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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 9 at 6:41 a.m.
Thread: Please Kevyn Get Some Big Boys
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BruceBanner</b></div><div>I don't see Edmonton parting with Foegele.
That backend is disgusting.
This definitely makes them a better team.

What do you do about coaching??</div></div>

I think granato stays. Our owner can't get out of his own way, when it comes to the Sabres. When he bought the team, he threw money around without a second thought, but he's become more conservative with the Sabres the last few years. Granato has a three year contract that hasn't started yet, pegula wants the Sabres to be a lean operation. I think what's likely is granato has to throw his assistants into the volcano, then the Sabres will blame the rest of this season on injuries. I can see granato refusing to fire his assistants and getting fired, but that's about it. The Sabres have developed a bad history of looking for coaches with ties to the organization- so if you wanna guess at who the next coach would be, I would say Seth appert (Sabres ahl coach) would be the runaway favorite, with some other former Sabres rounding out the field, i suppose ruff is an option, but we need to stop making the same mistakes over and over again. I don't see a torts or gallant coming here, which is really too bad.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 8 at 9:53 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 5 at 7:24 p.m.
Thread: Thoughts
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AntiAnalytics</b></div><div>U aren’t gonna find Sabres fans that would agree to this

It’s only mildly possible, bc Sabres mgmt might not think our goaltending has been solidified as of yet
However, UPL was pretty great for most of this season &amp; we do still have high hopes for Levi should UPL struggle

It’s just not a totally insane idea like many will think
Bc it is conceivable we wanna take our time w Levi and 1 year of good play from UPL might not be enough to convince us the goaltending is “all set” moving forward

It is an unlikely idea by you though
If u guys held a couple mil in salary, then it’s maybe a bit more realistic- still a longshot though

What about a team like Jersey or the Leafs even?
I’m sure u guys could move Jarry if u really want to</div></div>

I'm absolutely thrilled that upl was really good this year, and that Levi has quietly gotten a lot better since he went down to Rochester. It means that we can now be excluded from these conversations.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 4 at 8:25 p.m.
Thread: Buffalo
No, for all of the ufas. Girgensons time as a Sabre should be up, he's been here 10 years, it's time to move on. Kane, is gonna wanna go play for a cup contender, not a team just trying to make the playoffs. Amadio seems like an awful idea, we need grit and another option for the pk, he doesn't add either. Can't see pecse coming here, probably gonna look for a team closer to a cup, and I don't think 6x6 is a ton more than he could get from a cup contender. Bryson is worthless, he cleared waivers last year, nobody is looking for undersized left shot puck movers that don't put up offense. Upl won the starting job, ullmark costs more and can walk next summer, not interested. I do kinda like the Columbus trade, think Columbus is overpaying here, but it doesn't matter- there is absolutely no chance the Sabres move power. I'm fine with moving jokiharju, we've got too many puck moving d, would like to get away from being the easiest team in the league to play against.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 4 at 11:56 a.m.
Thread: Figure it out
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Renegade_H</b></div><div>I see too many Buffalo proposals trying to trade Samuelsson which gives me red flag vibes.</div></div>

Kinda like mittelstadt, a combination of things made him available. Buffalo has 5 nhl left shot d- dahlin, Byram, power, Samuelsson, and Ryan johnson. Dahlin and power have been paid, Byram likely will get paid next. Samuelsson is making just under 5 long term. Not sure how much you wanna invest on defense. Samuelsson is defensive- minded and big, but not particularly physical (I don't care what the scouting report says), he uses his length to poke check as much as anything. The Sabres would be wise to round out their all left handed puck moving core, with a couple physical defensive guys, preferably right shot ones. Samuelsson looked really good covering for dahlin last year, this year was rougher. I can see moving him if it makes sense, there's plenty of gms that would take him. So to me, the fans are recognizing that maybe paying him 5 million long term isn't great, and they penalize him for having a down year and being hurt.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 3 at 5:06 p.m.