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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 7, 2019 at 10:28 a.m.
Thread: Buff
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Cheesesauce</b></div><div>Who's better than Olofsson? Any Buffalo fan will tell you that he is in the top 3 of our best prospects. Of course, if you don't count Mittelstadt, although even if you assume that Olofsson for me still in the top 3. If so, and Olofsson does not sparkle, we are doomed.</div></div>

I'll concede the point on top prospect. But I wouldn't call him a blue-chip prospect or sure thing. Though he definitely has the offensive tools (exceptional shot, good passer and solid vision, etc.), he also floats a lot and has had some really ugly and situationally bad cases of cherry picking downstairs. That probably sours me on him more than his game as a whole warrants.

We have other prospects that might not project to be as big of impact players, but I'd say are higher probability to pan out. Asplund is someone I'm high on. Solid two-way player with offensive upside. He had a good year on the Amerks as well. I might personally place both him and UPL above Olofsson, even if it might not be the "best" list
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 7, 2019 at 9:47 a.m.
Thread: Buff
McCabe will get more than that, and should also be playing. Sabres really wouldn't be interested in Methot. That's a risky signing after his injuries and also one they don't need, as they have a lot of LHD depth.

Sabres most likely roll out Hutton/Ullmark again in net. Ullmark had a down year and Mrazek an up one, but I'm not sure if that's much or even an upgrade. And Ullmark is still the hope for the Sabres future starter, which is what would determine if they want to move on from him.

I like the notion of Donskoi, we definitely need more middle six/depth scoring. I'm apathetic to Johansson. There's definitely a hole there that needs to be filled, but I feel like he'll be overpaid for what he has left in the tank. He's had a good playoffs though.

Sobotka is an offensive black hole, and should not be playing with Sam. Move him down to the fourth line (or scratch him), shift Sheary up, and move Rodriguez to Mittlestadt's wing. That probably means either resigning Larsson or bringing up Asplund to fill that role. Not sure which I'd favor. Also Nylander to consider on the wings.

And Olofsson has his problems and large weaknesses, but a sixth isn't a big enough incentive to give up on him for me. Plus Montreal has a ****load of forward depth, which would be hard for him to crack (he is a scoring role or bust player, and I don't think he'd have much of a chance for that role there). Not sure they'd be the destination anyway.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 13, 2019 at 11:50 a.m.
Thread: Obtaining Pesce
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>LoganOllivier</b></div><div>...</div></div>

My perception of their RHD situation is as follows (feel free to correct me Canes fans):

Hamilton and Faulk are both offensively potent defensemen who are somewhat liabilities defensively. Faulk is a bit of a PP specialist. With players like that you want to give them favorable matchups where the ice will be tilted in their favor and they will be in the O-zone more often than not (O-zone slanted draws, not being matched against the opposing top line, etc.).

They have Adam Fox putting up 1.4 PPG in college right now, and the perception I have is that he'll be jumping straight to the NHL (next year?). He is another defensemen of that mold.

You can't give all three D-pairings offensively favored matchups. It doesn't work. They can't make optimal use of their players if they trade Peace and roll with Faulk-Hamilton-Fox down the right side. They would be playing to their players weaknesses instead of strengths.

The perception I have of Carolina's plan is that Faulk will walk when his contract is done and will be replaced by Hamilton/Fox (in role and deployment). So he would be the cheapest to trade for (also the least valuable though in my opinion).

Hamilton would be trade able, and if they trade him they may look to re-sign Faulk (probably would?). They would probably be looking for a lesser but capable LHD and help up front (or maybe only one of them depending on the players involved).

I'm not sure where I would peg Peace's theoretical value, but he is their RHD that makes the least sense to trade. Because he is more defensively minded, and they have less players (and less capable players) to fill that niche (Pesce + TVR, <em>maybe</em> McKeown). Whereas they have 2+1 players to fill the offensive D-man niche (we call them puck moving D-men now though).
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 12, 2019 at 6:46 p.m.
Thread: Into the PO
That's a no from the Sabres there.

Faulk is fine and all, but I don't think he is a good match for the Sabres. He's basically a worse version of Risto. Most of his points come from the PP, and at best he'd be a minor upgrade over Risto or Dahlin there (so strike those from his value to the Sabres). He gets sheltered zone starts to match up with his skill set, which would force Risto into covering even more of a defensive role, which is not optimal for him either. While the Sabres could use another RHD, I do not think Faulk is a good match, and he is not someone I would want to commit money to long-term because of it.

Darling is not an NHL'er anymore it seems, and I want nothing to do with that boat anchor contract as it stands.

Trading Hutton leaves us scrambling to find another NHL goalie (UPL is 2-3 years off), and I don't trust Ullmark enough for some 80/20 or 90/10 split nonsense (nor is that a good idea in general).

Saarela is a nice prospect, but it's not enough to make me want that. At all.

Your trade centerpiece is a bad fit, Darling's a boat anchor, losing Hutton would make for a major personnel problem for us.

I won't judge value, but the structure and pieces really don't work for the Sabres in my opinion.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 12, 2019 at 1:05 p.m.
Thread: The Usual Suspects
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DirtyDangles</b></div><div><a href="https://www.tsn.ca/panthers-huberdeau-joins-tsn-trade-bait-board-1.1255876" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.tsn.ca/panthers-huberdeau-joins-tsn-trade-bait-board-1.1255876</a>

Seems to me they might still have interest before the TDL...</div></div>

LeBrun said the chances of Florida trading for Bob at/before the deadline was "slim".

I would trust LeBrun over Servelli. And that Servelli article is 100% speculation of who might be on the trade block if they were interest in trading for Bob/Panarin.

<a href="https://theathletic.com/801810/2019/02/06/lebrun-notebook-possible-suitors-for-wayne-simmonds-and-panthers-interest-in-artemi-panarin-and-sergei-bobrovsky/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">LeBrun Article (Athletic/Paywall)</a>