A defensive defenseman should still be able to pass out of his own zone. Scandella of all people had similar Defensive start percentages and showed better results

Scandella is the only dman ahed of McCabe with TA/GA average by .7 with and only had 2 GA, but with less games and against weaker opponents. Scandella was also off to a pretty good start

Yeah its my opinion as is everything you say. Nothing is fact. But in the 5 years McCabe has been here he has hurt his teammates. Only once has he had a seaon with a WAR over .5.

That's who we need.

Hes currently top ten on the team in WAR and GAR. Currently Skinner and Eichel arent over .5 in WAR

I agree and i also like him

chi declines

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You guys seem to have the skill vs tough thing handled, i dont know the answer, ive seen teams that are soft win and ive seen teams that are nails win. Also seen san jose and some tough stl teams kill each other in round one and wear out before reaching the finals. The sabres are definitely in the softer end of the pool, the problem is that at least our bottom 6 if not bottom 9 arent all that skilled either (obvious exception for skinner). If we had 3 stud lines and scored on pp in the playoffs (if the refs dont put the whistles away), it could be fine. The problem with the post that i am replying to is that our current gm acquired 3 of the 4 players- sheary, vesey, and sobotka. I dont remember if murray or botterill signed rodrigues. I dont see all of these players being moved out by the guy that acquired them.

Well, he can’t just sit and do nothing, he will lose his job if the team again fights for the top 10 picks.

Sobotka and Sheary have had their chance and are on expiring contracts so i dont see him keeping them for that reason.

Id be down for bennett

Vesey, too, I'm not even sure that he wants to be in Buffalo.