Buffalo's defense may appear set for the 2025-26 season, but that can always change if the right trade offer comes along.
Buffalo Sabres defenseman Mattias Samuelsson has struggled to live up to expectations since signing a seven-year contract extension in 2022, which has raised questions about whether he needs a change of scenery. Could the Detroit Red Wings be a potential landing spot?
Heavy's Jake Rivard named Samuelsson as a player who would "help alleviate the burden Moritz Seider and Simon Edvinsson often have to bear on their own" on the Detroit blue line, and noted a trade may be the type of "affordable deal" the Wings could seek to upgrade their defense.