Less than 24 hours before the NHL trade deadline, the Buffalo Sabres acquired defenseman, Brandon Montour from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for prospect, Brendan Guhle and a first-round draft pick. For the most part, fans were excited. The organization was missing a consistent puck-moving presence on the right side of the blue line, and Montour had been a name on the rumor mill for some time.
Still, several members of the advanced stats community issued words of caution regarding his less-than stellar underlying numbers with Anaheim.