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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 1, 2023 at 3:17 p.m.
Thread: Going for a run
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Buffalove</b></div><div>Regardless, bc Chychrun here is a bad fit
He’s not good at RD, just ask ARZ fans

The Meier trade is reasonable
A bit more than I’d like to give, which probably means it’s a good deal for both sides</div></div>

Honestly, my belief is that if they go for a defenseman it’ll be a lefty. Lybushkin &amp; Jokhiharju both have time left on their deals and I think the Sabres like both, but especially Jokhiharju, more than the fans do.

Adding Chychrun to the left gives you someone who can eat big minutes if someone like Samuelsson or Power or Dahlin get banged up. And while he’s not great on his right side, he can do it. I also wouldn’t be surprised to see Power be very successful on his off-hand if need be, similar to Dahlin.

Honestly I put it he pairs the way I did bc that’s how most people see it. But I’d put Chychrun with Lybushkin on the 3rd pair. Give him some big PK minutes and let him work some PP2 minutes, but allow Dahlin to go from 26min to 24min power from 23 to 21 and eat 20min or so a night himself.

I also don’t believe Chychrun is the only option here. I also don’t believe they’ll actually do this deal and that they’ll wait to see what Ryan Johnson does before doing anything to their D-corps.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 26, 2023 at 11:14 p.m.
Thread: rumors true
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>csick</b></div><div>Sounds like Krebs is running out of room as well</div></div>

I wouldn’t say that necessarily. Early in season they wanted to give Cozens and Mittelstadt opportunities at center behind the Thompson line, both being older, more established, but still young players. Cozens took his opportunity and ran, Mittelstadt foundered s bit, but found success with Olofsson when paired with Jost off of waivers…
Inevitably this left Krebs “stuck” centering Girgensons &amp; Okposo. But I really believe this has allowed Krebs’ game to really develop. He can carry the puck but has not become adept in a dump &amp; chase style. He can play with less offensive players and play more of a 200ft game… and he’s developed a REAL feistiness that a young team like this needs. He gets out there and likes to stir the pot and seems to have the respect of a lot of the other players for how he handled that situation.

On the roster right now, my long term keepers at forward are:
Skinner-Thompson-Tuch
Peterka-Cozens-Quinn
Krebs

He’s a long term top-9 forward who I believe will get a decent but not over the top 2nd contract and will be able to fit in long term.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 28, 2022 at 10:22 a.m.
Thread: Why not
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>Assuming the Sabres finish out of the playoffs, should the Sabres be giving up futures for two years of Chychru? Plus he is a LHD which the Sabres have plenty. Keep Dahlin and Power, Samuelsson on the left side.</div></div>


I understand the perspective but I’d throw a few arguments the other way;

1) Dahlin plays better on his off hand imo, and has great chemistry with Samuelsson. I want that pair to be our top pair for 15yrs.

2) Power is still so young and I don’t think it would hurt to be able to limit his minutes a bit, adding a piece like Chychrun allows that.

3) Chychrun played in Arizona with Lybushkin so should have some chemistry there to start with.

4) can never have enough talent on the back end.

5) cheap deal with two additional years

6) Sabres have an immense amount of depth in their prospect pool. Dealing 1-2 pieces that aren’t Savoie/Kulich/Rosen/Levi is a solid deal. Also, they have too many forwards in their pool and will need to offset that at some point by either trading for nhl defensemen,
Or trading those forwards for picks or defense prospects.