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Funksoljah
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Forum: NHL SigningsOct. 10, 2023 at 10:36 p.m.
Thread: Buffalo Sabres signed Rasmus Dahlin (8 Years / $11,000,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Boltsbeathabs</b></div><div>Dude share some of what your smoking it's got to better than Willie Nelsons or snoop dogs stuff. I didn't bring them up bozo you did but he's honestly just as likely to win one as Dahlin is and makes 2.5 less I'll take Sergachev and his 2rings EVERYDAY!!;</div></div>

Sergachev signed his deal after coming of a 38 point season and a career high of 40 points, a plateau he had only broken 1 time while playing for a stacked team. Dahlin is coming off a 73 point season and has only scored below 40 points 1 time in his 5 seasons while playing for absolutely dreadful teams that had trouble scoring in his first 3 1/2 seasons. Context when their deals were signed matters. I don't dislike Sergachev, but you're the one smoking something if you think they are equal value players.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 19, 2023 at 8:26 a.m.
Thread: Final Tweaks
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hammerwise</b></div><div>True, maybe PHI takes Mittelstadt instead, but IMO I just dont know where Krebs goes. The fact is theres 3 relatively young better centers in front of him in BUF with Savoie and others on the way. And Laughton isnt just pts, hes a two way, leader, grit guy. The perfect vet, so really its about who is the better fit on a eam full of youngsters and lots of prospects on the way.</div></div>

Right now Krebs has carved out a nice role for himself on the 4th line with Okposo and Gus. They initially put him there to simplify his game, but as the season progressed he really started to play the way you want from an energy guy. Very tenacious player when he isn't trying to get too fancy with the puck. As far as room for him, Savoie and others need to take his spot, until that time there's really no reason to ship him out.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 5, 2023 at 11:41 a.m.
Thread: Flames Make Room for Nylander
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ledge_And_Dairy</b></div><div>Because only stat watchers think he's a bad goalie, and stat watchers only look at sv%. He's been very solid.

Save percentage is not a perfect stat. It's parabolic on how effective it is. When you face way too many shots per game like Gibson did this year your sv% will look bad since you well can't save everything and the opponent just gets way too many chances. When you don't face enough shots a game because your team prevents all the low quality scoring chances then all you face are medium and high quality chances meaning if you only let in 2 goals a game but only make 20 saves a game your SV% will be .900 at best.

Vladar is a goalie who can absolutely handle 1A/1B minutes and do quite well.</div></div>

So when it's Calgary fans judging another teams goalie stat watching is ok, but when it's their own well that's another story. If Vladar was as good as your fans say he is, they'd be trying to find a way to keep him and trade Markstrom. Vladar was markedly worse than Markstrom last season, and they were fairly similar this year. Generally you can find positives from goalies with poor statistics through their advanced metrics. Calgary was one of the stingiest teams in the league in shots against, high danger shots against, medium danger shots against, and even rebound shots against. That's actually an area that Vladar is very good, he does not give up a ton of rebounds. Everywhere else, he was mostly below average. That would not bode well for a Buffalo team that gives up a ton of high danger chances off the rush.