Clarke MacArthur Shipped to Atlanta
After a slow start to the day, Darcy Regier has been busy the last hour. Just minutes after acquiring Raffi Torres from the Columbus Blue Jackets he sent Clarke MacArthur packing for Atlanta. The Sabres received a 3rd and 4th round pick in return for MacArthur.
MacArthur brought some offense to the Sabres but he was a defensive liability and he didn't play a physical style. The essentially replaced C-Mac with Torres which is a huge upgrade.
Clarke MacArthur was a guy that had so much offensive potential but he never really lived up to the hype. I a on record as saying he would become an offensive force but he disappeared so often that became impossible. As a young player he has time to develop his game but in the end the Sabres made the right move.
He started the season by scoring goals but he tailed off considerably in recent months. It became a situation where he wasn't good enough to be a top six forward and his defensive and physical weaknesses were evident when he played on the third or fourth line.
It is bittersweet to see MacArthur leave because I still think he can be a good offensive player but Torres fits the Sabres system much better than he does. Once the Torres trade was announced the writing was on the wall that C-Mac would be playing elsewhere.
Good luck in Atlanta C-mac, we hope you do well.
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I was wondering how they were going to fit Torres in. This trade makes total sense.
McArthur has 3 goals in his last 29 games and his plus/minus of -14 was by far the worst on the team. Only one other player on the roster is worse than -5 and it’s a young, talented guy in Chris Butler who was +11 last season.
Essentially, Buffalo traded Paetsch and a 2nd for a 3rd and 4th and upgraded from MacArthur to Torres? Considering that it was a very weak market for deals, especially forwards who can score a little, I thought Darcy and the Sabres had a great deadline day. I’m a Darcy supporter and even I didn’t think they’d do this well.
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I would have liked to see Stempniak in addition to Torres, but I can’t complain overall. Paetsch was not being used and MacArthur needed to go to make room for Torres. I could care less about draft picks right now, but it seems like they evened out anyways(lose a 2nd, gain a 3rd and 4th). Another decent but unspectacular trade deadline by Darcy. I’m glad he went for a forward rather than a defenseman.
I'm still surprised...
…that Horton didn’t move.
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