Get past the second round before talking Dynasty

RHD is most certainly a major need for buffalo, right behind Goalie

Jokiharju is the only RHD we have signed for next year and he's not an incredible option to log big minutes imo

Dahlin has played well on the right but has never been consistent in doing so for any significant stretch during his career

If you think the D core wouldn't benefit from adding those two players and letting Ras play on his natural side you're totally delusional

I disagree strongly.

Dahlin's never really been effective on his off side for any significant stretch at any time in his career.

Aside from taking one timers in the offensive zone, it's almost never beneficial for a defenseman to play on their off side, harder to protect the puck against the boards, more awkward to chip the puck out of the zone, most passes are forced up the middle as its awkward to open up constantly. Idk if you've played D before but pretty much always more difficult to play in your own zone on your off side. For a sabres specific example take Brandon Montour from a few years back, he had to play on his off side and was much less effective than other times in his career, he moved back this year and boom.

Why would you take Dahlin, your best D, a super gifted offensive guy who's good defensively but by no means perfect in his own zone and make it even harder for him. It makes no sense at al.

In terms of Jokijharju, he's played what 4 games with power, saying he's got chemistry with him is preemptive at the very least. Joki is a fine player but definitely not my top choice to play with a young Power and build him up.

If you think adding those defenseman don't make our D core significantly better by letting Ras play his side and adding stability you're delusional

The value of the trades might not be perfect but your analysis of the Sabres D situation is pretty bad

tell me why, show me you even remotely know what you're talking about

I want Samuelsson in the top 4 and with dahlin and I like jokiharju with power.

Dahlin played almost exclusively on the right side before the NHL and until recently has almost never played on his right since getting to buffalo

Hasn't Dahlin had a career/breakout year mainly playing on his left side this season? Samuelsson is great I'll say that, with Donnys mantra top 4 isn't as clear a thing as he's more a matchup based guy,

Jokiharju and Power have been fine together, I find it hard to believe that Power would play worse with either Ryan Ellis or Erik Cernak, both of which are better than Jokiharju individually

I feel like you're kind of basing your assesment of feelings vs stats which isn't great

The cost to acquire cernak isn't worth it.

Granato has shown his hand. Look at time on ice.

Dahlin can play either side, but he and Samuelsson are a legit top pair.

We simply disagree on this. It's ok

I guess I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you, and it's ok

This site is just fun to go back and forth on

I'm assuming you're a Sabres fan, at least we can rejoice about the rebuild coming to an end, go Buffalo

Arttu is likely gone tho, Like Bryson but think he's totally worth giving up for Cernak any day of the week

The trade proposed here is nowhere near what cernak would cost

Ok chief

Kuemper is the top goalie on the market this summer, like Grubauer was a year ago. Take him away from the Dominant puck control of Colorado and you expose what he might actually be. I think he’s still above average, but Grubauer is too if he has a decent defense in front of him, which he does not have in Seattle. He may also not be looking for a short term deal, and Buffalo doesn’t want someone taking a roster spot away from Portillo or Levi in three or four years.

I mean when you have players like Bedard and Michkov available or even someone like Adam Fantilli it’s never too early. But I think the Flyers want to see what Ellis is capable of