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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 22, 2023 at 4:38 p.m.
Thread: Weaponizing cap space
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Koskinen_The_Great</b></div><div>No there isnt plenty of options. Stop acting like every player wants to be in that miserable town and you are flush with number 1 options. There are maybe 5-6 legit number 1 tenders in the league. Its an extreme example for an extremely biased fan base that thinks Levi will lead them by himself without injury or letdowns in a long year.</div></div>

If you have listened to anyone in the organization talk they are not looking for a legit # 1 starter. Their plan is for Levi to be the number one starting next year and to perhaps acquire a 1b veteran to back him up and handle a heavy load if he struggles. Money talks. The Sabres have plenty of cap to overpay a veteran UFA on a 1 - 2 year deal to come to Buffalo
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 22, 2023 at 2:15 p.m.
Thread: Weaponizing cap space
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Koskinen_The_Great</b></div><div>lmao. Your defense allowed a record 30 goals in 5 home games in 1 stretch beating the previous high from expansion. Stop being a homer. The sabres defense is putrid and Harris has been playing the right and left. He make the Sabres immediately competent. And goalies stats are all over the map, Allen is consistently healthy and has had great seasons in the past in a limited role including the cup winning season at over .930 save percentage but sure go for Tristan Jarry and overpay for an often injured keeper.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Koskinen_The_Great</b></div><div>As a starter on a tanking team that has tried to give him rest as much as possible, yes. Allen would have started a lot more games had they meant something like in Pittsburgh. Neither here nor there. Again Allen isnt the prize here. The Sabres need stability in nets. He can easily go for a 3rd round pick same price they paid. Jarry will go much higher.</div></div>

What is the obsession with Tristan Jarry. As if he is the only ufa goalie. I doubt he someone the Sabres consider. They will be looking for a 1b for 1- 3 years max that can play 30 to 45 games if levi falters. Their are plenty of options that fit that bill in the ufa free agent market
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 16, 2023 at 8:55 p.m.
Thread: Tweaks
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Dan_the_Man</b></div><div>Please I would absolutely love to read 1 rational reason TB remotely consider that garbage. TB DOESN'T sign players to relatively club friendly extensions of their best player at their weakest position and trade them before they play 1 second of the extension that's a complete s***bag move TB doesn't do.
Besides that there isn't a single piece TB cares about . Ohlund at 5'10" 164lbs yeah TB doesn't do runt defenseman dudes a runt. and 6 k TB isn't paying that much to a backup 900k or less. What does TB have to do to prove to people they don't give a rats a$$ about picks
My apologies I thought 6k was done end of this year. Ok the picks and defensenan are useless still though</div></div>

Fwiw Ohstlund is a center not a defenseman
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 13, 2023 at 12:05 p.m.
Thread: Immediate Contention
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>sk540</b></div><div>Since when is 29 bad for a dman? Yeah his style of play is physical, but so what, dmen have to be physical. It's a flimsy take to me to say the least. He really started turning it around in the 2nd half, presumably after he got used to Torts system. Another year of that, plus hopefully next year being the first steps to contention, will show he can be relied on for 20-22 mins a night.</div></div>

29 is not a bad age for a defensemen. However, expecting further growth and development in their game moving forward is foolish. Over the last couple of decades of the thousands of dmen that have played in the league only a handful have improved at that age with a much larger portion of them regressing significantly from that point on
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 19, 2023 at 8:12 a.m.
Thread: Ideal Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Tjm220</b></div><div>The other players you mentioned are the only ones on the team who have or will have 30 goals by the end of the season. Olofsson is the last guy who could hit 30 by the end of the year. He may no longer be a top six forward, but he is an elite third line player if nothing else, and represents the depth of the scoring winning teams need. If you can have three lines of players, who can put up 40 or 50 points minimum, you’re a dangerous team. He may price himself out of Buffalo after next year, making him a trade deadline asset. But it also wouldn’t surprise me if they wanted to hang onto him because his talent creates mismatches against third line players on other teams.</div></div>

He is a streaky shooter that is liability on the ice when he is not scoring. It is great to have 30 goal scorers but if the other team is generally scoring more when this player is on the ice than his team they are not winning players. This is a constant for Oloffson