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Funksoljah
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Forum: Armchair-GMil y a 8 heures
Sujet: Why Not
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gretzkyghosts</b></div><div>sabresparaavida my bad I meant 2 Jokiharju and Lyubushkin
Fitzgerald will probably be in the AHL
But as I said most Sabre fans would not want Barria but for this price it would be stupid to pass on.
He is an elite offensive defenseman.
To only have to give up a player as Jack Smith and a third to get him and Lavoie would be a crime.
Let me repeat what I have posted at least a dozen times all four of the cup finalist teams had 3 RHD and 3 LHD.
So Buffalo who has missed the play offs for a decade is smarter than Tampa who was going for its third straight cup had 2 RHD who were waived just before they signed them or traded for them (Rutta and Bogosian).
Lyubushkin, Barrie or Jokiharju would look like all stars next to either of them.
I would make my defensive pairing:
Dahlin-Lyubushkin
Power-Jokiharju
Samuelsson-Barrie
Giving the Sabres an offensive defenseman on each pairing.

EDIT:
Funksoljah
Let me add over the past 5 years ONLY 21 NHL defensemen have MORE EVS goals, only 11 have more EVS assists and only 13 more EVS total pts than Barrie, that does not appear to be only a PP specialist.
He is an elite offensive threat, to only have to give up a third and a low level prospect is nothing.</div></div>

First off the Sabres are not cup finalists with Barrie. They still aren't even a playoff team with him.

Second, Tampa Bays top 3 Dmen in ice time were all Left handed. Their top RD was Cernak who played 19 minutes a game, followed by Rutta who played a little more than 16 and Bogosian who played 15 minutes a game. They lined Serg up on the right side far more often than you seem to realize.
Colorado also played Girard and Byram on the right side for significant minutes, and in Fact 3 of their top 4 Dmen in minutes played were Left handed with Makar being the lone RD in that top 4 for icetime.

I get it, you want them to be good. The way forward is for Power, Joker, Samuelsson etc to improve. That won't happen unless they are getting the ice time they need in order to do that.
Forum: Armchair-GMven. à 9 h 44
Sujet: Realistic
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Timmah007</b></div><div>Nah even without mcdavid would still have a top center in the league in Leon so oilers would still be well above mediocrity. Sad part to compare the oilers drought to buffalo's is Edmonton actively tried to improve year after year sure they failed but they tried something. As much as it sounds like I dislike buffalo that's not the case I really like the youth in the system but want to see an effort to be competitive not more of spend to the basement accepting mediocrity as a best case scenario is just unacceptable after this many years.</div></div>

This simply shows you either know nothing about the Sabres past 10 years or you're being willfully ignorant to it. So i'll break it down for you.

They started their rebuild in 13-14 when they traded Ryan Miller. The couple of years prior to that Regier was actually attempting to re-tool. Ultimately in 13-14 he decided to blow it up, so that's what they did.

That rebuild essentially ended after 14-15 when the genius Tim Murray squandered many of the picks and prospects they had acquired in order to get O'Reilly, Kane, Bogosian, Lehner etc. They tried to short-cut rebuilding without any care for the locker room or the types of players they were getting. There were already locker room issues but this is where they got amplified.

Following that season they attempted to re-tool, make trades and sign UFA's to be competitive. They weren't rebuilding, they simply sucked because of inept management and owners who did a very poor job of hiring that management. Trading for and extending Skinner, Signing Hall, etc were attempts to be competitive.

The latest rebuild essentially started around the middle of the 19-20 season when they fired Ralph Kreuger. They have built their prospect pool mostly over the past 3 seasons with a few drafted a year or 2 earlier (Dahlin, Mittelstadt, Samuelsson). They are one of if not the youngest team in the league even with a 41 year old Anderson and a 35 year old Bishop skewing that number. They've finally managed to fix the locker room issues, and finally have the kids looking up to and listening to the veteran leaders. There are still some holes to fill before that can truly be competitive, but those holes right now are not in the bottom 6. They are finally building the correct way, and now people want to see them make the exact same mistakes they made in 2015.
Forum: Armchair-GMven. à 8 h 12
Sujet: Realistic
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Timmah007</b></div><div>Trolling a trade? Maybe it's wanting to see a team start to actually improve the roster and try to be somewhat relevant. When a franchise has been horrible for this long and makes zero effort towards improving its a black eye for the entire league. Even Arizona at least has a plan moving forward buffalo doesnt even have that....</div></div>

Buffalo has decided to follow the Oilers path to success. Win the draft Lottery until you land a generational player, I mean it worked for Edmonton right?

