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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 20, 2023 at 8:50 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 16, 2023 at 2:51 a.m.
Thread: GoSabres
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Tjm220</b></div><div>With the current salary cap situation, any defenseman making $6 million is making number one pairing money. If the cap should go up enough you can make the case that $6.5 million is a high end second pairing defender. But at the current rate I would almost argue any defender making over $5 million is making number one pairing money.</div></div>

That’s fair. But you’re paying on the front end as that number will gradually increase with the cap looking to be increasing.

Parayko is paid to be a first pairing guy. He’s asked to be a bonafide number 1 who plays heavy shutdown with a lesser partner (the Pietrangelo treatment). He’s not prime Pietrangelo. He has a few holes in his game that don’t allow him to be Pietrangelo. Mainly his weakness of his first pass. But he’s is extremely elite at certain aspects as well.

The issue the Blues have on the defensive contracts is they have a group of guys they’re paying that don’t fit roles they need to to play to their strengths. Parayko is a bit of an outlier as he’s just been getting hammered to shelter everyone else.

Krug, Parayko, Faulk, Lindholm and Fowler occupy the 29th-34th highest paid defenseman on an annual basis. So in an essence yes they are being paid to be number ones. But they’re paid to be the worst number ones in the NHL.

All 3 on their own aren’t really bad contracts. Krugs isn’t great, but he’s being paid to generate offense and he’s done so over his career at a higher clip than Morgan Reilly for one who isn’t really looked at in as bad of a light.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 12, 2023 at 8:42 p.m.
Thread: Full Rebuild
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<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Campabee</b></div><div>No goalie outside the NHL is worth a top 5 pick, Caufield or Hutson.</div></div> <div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Random2152</b></div><div>Good thing Levi is in the NHL then</div></div><div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Lancebmx</b></div><div>Buffalo needs a goalie. Levi is supposed to be a really good young goalie. Buffalo has a ton of offensively gifted talent...</div></div><div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mv21227</b></div><div>Shesterkin? Sorokin? Saros? And Hutson is a great prospect but he’s not more valuable than any of those goalies, or any of Ullmark, Demko, Oettinger, or Swayman imo</div></div><div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Tjm220</b></div><div>Levi is exactly what the Sabres need...</div></div><div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>willinlisbon</b></div><div>Rather than comment on the trade itself....
I'm baffled as to why hab fans think we need a game changing goalie right now in year 1 of the rebuild?...</div></div><div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Stadel</b></div><div>If Hutson was right handed I'd probably do that. Goalies are so wildly unpredictable. Dahlin-Power-Hutson would absolutely rake lol</div></div> <div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Koskinen_The_Great</b></div><div>Charlie Lindgren started his career off 3-0. ..</div></div> Let's be clear neither team would make any of those trades.
Levi has excelled at every level of competition.
He had one blow out game this year, and he has been able to keep Buffalo competetive in every game he has played.
Buffalo is not about to trade a GK who has his future.