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Forum: Armchair-GM25 avr. 2023 à 21 h 0
Sujet: playoff drought ends
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gretzkyghosts</b></div><div>Even if the Islanders and Panthers faulter, the Senators and Wings will be nipping at the Sabres heels.
So they may improve dramatically, they may again fall short.
On the other hand, if we look at the jump Cozens made this past year one could possible project that same progress onto Power, Quinn and Peterka.

There have many GK younger then Levi, who did not have his pedigree, made a successful the jump to the NHL.
His presence between the pipes should improve the Sabres GAA significantly.

Add a defensive 3rd or 4th line Center, and upgrade over Bryson should be sufficient to add 10 more pts to their 91 from last year.

Just my opinion, but I did predict 90 pts for this year.

editor9999 you did a great job, better than many Sabre fan have done.</div></div>

Thanks. I'm just not sold on the Wings and Senators goaltending. Levi has looked great and even though UPL wasn't that good they still ended up with winning record with him in net.
Forum: Armchair-GM23 avr. 2023 à 1 h 47
Sujet: can this team make it back to the playoffs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>RipNasty</b></div><div>Maybe but who do they knock out of the playoffs? Zero chance they will be better than Carolina, Rangers or Jersey any time soon. And with Buffalo, Ottawa and Detroit on the way up, can they hold those teams off? Or pass the Islanders and Pens? I would think their best chance is next season for 1 last ride and then you have to think rebuild.</div></div>

Buffalo has found their goalie (Devon Levi). However other teams could figure out how to score on him quickly and neither Comrie or UPL were that good. Detroit and Ottawa have question marks in net. Kuemper is a solid goaltender. The Caps had a lot of injuries last season. If healthy, they should make the playoffs. The Islanders are built for the playoffs, but I think they'll again have trouble making the playoffs and it'll come down to the final few games to determine their fate (Anders Lee is the type of player that could fall off a cliff as early as next season, Bo Horvat has not worked out so far, Besides Barzal and Horvat most of their forwards are 30+ (although mostly early 30s), a long term injury to Pelech could screw their season) and the Pens will probably just miss the playoffs once again (Inconsistent goaltending once again, poor special teams again, poor defence again, useless bottom 6 again, the Top 6 plays great but their efforts are wasted once again).