Quoting: PHENdivclassquotedivclassquote_tQuotingbDDossett
Well im probably the only one but as a sabres fan i look at the roster and clearly see we don't ha e room for joker or (if we a add a forward) olofsson. TK is exactly the player i would want to replace olofsson with too. So if it cost me ostlund, a center who i dont even have ahl roster room for and a 1st, when hopefully this an other moves put me deeper into the playoff picture i'm probably going to pull the trigger on your offer...i would haggle the heck out of it though. I'd want to keep that first. Try and meet you with a 3rd...ok 2nd.
2 years of konecky showing my prospects what i want outta 5.5mil players on this team sounds like a perfect scenario to me.
Quoting: worldwidesensei
Lol, we have room for Ostlund. He is choosing to play in SWE...How don't we have room for Joker? He was our #3 D-man last year...And how many points/playoff wins does TK bring? 1-2 points? ...
Quoting: Renegade_H
Sure TK was a 61 point player last year but he did that in 60 games. Olofsson is in every single Buffalo trade and I view it as a cap dump more than anything. So Ostlund, #7 in Corey Pronman's Sabres prospect pool, and a 1st for PPG player.... not far fetched imo.You can take out Joki and Ostlund and add Benson if you want.
Quoting: GMDannyB
Ur over valuing ur players... Just cause u drafted a player in the 1st round doesn’t make them a 1st round talent. We have plenty of 1st round picks that aren’t even in the NHL anymore lol...
Olofsson is mentioned in many trades not because he is bad but rather he has value and earns nearly five times as much as any ELC. The Sabres will need to use his current salary hit on Dahlin and Power immidiately and Quinn and Peterka in the near future.
It is really difficult to believe Olofsson while playing about 500 fewer minutes out scored DeBrincat last season and has more goals than Boeser over the last 4 seasons also playing about 500 fewer minutes, is a
CAP DUMP while earning significantly less than either of them who are also not noted for playing much defense.
While it is true there are many first round draft picks who never see NHL ice, the reverse is also true.
Peterka and Kulich were drafted 34th and 28th OA, if one were to question NHL GM's it is safe to presume many would give up at least the 15th OA for either of them if not more.
Ostlund as a 19 yo is playing against men and is doing very well, he has certainly maintained his first round value after two years.
Jokiharju is a vanilla defenseman, he does not score nor does he hit.
In the 2021-'22 season ONLY Dahlin had more ice time than he.
Last season he was by a wide margine used more than any defenseman not named Rasmus, Mattias or Owen.
If Granato likes him so do I.
Obviously Travis Konecny is a great talent who had two different seasons of nearly posting a pt/gm.
Buffalo is building a team of players who want to be in Buffalo, drafted by Buffalo, came to Buffalo as a younger player, have a connection to a player/coach in Buffalo, have been on the team for a number of years or play on the fourth line or 3rd pairing:
Want to be in Buffalo, obviously Tuch and Okposo,
Drafted by Buffalo Peterka, Cozens, Quinn, Dahlin, Samuelsson, Power, Luukkonen, Olofsson, Bryson
Came to Buffalo as a young player Thompson, Krebs, Jokiharju, Levi
Have a connection Stillman, Johnson, Greenway
Play a less significant roll Jost, Comrie,
Have been a Sabre for a while Girgensons and Skinner
Which catagory would Travis Konecny fit into?
Peterka, Quinn, Benson, Kulich all have the potential to average 60 pts/82 games as Travis has done excluding his first season.
Well that is my tome for the week.