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Tjm220
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Forum:
Armchair-GM
Sat. at 7:04 p.m.
Thread:
putting that LTIR space to work
Sorry, only Vegas are dumb enough to pay Pietrangelo that much money these days. If Vegas existed and had Pietrangelo 10 years ago maybe they could’ve traded him for a goaltender like Oettinger.
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Armchair-GM
Aug. 8 at 9:11 p.m.
Thread:
Small changes
Buffalo does not want your pile of crap. If you wanted Nadeau you should have drafted him yourself.
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Armchair-GM
Aug. 6 at 2:09 p.m.
Thread:
Girard so Avs Sign Kadri
Buffalo tells you to **** off and **** off pretty hard with that trade offer. It’s been said maybe a dozen times or more here that Buffalo has no use for or desire for Tyson Barrie or his ridiculous, stupid contract. Never mind giving up Apslund who is an important player to the team and significantly better and cheaper than Tyson Barrie.
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Armchair-GM
Aug. 6 at 10:35 a.m.
Thread:
Rough year
The Vegas deal might be the least awful, but Vegas doesn’t have a reason to care about LTIR money. The Pegulas are not in the business of burning more money than they have to either. The rest of this doesn’t really make a lot of sense.
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Armchair-GM
Aug. 5 at 2:47 a.m.
Thread:
Blow it up for Bedard
Buffalo isn’t buying Scheifele, especially not for any of that.
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Armchair-GM
Aug. 4 at 8:56 a.m.
Thread:
Leafs run at the cup
As usual another delusional leafs fan posting an AGM that doesn’t consider or care what their trade partners need or want: “**** whatever your team needs, all that matters is the Queefs!” Not that I can blame you when reality is less fun than this fantasy world you live in. Almost 20 years of first round purgatory would make anyone insane.
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Armchair-GM
Aug. 3 at 2:25 p.m.
Thread:
Buffalo with Wood
I don’t know, Buffalo gets Wood would have been more amusing. You also forgot to sign him, but I’m sure that wasn’t the point. Who would you play him with I wonder?
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Armchair-GM
Aug. 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.
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Armchair-GM
Aug. 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.
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Armchair-GM
Aug. 1 at 10:17 p.m.
Thread:
Finishing the Off Season
Buffalo counters with Bjork for Puljujarvi. Don’t like it? Then stop trying to sell Buffalo your garbage defenseman they don’t want.
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Armchair-GM
Aug. 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.
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Armchair-GM
Aug. 1 at 2:38 p.m.
Thread:
Defenseman moved newish looking 4th line
I like Blueger, and Petterson is not a bad player, but I don’t know if Buffalo has room for either of these guys.
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 31 at 10:54 a.m.
Thread:
Back to Back
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheRealisticGuy</b></div><div>Imagine thinking you can compare two players with game played, goals, assists and +/- … Girard is a #3 dman and some will say a #2 while Joker is a #5 … they aren’t close</div></div>
So you’re conceding that they put up similar point totals when Girard gets significantly more ice time. Is he a better player than Jokiharju? Probably. Is he so much better that he deserves the significant amount more money he gets than Jokiharju? That’s debatable. Would I make this trade as it stands? I think about it, but Colorado fans say it’s a gross under payment and they would never actually accept it.
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 31 at 10:49 a.m.
Thread:
kads
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JeffW</b></div><div>I really like that JJP guy.. I'd take him for Girard.. not sure buffalo does that with power, dahlen</div></div>
We don’t. Buffalo is pretty set for offensive left handed defenders.
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 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.
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 31 at 10:43 a.m.
Thread:
Buff Team
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Knuckl3s</b></div><div>How can I tell if anybody is making a good impact defensively on a team like Buffalo? That's the thing</div></div>
You’d have to watch them play once in a while to know. If ESPN or NHL Tonight doesn’t do a feature on them most West Coast hockey fans don’t have a clue. Like most Buffalo fans know that Casey Fitzgerald has a future as a physical, tough defender too, and everyone else’s fan base thinks he’s trade bait.
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 31 at 3:11 a.m.
Thread:
Buff Team
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Knuckl3s</b></div><div>How is Samuelsson a top 4 defenseman? He only had 10 assists in 42 games</div></div>
I know it’s a foreign concept but sometimes you actually want a defenseman who plays defense instead of trying to play forward all the time. This annoying trend that the Norris trophy goes to the defenseman who scored the most points should stop. Maybe they should remember it’s a defenseman‘s primary job to stop the other team from scoring.
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 31 at 3:07 a.m.
Thread:
final moves
I don’t know how many times or languages you may need to hear this in, but Buffalo has no interest in Barrie at all. He is the opposite of the kind of defender they are looking for, and his contract sucks. Fitzgerald is the kind of defenseman they want, and Barrie isn’t worth either of those draft picks alone.
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 30 at 8:51 a.m.
Thread:
Nucks 22-23
Buffalo doesn’t have room for all those contracts. Even the AHL has rules about how many veterans you can bury down there. Buffalo would have to be able to dump an unwanted contract back, the only problem is Björk is the only player anybody can think of who fits that description. Not to mention Myers has a no trade clause and probably has Buffalo on it.
Forum:
Armchair-GM
Jul. 29 at 4:33 p.m.
Thread:
Reese
Buffalo isn’t buying your bad contract. More likely you’re paying them to take it.
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 29 at 4:32 p.m.
Thread:
Not Realistic But Fun
Good idea if he would sign. Even if he handcuffed us with a full no trade clause we get something for spending money at the end of the year anyway. I wouldn’t make him a top line Center, or more accurately I wouldn’t take Thompson away from Skinner and Tuch, but I would like to see him between Quinn and Krebs. Adding a guy like that actually makes the team better and gives the young guys a veteran hardnosed guy to learn from Who wins face-offs.
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 28 at 1:31 p.m.
Thread:
Chiarelli Holland and Benning take over
I know this is meant to be funny, but as a Sabres fan I think I would rather keep Skinner and Okposo. We’ll talk about Carter Savoie, I would think a draft pick would suffice to get him.
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 28 at 12:25 p.m.
Thread:
I do not understand Sabres fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jonh514</b></div><div>Fair. But you need one of those Kutcherov, Rantanen, Marner type scorers when the game is on the line in double overtime.</div></div>
Or a Barclay Goodrow, Jeff Cowan, Pat Maroon, Brock McGinn, or any number of the dozens players who have scored goals in double overtime or later. The big stars are always keyed on in the big moments, it’s those depth guys that don’t get a lot of ice time and have fresh legs late that end up being the hero more often than not.
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 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.
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Armchair-GM
Jul. 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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