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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 3 at 12:25 a.m.
Thread: Re Tool
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>kxllua</b></div><div>Dawg your starting goalie is craig anderson i think im fairly rating them..

Olofsson is 27, probs will be entering his 30s by the time the sabers are real contenders. Fiala is miles better than olofsson and it cost a 1st and a prospect to acquire him, if anything, im being generous with olofsson.

The UPL deal is fine considering hes 23 and was once thought to be elite talent. Gives him two years at a cheap deal to prove himself, not like the cap is an issue for buffalo at the moment.

"Goes out of the way to make the team worse". Isnt that kind of the point? Like I said, sabers won't be contending anytime soon. Especially within the Atlantic division. You don't know your team as well as you think.</div></div>

If you can’t be bothered to spell the team’s name correctly I can’t be bothered to take your opinion seriously. Buffalo may not be a playoff team this year but I don’t think they will be a pushover either. Unless of course they construct their lineup the way you have here, then they’re most definitely a pushover.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 2 at 9:58 a.m.
Thread: Defenseman moved newish looking 4th line
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gretzkyghosts</b></div><div>Excellent point and I agree.
As you said, Bjork would be sent to Rochester but only Samuelsson, Power and Pilut are waiver exempt.
You are most likely correct, I think I would rather have Pettersson and Blueger in Buffalo than Bjork and Pilut.
So let's agree to disagree as you make very valid points and Buffalo will not ice a team that will make the playoffs this year.
So while the trade greatly favors the Sabres, it is unlikely that it will be consummated.</div></div>
You’re right, but I don’t even think Pilut makes the immediate roster to begin with. If for some reason Pittsburgh offered this trade you take it, but both Blueger and Petterson should be in the lineup if you did. Considering that both Power and Samuelson are left side defenders who should be in the lineup, would the Sabres be sitting Bryson regularly in favor of Petterson when they just gave him a new contract? I don’t think so. Depth is always necessary, but can the Sabres trade for a guy and pay him $4 million to sit in the press box until there is an injury? I don’t think they would do that either. Blueger should play absolutely, but who sits in his place? I would like Girgensons out there with him so I wouldn’t want them trading off who gets to be scratched. Sure, Okposo can’t play every game, and Peterka and Quinn are not guaranteed full season roster spots, but they should play even over him if that’s the option.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 1 at 7:41 p.m.
Thread: Defenseman moved newish looking 4th line
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gretzkyghosts</b></div><div>JSEB93 that would be a great trade for the Sabres, you are correct.
Among the returning defensemen only Samuelsson had a lower OZ% than ePettersson's 45.5% and no one had more hits than his 122.
Among the returning forwards, no one had more hits than Blueger's 87 and he had a higher FO% 53% than any Sabre.
Since Blueger and Girgensons are Riga, Latvia and Pettersson is from Sweden giving Buffalo another positive European connection.
While the trade reduces the number of draft picks, Buffalo moves from a fourth round to third round.
Due to injuries Buffalo had 9 defensemen who played at least 36 games last year and three others who played at least one game.
I think I would like to have Pettersson as one of my top 7 D-men and Blueger centering my fourth line.
I will respectfully disagree and make this trade.
Pettersson's contract does run through 2025, but Blueger would return a pick at the TDL from a team looking to improve their PK and bottom 6 forwards.</div></div>
The point isn’t whether either of them can be useful, the point is somebody has to be out of the lineup for them to play. Even if Bjork gets waived down to Rochester, I don’t know if Fitzgerald can be sent down without having to clear waivers which he wouldn’t. Bjork wouldn’t have been in the lineup anyway, so you’ll have to pick a forward and the defender who would have been in the top six that won’t be playing on a regular basis.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 31 at 10:47 a.m.
Thread: Sam Girard
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>sabres89</b></div><div>Sabres attendance fell off pretty hard to start last year, it rebounded towards the end. Covid rules hurt, so did losing for a decade, plus losing our best player- even if it looks like the trade worked out pretty well for us. So my point- our owners are sick of losing money on the Sabres, seems like they are quite comfortable at the floor. Don't think there's much traction to add players now unless they are too good to pass up or the compensation to take them is too much to turn down. Girard would be a nice player, but we don't really need left d, and there's no chance we would pay a premium of a jjp or a Samuelsson. The op is probably as far as I would go, and they probably get a better offer elsewhere.</div></div>
Pretty much. You’ll get what we offer or you can look elsewhere. Realistically Girard is a good player, but we don’t need him, Especially not at that price.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 28 at 10:21 a.m.
Thread: I do not understand Sabres fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jonh514</b></div><div>You will never get a Kyle Connor for a handful of pieces that don't work out. Not now. Not in 2-3 years. Elite talent has to be drafted or you have to trade Elite talent for it.</div></div>
I’m not saying Kyle Connor is the player they trade for in 2 to 3 years. For that matter they may not need a 40 to 50 goal player to add to the core they’ve already built at that point. They might only be looking to bring in a guy who can score 25 to 30, from a team that doesn’t have any prospects around him, and two younger players who don’t have the room to develop with the Sabres because their roster is already full and a draft pick just might be enough to get that done. Look what they paid for Jeff Skinner when they traded for him, next to nothing.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 28 at 10:02 a.m.
Thread: I do not understand Sabres fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jonh514</b></div><div>I am not advocating selling all those prospects... I am advocating selling 1 of them to accelerate the window to being competitive significantly. All the others can continue to take their time to develop. Why is that so wrong?</div></div>
But Owen Power is not the player you trade to make that happen. Or Dahlin for that matter. You don’t trade for an established player until you have more established players to put around them. Swinging a deal for Kyle Connor doesn’t make sense for Buffalo because by the time the rest of the younger guys are ready to go Kyle Connor is ready to leave. That’s why they aren’t doing that for the next couple years. If in 2 to 3 years there is a 25 year old equivalent to Kyle Connor that the Sabres can acquire for a handful of the pieces that haven’t quite worked out, that’s when they do it.
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