HUGE CANUCKS, DEVILS & SABRES TRADE UPDATE: ALEX TUCH TO VANCOUVER, TAGE THOMPSON TO NEW JERSEY?

HUGE CANUCKS, DEVILS & SABRES TRADE UPDATE: ALEX TUCH TO VANCOUVER, TAGE THOMPSON TO NEW JERSEY?

[Music] Oh boy. This is absolutely not the Buffalo Sabers video that y’all thought you’d be getting at this point. But I wanted to go out there and give some props because earlier today, guess what? The Buffalo Sabres, Raasmus, Dalene, Brad Marshian, they went out there and had themselves a pretty big slobber knocker of a hockey game where in the Buffalo Sabres shut out the reigning twotime defending Stanley Cup champions, Florida. What a game for the Buffalo Sabres getting goals from Josh Don and Owen Power. Yeah, that’s it. Josh Don scored twice, so pretty nice to see there. Brad Marshian also had some pretty heated moments with Raasmus Dalene. But we’re not going to get into the game itself. This isn’t a game review. Instead, we’re going to use this happy day where the Buffalo Sabres won a stellar game against Florida to talk about whom it is the Sabres could trade away. Oh boy, this is where things get interesting, people. So, the Vancouver Conucks, we’re going to be talking about them. We’re also going to be talking about the New Jersey Devils. And the Devils, by the way, they are in their own hockey game at the moment. They’re playing off against the Edmonton Oilers. And at the time of recording this audio, they’re winning two to one in the third. So, who knows what’s going to happen there. You know, knock on wood, nothing distracting happens with New Jersey coughing up a win or coughing up a lead. Yeah, we’ll see what happens. But today, we’re diving into the latest with the Buffalo Sabres and what some NHL insiders are saying their trade market could be looking like. Let’s head over to NHL Rumor Reports Twitter account and read some of the latest updates from earlier this morning. This is what the Fourth Period’s David Penota went out there and spoke about on Jeff Merrick’s The Sheet podcast earlier yesterday in regards to Alex Tuck. Tuck and the Sabres have put talks on hold, mainly because of what’s going on with the start of their season. Reading the tea leaves, it’s going to cost a pretty penny to stay in Buffalo. Now, what exactly does David Pota refer to? Well, he’s talking about the start of the season going so horribly wrong for the Buffalo Sabres. How this team just cannot seem to put things together and get the right results. And I know it’s funny to say that when they ended up winning a really nice game today against Florida. So again, big shout out over the Sabres for today’s hockey festivities, but it does seem like based off of the way the year has started out, it’s put contract negotiations with one Alex Tuck on pause. It’s not going to be easy to keep the guy around for a reasonable cap hit. And David Penota expands on that later on in the Sheets episode, saying this. I’ve talked to a few teams that think it’s not just a $10 million AAV that it costs for him to stay. You’re probably looking at north of 11, maybe closer to 12. And that does not sound real when you think about just the numbers and how much other guys have costed. Kyle Connor is a consistent 90point guy in Winnipeg. He scored 40 goals, a bunch, and that guy got 12. Alex Tuck. I know we’ve been raving and talking all this talk about how good he is, but he’s only eclipsed 70 points once in his career. Now granted, that was an near 80 point season. He would have had 80 points had he played the full season, but Alex Tuck is not in the same territory that Kyle Connor is in. Is the difference in contract value just a few hundred,000? like is the difference in skill between Tuck and Connor so small that you can give Tuck like 115 and that’s reasonable. I don’t know. I wouldn’t agree with that, but I don’t know. You can let me know your thoughts in the comment section below. This is where we dive into the latest with Tuck and what Bob Stoer went out there and spoke about. He said there’s a Vancouver connection in regards to Alex Tuck. And this was also replied to by a bunch of folks. Alex Tuck’s wife is from Vancouver, which we did talk about already in a prior video, but that was more just kind of spitting off the dome here. But now I guess folks that are analyzing the NHL and get paid to do so are talking about it on podcast. So nice, right? Vancouver could potentially get themselves involved here if the Buffalo Sabres don’t feel like they can actually resign this guy. Now, there have been talks about the Sabers going through yet another fire sale like they always happen to do every few years. So, is that a possibility that they start to think about trading away a hometown golden boy who has expressed endlessly his joy to be a Buffalo Saber to head over to his hometown team and