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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 23, 2023 at 12:41 a.m.
Thread: Buffalo Needs a goalie
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mv21227</b></div><div>If Demko was on a team that was actually competent (not even good but average) on the PK and just at playing defense, he’d be looked at much better than he is. Everyone is down on him because of 15 bad games this season, but last year he was top 3 in the league in 5v5 save % and 5v5 GSAx, and the previous two seasons combined he was second in 5v5 GSAx. The Canucks defense, and specifically the PK, has been completely incompetent which hurts his numbers, but his advanced stats show he is an elite goalie</div></div>

That's kind of the debacle with these UPL for Demko trades.. Sabres PK isn't good and they're still growing defensively. Demko is definitely interesting, but I don't know if he solves their problems without some changes to their D core.

Also, UPL has grown a lot already since getting regular NHL starts, so idk if that's the play for Buffalo right now
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 22, 2023 at 1:31 a.m.
Thread: Sabres
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shibbal18</b></div><div>He's been unwatchable and I feel like in the entirety of Buffalo the only people I've heard defend his play has been a handful of users on this site. Nobody sees this good play. Constant mishandles, poor decisions, bad shots, but he accidentally finds Olofsson in front of the net and all of a sudden he's a playmaking master. Jost has been carrying the water on that line if your talking about players working with out the stats showing it, Mittlestadt skates aimlessly</div></div>

I'm sure you're a pleasure to have Mittelstadt conversations with in person, too.

They've been playing together with Jost for more than a month. Mittelstadt has been playing multitudes better this 3 or so weeks. And, strangely, before Jost was even on the team they had great stretches too since Granato came on. Olofsson has become less of a liability this past year, but his game is being in a spot and finishing. I hope the growth continues.

I openly acknowledge flaws in Mittelstadt's game and his inconsistency, but you and others cannot acknowledge *any* good from his play. But I'm the blind one, and "there is no reverse".
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 21, 2023 at 1:57 p.m.
Thread: Puck eaters
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>boilermaker</b></div><div>Hawks decline the offer, but the trade of both of them to the same team is an interesting premise. Hawks decline because they don't want a 28 year old D in Lyubishkin. I realize you'll have a log jam on the blue line with the 2 new additions so maybe he can be traded somewhere else. As for Neuchev, I'm dead against obtaining Russians currently playing in the mother country. You never know if and when they'll sign a NHL contract. So in place of those two, Hawks will accept different forward prospect and another pick - Bloom and the Philadelphia 2nd.

And the Hawks are not sending backing the 2025 3rd.</div></div>

Lybushkin was just for free basically, wasnt meant to add muxh to the trade. Ill just take him out for simplicity's sake.

A different prospect is a reasonable ask, but adding the 33rd pick and not sending anything back isn't.

I'd do the existing 1st, Buffalo's 2nd and Bloom (likely become top 5-10 in your system?), and maybe a little extra. Seems like that's at the very high end of their combined value <strong>**in a vacuum,**</strong> but I do understand that you're looking for the "make me move" price
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 21, 2023 at 12:43 p.m.
Thread: Puck eaters
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hawksguy81</b></div><div>Hawks decline. The 2023 1st isn't nearly enough to get McCabe and Murphy. If the Hawks liked Neuchev enough to take him in this deal, they would have drafted him w/ pick #66 in the last draft. And if Lybushkin was playing up to expectations, he wouldn't be in this deal.</div></div>

Not following your logic on Neuchev.. you didn't have every pick in the draft. So if whoever they took was 66 on their board, and Neuchev was 67, that means they didn't like him?

Lybushkin is a throw in but we can just do the paper transaction dance we've been doing. (Edit: tbf I didn't mention that anywhere)

What are they worth separately in terms of draft picks? The Hawks fans asking for a 1st and a prospect for either of them are asking for way too much
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 20, 2023 at 2:35 p.m.
Thread: Philly needs to get rid of provorov
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>littlejerryseinfeld</b></div><div>There are no legitimate reasons for being anti gay rights</div></div>

Where did he come out against gay rights? Gay people were born with the same rights as everyone else.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Subbanator7667</b></div><div>Pretty much every religion is anti war, so theoretically speaking anyone who is religious or even non religious has the right to skip military appreciation night</div></div>

No one who would defend Provorov's decision to stay in the lockerroom would have any issue with a person's right to not partake in a salute to service type of event.



<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Subbanator7667</b></div><div>I'm aware, that doesn't stop the fact that just about every religion is based around being a good person and loving everyone.

So as I said basically anyone should be able to sit out military appreciation night if this is the chosen road.</div></div>

They have the right to do so in this country. Provorov is under contract with the team, so if the team forced him to partake we would be having a different conversation, but again it would be within the team's and players rights.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Subbanator7667</b></div><div>No, because he threatened to bench other players for the same rights. That's a hypocrite</div></div>

Which, in the same statement where he supported Provy's right to not partake, he apologized for being wrong back then. Are we not allowed to make mistakes and grow as people?