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Buffalo Sabres / Pittsburgh Penguins

Root trade Jun 27, 2018 · Conor Sheary, Matt Hunwick · 4 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, the strong edge goes to Pittsburgh Penguins.

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

Buffalo Sabres75

Team pts: 70 before → 60 after

Conor ShearyL66
133 GP · 23-30-53
→ flipped for Dominik Kahun
Dominik KahunC5
6 GP · 2-2-4
via Conor Sheary
Matt HunwickD4
14 GP · 0-2-2

Pittsburgh Penguins291

Team pts: 106 before → 88 after

2019 4th-round pick
→ flipped for 2019 3rd-round pick
Nathan LégaréR · #740
0 GP · 0-0-0
via 2019 4th-round pick
→ flipped for Mike Hoffman, Rem Pitlick
Mike HoffmanC0
0 GP · 0-0-0
via Nathan Légaré
→ flipped for Dillon Hamaliuk, Erik Karlsson, 2026 3rd-round pick
Erik KarlssonD277
239 GP · 37-138-175 · 3 pts in 6 playoff GP
via Mike Hoffman
2026 3rd-round pick
via Mike Hoffman
→ flipped for Elmer Soderblom
Elmer SoderblomL14
20 GP · 5-5-10 · 1 pts in 5 playoff GP
via 2026 3rd-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.

Jun 27, 2018

Buffalo Sabres receive

Pittsburgh Penguins receive