Oilers stock up for playoffs, Sabres stock up for draft

[savardandjokinen]

The Buffalo Sabres have traded Nate Schmidt, Jakob Silfverberg and their 2021 1st round pick to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for their 2020 1st round pick (yes, Buffalo's 1st), Ilya Kovalchuk and Derek Forbort. The Sabres also sent 6.5 million in cheese to the Oilers in order to facilitate this trade.

The Sabres wanted their 1st back as they are out of a playoff spot, and while us Oilers didn't think we'd ever trade this pick, we determined that if we're serious about making a run this year that we should acquire some pieces in order to help us do so. Our 2nd line has struggled this season and Silfverberg is the perfect two way player to replace Kovalchuk on that line, as he will play both on the powerplay and penalty kill. Schmidt helps solidify the defensive corps and will play in the top 4. Getting a 1st back next year in order to keep the youth bright. Forbort was solid for us but was going to be out of the lineup with Schmidt in and Kovy was going to be in the bottom six with the addition of Silfverberg, and we don't feel he's suited to play in a role like that.

The new look Oilers

Artemi Panarin - Mika Zibanejad - Teuvo Teravainen
Jakob Silfverberg - William Karlsson - Anthony Mantha
Tyler Bertuzzi - Bo Horvat - Jordan Greenway
Anthony Beauvillier - Colin White - Brock McGinn
Extras: Cedric Paquette, Jesper Bratt, Adrian Kempe

Colton Parayko - Hampus Lindholm
Nate Schmidt - Zdeno Chara
John Klingberg - Joel Edmundson
Extras: Samuel Girard, Nick Seeler

Robin Lehner
Phillipp Grubauer

Thanks to SportsJunky for the deal!

[TheScorpion]

What a terrible team

[SportsJunky]

Thanks to savardandjokinen for the negotiations. That was fun. We both had a goal in mind and we just needed to figure out the best compromise. Good luck to Edmonton the rest of the way.

The Sabres are tired of pretending they are a playoff team. It just hasn't worked out this year. If we are going to be in position for a lottery pick I damn sure wanted our 1st rounder back.

This deal was the 2nd of two deals I made this morning. I'll announce the other one later. It's a big one as well.

[TheScorpion]

So with all the deals today was this a three-way?

To Edmonton:

Silfverberg
Schmidt
Paquette
Cates
Brooks
21 1st

To Buffalo:

Forbort
Driedger
20 1st
21 2nd

To New York:

Nilsson
Kovalchuk
Caggiula

[SportsJunky]

There's always one participant in a three-way that just doesnt quite measure up to the other two.

[Knut]