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21/22 Roster Speculation Thread Part VIII

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I know Cozens isnt a bad player but my god this teams future would look so good with Zegras instead of him
 
So ideally we need two top 4 RDs next season to play with Dahlin and Power. When people say it's hard to find RDs, I don't think that's true, of course there are players of different quality and style, but there are many RDs in the league and some of them may well be available at the right price. This is my extended list RD for trading and in UFA, I have not included some big fish like Klingberg as I don't think it's rational to sign such a player. Also, I didn't add players who would probably only be sold for huge overpayments, which Adams shouldn't be doing. Some of this list can be very controversial, which even I don't really like, but in the worst case they can be considered as an option one of them can be paired with Samuelsson or Bryson.

Trade:

Connor Murphy
Matt Roy
Damon Severson
Matt Dumba
Scott Mayfield
Nate Schmidt
Nick Jensen
Dante Fabbro
Alexandre Carrier
Ethan Bear
Andrew Peeke
David Savard
Justin Holl
Jacob Trouba
Adam Larsson
Jeff Petry
Radko Gudas
Trevor van Riemsdyk
Tyler Myers
Cody Ceci
Connor Clifton

UFA:

Mark Pysyk
Josh Manson
Justin Braun
Ilya Lyubushkin
Troy Stecher
Ian Cole
Jan Rutta
P.K. Subban
Matt Benning
 
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Fjordy said:
So ideally we need two top 4 RDs next season to play with Dahlin and Power. When people say it's hard to find RDs, I don't think that's true, of course there are players of different quality and style, but there are many RDs in the league and some of them may well be available at the right price. This is my extended list RD for trading and in UFA, I have not included some big fish like Klingberg as I don't think it's rational to sign such a player. Also, I didn't add players who would probably only be sold for huge overpayments, which Adams shouldn't be doing. Some of this list can be very controversial, which even I don't really like, but in the worst case they can be considered as an option one of them can be paired with Samuelsson or Bryson.

Trade:

Connor Murphy
Matt Roy
Damon Severson
Matt Dumba
Scott Mayfield
Nate Schmidt
Nick Jensen
Dante Fabbro
Alexandre Carrier
Ethan Bear
Andrew Peeke
David Savard
Justin Holl
Jacob Trouba
Adam Larsson
Jeff Petry
Trevor van Riemsdyk
Tyler Myers
Cody Ceci
Connor Clifton

UFA:

Mark Pysyk
Josh Manson
Justin Braun
Ilya Lyubushkin
Troy Stecher
Ian Cole
Jan Rutta
P.K. Subban
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you think Fabbro is available and an overpayment isn’t required…think again.
Connor Murphy= Josh gorges 2.0
Mayfield …I don’t have a problem with but term and cost concern me.

the big unknowns are

1. would Dahlin move to play on right side and Power on the left

2. buffalo will need to use short term cap space next 2 yrs.

3. How is Fitzgerald doing? What about Laaksonrn? Does buffalo neeed 2 not count a 7 th in those two.

4. Extra players need to be moved. Maybe a trade could me done bringing in a RD.

5. Do they draft a RD in the 1st?
 
Djp said:
you think Fabbro is available and an overpayment isn’t required…think again.
Connor Murphy= Josh gorges 2.0
Mayfield …I don’t have a problem with but term and cost concern me.

the big unknowns are

1. would Dahlin move to play on right side and Power on the left

2. buffalo will need to use short term cap space next 2 yrs.

3. How is Fitzgerald doing? What about Laaksonrn? Does buffalo neeed 2 not count a 7 th in those two.

4. Extra players need to be moved. Maybe a trade could me done bringing in a RD.
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Probably not, but Preds has three young RDs, maybe one of them would be available. Also I don't mind trading Jokiharju, he looked terrible this season.

Why? Murphy has good metrics, what is your problem with him?

Mayfield depends on the price.

1. Granato does not play Dahlin on the right side, he had many opportunities for this. I think it will be harder for Dahlin to play RD, especially in defense. He plays LD very well and I'm not sure if they suddenly decide to play him on RD in next season.

3. Fitzgerald is #6 - #7 at best for me right now, let's see how he playing in the remaining games, but for me he is not yet the answer for the top 4 RD. We do not see Laaksonen in the NHL, we would like to at least see him, but he is unlikely to be suitable for playing with Dahlin or Power, maybe with Samuelsson in the future.

