I know the Bruins fans on here want the sabers best prospects, but can we pause for a second… What is the Sabres motivation for trading one of their top forward prospects who is on fire right now? They literally have who they think is going to be a star goaltender that just got signed to the team… They’re not going to trade a top prospect for a bridge goalie. It’s not gonna happen so I’m not really quite sure what the discussion is even going on here for… If they can get to him in for a lower level prospect and a second round pick for a couple second round picks… Then we’re talking but we don’t need a 24 year old goalie. We’re fine with a 28 or 29 that can bridge for two years or even less until Levi is a stud in full form. I mean they could’ve drafted Wallstadt with a pick they got for Risto but it’s pretty clear they knew they were getting Levi from Florida so they went to a different direction. I think this whole conversation is sort of moot because we don’t have the motivation to make this trade and give up one of our prospects that is good.
Try 2 x 2nds - not our top prospect or top three prospect. Did any of the high-level RFA trades for scoring forwards or defenseman get anyone’s top 3 Prospect? Meier? Chychrun? We think that a 24 year old goalie who is currently playing back up minutes he’s gonna get that? When he has a super power team in front of him that pumps his numbers? Fat chance… Try again.
Exactly this - colored glasses, looking at his production with the Bruins. Look at many of the goalies that went from great teams in front of them to average teams… They’re not as great anymore.
savoie is around horvat who was the 9th OA pick at the draft for Schneider
That was how many years ago? Diff league, more analytics that prove goalies are voodoo - also savioe is much higher end offense. Plus we don’t need swayman to get a long term #1. We need a good number 1 for 1-2 years for Levi to get ready. Why would we give up our #1 prospect ?????
What happens if Levi is slow to develop or doesn't have the goods? at the NHL level? Then several years are wasted. Buff needs a goalie and they are a playoff team who can do some damage. Add another D to boot and who knows.
We don’t need them at the cost suggested - upl, 1st in 24, bay 2 you want, Rosen, mittelstadt, olofsson other b level prospects are all available for a goalie trade - but not the 23 1st or one of our top 3 prospects
Ullmark would give me a heart attack nearly every game he played last season. Was not confident in him at all. He's just flat out better this year. Positioning is night and day.
Pass. Mittlestadt just doesn’t move the needle as a piece and Rosen isn’t a need with the Bruins already having Lysell.
Good luck with that - you’re not getting it from
Re bolded… the Sabres‘ performance on D is beyond pitiful: at this point in the season, you have been scored on some 60-70 MORE goals than a good playoff-bound team, and there’s still some 10 games to go in the regular season, so it‘s likely it’s even going to get worse. With this kind of performance on D, you won’t see the playoffs until you are a grandparent. A young, “great“ goalie is one of the most important things you need and would indeed start to address your most glaring weakness. If you don‘t want to pay for one, that‘s fine, but you sure do need someone like Swayman. As far as I am concerned, I hope we can keep running with a Ullmark-Swayman tandem for a long time, but if we were to shop Swayman, he‘s one heck of a boost to a team whose defense has more holes than my nation‘s most known cheese. And being a division rival, getting him wouldn‘t come exactly cheap, obviously.
DeBrusk has one more year left on his contract, he is going to cost a lot more than he is getting next year 4 mil looks like bargain now.......
I think you prediction is going to be close to what happens. Mine is they keep Swayman and Hathaway and move Coyle in addition to the others. Oh yeah, please do not be stupid and desperate enough to keep the incredibly awful Zboril.
Who is going to replace Coyle , and now that he is on the pk more to lessen Bergeys load ...........
It's a good, educated question. I bet you they acquire Granlund or someone like him on the cheap. Yes, Coyle has a role or two on the team, but if you have to dump money, he has to be one of the first places you look.
Your entitled, but I am not even saying it because I am anti-Coyle not as much anymore, but his production just doesn't match his salary.
