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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 SigningsFeb. 8, 2023 at 8:53 a.m.
Thread: Buffalo Sabres signed Dylan Cozens (7 Years / $7,100,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>drizzt</b></div><div>A steal after one half og a good season... If he continues like this then i would say it could be a steal this year already... This can be a good deal and also it can still be a bad deal for the team.</div></div>

You can say this about every single contract ever signed, saying "it could be bad" is redundant, because every contract carries that exact risk. GMs used to (some still do this a lot.. cough... Lou... cough) want to wait for longer track records before a player can be paid, but due to aging curves, by the time a player "earned" a long contract, they were at an age that they almost certainly couldn't live up to that contract going forward.

Cozens has developed very nicely, was a high draft pick, so he didn't come out of nowhere, and in Buffalo, he isn't being carried by line mates. His underlying numbers support that he's actually driving the value of his production, and based on his age, you are buying the years that are most likely to be his most valuable. Given UFAs are getting on the open market still, his production doesn't need to be elite to justify his contract, and if we haven't yet seen his best, this is a mega steal.

There is still risk in this deal, like every contract, but this is a very smart bet, and the type of bet that if you make it over and over, you are going to come up with far more winners than losers.