what makes you think KK should be 2C over Kuznetsov? lol

moving those 2 full ntc are not gonna be easy.

i could see that first trade with buffalo happening though

I could see Buffalo making that trade.

Better defensively, that line is SO good going forward but SO bad going backwards.

you don't need defense on 2nd line, you need scoring. Jarvis on top3 is working very well so far, as it should have been long time ago. Have you watched what did 2nd line with Kuzy is made of? He's flying with Necas and Necas won't fly with KK.

You need a 2nd line to not be a liability if it isn't scoring, that's why centers play both directions! Have you seen the 2nd line defensively? They are TRAGIC. Necas had his best season with Kotkaniemi as his center.

sometimes you have to give sth to be better. While this line would play slightly better D with KK, their offensive potential would drop drastically

Majorly disagree, Kotkaniemi between Svechnikov and Necas is a tried success... last year when KK had 40 points, Svech hovered at a PPG, and Necas set his career highs.

hahahahahahahaah you're trying to tell me that KK carried Necas to a career year?

There's no denying Kotkaniemi taking away Necas' defensive responsibilites freed Necas up. You act like Necas didn't struggle this year until Orlov concussed him

ahahahahahahahahahahha so you're saying Necas had a career year because KK played defense instead of him?

the more you write the more you're embarrassing yourself

Sabres pass imo
With all the young Center talent we still have coming,
I don’t see where Drury would fit into our plans
Sorry, but no thanks

I took that from a Sabres ACGM, they had him 3C

Yeah, i saw that too
But just bc a Sabres fan did it doesn’t mean the real life Sabres would even consider it
I just don’t see it making sense in real life

It makes sense. Krebs sucks, Mittelstadt's gone, so there's going to need to be something giving when Jost expires in the summer. Joki is falling out of favor in Buffalo as it is, being scratched, so this does make sense

No, it doesn’t- not at all
Drury isn’t established enough to be what we need right NOW
And we have other guys with bigger upside

Wouldn’t even give you a mid round pick for him,
let alone a top4 RD

ZERO CHANCE dude
Sorry

This is Drury's second year in the league, and he's solid. A middle six C. For a 3rd pairing D man that your coach has healthy scratched multiple times. Joki isn't a top 4 D man, in any world. This makes more sense than you think if you stop overvaluing Joki and actually look at Drury

1- i already said why Drury isn’t of interest
2- Jokiharju has been paired w Power on our 2nd pair for most of the season- and he’ even spent some time w Dahlin on the top pair

It’s NOT HAPPENING