I said Miller, Weber and Connolly.

Ill play madden, the hockey version.... you send Vanek + player or prospet + pick to Pittsburgh for Malkin... Malkin needs his own team,, Sid needs a winger...

Down the middle it gives you

Malkin
Roy
Connelly, until the trade deadline, than Neids/Goose to finish the year and Adam in 2011/12
Goose/Neids and Goose in 2011/12

OK I got the centers figured out and Im fine with the D for now and G... now lets build the rest of the roster off that...

If Ennis and Gerbe are not in the top 6 than trade them, because its wasting them in the bottom six...

As much as I am a Timmy homer, i don't think he gets resigned, so its time to get something for him... Stafford is also time for him to move on... I'd say one of the D can be moved (Sekera, Butler, Weber)... But i like that depth right now and I think Rivet may be done... resign Morrision as well... i like him...

I'll play.
Here is my alternate version of your trades.

Chara and Sekera together in the Olympics were beast. Boston needs a cheap, young, D man.

The Vanek and/or Connolly and Stafford packages would be seperate deals from Sekera to Boston.

Adding Wheeler would be a plus considering Vanek and him have an off the ice relationship and deep friendship.
It couldn't hurt any to try Wheeler on the top scoring line RW position for Roy and Vanek.
Ryder would be a fill in while Pommers nurses his concussion.

To Buf
Blake Wheeler
Micheal Ryder

To Bos
Andrej Sekera
2011 5th rd draft pick

The ability to shed Ryder at the end of the season is a plus.
A good salary dump for Boston ($5.2 mil after adding Sekera's 1 mil).
A good pick up for Buffalo without giving up the house.
Buffalo has the cap space if Sekera is moved ($5,291,793) barely.

Buffalo could then use Connolly and Stafford to target a center to replace Connolly.
I agree a larger package would be necessary, I would be targeting Richards from Dallas, and Buffalo should ad picks and/or prospects to get it done.

But (sigh), Darcy "No Nuts" Regier is our GM, so status quo is in full effect now.
But these are the moves I would look to make.
This particular one makes sense for both teams.

I am confident you can throw the "Internal Cap" out the window, as Regier is going to be fighting for his job, he'll convince em to spend to get it done.

Agreed, Darcy needs to stand up to anyone who stands in his way on roster moves if they are an attempt to salvage the season.

Ok, so, lets stick with the Sekera deal for now since we agree it looks good on paper.

Lets focus in on the 2nd line center and/or Veteran dman.
I am going to go with a Center, since Connolly would most likely be moved in the deal.
Lets look at Centers.

Obviously, we've already mentioned Richards.
Anyone else come to mind?

Richards has said he wants to retire a Star and is very willing to take that pay cut to remain there.

Any thoughts on Backes Phil?

I love Backes but the Sabres have their own Backes in the system that won't cost them $3M (BZK)

aside from mgt changes... weather its riding it out or a trade or two, what would you do? who would you target? you know this sport much better than me, you'd make a much better arm chair GM than me... so what is Phil's plan to save the season and set 'em up for future success... If Ruff changed his style a little and Darcy brought in some players, who would it be? who do you target?

No blockbuster trade is coming.