{"id":578712,"date":"2026-05-19T14:09:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/578712\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:09:20","slug":"sabres-lost-isak-rosen-for-2-players-who-didnt-even-play-in-game-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/578712\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabres lost Isak Rosen for 2 players who didn’t even play in Game 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sabres lost Isak Rosen for 2 players who didn’t even play in Game 7<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It made sense for the Buffalo Sabres<\/a> to pursue upgrades before the 2026 NHL trade deadline. All of a sudden, they were in contention for a playoff spot.<\/p>\n

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After 14 years in a row of missing the postseason, they couldn’t afford to let this one get away, and so they traded away future assets to try and improve the present.<\/p>\n

The moves didn’t look terrible at the time.<\/p>\n

But one trade now looks pretty painful: The one with the Winnipeg Jets<\/a> to acquire Logan Stanley<\/a> and Luke Schenn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The problem, viewed through the lens of the present moment, is that the Sabres didn’t feel good enough about either of those defensemen to play them in Game 7 on Monday night against the Montreal Canadiens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stanley played most of the postseason, and Schenn got just a brief cameo, before Zach Metsa<\/a> got his chance at the blue line instead.<\/p>\n

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Schenn, at his veteran age, is certainly not a part of the future plans.<\/p>\n

The Sabres could conceptually find a way to keep Stanley around for the long haul, but that’s far from a given at this point, either.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0Sabres’ story of this season is about all the chapters along the way<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, they traded away a former first-round pick, Isak Rosen<\/a>, to highlight the deal with Winnipeg. Buffalo also sent away second- and fourth-round picks, along with Jacob<\/a> Bryson.<\/p>\n

Rosen isn’t guaranteed to become a star, but he also has been a quality producer at the AHL level and still has a chance to be a top-six forward.<\/p>\n

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If he reaches his potential, and all the Sabres got out of Stanley and Schenn was two benchable players at a key juncture, it won’t look particularly good.<\/p>\n

The deal still makes sense when you think back on it. But it already hasn’t aged very well.<\/p>\n

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