Pilut —> KHL
Okposo >>> Reider
Duclair 🤢

Agreed
Agreed

Why not?

1. Didn't know that Pilut was playing in the KHL ill adjust for that then and put Irwin in his spot
2. I only put Rieder there over Okposo for the PK strength that Rieder has.
3. Duclair is a talented forward his biggest issue over his career has been sustained success.

Montour switched to LHD.
They probably won’t sign Duclair because they already said Cozens is starting off at RW, and Thompson has a lot of experience at LW. If I had to guess.

Hall-Eichel-Olofsson
Skinner-Staal-Cozens
Thompson-Eakin-Reinhart
Girgensons-Lazar-Okposo.

Montour-Ristolainen
Dahlin-Miller
McCabe-Jokiharju.
Ullmark
Hutton.

Buffalo's defense is fine, definitely not extremely suspect in my opinion.

Well for me Miller is below average, Montour is solid if unspectacular at times, and Risto is a poor at actually playing defence (tho he has improved on that end over the last two years). Dahlin is pretty great, and I think Jokiharju has top 4 talent, but I do this the D is at best average (probably #23-16)

Oh I didn't know they came out and said Cozens would play RW in 2021, if thats the case id still sign Duclair because I think they need more talent in the bottom 6.

I would love it. But I think they are done, the only move I could see them make is to trade for a goalie to upgrade from Hutton.

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@KingsLover There is still a chance that Pilot could return to the NHL.
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I got a better idea we turn the calendar back to November 9th 2020 and sign:
Vesey over Girgensons and save $1,300,000
Larsson over Eakin and save $850,000
Kahun over Duclair and save $1,100,000
Pysyk over Rieder negative cap by $50,000

This creates an extra $3,200,000 of cap space.

Skinner Eichel Thompson
Hall Staal Olofsson
Kahun Cozens Reinhart
Vesey Larsson Okposo. Vesey was one of the Ranger's PK forwards.

You all can laugh at me but Vesey will take Kapanen's spot on the PK in Toronto and will have twice as many goals as Girgensons at the end of the season.
Larsson will have nearly as many pts as Eakin with a much better +/-.
Kahun will get exceed 40 pts playing for the oilers and the end of the season will have more pts and goals than Duclair.
Pysyk will have at least double the goals and pts as Rieder playing the RW (he scored a hat trick at RW last year) and he could slip into RHD if there were injuries.

That is my rant of the day.

I don’t mind Girgenson at all he’s a lot better than Vesey. I’m fine with Rieder too, Larson over Eakin for sure.

Yeah I was shocked they didn't sign Kahun, it freaking baffled me, but I guess he was willing to take less money for the opportunity to play with his good buddy Draisaitl.

Let me preface my comments.
I am thrilled that we added Hall and Staal.

IMO there were better free agents to sign.
Irwin and Davidson do not have as many pts or goals in the past three years combined as Pysyk had last year alone.
Pouliot has a much better NHL resume than either of them and as Pysyk was a first round pick.
Maybe he can convince Pilut to return or sign Koekkoek as our seventh defenseman.
Finally, if Ruotsalainen is the real deal and Mittelstadt can continue his development it will make not signing Kahun and Vesey a moot issue.
This would be the best of all scenerios.

You are correct Girgensons and Rieder are not bad signings, but Vesey, Pysyk and Larsson would give the Sabres better depth at a significant savings.
I am just shocked that Adams never reached out to Larsson.
He is one of the hardest working forwards.
OK, let's take Kahun out of the mix, you are correct he may have wanted to play with Draisaitl.