Sabres Make Two Trades On Thursday

It's been a rough go for the Sabres lately, even though winning against the Edmonton Oilers in overtime on Thursday night helped their playoff race -- now only out by six points of the last wild card spot. A Jack Eichel overtime, penalty-shot winner was quite the sight!

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But Thursday's big news was two trades that general manager Jason Botterill made.

The first was shipping defenseman Marco Scandella to the Montreal Canadiens for a fourth-round draft pick in 2020 (formerly the San Jose Sharks draft pick).

A short time later, a second trade was made. This time the Sabres acquired forward Michael Frolik from the Calgary Flames, in exchange for that same fourth-round pick they got from Montreal.

Frolik is a veteran who was drafted in 2006 (10th overall). He has had a tough time scoring points in Calgary, so a change of scenery is a good thing. He can also kill penalties. He is however, on an expiring contract.

The Sabres needed to move out defenseman (which they have a lot of) in favor of forward depth to help the scoring. I have a feeling this won't be the last move the Sabres make over the next few weeks.

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