And unlike Buffalo, we have a clearcut goaltending option in Marc-Andre Fleury, dealt to the Wild last season. The Hawks haven’t been at this as long as the Sabres have, but Kyle Davidson has made up for lost time over the last year or two. Let’s check in on another rebuild to see if we can do better. So somewhat surprisingly, the Sabres aren’t going to run away with this. That’s about as good as we’re likely to get for a forward group. And for our third spot, we can have our pick of either Taylor Hall or Ryan O’Reilly, with Marcus Foligno available as depth. We can start with Jack Eichel, who went to Vegas in last year’s blockbuster. As soon as I had the concept for this post, I knew the Sabres would be my first stop.Īnd sure enough, there’s a ton of talent to work with. And no team has been rebuilding longer than the Sabres. Let’s start with the obvious: Rebuilding teams are going to be our prime target here, because those are the teams that are trading established players away. Let’s go through a few teams and see what we can come up with. Hard, but not impossible, and they don’t pay me to do the easy stuff. It’s harder than you’d think to build full six-man lineups for most teams. We’re not counting draft picks that turned into players, and we’re not looking at free agents or waivers or anything else. We’re only counting the trades that put a player on his current team, so the Oilers can’t claim Taylor Hall, for example. We’re talking current NHL talent - the three forwards, two defensemen and a goalie that your team traded and might wish they had back right now. So today, let’s see which team can make the best starting lineup out of guys they’ve traded away.
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