Here's a recap of part of the series I'm writing for Buffalo Sports Page on Buffalo's biggest trades. You can go to buffalosportspage.com for the more complete versions of each deal.
No. 81: May 29, 1986 - The Bills trade a second-round draft choice in 1986 (Garry James) and a third-round draft choice in 1986 (Tom Rathman) to San Francisco for a first-round draft choice in 1986 (Will Wolford) and a 10th-round draft choice in 1987 (Jim Ellis).
No. 82: October 5,
2010 - The Bills trade Marshawn Lynch
to Seattle for a fourth-round draft choice in 2011 (Chris Hairston) and a
conditional draft choice in 2012 (Tank Carder).
No. 83: April 21,
2001 - The Bills trade their
first-round draft choice in 2001 (Kenyatta Walker) to Tampa Bay for a
first-round draft choice in 2001 (Nate Clements) and a second-round draft
choice in 2001.
No. 84: October 1,
1975 - The Sabres trade Larry
Carriere, a first-round draft choice in 1976 (Greg Carroll) and cash to Atlanta
for Jacques Richard.
No. 85: February 26,
2008 - The Sabres trade Brian
Campbell and a seventh-round choice in 2008 (Drew Daniels) to San Jose for
Steve Bernier and a first-round pick in 2008 (Tyler Ennis).
No. 86: June 30, 2017
- The Sabres trade Tyler Ennis, Marcus
Foligno and a third-round draft choice in 2018 (Jack McBain) to Minnesota for
Marco Scandella, Jason Pominville and a fourth-round draft choice in 2018
(Linus Lindstrand Cronholm ).
No. 87: March 10,
1992 - The Sabres trade Kevin Haller
to Montreal for Petr Svoboda.
No. 88: July 15, 2013
- The Bandits trade first-round draft
choices in 2015 (Randy Staats) and 2016 and a third-round draft choice in 2017
(Frank Brown) to Minnesota for Ryan Benesch and Andrew Watt.
No. 89: February 15,
1996 - The Sabres trade Craig Muni
and a first-round draft choice in 1996 (Daniel Briere) to Winnipeg for Darryl
Shannon and Michal Grosek.
No. 90: October 11,
1991 - The Sabres trade Darrin
Shannon, Dean Kennedy and Mike Hartman to Winnipeg for Dave McLlwain, Gord
Donnelly, a fifth-round draft choice in 1992 (Yuri Khmylev) in 1992 and future
considerations.
No. 91: April 30,
1985 - The Bills trade a first-round
draft choice (acquired from Cleveland) in 1985 (Ken Ruettgers) and a
fourth-round draft choice in 1986 (Tim Harris) to Green Bay for a first-round
draft choice in 1985 (Derrick Burroughs), and a second-round draft choice in
1985 (Chris Burkett).
No. 92: May 1, 1984
- The Bills trade a first-round draft
choice in 1984 (Jackie Shipp) to Miami for a first-round draft choice in 1984
(Greg Bell), a third-round draft choice in 1984 (Sean McNanie), and a
third-round draft choice in 1984 (Speedy Neal).
No. 93: December 2,
1981 - The Sabres trade Bob Sauve to
Detroit for a conditional first-round draft choice (Sauve was returned to the
Sabres after the 1981-82 season).
No. 94: April 7, 1995
- The Sabres trade Petr Svoboda to
Philadelphia for Garry Galley.
No. 95: March 12,
2018 - The Bills trade Cordy Glenn, a
first-round draft choice in 2018 (Billy Price), and a fifth-round draft choice
in 2018 (Andrew Brown) to Cincinnati for a first-round draft choice in 2018 and
a sixth-round draft choice in 2018 (Ray-Ray McCloud).
No. 96: April 24,
2004 - The Bills trade a second-round
draft choice in 2004 (Julius Jones), a fourth-round draft choice in 2004 (Sean
Ryan), and a first-round draft choice in 2005 (Marcus Spears) to Dallas for a
first-round draft choice in 2004 (J.P. Losman).
No. 97: June 26, 2015
– The Sabres trade a first-round draft
choice in 2015 (Colin White) to Ottawa for Robin Lehner and David Legwand.
No. 98: January 30,
1986 - The Sabres trade Larry
Playfair, Sean McKenna and Ken Baumgarter to Los Angeles for Brian Engblom and
Doug Smith.
No. 99: March 26,
2007 - The Bills trade Takeo Spikes
and Kelly Holcomb to Philadelphia for Darwin Walker and a seventh-round draft
choice in 2007 (Stevie Johnson).
No. 100: September 1,
1977 – The Braves trade George
Johnson, a first-round draft choice in 1978 (Micheal Ray Richardson) and a
first-round draft choice in 1979 (Cliff Robinson) to New Jersey for Tiny
Archibald.
November 25, 1970 – The Sabres trade Mike McMahon to Los Angeles for Eddie Shack and Dick Duff.
July 26, 1971 – The Braves trade Herm Gilliam and Don May to Atlanta for Mahdi Abdul-Rahman and Jerry Chambers.
April 19, 1973 – The Bills trade Edgar Chandler, Wayne Patrick and Jeff Lyman to New England for Jim Cheyunski, Mike Montler and Halvor Hagen.
June 7, 1977 – The Braves trade a first-round draft choice in 1977 (Marques Johnson) to Milwaukee for Swen Nater and a first-round draft choice in 1977.
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September 1, 1980 – The Bills trade Joe DeLamielleure to Cleveland for a second-round draft choice in 1981 (Chris Williams) and a third-round draft choice in 1982 (Eugene Marve).
November 16, 1995 – The Sabres trade Doug Bodger to San Jose for Vaclav Varada, Martin Spanhel, Philadelphia’s fourth-round draft pick in 1996 (Mike Martone), and a future first-round draft choice.
March 8, 2007 – The Bills trade Willis McGahee to Baltimore for third-round and seventh-round draft picks in 2007 (Trent Edwards and C.J. Ah You) and a third-round draft choice in 2008 (Tavares Gooden).
June 25, 2011 – The Sabres trade Paul Byron and the rights to Chris Butler to Calgary for Robyn Regehr, Ales Kotalik and a second-round draft pick in 2012 (Jake McCabe).
August 11, 2017 – The Bills trade Sammy Watkins and a sixth-round draft choice in 2018 (Sebastian Joseph) to the Rams for E.J. Gaines and a second-round draft choice in 2018 (Duke Dawson).
November 28, 2018 – Acquired Corey Small and conditional second-round picks in 2020 and 2022 from Vancouver for Mitch Jones and conditional second-round picks in 2020 and 2022.
