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Forum: NHL SigningsApr. 15 at 2:13 a.m.
Thread: Anaheim Ducks signed Cutter Gauthier (3 Years / $1,900,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>kckrebs</b></div><div>Everything in the NHL, from top to bottom, is for the fans. Without fan support there would be no money, no teams, no league. Not sure why you think we shouldn't care what happens with our favorite teams? It seems you care a whole lot about teams that aren't even your favorite, as you seem to comment on about everything lol.. But yeah, take another jab at Philly since I'm clearly the one that needs to not take this stuff so seriously.</div></div>

Reading through this interesting discussion has me wanting to comment just saying that I agree with your statements and I don't believe its a bad thing you are disappointed Cutter didn't sign in Philly. That's totally normal and perfectly legitimate to feel that way. I'm not a fan of players not signing with the teams that draft them. An organization takes a risk drafting a kid, spends tons of time, talent, and money to develop them and then they just leave the organization? Doesn't seem right to me. Obviously if the organization wronged one of their players then that's a different story. However that wasn't the case with Gauthier. I'm really just not big on the whole entitlement thing that appears to be with some of the college prospects. I get that they have a desired destination to play but seriously to spurn the team that drafts you is childish. Like Adam Fox refusing to sign with TWO teams because he would only play in NYC. Its just dumb to me. And who pays the price? The organization who believed in the kid initially and all the fans who were excited for that prospect and are passionate about their team. Sorry that's my rant for today.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 10 at 4:42 p.m.
Thread: Lets try a diff teamio
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>hockeynutter</b></div><div>My lineup still has 2 million in bargaining. I will admit I have no idea for UPL. He has bargaining on his year but it is only one year and that gives bargaining to Buffalo. Limited experience helps Buffalo. Either way Buffalo with their cap space and looking to trade Henri for one more scoring forward can help them really do damage. As said in previous comment, if Robertson played regularly, his EV goal percentage would give him like 25 goals. This past year , Buffalo struggled offensively. They traded a good offensive center in mittledtad for Byram. (Good trade though I think) This gives so many options for this lineup to make a really strong team next year and still maneuver their salary cap.</div></div>

I see your points but keep in mind that the Sabres are LOADED with forward prospects that project to be high octane players. Savoie, Kulich, and Rosen are all gonna be NHL ready next season. Ostlund, Wahlberg, Marjala, Poltapov etc arent gonna be far behind either. Robertson is a nice middle 6 guy right now and may grow but in those 3 top prospects we have top 6 potential and therefore they have priority in the lineup over bringing in outside talent
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 8 at 8:27 p.m.
Thread: Whats Buffalos plan
Good questions. Obviously we cant say for certain what the organization's plans are, but I'll take a brief stab at guessing. Plenty of talent is a good problem to have and one the Sabres have never had so Im not sure how they will approach it. You gotta keep Kulich and Savoie imo. Rosen would be nice to keep but he would need top 9 playing time. The other very talented forward prospects are moveable or simply take time developing them before they sniff the NHL. Krebs is fine to stay as a 4th line grinder and can move up when injuries happen. Here's how I would project Top 9 forward lines in 2-3 years without any trades:

Peterka-Thompson-Quinn
Benson-Cozens-Tuch
Savoie-Kulich-Rosen

4th line can be anyone, Id love to see Biro, Kozak, and Nadeau earn spots there. Ostlund is expendable imo in a trade to solidify our D core. However, if he stays in the SHL for 24-25 then plays 1-2 years in the AHL there could be a spot for him
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 26 at 4:48 p.m.
Thread: Out there
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Stadel</b></div><div>The problem isn't his offense, it's that he doesn't do any of the stuff you listed, but he gets all the credit for the work of whatever pair he's on. Like for some reason, its impossible for Sabres fans (not saying you just generalizing a sample on say twitter) to attribute defensive work to Power, because he doesnt hit. Or Dahlin, because he turns the puck over a lot. But in game, he's consistently torched for speed by the opposing teams top players. And his skill with the puck is unfortunately abysmal. I don't even mean offensively, like the puck skills you'd want a defensive d-man to have (stretch pass, d to d etc.) . Dahlin's expected goals against per 60 both last year and this year were noticeably better with Jokiharju than Samuelsson. Which doesn't say much other than it's pretty clear that the top pair will go as far as Dahlin takes it, regardless of the perceived reputation his partner has.

