tsujimoto74
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Make Buffalo a playoff team by next season
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Are we sure OP isn't just Pegula fishing for ideas?
Some moves the Sabres could do to shake things up (not sure if it would actually get them closer to the playoffs):
- Open up cap space by buying out Samuelsson
- Open up cap space by trading or buying out Cozens
- Trade one of Byram, Dahlin or Power (my preference would be Power). This would be the highest value trade chip.
- Trade from the glut of prospects and young NHL talent for established veterans. Options include Peterka, Kulich, Rosen, Quinn, Ryan Johnson, Devon Levi, Krebs.
- Trade Tuch (he only has one year left on his deal, so Sabres will need to make a decision here).
- Trade 2024 or 2025 first round picks.
The team needs to bring in veterans, top 6 forwards and top 4 defenseman. I think they need to emphasize hockey IQ and defensive responsibility. We have players who can score, but they can't play within a system (now shown over 2 coaches who tried to implement a defensively responsible system).
Some moves the Sabres could do to shake things up (not sure if it would actually get them closer to the playoffs):
- Open up cap space by buying out Samuelsson
- Open up cap space by trading or buying out Cozens
- Trade one of Byram, Dahlin or Power (my preference would be Power). This would be the highest value trade chip.
- Trade from the glut of prospects and young NHL talent for established veterans. Options include Peterka, Kulich, Rosen, Quinn, Ryan Johnson, Devon Levi, Krebs.
- Trade Tuch (he only has one year left on his deal, so Sabres will need to make a decision here).
- Trade 2024 or 2025 first round picks.
The team needs to bring in veterans, top 6 forwards and top 4 defenseman. I think they need to emphasize hockey IQ and defensive responsibility. We have players who can score, but they can't play within a system (now shown over 2 coaches who tried to implement a defensively responsible system).
There is no solution that fix this quickly. Unless they want to overpay for veterans using their young guys. Which is obviously dumb.
They have never prioritized a veteran RHD despite having two #1 overall LHD. Byram was a dumb and greedy player to add, just not a fit. We all heard for years how Samuelson was a perfect Dahlin partner. Complete crap.
Pesce, Larsson, Spurgeon, Carlo etc. Get one of those guys and there is a chain reaction of everyone falling into place. Instead it’s Erik Johnson and Joker.
