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Huge difference in a “punt year” and developing the young players the Sabres have.
21/22 Roster Speculation Thread Part VIII
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Huge difference in a “punt year” and developing the young players the Sabres have.
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Jacob582
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Nobody wants to trade for Casey Mittlestadt. He is past his injury but can't be put in the lineup because he's out of shape.
Heard that before?
Good news is he's going through Matt Ellis boot camp. Like last year on the taxi squad which allowed Casey to function as a competent NHL'er for a few dozen games.
(If we could trade CM, I like your trade idea)
The Blunder Years
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Okay without even looking at cap I am hoping we go all out on short term veteran contracts to dmen, goalies, and depth forwards. Our top 9 is pretty much set for forwards, just need some insulation for Power, Dahlin, and Samuelsson. I like Bryson, Pysyk, and Joker but I’m all for adding 2 solid RHD’s. Get the best goalie in free agency, then some gritty scorers for the 4th line. Depth is the key to winning games next year. Maybe over spend on a good bottom 6 center too.
ValJamesDuex
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My #1 goal now with this roster the rest of the season: See if Mitt's can stay healthy, and has a role and future on this team going forward.
Other:
Get Power signed and some games
Trade any misfits/rfa's you can
Offseason: Solidify goaltending and RD, stock up system with 3 1sts and 2nd
Other:
Get Power signed and some games
Trade any misfits/rfa's you can
Offseason: Solidify goaltending and RD, stock up system with 3 1sts and 2nd
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Deep Blue Metallic
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Looking forward to the logjam at center next season - Tage, Mitts, Cozens, Krebs - all vying for top-6 and PP minutes. This is the type of "problem" coaches and GMs love to have. And if we manage to luck into Savoie ... yikes!
As things stand now, Tage fully deserves the 1C spot, and Krebs is quickly staking his claim for 2C. Thinking Cozens moves to RW, and Casey is 3C.
As things stand now, Tage fully deserves the 1C spot, and Krebs is quickly staking his claim for 2C. Thinking Cozens moves to RW, and Casey is 3C.
I wouldn't mind a stab at Zadina. Something around Bryson (I believe they need LHD) and a pick is something I could stomach. We've seen guys blossom late on our own team (tage,mitts, jankowski). If the cost is relatively low,that's how you get value contracts. If it fails, it's not like it's a player we are relying on and it cripples us.
I think we are still in the figure out what we got stage. I don’t see any deals in season involving our prospects. Maybe we trade some of our vets for some players in need of scenery changes but not our prospects at this point.
Jim Bob
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I do think that they need to try and acquire RHD partners that are good for Dahlin and Power this off season. Stecher could be that guy for Power. Although, that is putting a lot of stock into a small sample size tournament.
The other question is what do they have with Jokiharju and Fitzgerald. Can one of them be a good top 6 RHD partner for Dahlin or Power? It would make things easier if we were confident that they could be.
Although, they might try and see if they can add one new RHD like Stecher this off season and reassess things in summer 2023. A RHD core of Stecher, Pysyk, Jokiharju, and Fitzgerald could be what they have heading into the 22-23 season.
Fjordsen
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I almost do not see free places to add to the attack.
We need a good goalie, maybe can overpay to UFA for a short term or trade 2nd/3rd for goalie, there will be many options.
RD - It makes sense to add at least one RD, there are also many options.
We need a good goalie, maybe can overpay to UFA for a short term or trade 2nd/3rd for goalie, there will be many options.
RD - It makes sense to add at least one RD, there are also many options.
I think the time for those changes are in the off season unless they can find a partner that wants to include in trade for one of our vets
That's what Rochester is for. If you want to give the AHL eligible forwards more development time.....that is where they should go.
The idea that we cannot improve our roster because 'we need to develop our players' is non sensical. Improve the roster utilizing every asset and resource available.
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Can you clarify what you mean?
They did put players in Rochester who they wanted to take steps - many have taken bigger strides than even the optimistic fans would likely have - and didn't put hard to move guys in front of them. Krebs and Samuelsson appear to have graduated. It's probable that Quinn has as well. It's possible Luukkonen will be joining them in Buffalo sooner rather than later.
They did bring in some people who have very much helped the roster in Tuch, Anderson and Pysyk who were external. Are you advocating that they need to deal picks or prospects to try to get better immediately?
rochester is not the place for young NHL quality players that need to develop. Power, Quinn, Peterka, Cozens, Samuelsson, krebs, Mitts, and Thompson all need to be the NHL for most of next season. They need spots. Playing them and developing them is not nonsensical. It’s actually how most teams build their roster.
Just like your approach of being aggressive and using all resources and assets to improve the roster isnt nonsensical. Heck, GM Murray would agree with you!
joshjull
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Definitely. It’s a smart way to ease him back into the lineup.
But the poor guy may get worn out trying to cover for Bjork’s galaxy brain decisions.
joshjull
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He either can’t accept the concept of a development year or doesn’t understand what that means. So he keeps ranting about how they should have spent a bunch of money and traded picks to be more “competitive”.
Fjordsen
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So the question is “are you improving the roster?” That’s the question and I am not sure that you will. Maybe just maybe you already have what you need and trading for known nhl depth players sets you back instead of forward (see montour, sheary, hunwick, svodka, berglund, vesey, Miller, etc) Maybe you get labeled a patsy. So who is todays flash in the pan that is going to win us 2 more games this year?
Jim Bob
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I hope that Adams can make some smart trades to take advantage of other teams having cap issues. That is a way better path forward than signing UFAs. That is how you get the Skinner and Okposo contracts.
Definitely. It’s a smart way to ease him back into the lineup.
But the poor guy may get worn out trying to cover for Bjork’s galaxy brain decisions.
I wouldn't have minded seeing Bjork as the extra and Jankowski getting those LW reps.
I'd ice Jankowski over Bjork but that's just me. At least give Mitts two giants to play between.
I guess. The way the team has started to come together, the strides the kids have taken, and that they still have both their prospect depth and that collection of draft picks are all positives. Further roster crafting can take place this summer prior to the draft.
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