Avatar

Cody_Eakin

Member Since
Apr. 23, 2021
Favourite Team
Buffalo Sabres
Forum Posts
88
Posts per Day
0.1
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 9 at 1:11 a.m.
Thread: Youth movement
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DogDayCaps2</b></div><div>"I like that you think Cirelli is good. He’s a 3c with average scoring up side. Lmfao. Like that’s the best comparable you could think of? Woof["

????

Cirelli is good lmao. He's a perennial Selke candidate that played a huge part in the cup runs. You realize not everything is box scores right?

Do you watch hockey?

Lol yes. You said Krebs could become a junior version of him like that is some impossible task that’s he’s achieving. Like being a 40p solid defensive center isn’t overly difficult. Eller played a massive role in winning a cup but I sure as FK hope McM develops to become much better than him.</div></div>

Yes a younger version of a guy that played a huge role in a team that went to 3 cups in a row. I'm keeping that over a 2nd round pick that has about a 30% chance of becoming an NHL player lmao.

"Like being a 40p solid defensive center isn’t overly difficult." Damn that easy to be a perennial selke candidate that excels on the PK &amp; is a pest. We've been looking for a guy like that for 10+ years now.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 8 at 11:28 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 8 at 1:33 a.m.
Thread: All in youth Meatballs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Tjm220</b></div><div>It’s probably time he move on, and he’s not good defensively, but that was never his game. Now that Buffalo’s top 6 is pretty well settled and he’s not in it there should be another team he’d fit with. He’s still an elite shooter who can reliably score 20+ goals next year without fail, and close to 30 if he’s playing with a playmaker. I felt a lot of his offense this year was overmatching his 3rd line opponents. Since the Sabres have offensive depth now teams no longer key on him. Giving him away would be a mistake.</div></div>

He's just not good enough offensively to be in any top 6 of a team trying to win games. An elite shooter should have scored at least 30 goals once in his career. He did have a playmaker when he was stapled to Eichel's line. He's an extremely streaker shooter who will have 6 goals in a week and have 0 goals for 2 months. He's just kind of a one trick pony who sits in the same spot. That's just not worth 4.75M.

'Giving him away would be a mistake" I don't think so. I'd be ecstatic with a 2nd round pick. He's a negative to the team on the ice. You gotta cut off the dead weight. With how little minutes he's played recently + healthy scratches Donny seems to think the same.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 7 at 10:20 p.m.
Thread: All in youth Meatballs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Tjm220</b></div><div>He is a perennial 25 to 30 goal scorer (and 50 point player) who contrary to popular opinion is no longer powerplay dependent. If that’s not worth a late first at less than $2.5 million cap hit for you Buffalo should find a team that will pay that price. Just because no one on this website happens to like him doesn’t mean that no one in the league sees his value.</div></div>

Maybe if you ignore everything negative about his game. He's been on the ice for 52 goals against 5v5 compared to his 31 goals for. He hurts your team more than he helps. There's a reason why he has the worst +/- and no other forwards are even close. He's terrible defensively. Not physical at all. Brings down his linemates (Mitts is totally different player away from him). Granato has healthy scratched him multiple times.

Nobody is gonna pay the price because they actually watch him play.
Forum: NHL SigningsJan. 11 at 12:25 p.m.
Thread: Buffalo Sabres signed Mattias Samuelsson (7 Years / $4,285,714 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KSIxSKULLS</b></div><div>Only one of those are from the Modern NHL (where goal scoring is crazy high). Atleast Cernak can provide 15-20 points a year. Not high on him either, but Tampa has more than enough talent to make up for it. I guess the same can be said about Buffalo though.</div></div>

What is the cutoff for the modern NHL? Orpik was on the cup team 5 years ago...

Plenty of active guys on recent good teams. Adam Pelech, Brandon Carlo, Ryan Lindgren, Siegenthaler, Brodin, Tanev, . Defensive d men are definitely not a dying breed lol.

