{"id":66520,"date":"2020-02-24T14:32:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T19:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=66520"},"modified":"2020-02-24T14:42:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T19:42:46","slug":"buffalo-sabres-trade-evan-rodrigues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/02\/24\/buffalo-sabres-trade-evan-rodrigues\/","title":{"rendered":"Evan Rodrigues and Conor Sheary Traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/sabres\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a> have traded forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rodriev01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evan Rodrigues<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/shearco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conor Sheary<\/a><\/strong> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/penguins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> in exchange for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kahundo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dominik Kahun<\/a><\/strong>. The 26-year-old Rodrigues has five goals and nine points in 38 games so far this season. He is not having a good year but he has the potential to do good things outside of Buffalo&#8217;s poor system.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Sheary has scored nine goals and 10 assists for 19 points in 55 games. Sheary returns to the Penguins after spending just under two seasons in Buffalo.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s Rodrigues and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/shearco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conor Sheary<\/a> to PIT for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kahundo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dominik Kahun<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Peits2IqNR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Peits2IqNR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSNBobMcKenzie\/status\/1232024570284191747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Sabres Trade <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rodriev01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evan Rodrigues<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/shearco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conor Sheary<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Rodrigues will hopefully have an opportunity to thrive in his new city. His best season was in 2018-19 when he scored nine goals and 29 points in 74 games while averaging 15:49 per night. However, it seems as though Buffalo never really trusted him to do more. He&#8217;s had a positive Corsi For most of the past three seasons without any sort of real reward.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigues has never shot the puck particularly well with a career average of just 6.8 percent but fans can hope for more with his new team. However, he has potential as a secondary scorer since his best year goals-wise was last season when he fired 168 shots on net. His new coaching staff should give him a shot as their third-line centre with better linemates than what he had. Rodrigues&#8217; most frequent linemates in Buffalo included the underwhelming Conor Sheary and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/veseyji02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Vesey<\/a><\/strong>. Those are certainly fine players in their own way but not especially exciting in Buffalo&#8217;s system.<\/p>\n<p>The two frequent line mates will now head to the Penguins and get a legitimate shot at winning the Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>It is hard to say how Rodrigues&#8217; new team is evaluating his potential. He might get stuck on the fourth-line again but he should receive a shot in a middle-six role with time on the penalty kill. There really doesn&#8217;t seem as though there is a good reason not to play him more than Buffalo did.<\/p>\n<p>This trade also represents part of a partial Sabres rebuild. They&#8217;re eliminating a few pending free agents and bring in a younger Kahun, who is also a pending restricted free agent. The team seems to be preparing for now and the future as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2020\/02\/24\/new-jersey-devils-trade-wayne-simmonds-to-buffalo\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">they acquired<\/a> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/simmowa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wayne Simmonds<\/a><\/strong> earlier on Monday as well. The team traded <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/scandma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marco Scandella<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>earlier this year. They have also had <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/ristora01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rasmus Ristolainen<\/a><\/strong> on the trade block at various points over the past year. Buffalo needs a way to acquire more talent around star <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/eicheja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Eichel<\/a><\/strong>. The return for Rodrigues will go towards that effort.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"e1SEXWwrTMNCwHwF1llVbQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1133676508\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:&#8217;e1SEXWwrTMNCwHwF1llVbQ&#8217;,sig:&#8217;borFsZn4VTr1VG6g0WSbeUf6aGHkdYINjxegZChxh3M=&#8217;,w:&#8217;594px&#8217;,h:&#8217;412px&#8217;,items:&#8217;1133676508&#8242;,caption: true ,tld:&#8217;ca&#8217;,is360: false })});<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Buffalo Sabres have traded forward Evan Rodrigues and Conor Sheary to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Dominik Kahun. The 26-year-old Rodrigues has five goals and nine points in 38 games so far this season. 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