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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 24, 2021 at 12:29 a.m.
Thread: CGY 21-22
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>gretzkyghosts</b></div><div>I really like that return for Eichel.
Dube is an NHL player
Zary is a year or two away
Coronato was a first round pick from last year.
A first this year, giving Buffalo three this year.
If Calgary fans like it I do as well.
Could I suggest one change, add Lucic to the trade and drop the Eichel retention.
Milan is then bought out by Buffalo and can go where he wants.
When Okposo's contract expires, Milan's cap hit to Buffalo will only be $510,416 for two more years.
Every body wins, Calgary gets the cap space, Buffalo receives and excellent return, Milan gets bought out and can go play with any team that wants him.
I am sure there are many teams that would take him at $1,000,000.</div></div>

I don't know that Lucic being included is realistic for 2 reasons: 1) Lucic waived his NMC for the expansion draft because he wanted to help the Flames out and sounded like he's OK with his role on the team (he certainly fits Sutter's style of team); and 2) Adams has emphasized that he won't take on dead cap money. Taking on Monahan - assuming he would waive his M-NTC - at least gives Sabres a short-term center with experience to help take some of the pressure off Cozens and Mittelstadt once Eichel is dealt.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 21, 2021 at 12:04 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 5, 2021 at 8:55 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 5, 2021 at 12:38 a.m.
Thread: Eichel Out
The Flames trade seems possible but I think Calgary views Mangiapane as a lock in their top 6 under Sutter and at 25, he's just above the age group the Sabres new core is in. If the Sabres and Flames talk, I'd expect the ask to be for Zary and Dube as starting points and then either Pelletier or Valimaki along with a pick. Monahan seems a logical cap dump since Lindholm would slide to 2C behind Eichel and at 26, he's not entirely unuseful for the Sabres to help take some of the tough minutes that otherwise fall on Cozens or Mittelstadt. Buffalo sure has the cap room to take money back.

Keep in mind that the cap floor is $60M so your roster wouldn't comply.

Also, with Ventura and Karmanos now on board - and we saw their influence in the Ristolainen trade; draft picks; and free agent signings that all had strong analytics - along with how Granato started benching Eakin last season points to strong liklihood of the Sabres either buying, waiving or demoting Eakin. As a 30-year old journeyman that contributed nothing last season, keeping him on the roster flies in the face of what Adams said on free agency day when he stressed them wanting to keep roster spots open for young players to earn.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 21, 2021 at 4:15 p.m.
Thread: EichelReinhart Stay
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jdfitz77</b></div><div>U want Reinhart taking defensive zone draws when he can’t win a faceoff???
That’s not a good idea
He may be decent defensively overall, but that doesn’t mean he’s a “shutdown” type center</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Facebookfighter</b></div><div>You'd use Reinhart. Reinhart has good defensive impacts.</div></div>

Assuming Granato becomes the permanent coach and the chemistry of Cozens-Ruotsalainen-Bjork carries over into next season, it'd be a safe bet that Granato would try to play Cozens' line against the other team's top line, just as he did recently against Boston, Washington and Pittsburgh. Along with having better speed than Reinhart and thus far proving to be a reliable face-off man, I think Cozens has a better two-way game than Reinhart.

Important to the debate is that having a 4th line or dedicated checking line - like the Sabres had with Larsson-Okposo-Girgensons may help with possession time but it doesn't typically neutralize scoring chances against with scoring chances for. The teams with the most success have a line or two that have two-way players that can cover defensively without losing any offense. My sense is that, where a conservative defensive-minded coach like Krueger wanted to have 2 offensive lines and 2 defensive lines, an offensive-minded, attack-oriented coach like Granato will want to have 4 lines of offense with each being defensively responsible. Mittelstadt isn't there yet and Reinhart and Eichel aren't as strong on faceoffs or positional play like Cozens IMO.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 30, 2020 at 10:03 a.m.
Thread: Final steps for the roster
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jfcsoup</b></div><div>No Cozens? That’s a it haul for Kuemper</div></div>

Cozens is a tough one - it depends on whether it's a full 82-game season or an abbreviated one. For a full season, burning a year of his ELC makes more sense but it doesn't for a shortened season IMO. I also wonder how physically ready he is for NHL play, despite his talent level. I'm dead-set against the notions Krueger and the media have made about playing him on the wing - he's destined to be their 2C in the future if things work out so playing out of position right off the bat "just to learn the pro game" is illogical to me.

As for Kuemper, he is a proven starter who was a Vezina candidate on a bad team so he won't be easy to acquire for a minimal return. The extra draft picks also factor in that AZ would be taking back full value of Hutton's contract, saving them really only about $1.8M off their cap. The hope / theory is that Housley's familiarity with Hutton as a veteran in the lockerroom and that it's only for a year of his contract would lead to the Coyotes accepting the swap.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 11, 2020 at 12:54 a.m.
Thread: Improving the Sabres
Overall, I think your proposal is pretty realistic in terms of Toffoli and Korpisalo along with the RFAs (but then again, what's reality to this management and ownership?). The only question is the DeHaan trade and that the end result is a team cap just $1M under the limit when all of the reports suggest the Sabres are targeting mid-70s.

It's hard to know if Pilut's underusage and being stuck in the AHL last season was more of Botterill's doing or Krueger's doing; if the former (which is hard to believe, given he signed Pilut in the first place), then there's hope that Pilut may have an out on his Russian contract and would be plugged in as the only partner who has had success with Ristolainen (and who we know Krueger loves and want to play top 4 minutes again with).
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 7, 2019 at 8:41 p.m.
Thread: Move Risto
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>littlejerryseinfeld</b></div><div>I feel like I did lower my expectations by trading him for a soon to be 29 year old with 5 years left on his deal who has never scored 25 goals or 50 points.</div></div>

I'd worry that Botterill would settle for Henrique (same age and remaining term as Silfverberg) instead to bolster the center corps - even if he thinks Mittelstadt can handle 2C duties, he'd probably want a veteran center as insurance behind Mittelstadt (similar to his apparent willingness to taking Berglund on last summer) who could play some PP, win draws and fill in as 2C when/if Mittelstadt struggles.

However, I'm still holding out hope that sanity will prevail and one of your's and my summer proposals (Risto for Toffoli with picks) happens. It had a lot of logic IMO in how weak Kings defense is behind Doughty and how good a 2-way winger Toffoli is to play either 1RW or 2RW. Everyone keeps pegging Johansson as a winger because of his BOS/NJ stints there but he played center for the first 6 seasons of his career in Washington and seems a much safer, smarter solution for Sabres to fill the 2C position this year; if Mittelstadt takes control and proves worthy of that spot, fine, Johansson can shift to wing - but I'd rather see the Sabres first put Mittelstadt in 3C spot and let him earn the promotion. If he can't, Johansson can fill it this year.