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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 20, 2022 at 10:56 p.m.
Thread: balanced
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>Asplund has 133 games in the NHL and has scored 16 goals and 25 assists. Ruotsalainen has 35 games in the NHL of no particular distinction, and Portillo has yet to sign an NHL contract. The draft pick will be no earlier than 27th overall. Shea Theodore is an All-Star. That package would be bad for Las Vegas (which has many more preferable ways to dump cap) for Theodore alone, and you want them to add a heavyweight bottom-6 forward and their back-up goalie?</div></div>

I agree that the value isn't there, might not even be that close. Vegas is giving up 3 roster players for futures and Asplund essentially (their caps kinda ****ed but this is still a bit overkill)

That being said, Rasmus Asplund's offense may never really get there but he's pretty solid defensively,

Ruotsalainen has had quite respectable AHL numbers, not sure what his NHL upside is and its seeming increasingly likely he goes to Europe this summer

Portillo should be looked at as solid goalie prospect, could he be better than Brossoit next season? Maybe. Will he be the better goalie in 4-5 years, most likely, then you have the first which is what you make of it I guess.

Not saying the trade was great, think the package could be closer to getting Theodore than you'd think
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 19, 2022 at 10:16 p.m.
Thread: Think this squad make the playoffs finally
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>littlejerryseinfeld</b></div><div>I want Samuelsson in the top 4 and with dahlin and I like jokiharju with power.

Dahlin played almost exclusively on the right side before the NHL and until recently has almost never played on his right since getting to buffalo</div></div>

Hasn't Dahlin had a career/breakout year mainly playing on his left side this season? Samuelsson is great I'll say that, with Donnys mantra top 4 isn't as clear a thing as he's more a matchup based guy,

Jokiharju and Power have been fine together, I find it hard to believe that Power would play worse with either Ryan Ellis or Erik Cernak, both of which are better than Jokiharju individually

I feel like you're kind of basing your assesment of feelings vs stats which isn't great
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 19, 2022 at 10:04 p.m.
Thread: Think this squad make the playoffs finally
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>littlejerryseinfeld</b></div><div>If dahlin is gonna play on the right and jokiharju has chemistry with power, rhd is no longer a massive need</div></div>

Dahlin's never really been effective on his off side for any significant stretch at any time in his career.

Aside from taking one timers in the offensive zone, it's almost never beneficial for a defenseman to play on their off side, harder to protect the puck against the boards, more awkward to chip the puck out of the zone, most passes are forced up the middle as its awkward to open up constantly. Idk if you've played D before but pretty much always more difficult to play in your own zone on your off side. For a sabres specific example take Brandon Montour from a few years back, he had to play on his off side and was much less effective than other times in his career, he moved back this year and boom.

Why would you take Dahlin, your best D, a super gifted offensive guy who's good defensively but by no means perfect in his own zone and make it even harder for him. It makes no sense at al.

In terms of Jokijharju, he's played what 4 games with power, saying he's got chemistry with him is preemptive at the very least. Joki is a fine player but definitely not my top choice to play with a young Power and build him up.

If you think adding those defenseman don't make our D core significantly better by letting Ras play his side and adding stability you're delusional

The value of the trades might not be perfect but your analysis of the Sabres D situation is pretty bad
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 19, 2022 at 9:46 p.m.
Thread: Think this squad make the playoffs finally
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Tjm220</b></div><div>You’re wrong and stupid (mostly because you asked to be called those things) because neither Philly or Tampa would ever make these trades. The supposed “buffalo tax“ is bull****, since nobody else has any money to spend anyone who wants to be paid will have to accept what Buffalo offers at a certain point. Kuemper will probably be lucky to get $7 million, And Burakovsky won’t see more than $6 million from anyone. That said I expect Colorado can afford to keep one of them. These two will be in high demand, and not necessarily the targets Kevyn Adams will be after.</div></div>

Ha, glad someone saw that part

To address what you've said, I think the Buffalo tax has some truth to it, just like how Florida teams can get away with signing guys for less for location and tax breaks, Buffalo weather and NY taxes kind of swing the pendulum the other way.

Burakovsky makes nearly 5 million now, and following a career year, adding 1.3mill a year for a short term (You have to acknowledge that Buffalo's cap situation sort of allows for this sort of play, overpaying in the shortterm to attract a guy like Burakovsky that's super unlikley to sign here otherwise)

Kuemper, same logic, he's a relatively new goalie in terms of his ranking/prestige. He's obviously not worth 8million, but Buffalo needs to spend to get to the cap floor and if you think another teams would consider 7 mil, 8 mil for 2 years to ensure solid goaltending while the young core develops isn't super irrepsonsible imo

In terms of those two not being targets Kevyn Adams is after, why's that, why not? which goalie would you go after. I think Burakovsky isn't necessary as Peterka/Quinn could take that spot but Kuemper or a goalie of his ability is a need

cheers
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 21, 2022 at 1:24 p.m.