Samuelsson has 15 points in 80 games for his career. 10-20 points a year is pretty much where he's at. Again we're paying him to be a shutdown partner for Dahlin not so he can rack up secondary assists on the PP.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 22, 2022 at 2:16 p.m.
Thread: Something different
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HabsRafiki</b></div><div>In short order, no I don't think he cares (much) about Calgary, though he wouldn't be doing this exercise if he wasn't trying to make it easy for CGY. As for leaving money on the table, absolutely he cares about that. He's a pro hockey player and the son of a pro hockey player. It's ALL ABOUT the money. Gaudreau admitted he blew it by taking the Flames to the wire. Had he made it clear a few months ago that he would go the the market, there are teams that would have asked to trade for his negotiation rights. He would have been able to secure an 8-year deal for a lot more money. Instead, he ended up with just two offers — NJ and Columbus — that were both well below the $10.5 x 8 that Calgary reportedly offered. He said he has no regrets, but acknowledged that his indecision cost him a fortune. And I don't know your financial situation, but I have yet to meet anyone who doesn't give a sh*t about leaving $15M on the table.</div></div>

It's not all about the money. If that's all Chucky cared about he'd sign a 8 year 10M+ offer from Calgary. They could likely offer him the most money out of everyone. Chucky not wanting to resign and Strickland saying he wants St.Louis shows it's not about the money. Strickland is very connected to the Tkachuk family. He was the first one to call BS on the Tkachuk package for Eichel when Weekes said it. Anything he says regarding Tkachuk is not bs.

Johnny G was literally offered 8x10.5M and turned it down to take 7x9.75M from Columbus. That's 16M less. If money was the most important thing he would've just taken the offer from Calgary.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 22, 2022 at 12:28 p.m.
Thread: Something different
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HabsRafiki</b></div><div>Those reports are BS for one simple reason: why would Tkachuk give away that kind of leverage when it comes to negotiating his contract? That makes even less sense than screwing over Calgary. Think about it, if the Blues know that the only place Tkachuk wants to be is St. Louis, they have him by the short hairs. Over the course of an 8-year contract, giving up that kind of leverage can cost a guy $20M. I assure you that his agent is doing the rounds and will ensure Tkachuk gets a bunch of offers. Perhaps St. Louis is one of them. But the Blues have a pretty good thing going already, so why would they torque their roster for a diva?</div></div>

Do you think Tkachuk cares about the return for Calgary? Do you think he cares about getting the most money possible? We just watched Johnny G leave millions on the table to sign with the team he wants to be with. If all Tkachuk cared about was money he'd just resign with Calgary. This is where he's gonna spend the next 8 years of his career. I don't think money is the most important thing for him.
Forum: Fauteuil - DGJul. 21, 2022 at 1:07 p.m.
Thread: Like everybody else
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ledge_And_Dairy</b></div><div>You arent getting this at all. I am saying there will be a bidding war for Tkachuk. Exactly like how there was a bidding war for Eichel. I am not comparing their contract status at all when I said that.

Though I do think Tkachuk can definitely return a package similar to what Eichel got</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ledge_And_Dairy</b></div><div>You arent getting this at all. I am saying there will be a bidding war for Tkachuk. Exactly like how there was a bidding war for Eichel. I am not comparing their contract status at all when I said that.

Though I do think Tkachuk can definitely return a package similar to what Eichel got</div></div>

That's what your hoping will happen. There likely won't be a bidding war because he likely only wants to sign with one team.

&gt; I am not comparing their contract status at all when I said that.

That's literally one of the most important parts of a player's trade value. That's why there was a bidding war for Eichel. He didn't need to sign an extension with any team. They could've traded him to a team he didn't want to go to. There still wasn't some massive bidding war though because it's hard to move a 10M player.

&gt; Though I do think Tkachuk can definitely return a package similar to what Eichel got

If Tkachuk was signed long term he would get a great return. He's not so I'm expecting less than Eichel got.