As far as Foegele is concerned, no he is not better than what the Sabres currently have despite your continued delusion that just because he played on a playoff team he is somehow a better player. Worst +/- on the team relative to his peers on a team with a +34 goal differential, 1 point in 13 playoff games and yea he was outscored by Kassian by the way in his 9 minutes a game.

If you don't think Buffalo has a plan you're either blind or being disingenuous either way it's very telling. A fan of the former laughing stock of the NHL telling fans of the current one how to build a team is comical. Had you not won the draft lottery and landed McDavid, you'd probably still be wallowing in mediocrity.
Forum: Armchair-GMjeu. à 19 h 46
Sujet: Probable 2022-23 roster
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Timmah007</b></div><div>Well I've listed three players that aren't even questionable lesser players than foegele.... would rather foegele at 2.75 than Okposo at 6... I'm never going to say Buffalo is a good destination but it's laughable to suggest isn't a place or room for him given that roster.... easily slide into middle six role instantly.</div></div>

Buffalos primary goal this season is further development, winning is a secondary byproduct of that. Foegele may have value, but he does not have value to Buffalo specifically.

They need the kids (Cozens, Krebs, Mittelstadt, Quinn, and Peterka) getting ample ice time while surrounded by veteran leaders (Okposo, Tuch, Skinner, Girgensons, Hinostroza).

There are also only a handful of teams in the league willing to take cap dumps right now, and many more teams trying to actually dump contracts. Edmonton trying to dump a 3rd/4th line player has them with little to no leverage among that handful of teams who do not need him. That means whether you like it or not if he goes to one of those teams Edmonton is going to pay for them to take him. Maybe a team likes him enough they would pay for him and use him in the bottom 6, but it won't be a rebuilding team trying to develop it's players.
Forum: Armchair-GMjeu. à 13 h 44
Sujet: i had a dream last night that the Pens made this trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Reff</b></div><div>Yes, if we were contenders, you'd be 150% right, Hughes would do it and send PIT flowers and a box of good champagne bottles. Problem is we're rebuilding and won't be competitive until 2024-2025. So trading Anderson for Guentzel means that his contract ends in 2 years, he'll be 30, and there's a good chance we lose him for nothing. Anderson will still be there on a 2nd/3rd line bringing grit and his share of goals.</div></div>

That also would mean you can ship Guentzel out at the TDL sooner for pieces that can also help your roster sooner. If they really wanted to get max value, they could retain 3 million for 2 years and flip Guentzel to a contender early. The return on that would be pretty ridiculous I'd imagine given how much Hagel returned. Either way you can garner prime assets sooner with Guentzel than you probably can with Anderson.
Forum: Armchair-GMjeu. à 12 h 32
Sujet: Yzerplan - Trade Deadline master plan
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>LordStanleysCup22</b></div><div>Why would Detroit make the Buffalo trade?

There's no way Buffalo is making the playoffs over Detroit,<strong> They've done nothing to better their roster</strong>. Anderson and Comrie isn't getting Buffalo intothe playoffs

Ottawa passes, They don't need more Center depth.

And on what planet is Timothy Liljegren better than Filip Hronek. Detroit passes big time..</div></div>

Agree with everything but the bolded. Didn't better their roster? They added Quinn, Power, Lyubushkin, Comrie, a full season of Tuch and potentially Peterka while removing Butcher, Hagg, Pysyk, Miller, Eakin, Hayden, Tokarski and Dell. That IS roster improvement in addition to the potential growth from Cozens, Krebs etc. You don't have to sign 10 UFA's to improve a team when you have ways to improve from within.

No they won't likely make the playoffs. Comrie has just as much of a chance at having a good season as someone like Husso, and I fail to see any massive upgrades to Detroits defense regardless. Yzerman added a lot of 3rd pairing guys and Chiarot who might be the most overrated UFA defenseman this past season. Copp will help sure, and Perron can add some scoring but how much any of those UFA additions improve the team remains to be seen. Could just as easily argue Husso and Ned aren't getting Detroit into the playoffs either.
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