Trading a star player is never easy for a team or its fanbase. The Buffalo Sabres and its fans learned this last trade deadline when captain Jason Pominville was shipped off to Minnesota for two prospects and two picks.
Now it's time to get through it with Thomas Vanek.
Vanek is one of the most prolific goal scorers in Sabres history, ranking fifth all time with 253 and 10th in points with 497. He has been a legitimate No. 1 center away from being a perennial 40-goal scorer for years.
Now he has just that.
The New York Islanders bit the bullet and traded their version of Vanek in Matt Moulson, along with a first-rounder in the 2014 NHL draft and a second-rounder in the 2015 NHL draft for Vanek.
Regardless of how big of a haul Vanek is for the Isles, the move is a decided risk for a young team that thrived on chemistry last season. Moulson and John Tavares would be amongst the league leaders in chemistry if it was able to be measured. Their chemistry was so well-regarded that many believed that Moulson's success was merely due to his playing with Tavares.
But now Isles general ...
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