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Forum: Armchair-GMSun at 8:25 pm
Forum: Armchair-GMSun at 5:07 pm
Thread: Eichel who says no and why
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Sebybbq</b></div><div>Depth is sure nice to get but you can acquire depth on free agency at reasonable price. But acquiring elite talent is almost impossible via free agency so if you go that way in a trade you need to gave players who have at least that potential. Fiala is a nice players probably a 50-60 point forward at is best and kunin and donato are bottom 6 players. The Sabres would want at least prospect who have potential to become all star. Eichel is possibly a top 10 players in the entired league the cost will be high to acquire him since 29 other team will at least make a offer.</div></div>

Most of this is right, except- acquiring depth in free agency is not something that happens at a reasonable price, for buffalo at least. Especially agree with the final thought, ya know, make your offer, leave it on the table, and we will check it against the other 29 offers and get back to you. If it doesnt hurt, you already know the answer.
Forum: Armchair-GMSun at 12:54 am
Thread: This would be a contender wouldnt it
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>csick</b></div><div>Draft Lundell, he has been playing against older players and posting a real good Corsi and possession stats, I could see him being ready right away. And then move Cozens to wing</div></div>

I might be mixing up prospects, but i think when i read his scouting report, i thought "thats the last guy i wanna draft at 7". A 2 way center that probably tops out at 50 points- thats a guy i wanna take in the second round, rather grab a winger to help with our nonexistent scoring with that high of a pick. Take girgensons for instance, when we drafted him in the middle of the first round, it seemed like a reach for a solid 2 way center who didnt score a ton. And it was. Take the star player if hes there. Beggars being choosers and all.
Forum: Armchair-GMSat at 12:35 am
Thread: Leafs fans called Dubas said they wanted the best center core he could cream
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TanSor</b></div><div>Both are fantastic young players but if you gave me the choice between the two I'm taking Eichel every time.</div></div>

As a sabres fan, the two are pretty close. Matthews offense is awfully impressive. I thought eichel took big steps this year to be a more complete player, maybe because krueger is a defensive coach, maybe it was just the natural development. The sabres dont have anything near the leafs offense, eichel far too frequently has to carry the puck up ice by himself, gain the line, and then make a play. Or it doesnt happen at all. Which you see when you look at the percentage of goals eichel is involved in compared to the team as a whole. Matthews, eichel, and barkov are in that elite category, right behind mcdavid and mackinnon. Im still not sure where draisaitl fits.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar 21 at 9:37
Thread: Adding depth to improve playoff chances
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KingsLover</b></div><div>- Thanks for the comment. With how stupid Buffalo management is I could see them giving Reinhart 9mil or trading him, but I believe they need to play hardball and try and get Reinhart to sign a reasonable deal for his production 65 points ish and he really doesn't do much else other than put up points, I think he would valued anywhere between 6-7mil.
- Originally had Olofsson at 5 years, 5.2mil per year but I thought that was too low.
- I thought that was a fair deal for Ullmark given his promise, but maybe you're right and I can lower it to 3mil for 3 seasons.
- You're right w Kahun too I'm biting on his potential, maybe a 2year, 5mil deal instead.</div></div>

We need a new gm like nobodys business. If im reinharts agent, im saying "uh, you gave skinner 9 million just last year, reinhart has proven that he is the better player, give us a call when you are serious". And the new gm can say "i dont know what the clown who i replaced was thinking, im not doubling down on stupid, you hurt our internal budget above 7 and kill our flexibility moving forward, so you can holdout if you like, its not like the sabres have some golden reputation that i cant afford to tarnish, so go ahead and enjoy some of the original content on netflix and catch up on westworld if you like, but im not going one red cent over 7". Or we keep botterill and he gets 9.5.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar 17 at 9:21
Thread: Cap Down to 80 Million with 1 Free Buyout
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Boomer125</b></div><div>You are both correct, unfortunately Skinner is paid to drive a line, I'm just looking at the long-term cap scenerio of 6 million dead cap in Okposo for 3 years vs 9 million of Skinner for 7 the long game suggests get out from under Skinner but that's just my pov</div></div>

Its an interesting idea, okposo or skinner. Keep in mind that management did skinner absolutely no favors this year- last time i looked his 2 most common linemates were johansson and sheary, and johansson not being a center is hard to overlook. Olofsson was on pace for 30 before injuries bit him, but he looks just fine with eichel. So if you put skinner on eichels left and drop olofsson down, its the same problem, except now you can more easily make the case that skinner deserves the money because the numbers are better. I admit that skinner is overpaid, by 2 million at least, and i am anxiously awaiting a new gm so that we dont give reinhart the same deal. I would buy out okposo unless the cap crunch was so bad that we had to buy out skinner. At the end of the day i think a solid #2 center gets skinner to the point where hes producing but overpaid, and its not ideal, but that happens sometimes.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar 15 at 7:17
Thread: buffalo
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BuFfaLOFaN</b></div><div>I don't hate that Zona trade</div></div>

Its a lot to give up for two guys on the last year of their contracts. Given the absolutely rotten centers in ufa and the fact that we would still have to get one of them to come here, its a tough call. We are better the minute we make the trade. Mittelstadt, to me, looks like hes gonna be a winger. He is -12 on an ahl team where most guys are plus, which i think shows that he has been playing center and trying to learn the center position, properly, against ahl players. He has produced some offense, but not enough to offset the other stuff. I think it would 100% require the gm to be changed, there is no way botterill trades his first- first round pick for this. I think im in. Plus the other salaries look pretty close.