What a weekend it was for the Buffalo Sabres. Many of us had expected that we would have traded away all three of the biggest assets the franchise owned in Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart and Rasmus Ristolainen, but here we are on Sunday morning and the most valuable of them all is the only one still on the roster.
Just to recap, General Manager got in the act early Friday before the first round of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, sending Ristolainen to Philadelphia Flyers for what seems like a very favorable return with defenseman Robert Hagg, the Flyers’ 14th pick in the first round and a second rounder in the 2023 draft.