Biron Beats Boston; Trade Thoughts

The Sabres are beginning to heat up again after a brief cool spot just before and after the olympic break. Leading the way on Saturday night was the line of Daniel Briere, JP Dumont and Jochen Hecht and the stellar play of goaltender Martin Biron. In a game that either team could have won, Biron was the difference as the Sabres were outshoot by an almost 2-1 margin.
The game last night highlighted the teams need for greated depth along the blueline. A trade of a goaltender and a forward seems to be the logical trade Darcy Reiger will make at the deadline. The question remain which goalie and which forward?
The goalie question has been discussed as nauseum by the local and national media but I feel a need to through add my thoughts on the situation. Marty's performance increased his value with his continuing strong play but his not a proven playoff commodity but than again neither are any of the goalies on the market, unless you consider Ed Belfour and JS Giguere as available. Curtis Jospeh is also available but he is proven playoff disappointment (ex Sabres 4-1 series win in 1999, Geoff Sanderson's one handed goal in game 1 of that series). Noronen has potential. What that potential will amount to remains to be seen. Ruff has never given the Finn a chance to succeed in Buffalo. If Mika played well for a stretch he would be pulled after his first bad game and Biron or Miller would be put back into play. Not a good way to groom a goaltender to be an everyday NHL stopper. One of them must be traded now. Even if the Sabres may get more value in the offseason, the time to deal is now. The Sabres will make the playoffs this year. Can they do it next year? I don't know but I would rather take my chances now when the confidence is there.
Which forward will be moved is a little more dicey. Drury, Briere, Connolly, Hecht, and Vanek are the untouchables. Grier and Dumont play well with Drury and Briere respectively and will not be moved either. I don't think there is much of a market for Andrew Peters and Adam Mair, leaving Pominville, Gaustad, Roy, Pyatt, and Afinogenov as those most likely to move. Gaustad and Roy I would think are safe. Pominville is unknown commodity and it is not known if this is as good as he will ever be or if he can improve. Pyatt and Afinogenov are my picks to be moved. I would rather see Pyatt leave. It would be best for his career and it could prove to the public that Darcy is willing to admit some failure in the Michael Peca trade. Connolly seems to be working out but Pyatt may one day be a force, it probably won't happen with Buffalo.
The trade deadline is soon approaching and I can't wait to see what happens.