Edited Aug. 4, 2023 at 8:16 a.m.
Quoting: sabres89
The only thing that makes me pause is, I heard his defensive metrics have dropped off in the last year or two. It's hard enough to evaluate a defensive defenseman. It's a long contract, if he's already starting to decline, it could be one of those Seabrook contracts. Having said that, the guy has been fantastic on a pretty good team for years now. I think it's all moot anyways, I can't see adams giving a 30 year old an 8 year deal, and pesce allegedly didn't wanna come here too.
Before somebody points it out, pesce is 28, so it would be next summer when a hypothetical 8 year contract would start, and he would be 29. Don't wanna overstate, I try to be objective. Unless I'm discussing mittelstadt or botterill, then I'm allowed some license.
Too much Botterill hate on this site.
He made some terrible moves his last year, but he drafted and traded well.
My son thinks he hired Krueger as his Ted Nolan to get the team to tank so he could move out Murray's trash.
But the best players on this team are from him.
Last season:
Thompson______94 pts
Skinner_________82 pts
Tuch____________79 pts
Dahlin__________73 pts
Cozens_________68 pts
Mittelstadt_____59 pts
Defensemen TOI:
Dahlin_________25:48
Power_________23:48
Samuelsson___22:11
Jokiharju______21:01
GK games played:
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen_33
Craig Anderson__________26
Eric Comrie______________19
Five of the top 6 scorers, three of the top 4 d-men TOI and GK who played the most games from last year were all Botterill additions and he has been gone since 2020.
You may want to be a bit more objective, you are better than this.