Quoting: AntiAnalytics
...And bottom line for me, is that i wouldn’t wanna bring in an unproven guy to take the place of a league Vet who knows how to play the position ...
Quoting: BUFF36
Can understand that, I would hope if a move like this was made it was because the Sabres were going after a much Better Dman than Clifton.
Great conversation, excellent differing POV's.
A lot to unpack with your strong opinions.
While Timmins is only a third pairing defenseman currently he has played well.
He has played in 82 NHL games over 6 seasons with decent offensive output for a defenseman with 3 goals and 27 pts and +6.
With both Samuelson and Power out of the line up, Granato was
forced to reunite Henri and Rasmus.
Over that time they have gelled and excelled playing 148 minutes allowing only 1 goal while 4 were scored when they were on the ice, with a 59.2 SF%, .
When Mattias and Owen return, let's pair them for the obvious reasons.
Ryan Johnson will never frighten any one entering the Buffalo zone, but he makes very smart plays (he has the team lowest xGA/60 5v5 at 2.40), pair him with a more offensive minded Timmins.
Conner would be replacing the Sabres worse zGA/60 5v5 2.88 with Timmins TML team third best 2.36.
BTW, Buffalo gets a third round pick as well.
Well that is my take:
24-10
25-23
33- Timmins
shoot holes in it if you wish.