be a leader, be a leadership figure in that locker room? It’s going to cost a lot of course and who knows if the Vancouver Conucks even go out there and keep the guy beyond the contract that he’s on right now. But hey, he’s going to get himself a pretty sizable raise when you think about how much the cap is going up and how much Tuck can improve on that 4.75 million AEV that he has. Yeah, he was a 79 point player getting 4.75 million bucks a year. That’s quite ridiculous. If there’s any time for the 29year-old to get himself a pretty big raise for his services, it’s now. So, is Vancouver willing to shell out those assets to get him in the first place and then commit the money to him? Who really knows? But shifting gears in regards to Buffalo, let’s talk about the New Jersey Devils, who at the time of recording this audio are still up 2 to1 against the Edmonton Oilers, and dive into an article posted by Zack Burman yesterday on New Jersey Hockey. Now, targeting Tage Thompson, why the Buffalo Saber superstar could be the Devil’s Big Fish. Ah, I get it. New Jersey beat writers have taken a break from talking about Quinn Hughes over to the Devils and started talking about Thompson, too. The article goes out there and talks about how Elliot Freriedman on 32 thoughts earlier this week said that we basically know that two of their franchise players, Darlene and Thompson, have indicated that it has to get better this year. The Sabres don’t have a long runway for this. With Buffalo having their bad start, the question is proposed here by the articles writer, Zach Burman. It says that Ta Thompson could be the piece that pushes the Devils over the top. Should it become available, Tom Fitzgerald should go all in to bring him to New Jersey. To be clear, if Buffalo has any control over the situation, trading their best forward, especially one locked in at a friendly 714 million cap hit through 2030 would make little sense. But with the Sabres mired in a playoff drought stretching back to 2011 and showing little signs of progress, a nightmare scenario could unfold in Western New York. Thompson asking out as soon as this season. I don’t think the Devils or the Devils front office would need much, if any, convincing that Ta Thompson would be a dream fit in New Jersey. He brings a rare combination of size, strength, and skill that a few centers in the NHL possess. And let’s be honest, center depth is something the Devils could use. Thompson’s coming off a season where he had scored 44 goals in 76 games. And for a Devils team that already looks strong just four games into the year, but might still be missing that one final piece. Taage could be exactly that. And that’s before even mentioning how team friendly his contract is. If Thompson were to demand a trade, I don’t think there’s a player within the Devil’s organization outside of those with the last names Hughes, Hishier, Broad, or Meyer who should be considered untouchable in a potential deal. He’s that kind of player. The one that you move mountains to acquire. So yeah, is that possible? H I’m not sure. Ta Thompson with the Devils would be such a nice contrast to Jack Hughes and his size and skill because Thompson brings a different element of goal scoring that Jack Hughes doesn’t possess. And he brings like another half foot more and a whole bunch of pounds. I’m not even going to try to think about the idea of New Jersey acquiring Taage Thompson, that behemoth of a man, onto their hockey team already and becoming a force in the Eastern Conference, potentially finally getting over that hump and making the third round, let alone the second round. But if you’re a New Jersey Devils fan tuning into this conversation, do you think Tae Thompson is an appropriate target for you? If you are a Buffalo Sabres fan, please try not to get too ticked off at me and at this video. I know it was a really nice day for y’all winning against Florida in a shutout capacity. I mean, props to y’all. Absolutely. But do you think if your nightmare season continues beyond the win that you had today, is there a chance that Tuck or Tage Thompson become available on the trade market? And what do you think the price is for a team like Vancouver or New Jersey to acquire any of these guys? Devils fans, Canucks fans, what’s the most you’d be willing to pay up in a trade for any of these two assets? And do you think it’s actually reasonable for your squads to go out there and chase them? If you enjoyed this video, feel free to hit the like button. If you did not, the dislike button is down there for you, too. 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We’re going over the latest in regards to Buffalo Sabres trade talk, and discussing the ideas of the Vancouver Canucks acquiring Alex Tuch, and the New Jersey Devils trading for Tage Thompson.

