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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 30, 2021 at 10:22 a.m.
Thread: Would be happy with
The thing I wonder (and I have no idea the actual answer) is how bad the injury really is. The original recommendation by all the doctors was 10-12 weeks of rest and rehab and he would be fully healed. Eichel wants a surgery that's never been done before but I wonder if he really wants the surgery or is just using it as an excuse/ device to get out of Buffalo.

IMO I think the player wants out of Buffalo more then he is actually injured but we'll never know if that's the truth or not, but there certainly are some rumors floating around...

The quickest way for Jack to get out of buffalo would be to come back and play (and be healthy), prove he is in fact a top 10 center in the league and I don't think it would be very long before you see him on another roster.

The Sabres aren't helping there position though by not allowing other teams access to his medical records. It's a very strange situation overall.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 25, 2021 at 1:55 p.m.
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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 16, 2021 at 1:45 p.m.
Thread: the u-turn
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shibbal18</b></div><div>Goalies matter but no one wants to pay for them, and I think every big goalie contract in the last 15 years has blown up in the teams face, so that doesnt help. The Sabres though absolutely need 2 solid goalies, I just see Raanta as someone with a high potential of blowing up in their face</div></div>

Yeah I agree with you about big goalie contracts blowing up in teams faces. I tried to take a different approach of high dollar amounts for short years. If they could find a way to throw like 8 mill at Tuukka Rask or someone for 1 year (ala Taylor Hall) I would love that (although there is no way Rask would come to buf).

Be a nice stop Gap to give UPL another year in Roch and id still draft another goalie or 2 for the pipeline with there 10 picks in 2021.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 16, 2021 at 1:22 p.m.
Thread: the u-turn
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shibbal18</b></div><div>"Gave Sam a nice long raise." - I dont see Sam signing for less than $7 mill with this team, so 6 over 6 seems very unlikely. 0 interest in Power, let alone any of the dmen in the top of this draft, the Sabres are much better off trading the pick. Jokiharju gets more. Extremely hesitant to give Raanta that contract just because of his advanced stats on another team. Good luck getting Hyman to come to Buffalo, I want him but so do 31 other teams. Girgensons wont be LTIR next year and that 4th line will need way more Grit, not a place for Ruotsalainen or Thompson


McCabe is UFA, so Seattle takes someone that could walk in a week. Borgen would be the better option</div></div>

All fair points. Vegas took some UFAs so there is precedent for a guy like McCabe being taken. I think they protect 1. Eichel 2. Reinhart 3. olofsson 4. Mitts 5. Skinner 6. Asplund 7. Tage and for D 1. Dahlin 2. Joki 3. Borgen or Risto (I'd protect Borgen to expose Ristos salary) and then for G they're obviously protecting Ullmark. In this scenario McCabe gets scooped up but it could definitely be different idk.

If the team is willing to spend to the cap (which I'm not sure they are) in this scenario they still have $2,250,000 in cap room. So even if you include Grigenson, I wouldn't sign Sheenan leaving them with $800,000 in cap room. So it would take some moves to add another mill for Sam and pay Joki more. Not including there 1st rounder on the roster (which is most likely) gives them another $925,000 in cap room giving them $1,725,000 in room for Sam and Joki.

So it's definitely doable.

People seem to just have this thought that goalies don't matter in todays NHL. I don't buy that at all. having two potential starters can cover up for a lot of defensive deficiencies this team has. Also allows the team to play with more confidence helping elevate everyones game.

Just IMO.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 29, 2020 at 4:44 p.m.