Lyubushkin is also our 7th defenseman
And no, we don’t need an upgrade to our 7th guy
Especially not at Perry’s Cap Hit

There’s just no way it’s happening

I didn’t say he’s bad at defense, i said he’s “not good”
Yeah, he’s fine i suppose.

But i don’t think he’s a good fit as Power’s partner, i like Clifton much better. And having a guy in the 3rd pair with that Cap hit would be a waste of Cap space imo.
If Adams did have any interest at all, he likely could’ve gotten him pretty cheaply at any point. But instead, he signed 2 other RD on July 1st

You're also saying Clifton's a better defenseman for 2nd pair than Petry when there's a mountain of data to show the opposite is true. You're talking like Petry would continue to be your 7th guy when he would just to the top 4 and push someone else down.

Come on, in 4 minutes more a night in Ice Time Petry's numbers are just as good as Clifton's except like I said 1 Averages 21min a night while the other averages 17min a night. Petry could slide up and down the pairings.

That's what I'm saying. If I'm a GM I'm putting $6.5M on Bouch, puts EDM in a huge bind.

Here’s the thing you’re gonna have to deal with,
Adams doesn’t want him & he makes the decisions

Very true, or Buffalo is on Petry's 15 team No trade list

Either way, he’s not coming here

Well isn't that true for 99% of the AGM's on here.

Idk, i don’t stalk the posts like you apparently do. Lol

Pretty easy to tell if you read the description.

Holland is a very respected GM amongst other GM's. Old Boys Club is alive and well. Offer sheets are purple unicorns. Very rare.

tides are changing, more younger front offices. I don't disagree that NHL is still an old boys club, but that doesn't mean some of these younger guys won't do their own thing to break the wall.