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Forum: Armchair-GM9 oct. 2023 à 8 h 30
Sujet: Youngest team in the NHL three years in a row
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gretzkyghosts</b></div><div>Thank you for taking the time to comment on this post.
Typically a post without trades receives little attention.
Showing that the cap will be tight EVEN with Dahlin and Power accepting contracts well below reported figures was the primary purpose of the post
Great conversations, love to exchange ideas.
Granato always sees the silver lining and not the dark clouds.
I hope Stillman, Clague and Biro will all clear waivers
<strong> Early evening update, they all cleared waivers, good news for Rochester better news for Buffalo</strong>.
It was a shock to see Bryson was kept over Stillman.
Hopefully Jacob and bounce back.
Was <strong>Metsa</strong> suppose to play at least one preseason game?</div></div>

Looks like 8x11m is the contract for Dahlin. Not bad, all things considered, i will take that.
Forum: NHL5 oct. 2023 à 9 h 56
Sujet: 2023 NHL Offseason Discussion Thread #4 - The quiet period
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KSIxSKULLS</b></div><div>Juri Kulich has been sent to the AHL. Really surprised he didn't make the NHL considering his amazing season last year in the AHL</div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HockeyScotty</b></div><div>I was really watching him to see if he would make it, especially with the injury to Quinn. Guess he got one-upped by Benson and Birro for this camp. Sabres have an absolute plethora of quality forward prospects so the numbers game is brutal. They are going to be losing really good guys on waiver claims in a few years just like the Senators defense.</div></div>

Yeah, like HockeyScotty said Benson stole the spot, I think it's as simple as that. Kulich did have some bright spots but just no room. Sad Johnson had to go to the AHL as well, I think he looked good next to Samuelsson but I think EJ would be hard to not start.

Currently I think we will have to move out Okposo, Olofsson and Girgensons, which makes room for Kulich, Benson and Savoie. Going to be a lot of other good players fighting for spots that don't exist. I think Buffalo will probably end up losing Kulich and Savoie (assuming Benson is the best of the group) at some point through a trade. Going to be interesting to see how GMKA manages the amount of talent in the roster. After those 3 we have Biro, Rosen, Ostlund, the Russian wings and many other who project well and probably deserve spots.
Forum: Armchair-GM30 août 2023 à 20 h 16
Sujet: Top 10 Each Position
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Juiceman</b></div><div>Dahlin is a lot younger? My brother in christ they are a few months apart. Yeah Dahlin started a year before Hughes, but I don't see how that makes him a better player. Hughes has the NHL record for most points in the playoffs as a rookie d man. He has the NHL record for fastest d man to 200 assists. Still, using stats from when they were 20 doesn't make too much sense. Right now Hughes is the better player outside of physicality and size. Also they had similar point production this year, but their metrics show that Hughes absolutely knocked him out of the park. Hughes was driving offense like almost no other defenseman besides Karlsson. He had higher GAR and WAR as well. Overall had a bigger impact on a worse team</div></div>

What offensive Metrics? Honestly curious, like Hughes is stellar on the power play. 5v5 he is meh, think 51% Fenwick and Corsi? Dahlin isn't much better though he is 53%... definitely will be interesting to see their careers play out. Rooting for Hughes as an American born person, hoping he can push the LD at the Olympics...just figure Dahlin will have a better career because I watch him more and I'm biased towards buffalo players. Although I can't wait to watch Pettersson and Hughes next year, 2 of my favorite players just don't watch much of them because their normal games start at 10pm here.
Forum: Armchair-GM30 août 2023 à 18 h 48
Sujet: Top 10 Each Position
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Juiceman</b></div><div>The only year Dahlin has been better defensively is this year, however Hughes knocked him out of the park offensively. Dahlin is praised more because of size and physicality

Also what do you mean by age group? They were drafted the same year… Hughes has been one of THE best offensive defensemen since being drafted. He has multiple NHL records including being the fastest d man to 200 assists in NHL history</div></div>

Dahlins just a lot younger, and the numbers I was looking at where by AGE not age group my bad. Dahlin has the second most points in NHL history as a teenager, and at each age 18/19 all the way to last year when he was 22. He has had the most points out of the young D in the league other than Hughes who had more at 20.

I am also not sure if 7 goals and 76 points is BLOWING AWAY 15 goals and 73 points. Considering Dahlin played a whole month injured and did nothing offensively it's even more impressive. Either way, I'll take Dahlin all day over Hughes but I'm obviously biased.

Career Points per game Hughes is better no doubt, but Dahlin was better last year and will be the better damn when they end their careers.
Forum: NHL29 août 2023 à 18 h 56
Sujet: 2023 NHL Offseason Discussion Thread #4 - The quiet period
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HockeyScotty</b></div><div>Is Lindholm-McAvoy even a "pair". Yes they are the top 2 defenders for Boston; but are they a true pairing?</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>Could also basically say any Dpairing from VGK at this point to

As everyone there's just good</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HockeyScotty</b></div><div>I think there is a clear-cut TOP 4 pairings in the NHL, and the arguments to be made start around the "5th best" ranking with less all-around greatness and situational pros/cons, deployment, and playstyle factoring in.

