3 Buffalo Sabres Named Trade Candidates

The Buffalo Sabres are still the punchline of the NHL, and it could be time to move one of their big three defencemen.

The Sabres are off to a 1-3-0 start this year and could quickly become the first team to have a fire sale this year. Not only on the ice, but there's also a chance both GM and head coach get replaced at some point, which is wild to think considering the circus that's been going on around the organization for the last few years.

Recently, Daily Faceoff's Anthony Di Marco poised the question about what the Sabres should do, and named Rasmus Dahlin, Owen Power, and Bowen Byram as three potential trade candidates to follow in Buffalo. 

With the exception of Thompson and Alex Tuch (a 29 year old, pending UFA), there aren’t many pieces up front that could fetch a major return....The defense is a completely different story, as the Sabres have three pieces that would garner loads of interest on the trade front: Bowen Byram, captain Rasmus Dahlin and Owen Power. All three are 25 years of age or younger with power-play capabilities. Even more so than the forward group, there is a healthy amount of redundancy with all three Sabres rearguards as left shooters whose skill sets should see them deployed similarly.

If the Sabres make a splash this season, there's certainly a very good chance that one of the three defencemen mentioned are the first domino to fall. Something needs to give in Buffalo, or maybe it's time Kevyn Adams stopped making roster decisions for the organization?

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