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Buffalo Sabres / Carolina Hurricanes

Root trade Aug 2, 2018 · Jeff Skinner, Cliff Pu · 2 linked trades downstream

Auto-generated. This tree is machine-built from public transaction records: it follows re-traded players into their next deal and shows the player each draft pick became. Best-effort, so it may contain errors.

Trade grade

Revisiting it now, this trade graded roughly even.

Looking back from 2026 at what each side's haul produced since 2018.

Buffalo Sabres334

Team pts: 70 before → 60 after

Jeff SkinnerL334
427 GP · 153-138-291

Carolina Hurricanes337

Team pts: 85 before → 87 after

Pyotr KochetkovG · #36173
125 GP · 71W · 11 SO · 2 playoff W
Alexander NikishinD · #6991
81 GP · 11-22-33 · 2 pts in 21 playoff GP
Cup 2025-26
2020 6th-round pick
→ flipped for James Reimer
James ReimerG73
47 GP · 29W · 3 SO · 2 playoff W
via 2020 6th-round pick

Value = position-weighted production for the acquiring team, with playoffs weighted up and bonuses for Cups and major awards won there. Picks count as the drafted player's production, and when a piece was later re-traded, whatever came back counts toward this trade too, so value follows the full chain. Production only, no salary/cap context. Best-effort.

Aug 2, 2018

Buffalo Sabres receive