Thompson: https://newjerseyhockeynow.com/2025/10/17/new-jersey-devils-news-tage-thompson-buffalo-sabres-superstar-tom-fitzgerald/

This video is taking place after the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The 2025 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:

1st) New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer
2nd) San Jose Sharks, Michael Misa
3rd) Chicago Blackhawks, Anton Frondell
4th) Utah Mammoth, Caleb Desnoyers
5th) Nashville Predators, Brady Martin
6th) Philadelphia Flyers, Porter Martone
7th) Boston Bruins, James Hagens
8th) Seattle Kraken, Jake O’Brien
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Radim Mrtka
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Roger McQueen
11th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Benjamin Kindel
12th) Philadelphia Flyers (from New York Rangers via Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins), Jack Nesbitt
13th) Detroit Red Wings, Carter Bear
14th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Jackson Smith
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Braeden Cootes
16th) New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames via Montreal Canadiens), Victor Eklund
17th) New York Islanders (from Montreal Canadiens), Kashawn Aitcheson
18th) Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils), Cole Reschny
19th) St. Louis Blues, Justin Carbonneau
20th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild), Pyotr Andreyanov
21st) Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Cameron Reid
22nd) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Colorado Avalanche via Philadelphia Flyers), Bill Zonnon
23rd) Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Nashville Predators), Logan Hensler
24th) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Los Angeles Kings), Will Horcoff
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Vaclav Nestrasil
26th) Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights via San Jose Sharks), Ryker Lee
27th) Washington Capitals, Lynden Lakovic
28th) Winnipeg Jets, Sascha Boumedienne
29th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Mason West
30th) San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars), Joshua Ravensbergen
31st) Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton Oilers via Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), Henry Brzustewicz
32nd) Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers), Cullen Potter

This video is also taking place after 2025 NHL Season, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.

Tage Thompson was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.

The 2016 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 27 of the draft went as follows:

1st – Toronto Maple Leafs, Auston Matthews
2nd – Winnipeg Jets, Patrik Laine
3rd – Columbus Blue Jackets, Pierre-Luc Dubois
4th – Edmonton Oilers, Jesse Puljujarvi
5th – Vancouver Canucks, Olli Juolevi
6th – Calgary Flames, Matthew Tkachuk
7th – Arizona Coyotes, Clayton Keller
8th – Buffalo Sabres, Alexander Nylander
9th – Montreal Canadiens, Mikhail Sergachev
10th – Colorado Avalanche, Tyson Jost
11th – Ottawa Senators (from New Jersey Devils), Logan Brown
12th – New Jersey Devils (from Ottawa Senators), Michael McLeod
13th – Carolina Hurricanes, Jake Bean
14th – Boston Bruins, Charlie McAvoy
15th – Minnesota Wild, Luke Kunin
16th – Arizona Coyotes (from Detroit Red Wings), Jakob Chychrun
17th – Nashville Predators, Dante Fabbro
18th – Winnipeg Jets (from Philadelphia Flyers), Logan Stanley
19th – New York Islanders, Kieffer Bellows
20th – Detroit Red Wings (from New York Rangers via Arizona Coyotes), Dennis Cholowski
21st – Carolina Hurricanes (from Los Angeles Kings), Julien Gauthier
22nd – Philadelphia Flyers (from Chicago Blackhawks via Winnipeg Jets), German Rubtsov
23rd – Florida Panthers, Henrik Borgstrom
24th – Anaheim Ducks, Max Jones
25th – Dallas Stars, Riley Tufte
26th – St. Louis Blues (from Washington Capitals), Tage Thompson
27th – Tampa Bay Lightning, Brett Howden

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