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Quoting: Hockyluv21
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Quoting: Stanley_Cup_To_Manhattan
Dahlin-Jokiharju is a terrible pair...
Let me start with, Buffalo has missed the playoffs 11 straight years.
All four of the cup finalists played with 3 RHD and 3LHD.
Tampa was so committed to playing with 3 RHD they used Rutta and Bogosian, who were put on waivers by Chicago and Buffalo respectively.
How bad is a player who is put on waivers by Chicago or Buffalo?
Bear would appear to be an All Star compared to Jan and Zach.
The coaches play 3 RHD even if they are as bad as Jan and Zach because they know a LHD playing on the right side has to back hand the puck to clear the zone, this is not a good option.
I really do not know who is better Ethan or Jacob, most likely about equal with a nod to Ethan.
Buffalo has five potential LHD and two RHD (I do not see Fitzgerald in too many line ups).
Bear is only 5 months older than Bryson yet has played in 79 more games with 11 more goals and 28 more pts.
Bear has played 3rd line minutes behind Barrie and Larsson in Edmonton and Pesce and DeAngelo, I am not surprised that he would be on the third pairing on either of those teams.
I will let Granato make the pairings as he certainly knows more about building a team than and Buffalo coach not named John or Scotty.
I make this trade and give Waddell a great big thank you for balancing my defense.