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Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 25, 2022 at 11:59 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 8, 2022 at 7:39 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 26, 2022 at 12:31 p.m.
Thread: Twist my arm
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gretzkyghosts</b></div><div>Diaspora
When you chose the Vegas pick, you thought it would the last one in the second round?
Well let's make it clear, make the deal ONLY for the last Sabre pick of the second round.
Considering Pacioretty was moved for future considerations, this trade would be for essentially two seconds, which would be fair considering his salary and production.</div></div>

Good point. Better to be explicit about it being the latest 2nd. Thinking about it some more, a 2024 1st would be better. The prospect pipeline is so crammed that we won't be able to play them all in 2025.

Honestly, I don't think Edmonton would do it -- it's a brush back pitch because I'm tired of seeing the same crappy Foegele proposals. But Oilers 2nd is not worth enough for the Sabres to take on the money. Two 2nds for a 1st is the way to look at it. I'd be looking for a flip destination the day this happened.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 13, 2022 at 2:32 p.m.
Thread: Sign Milano Rodriguez and Stralman
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GMTD</b></div><div>So the Stanley Cup Champions can use a depth forward that would be useless as a Sabre.
Peterka could be ready, but Sonny and Rodrigues are insurance policies.
The subs played 187 games (Bjork 58/5; Murray 19/2; Caggiula 18/2; Jankowski 19/2; Ruotsalainen 18/2; Hayden 55/2 gm/gl).
Either of them would be better than any of them, as Sonny scored only one less goal and Evan four more goals than they did last year.

EDIT:
Check this out, https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/3639202 and herehttps://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/3639398 Evan is penciled in as the #2 center, but Buffalo cannot use him.
Here he is the third line center https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/3639386

Could this be one of the reasons why Buffalo has missed the playoffs for the past 11 seasons?</div></div>

Ha! There's a ton of reasons why the Sabres missed the playoffs for 11 years. Not dressing Evan Rodriguez was never one of them.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 10, 2022 at 3:20 p.m.
Thread: Projected Starting Line Up
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>sabres89</b></div><div>
On d, dahlin will play the right side, partnered with Samuelsson. Power will pair with either jokiharju or lybushkin, Bryson will likely be on the third pair with whoever isn't with power.
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I'm leaning toward what you say, but I wouldn't find it shocking if OP has the right defense lineup.

The question comes down to whether you think Samuelsson is mature enough (probably) and has enough talent (unknown) to truly dominate on third pairing match-ups a la Sergachev over the last couple years in Tampa.

He looks like a pretty good complement to Dahlin on the top line and may be the solid partner that allows Rasmus to freelance in the o-zone. But Lyubushkin could play that role too.

Jokiharju is the question mark. He didn't really mesh with Dahlin, though they really tried hard to make that a thing. I don't know that it would be any better to pair him with Power. He needs a statement year to remain with the team after this season.

It's gonna be fun to watch 'em figure it out.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 10, 2022 at 9:00 a.m.
Thread: two ufa signings
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gretzkyghosts</b></div><div>Strålman adds veteran leadership and balances RHD with LHD.
When a forward gets hurt it would be nice to have a player who scored 14 goals last year as a replacement.
93 points is certainly achievable with healthy GK.

During their late season surge over the last 28 games the Sabres finished the 2021-’22 season with a 16-9-3 record, only five games were against teams with losing records Chicago, New Jersey and Philadelphia winning all five games.

Nineteen games were against playoff teams Florida, Florida, Florida, Carolina, Carolina, Toronto, Toronto, Toronto, Los Angeles, Calgary, Rangers, Tampa Bay, St. Louis Boston, Edmonton, Pittsburgh, Washington, Nashville, and Minnesota compiling an 11-9-3 against those playoff teams.
If we include Las Vegas who was fighting for a playoff spot, the Sabres were 12-9-3 during the 28 game stretch against top teams.
<strong>12-9-3 v playoff contenders</strong> alone would result in 92 pts over an 82 game season.

Let me add, removing the 5-15-4 record of the back up GK from the team's overall record of 32-39-11 leaves 27-24-7 61 pts in 58 games or 87 pts over 82.
Considering how many games their 3rd, 4th and 5th GK played, presuming they could have had 87 pts last season is not unreasonable.

Adding Comrie, Lyubushkin, Power (as well as signing Strålman and Milano) and Quinn while dropping only Miller, Pysyk, Hagg, Butcher, Dell and Houser it should not be difficult to imagine a 13 pt improvement over that 87.
My optimism is based on past performance and not false promises.</div></div>

It could work out the way you're playing it. My optimism is tempered knowing that it's rare for a team to avoid bad news for an entire season: injuries at thin positions, slumps and regression will hit. I don't think they have enough depth to overcome those inevitabilities this year. Milano doesn't move the needle -- I'd rather see Peterka as the first call-up to be ready to push for a permanent roster spot

Just a little more patience is needed. Barring abject mismanagement, 2024 sees the Sabres squeak into the playoffs, followed a long contention window lasting past the end of the decade. Sadly, I don't think KO and Zemgus see the promised land.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 22, 2022 at 12:48 p.m.
Thread: Development Continued
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Archarte</b></div><div>Portillo is a crap shoot. We don't really know. It's understood that Buffalo would get a 2nd for Johnson, but it would be better to get that pick in 2023 which is not likely if he sits out until his eligibility is up with Buffalo. The Sabres need to draft three to four good defensive prospects to fill out the already stacked pool they have. It would be better to get those all selected in 2023 to fast-track the development to move forward.</div></div>

They have Lindgren and Novikov already in the system. What they really need is for two of Mitts, Cozens, Krebs, Savoie to hit their upside C potential and for one of UPL, Levi, Portillo to be a legit 1A goalie. Everything else can be filled in through judicious trades/UFA.

Meantime, keep taking BPA in every round.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 17, 2022 at 1:44 p.m.