Canes decline. Olofsson doesn't do anything for Carolina.

Sabres aren't adding a goalie this off season. Nor are they moving Rosen for a d-man who cant defend.

Overpay on Gibby but other then that good team.

Massive overpay for Addison. Dude was a defensive casualty this season. Power needs a DFD who can hold that pairing down that lets him be creative offensively, Buffalo has their PP quarterbacks set.

Is there ever a trade you think the Canes will accept? You can remove the retention and make the move for a 3rd and it's a decent acquisition. Adding a one-tee player who can score 25-30 on the wing is exactly what Carolina needs. If they can't acquire top end guys like Ehlers or Schmaltz, it's a cheap grab.

carolina is knee deep in the analytics and possession based hockey. Olofsson being a one dimensional shooter who is actually surprisingly bad on the pp (needs everyone to do the work for him) doesnt fit the bill.

Pass on both Gibson and Addison. O’Rourke would be a better choice if he were a right hand shot, and he still wouldn’t cost this much in a trade.

Sabres in the market for top 4 D and goaltending. (c) LeBrun

Before this, others have mentioned it, there is a lot of smoke.

harrington and lysowski (people who actually cover the team): Sabres going with Levi and UPL/Comrie next season

They will add a defenseman not confident that they will bring in another goalie.

probably end up being mayfield or soucy

I was looking at them needing more scoring. Sure, they missed out on Svech, but playing guys above their role seemed to collapse in on themselves. That "analytic" based hockey also worked for the Isles... until it didn't. I think Brindy needs to bring a bit more offense, and adding another 25+ goals isn't a terrible idea.

Like I said, if guys like Ehlers or Schmaltz (or even Cat) are out of the question, Olofsson is a cheap grab.

Yes, and Lysowsky said about Hellebuyck. Not sure about Harrington, but Fairburn seems to be cover up the Sabres right now.

Top 4 D priority according to the same LeBrun, but Adams seems to be trying to add goalie. Comrie and UPL were bad.

They both this morning confirmed on twitter that its going be levi and upl/comrie. Fairburn would agree to but he needs the hit on his athletic pieces so he brings up names, which is fine, but he never links the sabres to them outright because he knows thats not happening.

I didn't see them both confirm, but it will be disappointing if Adams doesn't add a goaltender, the team probably won't make the playoffs next season again.

The islanders werent built through analytics, thats a croc. their dept is like 1/10th the level CAR's is backed by tulsky. The isles analytics is like the sabres from 2017-19 under botterill. They have a guy doing it just to say they have someone, but that guy isnt doing jack. A team so recently removed from getting cooked in the devon toews trade is not an analytics driven team.

CAR is all about efficiency, perhaps to a fault, but olofsson is one of the most inefficient players in the game, no shot CAR does this.

A pairing of Levi and UPL would be horrendous. Levi should ease into the role as a 1B and UPL is barely an NHL goalie. Same with Comrie.

Bring in a goalie like Varlamov and give him 3-4m for 1 year to mentor Levi for a season. Or literally anybody else.

Ive been telling ppl this since april. Ppl here assume its some kind of shtick but the writing has been on the wall about the complacency of management and ownership for a while and the only way to see any change is to force their hand. Hurt them where it matters. When they run UPL out there next year, dont show up. Embarrass them again and again until we see any kind of change in their ways.

I beg sabres fans to not fall for this just cause theyve missed 12 years in a row. Dont let "almost pretending to be a playoff team" be enough. This city, the fans the people the kids, they all deserve better than the ball-less gutless team building theyve gotten from ownership in the last while.

If they want to waste all the talent, speed and skill theyve amassed, thats their prerogative. But dont let them waste your time. Demand for more from these goofy goobers.

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The islanders had back to back conf. finals appearances playing 3rd line guys up and down the lineup. They were the definition of an analytics based team lmao. On paper, they didn't look appealing but they were hounding on teams left and right. But those appearances fell short once teams figured out that you can easily counter a team like that. And I don't know what the Toews trade has to do with it? He was half the player on the Isles that he was on the Aves. Doesn't take away from how that team was built otherwise.

His analytics were excellent on the isles, The fact that they had 3rd line guys playing up and down the lineup is not the definition of an analytics based team. Having your goalie steal your way through some rounds is not an analytics based team. And for what its worth, their are different styles of being an analytics based team and as I mentioned, carolina is all about volume and possession. Thats why you rarely see them go after the shooter types with poor possession numbers, like olofsson.

In fact, adding a top 4 D and even an average goalie will take us to the playoffs. I mean Anderson had 90.7% last season with all of our problems on defense and on PK. But Comrie and UPL fielded 88.6% and 89.2%. I don't know what's the point of risking not making the playoffs again and not finding at least an average goaltender in UFA or trade, and again playing with AHL goaltenders.

Adams doesnt have what it takes to be a successful GM (making the tough moves) and his owner is cheap. Thats why theyll risk it.

Right... because contention team making the conf. finals in back to back years as a bunch of 3rd line grinders definitely isn't an analytics based team. Sure.

all the analytics people flat out said the islanders run was almost purely luck and they didnt employ any analytics people in their front office directly.