First of all thank you for your great comments.
All good points, and all worth taking into consideration.
I know I will get lambasted for this, but Vesey and Jack and Even are friends.
Jimmy and Jack often work out together.
I have to believe that when we traded for Jimmy, he was to be one of Jacks wingers.
Jack can make any one score, so instead of having only 9 goals, he would have had more than his NHL career average playing with Jack.
Quoting: Shibbal18
because hes not a good center. We're questioning if he's even a decent top line winger. I do agree giving Okposo more of a shot but Krueger was towards the end of the year
Well we agree again. I noticed that you have traded him in several of your posts. If we could get back what you propose, I take it and try to sign a UFA.
I have posted before, I think Galchenyuk has many more 20 goal seasons left on his stick.
Playing with Jack has greatly inflated Sam's value from $5,000,000 to over $7,000,000.
Kyle as Sam's wing man could have worked out really well, as neither have great speed and Kyle could work the corners, get the puck to Sam and Sam sends Jeff down the ice one on one against the GK.
I can see I am in a minority here, but he was drafted as a center, he has really good vision, he passes well, IMO he should have at been tried as our #2 center.
I have Johansson between Dom and Curtis, at the beginning of the season it could have been Conner and Evan.
Why was Sobotka even in the line up and Evan sitting?
Why did Krueger hold Jeff back and not give him more ice time (my gosh his toi was fifth, just above LARSSON) and better line mates?
Quoting: Sabres923
The last time Sam played center his line mates were Girgenson and Seth Griffith.. I wish he got a real shot with more skilled players.
Yup, I agree.
Jeff, and Kyle
Quoting: CD282
35% faceoff win rate?
Yup that really was bad, Tyler Ennis did better than that.
Quoting: Toochy
He has great chemistry with Jack. Due to playing specifically with Jack, Sam's game is greatly elevated. I don't think Sam can do the same for Jeff or especially Ox. Sam is a good player, but isn't elite.
Yup, and I said above, we made him a $7,000,000 player, and I do not think he should get that much.