Buffalo finishes trade deadline tank job, sends Chris Stewart to Wild
The Buffalo Sabres saw the Arizona Coyotes making moves Sunday. They wanted to make some trades to ‘rebuild’ or tank – and finished that off Monday at the NHL’s trade deadline by dealing forward Chris Stewart right at the deadline for a 2017 second round pick from Minnesota.
OK, so what will the world even look like in 2017? Who cares?!? Earlier in the day they rid themselves of Michal Neuvirth who was clearly playing too well to work with Buffalo’s grand scheme. Also, to get a second rounder for Stewart, who is quite inconsistent is pretty decent.
Good move for the Sabres, who are probably praying they get the No. 1 or No. 2 overall pick. Can you imagine what would happen if the Sabres didn’t get Connor McDavid or Jack Eichel?
As for the Wild, Stewart is a nice rent-a-player for a $4.150 million salary cap hit that adds power forward playoff depth who isn’t that old at age 27. The Wild has its eyes on the postseason, is one of the hotter teams in the NHL and how has more size and depth between Stewart and Jordan Leopold – who was acquired earlier in the day. The Wild is clearly going for it.
On a funnier note, Stewart said he didn’t know where he was traded when TSN called him to interview him.
On the Mlbury scale we give this … ONE MILBURY! Both teams got what they wanted.
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