Tampa is by and large the same way, most of their moves come out of left field. For instance, nobody brought up Bjorkstrand and Tampa, there wasn’t even a hint that Sergachev was going anywhere, then the McDonagh trade was also totally random.
It could just be that TB has called on two guys that are open to moving or want to light a fire under Adams to get the Sabres back in the mix in Tuch and Peterka. Their agents leaking this would make a lot of sense. Nightmare scenario for Buf would be if Peterka said “I’m only playing in TB” but doubt that’s the case. Although if Peterka really wants out I’m not sure how much leverage he actually needs. But think a prerequisite would either be trading Cirelli (which might end up hurting the F group by leaving a void that upgrading at W wouldn’t fill) or trading Cernak (which, in the unlikely event that he waived his NMC, really leaves the defense in a bad spot). Definitely an interesting situation and kind of fits the TB mold of trading away assets for young “sure things” so they basically never have to draft.
The Lightning will be okay if they move Cirelli because his playoff deployment consists solely of "Shut down the other team!!" while our collective playoff offense never gets out of 2nd gear. Don't let the numbers fool you. Our coaching staff simply realized 4 years ago (when we tried for that 3rd straight title) that we can just run dead puck hockey 90% of a game and still lead the league in scoring or come close to it. As long as whatever "super line" we construct that's prone to 4 week slumps pops off for random 4 goal nights 15-20 times a year, we're happy. This year it was Guentzel-Point-Kucherov. So come playoff time, shut down whatever this year's "super line" is and Tampa's season is over in a week because we have 2 lines that do jack shit and the Cirelli line mindlessly swarming the neutral zone all night. If we're lucky, they might take 1 of those 8 SOG's we have in a period.
Necas would have to fully agree to an extension first. So it couldn't be before July 1.
Not true at all.
Well, at the time, it looked like Buffalo had a top 6 centers in Tage Thompson and Dylan Cozens. Tage has been pretty permanently moved to wing, and Cozens was flipped for a center that averages about 50 games per season. The #1 C role in Buffalo is firmly up for grabs in a way that it was not last season. That has to be part of the calculus. Also, maybe Buffalo is just flat desperate and willing to gamble on Necas either changing his mind, or getting a huge haul at the deadline?
Since when did Munich become a thriving Metropolis ?
It's certainly not Berlin.Ah, I thought even a year or two ago both Thompson and Cozens were in the purgatory of are they / aren't they a C or W. But i guess depending when this was ya'll mightve still had Mitts too.
It's certainly bad value, but I wonder if Buffalo thinks it's a good gamble? Since the downside recoups a few assets while the upside is a bonafide NHL 1st line player.
It was last summers. Necas was an RFA. He had 2 yrs of team control. Carolina signed him to 2 yr contract.
This is how Sabre fans get 30 pages of low ball offers. Your head is in the right place but Pegula has f***ed everything so hard that a rebuild might actually be easier than getting a series of hockey trades done. Necas makes all the sense in the world but he isn't gonna sign that extension. There's gotta be at least a dozen other guys we can say this about
Yeah, I changed my mind on that in the post above. Could be the team is willing to take exactly this kind of gamble to get themselves out of roster hell.
Well tbf Munich is a former Olympic city with almost 6 million people in it's metro areaSince when did Munich become a thriving Metropolis ?
Homesick is usually something 16 year olds have at summer camp.
Make the trade for Necas and cross your fingers he doesn't leave? Yeah. That might be the only way. And if Necas does leave, let's hope it gives Pegula more proper cause to piss off. I didn't think it could get worse than Hugh Culverhouse owning the Bucs and this is getting close
As a Buffalo fan noted above, back then they had Thompson and Cozens as centers. Now Thompson is a winger and Norris is only available for 50ish games a season.
There is a 1C spot open in Buffalo now and there wasn't before.
Theres probably a very short list of teams desperate enough to want to pay him the money he wants and play him at C. Buffalo would almost certainly be one of them
I think that most players want to get out of situations that look to be dysfunctional. The morale on a perpetual loser like BUF has to be very low. If they are on a contending team, players would play on the moon. Blaming the city of Buffalo for his wanting to get out is missing the forest for the trees.
