Some change is required in Buffalo, and JJ Peterka has worth and leverage
Day by day Faceoff: Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk speaking about a number of the names on his NHL Commerce Targets listing, together with Buffalo Sabres pending RFA ahead JJ Peterka.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Yaremchuk: “At present, we’re speaking concerning the commerce targets board. And the identify at primary is a extremely expert participant who may be very younger and comes with crew management. So I ask, why are the Buffalo Sabres trying to commerce JJ Peterka?
Seravalli: “They could not have a selection. I feel it’s gone sideways in Buffalo for Peterka and a handful of different Sabres gamers. I feel they’re sad with the shortage of progress, and it’s onerous to actually squint and see mild on the finish of the tunnel, as they’ve hit 14 consecutive seasons with out the playoffs.
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They’ve made one commerce of consequence in the complete season. They retained their whole teaching workers and administration group, which is sort of weird. And so they’re arriving at this second in time the place Peterka has some not simply important worth, however leverage. He’s a pending RFA. He doesn’t need to signal a brand new cope with you. He’s topic to a proposal sheet on July 1, if he makes it that far.
So I feel he may be, with all due respect, you already know, Mitch Marner is one of the best free agent accessible this summer time, however JJ Peterka is one of the best participant on the commerce market that’s accessible. And while you add in his age, you’re speaking about important, important worth coming again to the Buffalo Sabres.
So not a snug place to be in. I feel it’s going to take a whole lot of work to see JJ Peterka in a Sabres uniform within the fall. It’s actual onerous for me at this cut-off date to see it. And it’s going to be fascinating to look at it develop, as a result of I feel there’s a lot of groups that had expressed some important curiosity when it got here to the commerce deadline in March. I don’t suppose Buffalo is able to contemplate it then, I don’t know that they’re going to have a selection.”
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