role I think.

As for Morrissey, I didn’t want to trade him necessarily but JD coveted him more than I did ha ha. I think he’s going to be a good to great player very soon. Djoos is going to be an interesting player for Washington IRL and I figured I’d take a chance on him.

Throw in the 3rd and cheese and, as I said, it made sense.

Thanks JD for working with me to get this done before the start of the season. Great GM to deal with.