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yodamage

SOS...Same Old Sabre
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Forum: Buffalo SabresFeb. 19 at 1:10 p.m.
Thread: 2023 - 2024: Trade Deadline Priorities
I feel like this team is loaded with 2-3 line forwards. What it doesn't have is:

-Legit 1st line C, as usual. Thompson is a solid 1st line wing but his defensive play and 46% on the dot tells the story. He is a shooter...in the Ovie/Hull genre and needs to be such.

-Amen to the defensive D-man. Someone who can PK, block shots and clear the crease. Maybe 2 of them actually....

-Mittelstadt needs to go...not a know on him but the cap and contracts in place make him an issue and he is the only player they'll get value for.

-Address the Goalie position to find a true 1B to keep UPL fresh and win some games.



While there are a couple players in Rochester to come up maybe...they don't need younger. They need more toughness and experience. They don't need more draft picks...they need players. Olofsson, Okposo, Girgensons, Johnson, Comrie....none of them have any real value to anyone. Will be tough to get anything but a mid round pick for any from a contender looking for depth.
Forum: NHL TradesJan. 18, 2019 at 9:30 a.m.
Thread: (BUF/PHI) - Bailey for Leier
It is interesting to me, as the Sabres are somewhat backlogged at RW with Reinhart, Okposo, Pominville, Thompson as well as Nylander, Simpson and likely O'Regan also on that side and being just as productive as Bailey. Even with Pominville out next year, Bailey wasn't getting the nod.

Now at LW, after Skinner it gets much less interesting with Sobotka, Sheary, Larsson Girgensons and Elie. I wonder if flipping the wing in Rochester allows the big team to get a look at Olofsson in Buffalo or to bring Smith back full time. Reality is, LW and C is where guys will break in next year or two and Olofsson, Asplund, Oglevie, Smith are the guys.

I still think that should the team not improve and stay where it is standings wise...fighting for an 8th seed and one and done playoff appearance...we should be sellers again at the deadline and move a few depth guys who a real contender would appreciate. Girgensons has value as a PK and bottom 6 guy who won't hurt you at a low $ hit and can play all 3 spots in a pinch. McCabe is another guy I'd think a contender might value in a 6/7 role down the stretch.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 1, 2018 at 1:01 p.m.
Thread: Post Lottery Sabres '18
Olofsson makes Nylander disposable IMHO, better to get a R sided d-man with upside and offensive game. Rutta out of Chicago was an option until they seemed to commit to keeping him.

D: Guhle becomes 7th man and starts working in with the team. Scandella is gone in 2 and Guhle needs to be my guy to take the second pairing spot when Dahlin is ready to move up. I'd also look to package my two 4's this year to get back into the early 3rd and grab Filip Johannson.

G: Lehner buys me a year to see Ullmark without commitment.

F: JvR is the scoring machine Eichel needs next to him. Reinhart should easily score 60 just picking scraps and dealing A's. The second line can do damage if Okposo snaps out of it...if not, it is a shutdown matchup in the image of the old Drury/Grier image. The third line is built to abuse lesser depth. Vanek is cheap with a couple of 20 goal seasons left in the tank, Bailey/Baptiste finally get a chance to compete for a prime spot.