Canucks don’t match that, although they may just offer sheet one of Peterka/Quinn/Byram next offseason

That's gravy.

Depending on what your offer sheets on those players look like....BUF probably matches....Or we don't need to (Rosen,Kulich, Savoie, Ostlund, R.Johnson are all waiting for a chance) and we'll take the draft picks back.

Sharks take your picks. Pleasure doing business.

Good luck with the OS.

Hronek is not the guy to go after. Necas might be, although a lot of people still want to pursue Jack Drury to fill our 3rd line needs.

If they successfully get one of your guys, probably will be someone better than Hronek, and they would have gotten his value from the compensation. Not really worth it for Buff, especially if they miss the playoffs (the pick would be unprotected). Would make a whole lot of sense just offering those picks with the 1st protected and it would likely be accepted.



Necas might be, but probably not, and you got to be sure you guys aren't missing the playoffs. CAR will probably always have the cap to retaliate based on the way they operate.

Someone better than a 1st pairing level RD? None of our guys are that...and if they are...then BUF matches, or doesn't. But that trade proposal works just fine as well.

I think Savoie could turn into a top 6 C of similar calibre, but if/when that happens BUF will more than likely not have the cap to match. Hronek is a 1st pairing guy but Buffalo already has Dahlin and Power. From what I heard from some Vancouver fans, he's probably not the type of 1RD that you are looking for to pair with Dahlin. Many on here have been dealing him since they don't think he's worth keeping (probably because he doesn't pair well enough with Hughes). Now, I have no clue if Vancouver management feels the same about Hronek, or if they would give him for that package but considering they gave a 1st (ended up being #17) + high 2nd for him, they might go for that since if the Sabres miss it's likely around the same value (if not more).

I won't pretend to know what VAN thinks of Hronek....but Hughes and Dahlin are very similar players...and since adding Hronek, Hughes' game has elevated from my far point of view. He seems like exactly the type of player that could pair well with Dahlin. That being said, adding a Hronek, BUF would now have 7D capable of playing on the 1st pairing...it's a true mix and match. A scary D with 2 up and coming goalies that can rival almost anyone in the league.

I just think VAN fans have come to admit that they cannot afford Hronek if he wants market price. But there is no denying their ascension since he joined their squad.

Too young. BUF needs to get older, not younger.

Getting older doesn’t necessarily mean getting better. The team’s veteran leader captain last season just came out with a quote that said he basically gave up on the team prior to the trade deadline and asked to be moved. He wasn’t exactly taking his responsibility for not leading the team properly this year either. Not to mention if Carolina actually manages to take out the Rangers Jack Drury will have advanced further in the playoffs than Okposo ever has before this year. But the further Carolina goes, the less likely they would be willing to give him up.

True, but being the youngest team in the league almost 100% guarantees being a non-playoff team and Ox has been around long enough to realize that.

Average age of the top-8 teams:

NYR 29.1
CAR 29.4
FLA 29.5
BOS 28.6
DAL 29.3
COL 28.8
EDM 29.4
VAN 28.6

BUF 25.7

Being old doesn't equal being good, but being young guarantees losing.

BUF is 3 years away from being anything competitive if they keep staying young...

I’m definitely interested to see what the plan ends up being. We have a very young and talented defense core, and a handful of young talented forward who can score. Once they get healthy and stay healthy, which was a big reason why we didn’t score much this year we will see what they are really capable of. A player does not have to be old to have a significant amount of experience. When they traded Erik Johnson and Okposo the team’s average age probably dropped at least a year or two. They’ve already tried getting older for older sake, here’s hoping the next move they make is actually trying to get better.

Same. So many options with players, picks, prospects, cap space, a new coach and a GM who is probably fighting for his job.

Of all the players to throw that kind of offer sheet at...

Quinn, Peterka, Levi would all be open for a retaliatory offer sheet

Yep, definitely and as stated we would either match or take the pics, depending on the offer sheet. We've got the cap space...and we've got players to replace them: Rosen, Kulich, Savoie, Ostlund, UPL

Finish your sentence, please. I don't understand what you mean.

A top-pairing RD. Yes, he is a player to throw that kind of offer sheet at.

You're definitely paying him like a top pairing D lol.

Yea, because he is. He plays on the top-pairing on of the best 8 teams in the league. Last I checked, helped VAN go from lottery team to top-8 (maybe even more...). Helped Hughes get to Norris-level.

He checks a lot of boxes for BUF.

RHD: CHECK
Experience: Oldest RFA out there + playoff experience
Scoring: Most points among any RFA D-man
Contract matching: VAN will be in a tight spot to match due to Cap constraints

I don't understand what is so funny. He literally played 23:26 ATOI a night in the regular season.

For whatever this means, CapFriendly has him rated as P1 86.
On https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2024_skaters.html : He's the 16th best D-man in terms of PS.

Again, I don't understand your lol....please explain.

I noticed you didn't mention his postseason production...

Ah, that's how you judge defenseman. I see.

I watched him for 5 years in Detroit. He sure as **** wasn't heralded for his defense lmao.

Let's see:

54.75 CF%
54.55 GF%
55.74 xGF%

And doing that against the likes of McDavid and Draisatl.

Hronek first 41 games of the season: 3G, 31A, +31
Hronek last 40 games of the season: 2G, 12A, +2

Hronek 10 postseason games: 0G, 0A, -1

BONA FIDE TOP PAIRING $8.3M DEFENSEMAN!

Oh, so from the ages of 21-24. Not sure what to take from that other than a player that was still in his development phase.