Quoting: Shibbal18
Berglund and ROR didnt want out because of the city, ROR wanted out of the franchise because of the losing and Berglund was upset his ntc wasnt honored
Quoting: Shibbal18
To clarify their is a stigma with Russians that Buffalo really doesnt need to add to their problems right now. On top of that, Buffalo is not a NYC or LA, it is boring, theres no high end shopping here, no clubs, young players get sick of that in Buffalo. Weve seen Panarin and Laine both complain about it in other small cities and Panarin left as soon as he had a chance. Not saying Kravtsov is lazy but he'll certainly have little motivation from Buffalo, he would need to find it in himself. Only to watch him walk in 5 years. I dont want the Sabres to take that bet tbh they cant afford to screw up these trades. Thats why they also specifically need to get back prospects
It's mental gymnastics regardless. Why wouldn't Russians, the NHL nationality with the most desolate cities, be as fit as everyone else to stay in Buffalo? Like you're bringing out one example in Panarin, and then Laine, who's Finnish? Kravtsov played for a team in Chelyabinsk, do me a favor and look that up on a map.
Quoting: Shibbal18
The Sabres could get much better deals for both Eichel and Reinhart. Ullmark isnt coming back if theyre gone as well, and theres a 1,000,000% chance Pilut isnt terminating his KHL contract to take less to come back to a worse Sabre team. Why is Olofsson on the 4th line
This bothers me too - the sentences you added on top. Sure, it doesn't have to be Ullmark, I just figured Buffalo would be willing to pay the most for his services. I have no idea how the Pilut contract situation is, obviously I'll take your word for it. Regardless, he was really good when he was in Buffalo, I'd pay him 3 mil no problem. Olofsson is on the 4th line (something I explain in the description) because he's a terrible 5on5 player, and only seems to score on the power play. You can keep handing him better 5on5 minutes than Skinner and hope for different results, but he's not driving any offense of his own and he's terrible defensively. A guy like Skinner is both a driver of play and solid defensively and still knocked down the lineup.