There are probably little things he does well but not enough to make up for everything else and not enough to warrant his cap hit. Smart teams are able to add defense only players pretty regularly at bargain prices through free agency or trade. Dedicating a long term contract to one never made any sense and if they can find someone who would take him off their hands, and send someone/thing helpful back, that would be very ideal.</div></div>

https://www.capfriendly.com/scouting-reports/report/mattias-samuelsson-70915

Idk who writes these scouting reports but I'm not the only one who sees his value.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 16 at 5:11 p.m.
Thread: Lottery Up To 2
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pocke</b></div><div>It's just the caliber of prospect he is. He was drafted 6OA, had an absolutely outstanding D+1 and has had flashes of an insane ceiling in the NHL in his D+2.

His defensive numbers on CBJ are good and his scoring output is similar to Power's with 0.92 points/60 against Power's 1.01 Points/60.

Here are some hand-tracked metrics that are important for defensemen. First, both are already excellent puck movers.

<img class="for_img" src="https://i.imgur.com/Fw591l7.png" alt="Fw591l7.png">

Second, Jiricek is a fantastic neutral zone defenseman whereas Power is more absorb focused.

<img class="for_img" src="https://i.imgur.com/c7hjEOo.png" alt="c7hjEOo.png">

In terms of HockeyViz's predictive analytics, they both grade out quite similarly.

<img class="for_img" src="https://i.imgur.com/ZZo3o4M.png" alt="ZZo3o4M.png">
<img class="for_img" src="https://i.imgur.com/u4EQ2zw.png" alt="u4EQ2zw.png"></div></div>

Interesting charts and I see what point you are making. However I'll just point out something you already know. Jiricek has 40 career NHL games under his belt with an average TOI of 15:07. Power has 138 career games with an average TOI of 23:12. That's a significant difference in sample size and playing time. I'm not disagreeing that Jiricek is a very valuable prospect or that his ceiling isn't high. But to suggest that it would cost Cozens or Power is what I disagreed with.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>squashmaple</b></div><div>You cannot possibly be this dumb, but I guess your username does imply that numbers and charts scare you. SkyRaider claimed that Jiricek wasn’t worth anything and pocke very clearly demonstrated that that was incorrect because the numbers show he is comparable to Power despite Power being a lofty first overall and Jiricek being clearly much less than that (even though weirdly your whole fanbase on this website is desperate to acquire him). Power is just older and came into a team with no one ahead of him at his position since he and Dahlin can both play both sides.</div></div>

You can read my above comment if you'd like to know what I was actually saying ☺
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 12 at 3:07 p.m.
Thread: Serious changes
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Stadel</b></div><div>Look you and I have totally different outlooks on the team but you are definitely smart enough to recognize the trade route is basically closed to them. Anyone worth a damn in this league has no trade protection. And most of free agency is a terrible way to spend your money. See all of Kevyn Adams' free agent signings.

Even if you have a far more positive outlook on this team than I do, there's no denying their best (or i guess surest?) shot at being anywhere close to good is to keep drafting and waiting.</div></div>

Yes keep drafting players I agree with that. However to say there aren't good players available that can help our team improve immediately and that wouldn't be rentals either is far from true. There are also some UFA options that wouldn't be bad ideas.

Trade targets: Borgen, Walker, C. Tanev, Jiricek (very unrealistic) those would all help us on the D side. Lots of options to improve our forward group in the bottom 6 too. Goaltending I admit there are few options for trade

UFA signings like Matt Roy or Dylan Demelo would be wise adds and players that shouldn't cost an arm and a leg towards the cap