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To Buffalo:
RW Jamie Langenbrunner (1 year @ 2.8M, UFA)
D Bryce Salvador (2 years @ 2.9M, UFA)
To New Jersey:
RW Drew Stafford (1 year @ 2.3M, RFA)
D Chris Butler (1 year @ 850K, RFA)
G Connor Knapp (Unsigned)
Buffalo gets a great leader and a strong veteran presence in the locker room in Langenbrunner. He's won two cups and and is a very effective second line winger with great defensive abilities. Salvador is a gritty stay-at-home defenseman and would bring a nice physical element to the Buffalo D. He plays a good shutdown game and is pretty mobile for a defensive defenseman. He's also an established veteran and brings loads of experience.
For New Jersey, this ushers in the Parise era. Stafford needs a change of scenery, and what better place to put him than on a line with fellow UND alumni Parise and Zajac. Butler is a young, physical, right shooting defenseman and has an upside pretty similar to that of Salvador. Knapp won't be challenging Miller for the starter position anytime soon, but he's already made a name for himself and New Jersey certainly doesn't enjoy only having one goalie in the system.
I think if you cut Salvador out and add a pick, that's a solid deal.
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