4. We have a lot of assets to get RDs without overpaying and without giving up a ton, this is not a problem.
 
For 22/23 season

10F at $30M
4D at $10.2M
Cap used $41M
Cap floor at around $61M

buffalo needs 5F/3D/2G to fill.

how many higher cost players are needed to sign/ acquire to get to the floor?

signing Olofsson+2 others at a combined $14M net gain would allow the other 7 slots to be filled by ELC or low contracts.
 
Reaching the floor is easy, Adams can always trade for Boychuk 2.0 if he can't reach the floor any other way.
 
Jacob582 said:
Does Anton Stralman have enough in the tank to be an option?
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If you want a Dman for Dahlin you need one who can handle top minutes. Most of those can’t handle it and will get exposed.
 
Fjordy said:
Probably not, but Preds has three young RDs, maybe one of them would be available. Also I don't mind trading Jokiharju, he looked terrible this season.

Why? Murphy has good metrics, what is your problem with him?

Mayfield depends on the price.

1. Granato does not play Dahlin on the right side, he had many opportunities for this. I think it will be harder for Dahlin to play RD, especially in defense. He plays LD very well and I'm not sure if they suddenly decide to play him on RD in next season.

3. Fitzgerald is #6 - #7 at best for me right now, let's see how he playing in the remaining games, but for me he is not yet the answer for the top 4 RD. We do not see Laaksonen in the NHL, we would like to at least see him, but he is unlikely to be suitable for playing with Dahlin or Power, maybe with Samuelsson in the future.

4. We have a lot of assets to get RDs without overpaying and without giving up a ton, this is not a problem.
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I know the Preds. My brother is a STH for nashville.

Fabbro is their top RD. Other RD is Philippe myers. Others are low cost bottom feeder Dmen. He isn’t getting traded unless it’s a major deal.

look at Gorges. I see the similarities potentially occurring given his age.

We have the assets but that might involve Quinn , Peterka, and Krebs/ Cozens if you think you are getting a significant RD.
 
Djp said:
I know the Preds. My brother is a STH for nashville.

Fabbro is their top RD. Other RD is Philippe myers. Others are low cost bottom feeder Dmen. He isn’t getting traded unless it’s a major deal.

look at Gorges. I see the similarities potentially occurring given his age.

We have the assets but that might involve Quinn , Peterka, and Krebs/ Cozens if you think you are getting a significant RD.
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And they also have Carierr, I'm not saying that they will definitely trade with one of them, but Adams can kick tires.

One bad example means nothing, there are both good examples and bad ones, I don't see why Murphy should definitely fall off a cliff anytime soon.

No, we can get decent RD without giving up Quinn, Peterka or Cozens.
 
New Sabres Captain said:
I just don't see the value in that as a target for us. We need guys who are better than Jokiharju and Fitzgerald, not depth guys.
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What's the problem? If we need a #6-#7 D, Benning can be considered as UFA. I'm not saying he should play top 4 with Dahlin or Power.
 
Fjordy said:
What's the problem? If we need a #6-#7 D, Benning can be considered as UFA. I'm not saying he should play top 4 with Dahlin or Power.
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But that's just it. We already have our third pairing RD--ideally it would be Jokiharju meaning we added 2 top 4 RD, but if it's Fitzgerald that's OK. Benning just doesn't move the needle compared to this year. Now, if we had our top 4 set but needed an upgrade on the bottom pair than sure, but that's not the situation we're in. Benning is a fine player, but he doesn't solve the problem facing our D for next year.
 
New Sabres Captain said:
But that's just it. We already have our third pairing RD--ideally it would be Jokiharju meaning we added 2 top 4 RD, but if it's Fitzgerald that's OK. Benning just doesn't move the needle compared to this year. Now, if we had our top 4 set but needed an upgrade on the bottom pair than sure, but that's not the situation we're in. Benning is a fine player, but he doesn't solve the problem facing our D for next year.
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If we have Jokiharju in the third pair, then I agree, but if suddenly we don’t have either Joki or Pysyk next season, then why not. I consider all hypothetical situations.
 
Djp said:
benning isn’t all that better than Pysyk or Fitzgerald as a 3D. I know grass is greener….
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I know he's no better, but if Pysyk may not be in Buffalo next season, then let the notional Benning compete with Fitzgerald for a spot on the roster.
 
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