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Dahlin_On_Me

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Forum: NHL SigningsMar. 19, 2023 at 2:36 p.m.
Thread: Buffalo Sabres signed Devon Levi (3 Years / $1,566,667 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Dahlin_On_Me</b></div><div>Our goaltending and team defence is atrocious. This is a step in the right direction. <strong>We need another legit top 4 shutdown defender</strong> and team defence to clean up our own end and playoffs could actually be a realistic expectation in 2024. Could happen in 2023 but seems like a stretch this year. Fingers crossed 🤞</div></div>

Wild fan here. I assume Samuelsson is one of the "legit top 4 shutdown defender(s)" you are referring to. Is Power not a shutdown defender? I'm curious as to what BUF fans feel about Power, Dahlin, Jokiharju, Lyubushkin, &amp; Stillman. Along with Ryan Johnson (who's killing it for my Minnesota Golden Gophers).

To me, BUF, OTT, &amp; NJD are set to become the dominant dynasties of the 2020s.
Forum: NHL TradesMar. 2, 2023 at 2:09 a.m.
Forum: NHL TradesFeb. 28, 2023 at 12:01 a.m.
Thread: (BUF/VAN) - Bloom for Stillman
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Dahlin_On_Me</b></div><div><strong>This may be the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen GMKA do.</strong> Bloom is an awesome prospect that could easily turn into something much more. Don’t understand why you’d trade for a bottom pair defender.</div></div> Surely you jest?
Maybe you forgot these highlights (lowlights):
1) Letting Ullmark walk,
2) Letting McCabe walk,
3) Getting only a second for Hall, coupled with giving Hall an $8,000,000 contract,
4) Getting only a third for Montour,
5) Having to take Bjork and losing Lazar in the Hall trade,
6) Signing Eakin when Larsson would have signed for less (BTW Larsson had more pts last year than Eakin during his two years with the Sabres),
7) ETC.
This trade is really aweful, but pales in the comparison to the first four.
You are thinking of the Kevyn Adams AFTER Jason Karmanos joined the team.
Kevyn must have made this trade without speaking with Jason.
Forum: NHL SigningsOct. 13, 2022 at 8:15 a.m.
Thread: Buffalo Sabres signed Mattias Samuelsson (7 Years / $4,285,714 AAV)
Buffalo is going to sink or swim with their young core and Samuelsson is a part of that core. Given that Buffalo isn't a highly attractive destination for most top end UFA's and even trade targets if they have NTC's (Murray for example). In that aspect this was a smart signing by Adams to lock up the guy they see as Dahlins partner for the next 8 seasons. This also incentivizes Dahlin to extend next off-season knowing he now has his D partner and Coach both extended.

They are barely above the cap floor, and shouldn't be approaching the cap ceiling for at least a few years. If they do start approaching the cap ceiling it would be due to a whole bunch of young players breaking out, and that would be a hell of a good problem to have. If he continues at his level of play they expect it's a great deal, and if he falters to a 3rd pairing level Dman that extra 1.5 million isn't going to be the difference between keeping one of their top players or not.