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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 19, 2019 at 1:26 p.m.
Thread: top 2 players of each draft class
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>leafs101</b></div><div>I disagree with eichel but you could certainly make the case for it. and Makar could end up better but right now petterson is more proven so I went with him</div></div>

Eichel is much more dominant than Marner. Marner gets 90 points because he has been playing on one of the most offensively potent teams in the league. Not to mention he plays with John Tavares as his center, that really reduces the amount of defending he has to do. Eichel on the other hand has been playing (until this season), on a team that has hardly been able to score. He has to drive his own line pretty much single handedly and has to do alot of the defensive dirty work. Marner is extremely crafty and has great skills dont get me wrong, but he isn't the same calibre of player like Eichel. It's hard to gauge the value of centers vs wingers imo but I still think Eichel is better
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 18, 2019 at 5:54 p.m.
Thread: Playoffs
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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 18, 2019 at 10:41 a.m.
Thread: Trade with ARI
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>masterjuddi</b></div><div>Risto has to be the most traded guy on this site, but why? are Sabres fans posting these? Your team is doing well and he's a big part of that. Plus who's gonna fill those minutes? Bogo? Scandella? Dcore gets thin after that for a contending team
Also, the trade is garbage haha</div></div>

He is traded by Sabre fans for 2 reasons:
1) They think acquiring Jokiharju, Miller, and Montour was an indication that Betterall was unhappy with Ristolainen, instead of looking at the trades as being great pick ups.
2) The press totally misinterpreted his interview. (I am paraphrasing) He said he was unhappy that he could not bring a winner to Buffalo, which was heard that he was unhappy with Buffalo.

If he is traded it would only be for a great return (a consistent 60 pt center or forward) and I do not see that in the future.
Finally, considering that Buffalo has a 2.25 GAA (4th best in the NHL) yet Buffalo has 3 NHL defensemen on ir I would think it is a good indication that the defense is actually very deep.