<strong>Great all-around top pairings:</strong>
Toews-Makar
Martinez-Pietrangelo
Slavin-Burns
Lindgren-Fox

If Lindholm-McAvoy was an actual full-time pairing: I'm sure they would rank high. As would Heiskanen and Josi if they actually had a solid/regular partner.

<strong>In the Running:</strong>
Siegenthaler-Hamilton
Anderson-Doughty
Dunn-Larsson
Samuelsson-Dahlin
Forsling-Ekblad
Lindholm-Carlo
Grzelcyk-McAvoy
Sergachev-Cernak
McNabb-Theodore
Middleton-Spurgeon
Morrissey-Pionk
Pelech-Pulock
Petterson-Letang
Hedman-Perbix
Ekholm-Bouchard (small sample size)
Chabot-Chychrun is one to watch if they stay healthy and together.</div></div>

Sorry to just Spam quote everyone but I think this topic is pretty interesting!
I think one guy being elite helps a pair. Having someone like Dahlin, Hamilton, McAvoy or Heiskanen definitely gives their pair a significant advantage IMO if they have a top pairing guy or top 4, who is solid defensively next to them because of their game breaking abilities. Statistically Ekholm and Bouchard who broke out offensively in the playoffs could disprove my theory but I don't think or just feel that they will not be as consistent over a full season. We will see. Lindholm - McAvoy may not be a pairing just through that one out their because for some reason it came into my mind lol.


Edit: nvm it didn't quote everyone
Forum: Armchair-GM24 août 2023 à 16 h 19
Sujet: Which Roster Are You Taking
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gretzkyghosts</b></div><div>Completely agree, hard to figure the team is ranked third.
Isak <strong>Rosen</strong> who had a very good year in the AHL is ranked as the 15th best prospect.
It took Casey a couple of years to adjust to playing against men, remember he could not do a single pull up before he was drafted.
Once he bulked up he did just fine.
Once Rosan adds more muscle he will probably excell as well.
<strong>Levi</strong> is ranked 12th best prospect, that alone should scream how deep the pipe line is.
<strong>Savoie</strong> is ranked 8th behind Benson, Ostlund and Kulich, yet the breakdown of his skills indicate he is a top line forward potential:
Skating: <strong>Above </strong>NHL average
Puck skills: NHL average
Hockey sense: <strong>Above</strong> NHL average
Compete: <strong>Above</strong> NHL average

Nikita <strong>Novikov</strong> did not make the top 19, but he was one of the best players during the three on three competition.
He will be one of the players for me to watch very carefully during the prospect challenge.

Finally, 17th Ryan Johnson, will probably be in the NHL before the end of the season.

Over the past 7 seasons Buffalo has drafted extremely well.
They may have as many as 15 drafted players in the NHL in the next 3 years.
2017 Casey-UPL
2018 Dahlin-Samuelsson
2019 Cozens-Johnson
2020 Quinn-Peterka
2021 Power-Rosen
2022 Savoie-Ostlund-Kulich
2023 Benson-Wahlberg
Then add in Strbak, McCarthy, Poltapov, Navikov etc.

They were able to get a third back for Portillo and an NHL LHD (Stillman) for our sixth over all pick from the 2021 draft (Bloom).
IMO that speaks volumns of what the other NHL GM's think of the Buffalo prospects.</div></div>

Yeah, I honestly think he dropped them to 3 just because they lost Dahlin and he didn't think we could justify the fact they where still 1. Also, I think Pronman over values Zegras... Bedard I guess makes sense, but the depth is not there

Yeah, I think there is a few D prospects with better projections than he said like Lingren and Novikov as well that could make the NHL.
Forum: Buffalo Sabres16 mars 2023 à 13 h 12
Sujet: Is Tage Thompson the 1C solution long-term?
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Stammer_Time91</b></div><div>I'm gonna argue Eichel as an elite center. He's probably an elite player, but I don't think he's an elite center. He's a career 44.6% faceoff guy who has never even cracked 50% in a season. And I dont think he's a good/responsible/motivated defensive player. He's great offensively, but I think to be considered elite or even a top 20 center in the league, you have to be above 50% career with faceoffs, and you have to be excellent defensively.</div></div>

Yeah, just like McDavid. Elite player, but McDavid isn't a center he is a winger or something that isn't a center. McDavid is worse defensively than Eichel and his career faceoff is idk...47%?
So Mcdavid is the #21 center in the league and Eichel #22. top 20 players though overall.

I hope you understand what I am getting at.