2024-2025 Around The League Part 2

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How does Byram screw up that bad.....
In his defense, Makar has had screwups that bad...not often of course but they've happened.

I don't know what to make of Byram. I think he's proven now that he's healthy he can be a very good 2D, but I think he still believes he can be that #1 franchise blueliner and I'm just not sure he's capable of that.

The Sabres are just a baaaaaaaaaaaad team with a bad culture. Hope they figure it out someday, but whatever they're doing there, it ain't workin'.
 
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There is a good chance Heiskanen is out till the 2nd round our later. I'm not scared of Dallas. They are beatable, especially if he's out in round 1

The only problem is that DeBoer absolutely owns Bednar.

DeBoer makes constant adjustments that Bednar has never been able to counter or deal with.
 
The only problem is that DeBoer absolutely owns Bednar.

DeBoer makes constant adjustments that Bednar has never been able to counter or deal with.
I don’t think it’s adjustment issue. It’s more of a roster and match ups. Dallas doesn’t have the same top end as the Avs, but they have a deeper roster. When they shutdown or limit the Avs top line, we just don’t have the depth to match Dallas. The 22 Avs team would beat Dallas though. We would have beaten anyone that year
 
Now I kind of want Dallas in the 1st round just to debunk this narrative that DeBoer owns Bednar. The Avs have done very well against him in the regular season.. During the playoffs it could easily be argued that his success against us was due to:

1. his teams being healthy
2. our teams having lots of injured players
3. bad goaltending/injured goaltenders

Where DeBoer is better than Bednar is to influence the refs.

Furthermore as somebody else said, Heiskanen might not be playing until the 2nd round.
 
Looking forward to Jamie Benn taking out four guys in his first shift in game one. Bednar standing and looking.
 
What would you want him to do? Leap over the boards and go fight Benn or DeBoer? Scream at the refs? Cry in the postgame PC? Send the DoPS/NHL a sternly worded letter?
Scorched earth. If we're not getting past Dallas, Dallas aren't getting past anyone else.
 
I don't know what to make of Byram. I think he's proven now that he's healthy he can be a very good 2D, but I think he still believes he can be that #1 franchise blueliner and I'm just not sure he's capable of that.
He needs to land on a team where he'll be the top pair LD, ideally with PP1 time.

Buffalo was a bad fit, just like Mitts here.
 
He needs to land on a team where he'll be the top pair LD, ideally with PP1 time.

Buffalo was a bad fit, just like Mitts here.
I thought it was just a stupid trade from the getgo for Buffalo, when they already had Dahlin and Power. Not to mention how bad I felt for Byram, for basically landing in the exact same spot as he was in Colorado opportunity wise, but on a much worse team. I thought the only way that trade made sense is if Buffalo flips him for something else.
 
I thought he was actually doing well there lately on the top pairing with Dahlin.
Two lefties playing together is never optimal, one of them is automatically handicapped. There's a reason coaches hate it, especially in the top 4.
 

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