Flames Ryan Lomberg and Justin Kirkland are likely going to free agency
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$10 million-plus for John Carlson?
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What form of trade value will Bowen Byram have? Could the Sabres keep him like they did with Alex Tuch?
WGR 550: Paul Hamilton when asked what the trade value for Buffalo Sabres defenseman Bowen Byram, and if they’ll trade him this offseason. Could the just resolve to maintain him like they did with Alex Tuch this past season?
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Joe DiBiase: “What should they need Paul, in the event that they were to maneuver Byram?”
Hamilton: “Well, they’re not going to get much if, for those who know, it’s not an indication of trade, because he’s going to, he’s going to the market. And if he’s going to the market, and also you’re the opposite team, you’re mainly doing what Jeremy just suggested. You’re going to get him for a 12 months, and for those who feel that, okay, that’s price it. It’s like a trade deadline deal.”
DiBiase: “Right, which is commonly right, you’re paying the rental price, which regularly might be future pieces.”
Hamilton: “Right, future pieces, and so, and you already know, we, Jeremy, you talked about examples. Well, Alex Tuch is an example too. I mean, he might turn into rental, you already know, if he leaves Buffalo. I mean, Buffalo didn’t wish to trade him or look to trade him, and I agree with that call.
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I believe they needed Tuch of their playoff run, and I believe there was more value in having him with the Sabers throughout the run to get to the playoffs, and within the playoffs than whatever futures you’ll have gotten to trade him someplace else to be a rental.
So, that may very well be a scenario with Byram. Perhaps you don’t worry about it for one more 12 months, and also you keep him for this 12 months and ,and the chips fall where they might. And he might turn into a Buffalo rental as an alternative of a rental that you simply get from someone else.”
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