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Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 13, 2019 at 3:04 p.m.
Thread: i think the sabres should do some trades
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Cheesesauce</b></div><div>Overpayment for rent Toffoli and some weird deal with WPG.</div></div>

A pick (not a 1st), a B level prospect, and an expiring contract in Sheary (who has never caught on &amp; helps deal with taking on $) for a top 6 RW which the Sabres desperately need is OK imo. I bet LAK fans might even say that's a bad package and hope to get better elsewhere, idk.

I don't think the WPG is too weird. Everyone's valuation of Risto is all over the place, so I know I'll never make anyone happy, but he's not worth Ehlers so I didn't even try here. Lowry and Perrault really help the bottom six imo.

Depth is better all around.


All in all this AGM is an exercise in futility as the Sabres will never make 4 separate trades this year lol but it does go to show a lot of work needs to be done to this roster still.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 9, 2019 at 3:08 p.m.
Thread: state of the roster - my opinion
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Skyraider112</b></div><div>Where is Nylander? Do you think he will make the team? If so where does he fit in and who is scratched?</div></div>

With Nylander (who could very well make the team out of camp, many said he should have at the time last year and even more so after we saw how the season went.):
Skinner - Eichel - Nylander/Sheary
Olofsson - Johansson - Reinhart
Vesey - Mittelstadt - Sheary/Nylander
Smith - Rodrigues - Okposo

Wilson/Girgensons one stays and is scratched, one is waived. Could waive Hunwick and keep both. We could have Larsson, and scratch/waive a different combo of those guys.
I could see Thompson in the same light as Nylander. Replace Nylander with Thompson in the line combos.

There are a lot of young players who deserve a shot. Tage, Asplund, Arttu, Nylander, CJ Smith, Olofsson, Pilut, Borgen. To give those guys shots you have to be willing sit guys like Sheary, Okopso, Girgensons, Scandella, Bogosian. Hopefully we see this with the coaching change.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 9, 2019 at 12:51 p.m.
Thread: state of the roster - my opinion
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shootica</b></div><div>Well ****ing done. Best Sabres concept I've seen recently by a country mile. Just a couple thoughts...

Larsson isn't mentioned in the entire post - Are you assuming that he's headed back to Sweden as some people have reported? Those reports have been refuted by his agent from what it's worth. If he is back next year, I think he's their best 4C option with Girgs pushed to the LW.

You touched on it briefly, but I definitely like the second line more with Olofsson on the right side. He's a pure shooter and the right wing positions him to be a constant threat of a quick one timer. Johansson, as far as I know, has little history of playing RW and only mentioned ever playing LW or C in his media conference the other day. His game as a playmaker is also probably better suited for his natural side.

Another good option for the first line RW spot is Vesey in my opinion. I haven't seen him play all too much, but from what I've read he's a guy with a nose for the net that likes to hang around the netmouth and clean up the garbage. That could compliment Eichel and Skinner well as neither of them are best suited for that sort of game, and Sheary is a little small for that role. Vesey has enough goalscoring touch to finish the chances that Eichel creates - He'd be a dangerous passing option at all times when the puck is on Jack's stick in the offensive zone.

Again, really well thought out post and I enjoyed reading it!</div></div>

My thought on Larsson, is that he doesn't make it out of arbitration as a Buffalo Sabre. Admittedly I don't know much about salary abritraion hearings in the NHL, but what I gather is that if he is awarded a salary the Sabres don't like, that they can walk away. Or a tleast there is some mechanism where they can part ways. If the number comes in to be resonable and they can get other RFAs they want, like McCabe and Rodrigues in under the cap then I could see him being the 4th line center and the Sabres roll with Girgensons - Larsson - Okposo again. It's definitely not out of the question at all.

It's a weird concept but I think this notion of postion-less hockey is going to start creeping into the NHL. With D-men and Forwards cycling and covering, always moving to set up a great shot. I see that 2nd line as fluid. Reinhart taking D-Zone draws, Johansson taking O-Zone draws. I think its better for players to enter the zone on their natural wing (easier to accept a pass on the forehand). Once in the offensive zone I see Reinhart going to the left side and Olofsson skating towards the right to set up one-timers for either. something like that.

I can see Vesey getting a shot a top RW. I think intially a lot of Sabres fans would groan at the thought but I can see it working. I mean 35 year old Jason Pominville looked great with Jack and Jeff last season, so I'm very open to anything working over there.