Edmonton Oilers Rumors: Can the Buffalo Sabres Make A Deal?

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BUFFALO, NY – APRIL 4: Rasmus Ristolainen #55 of the Buffalo Sabres defends during an NHL game against the Ottawa Senators on April 4, 2018 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Rasmus Ristolainen /

So who does Player A and B compare to?

Hockey-reference.com has this thing called “similarity scores” and what it does is it uses statistics to find a comparable to the player you’re looking at. Here are some of those comps to the players above:

Player A: Anton Babchuk, Niclas Havelid, Patrick Wiercioch

Player B: Rob Blake, Mike O’Connell, Jordan Leopold

Yikes for Player A…

The Edmonton Oilers are looking for a right-handed defenseman and the rumors of Rasmus Ristolainen being available won’t stop. It also doesn’t help with a member of the media who covers the Edmonton Oilers for a living says this,

"“With the draft the Buffalo Sabres are about to have is Rasmus Ristolainen all of a sudden potentially up for grabs? Do you see the Buffalo Sabres saying, ‘OK, well, considering the pick they’re going to make with No. 1, can they maybe move Ristolainen out? And do they maybe look to bring a veteran Swede in to help work the blueline with their new young Swede? Is their potential for a Klefbom swap out to Buffalo, maybe along with that pick?” “I’m spitballing a lot of stuff here, but my over-riding sentiment is I believe the Oilers will be aggressive in hunting some of the big game to see if they can fill that need on the back-end.” (link)"

Does this type of trade make sense?

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