Two first?!

Yeah don't see Bennett getting a 2nd, A 3rd perhaps.

Yeah don't see Bennett getting a 2nd, A 3rd perhaps.

Philly has no reason to do this. Not gonna get into value as it just starts pissing matches.

Yeah, I would say. The guy was taken 6th overall himself, is still just 25 and has averaged 30g/60p+ for 6 straight seasons. He's also signed for 3 more seasons for less than a $6.5 million AAV. If anything that return is light, but because this years is 8th OA and it's supposedly a good draft I figured that would do. C's of that quality don't go cheaply, they usually don't go at all.

He'll also draw easier match ups than he ever did in Calgary now that he's 2nd in line behind Eichel.

They have no reason not to. They are deep at C, and deep on LHD and most of all, they are getting the best player in this deal and it's not even close.

I get that they are also deep on LW, but the only guy on LW who can compare to Gaudreau on the Flyers is Giroux, who they could put back at C if they wanted to which make a deadly top 9. Plus Gaudreau has played RW at the worlds on US teams that were stacked on LW and never misses a beat.

Late 2nd, early 3rd. It's a pretty minor part of this AGM anyways lol

Am I alone in thinking that I’d rather have Gaudreau + Monahan + 6 mil cap space > Barzel + Hall

But he'll have considerably less PP time which makes up 30%+ of his production, so youre going to trade 2 firsts for a guy that will produce 30% less than what youre trading for. Makes no sense, Buffalo declines

Our Centre depth after Coots and Hayes is weak. Patrick is an unknown. Laughton isn’t good at Centre. Frost is an important piece long term. Giroux doesn’t and hasn’t played Centre in quite a while.

The difference between Giroux and Gaudreau doesn’t warrant the Flyers giving up Sanheim ,Frost and a first. Like I said.....we have no reason to do this.


Then there’s the salary cap. We can’t afford him.

I like the moves but too much for Barzal. I would get 10.568 x 5 which I believe is the max for 2x1sts 2nd and a 3rd. If they match..., offersheet pulock.

Keep hanafin!!!

Why would you not have him on the pp with Eichel? I would.

It's a lot more complicated than that though.

The Barzal offer sheet cost us four 1st round picks, trading those two also added back Sanheim, Frost and three 1st round picks. Adding Sanheim led to Hanifin being dealt for expansion draft considerations which added another 1st and Boqvist.

Why would he have considerably less PP time? You should probably play him on the 1st PP if he's productive on it and scores 30 goals a year.

Incredible that the fan of a team who's biggest hole is at 2C would reject adding a C like Monahan in favor of two 1st round picks that will likely never be as good as Monahan, and even if they are it will take 2-3 years to see it and by then Eichel will be 26, 27 and probably forcing his way out of there because he's tired of waiting for the team to get better.

Hes not taking Eichels spot

Who said he's taking Eichel's spot?

They have Olofsson at LW. Youre still not putting Monahan in the same position hes was playing in Calgary anyway and you now dont have a center for the 2nd unit

The difference between Giroux and Gaudreau has nothing to do with this, you'd have both not one or the other. Anyways, I'm sure there are many Flyers fans that would do this in a heartbeat. It's a great deal.

Whatever, I'm sure many Sabres fans would love to add a 25 year old 2C who's averaged 60+ points for the last 6 seasons instead of keeping the picks, especially since you still have Cozens in the system too. It's a great deal for the Sabres, and fills a need.

Yeah exactly they have Cozens, so they only need a stop gap and dont need to spend so much on a center that walks in 3 years

Cozens “should” be great. But 3 years might be what it takes him to become a good 2c. I mean 2 1sts for Monahan isn’t that bad and it’s a pretty good fit.

Leafs load up their pp and it works great. Put them out for 1:30 hell 2min.

So what if Cozens isnt great and Monahan walks and that 2021 first becomes a great top 6 forward. Its short sighted and doesnt make sense. Sabres can get a cheaper stop gap

Nah

LOL, you are out of your F-ing mind if you think the Sabres would turn this deal down. They've been treading water for a bloody decade, their franchise center publicly expressed frustration at the lack of progress that's been shown and they jettisoned everything and everybody that wasn't nailed down. If someone calls them and offers them a 25 year old consistent 30 goal 60+ point C for two freaking 1st round draft picks, they jump all over that so fast it'd make your head spin. They need to make the team better NOW. They've drafted top 8 for EIGHT straight years lol. I can't even believe I got any resistance on this one bahaha.

2 first round picks is too high. IMO he’s a good player I would love to have him, but that price is too high considering the 2021 pick will probably be a top 10 pick.