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Forum: Armchair-GMlun. à 11 h 19
Forum: Armchair-GM18 avr. à 15 h 37
Sujet: Major Shake Up
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Stripes77</b></div><div>Kadri has almost twice as many points at Jenner and Carrier combined. Kadri can still play and has a solid 3 years left. Kadri and Jenner together gives the Sabres something they haven't had since 2007, 3 lines that can score but also can play physical</div></div>
We can likely just agree to disagree, but my solution also gives them a 3rd line that can be physical while also giving them a 4th line that'll almost certainly outscore, as that's something Carrier has done habitually throughout his career. If you don't want Savoie there, pick one of the many UFA W options that's more to your tastes or find a young, prime-aged trade target to use Savoie on, My point is that you can achieve your goal without having to endure the likely burden that'll be Kadri's last 3 or 4 years- the window in which BUF will be pushing to contend.

Kulich-Jenner-(UFA/Trade) &lt;---- He's no Kadri, but I quite like Amadio for this spot
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Forum: Armchair-GM17 avr. à 14 h 49
Sujet: We have a real dead cap problem
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NucksnOilers</b></div><div>I fully support the positive viewpoint of Nurse and I really really hope you're right but this past month has been pretty rough for him. That's 3 d-partners in a row now that we are using as his scapegoat on why he isn't a top pairing d-man, I fully agree that Ceci and Barrie were not the answers but it isn't also all on them. Nurse has been pretty brutal in his own zone for the past few seasons and as of recently he has struggled on the rush, he's elite in the transition game for us but I don't see how that's worth more than 4.5-5 million dollars?</div></div>
I don't really agree that he's been all that awful in his own end. I think he makes a particular kind of glaring error (misplaying 2-on-1s, whether on the rush or in-zone) commonly enough that people are almost blinded to the things he does well (1-on-1 defending, whether on the rush or in-zone; board and often net-front battles). He's also been victimised on some poor pinches but that's not always solely on him. That's also the argument that I'd levy in the case of the main weakness I pointed to: the fact that he's put in a 2-on-1 situation doesn't fall on him. How often have the errors been the result of Ceci losing his own 1-on-1 battle, whether by skating or puck handling? I'd hazard a guess that it's quite a lot more often than the other way around. Sure, I'd like to see him play 2-on-1s more effectively but players are going to have flaws.

I'd also push back on your suggestion that we're using his partners as scapegoats for why he isn't a top pairing Dman. For me, it's not even a question: he is a top pairing Dman. He showed he was capable of it for years and, while his play dipped a bit this year, he's still #2 on the team for TOI. Year-to-year variance in performance happens to everyone. Why do we attribute a lot of the blame to his partners? Because his partners have always been either (or both) mistake-prone or slow skating, borderline 2nd pairing D.

I can fully understand wanting more from a guy making 9.25mil, but I think people get too blinded by cap hits to see what they really have.