Roster Building thread - Part X - (TDL edition)

[Brutananadilewski]

Okay, so it might be Vatrano and Henrique, or Eberle and Wennberg.

Which duo would be better?

 

[Mikachu93]

Okay, so it might be Vatrano and Henrique, or Eberle and Wennberg.

Which duo would be better?

Eberle and Wennberg by a country mile.

 

[GENESISPuck94]

Okay, so it might be Vatrano and Henrique, or Eberle and Wennberg.

Which duo would be better?

None.

 

[eco's bones]

Hopefully Drury doesn't do anything stupid. So many of these hockey journalists IMO overvalue bottom 6 vet types. 2nd ++ for rental Wennberg. Really? Kind of what we gave up for Kane last year.

 

[Matt Rentfree]

None.

Until we do something about the Zib-Kreider pairing, Trouba, Goodrow and Lindgren, this is the correct and only acceptable answer.

 

[McRanger92]

I want to see Drury make another run at Tuch before Friday. We have the assets to get him. Buffalo is such a sad franchise they probably couldn’t trade him if they wanted to because of the optics. Kakko, Lindgren++? I’d do it. We need a straight line top 6 guy.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Okay, so it might be Vatrano and Henrique, or Eberle and Wennberg.

Which duo would be better?

Eberle and Wennberg and it won't cost as much.

 

[bernmeister]

Eberle and Wennberg would fill both holes and probably are the best fits for each spot. Would definitely cost the 1st+ but unless you are getting a guy with term to fill the top line RW spot I don't see a better use of trading the 1st.

do not throw 1st away wasted trade

Why even argue? One of his posts had Edstrom between Kreider and Zibanejad. It's ludicrous.

Those who choose to be close minded will continue to suffer from doing so.

I would first bring up Oth + Ber and see if there is lighting in a bottle as 1RW

I also said yrs ago we should experiment w/Zib at RW
Absent a better add [Zegras this yr/Byfield last yr] there is no one other than Edstrom [Rempe not enuf NHL experience as pivot for higher lines at C].

Again, key word here is experiment
try it 2-5 shfits/game for several games
see if anything clicks
if yes --- yay we have stopgap this yr
if no -- ok, WE LEARNED from doing something

I think he’s over the showboating-goon hump. Aside from possibly the Devils game, should be mostly straight up hockey for him for the next stretch. Good chance for him to show he can play.


So he’s saying gourde is on the block. I’d move a first-plus for him.

NO

berard and 2 3rds for wennberg?

NO

Wennberg is definitely very underwhelming but they NEED a C and there probably arent a ton of options

They do not NEED another pivot. They COULD USE one, but not NEED

The greatest need atm is D, esp RD where we have zero depth.
Still if we are gonna get off this junkie reliance on rentals, the answer is gonna have to be no, unless there happens to emerge an exception to the rule

Hopefully people will warm up to Goodrow-Brodz-Vesey as the 4th line. That's the most likely outcome.

do not want, no ditching rem and ed

I think putting Mika with hard working defensive effort guys like Cuylle and Kakko could help figure out some forward issues. Let him just treat Cuylle like a worse version of Kreider in the offensive zone at the net and tell Mika to just start firing shots as much as he can when he gets in the zone.

I would be open to this experiment as well
It is a given Cuylle + KK work well together.
Zib MAYBE is a fit
Chemistry is important
That is an unknown here.

alright I think im finally out on Kakko - I dont think he figures it out here. He’s a headcase. Send him to a small market.

Or we could just be patient and not give Cuylle +/KK short shrift

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Hopefully Drury doesn't do anything stupid. So many of these hockey journalists IMO overvalue bottom 6 vet types. 2nd ++ for rental Wennberg. Really? Kind of what we gave up for Kane last year.

There is no way it's going to cost more than a 2nd and even that's alot.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

all signs point to Eberle re-signing in Seattle so not sure where his name is coming from

I want to see Drury make another run at Tuch before Friday. We have the assets to get him. Buffalo is such a sad franchise they probably couldn’t trade him if they wanted to because of the optics. Kakko, Lindgren++? I’d do it. We need a straight line top 6 guy.

Kakko isn’t doing anything for them and neither is Lindgren. It probably starts with Schneider and a first and add a prospect like Ohtmann

 

[bernmeister]

Okay, so it might be Vatrano and Henrique, or Eberle and Wennberg.

Which duo would be better?

neither

 

[McRanger92]

all signs point to Eberle re-signing in Seattle so not sure where his name is coming from

Kakko isn’t doing anything for them and neither is Lindgren. It probably starts with Schneider and a first and add a prospect like Ohtmann

Deal. I love Schneider but we can always go after Pesce or DeMelo this summer. Trouba isn’t going anywhere

 

[bernmeister]

I want to see Drury make another run at Tuch before Friday. We have the assets to get him. Buffalo is such a sad franchise they probably couldn’t trade him if they wanted to because of the optics. Kakko, Lindgren++? I’d do it. We need a straight line top 6 guy.

no

Deal. I love Schneider but we can always go after Pesce or DeMelo this summer. Trouba isn’t going anywhere

no

 

[PuckLuck3043]

all signs point to Eberle re-signing in Seattle so not sure where his name is coming from

Kakko isn’t doing anything for them and neither is Lindgren. It probably starts with Schneider and a first and add a prospect like Ohtmann

Wait. Schneider(who's playing well), Othmann, and a 1st for Tuch. Are you joking?

Deal. I love Schneider but we can always go after Pesce or DeMelo this summer. Trouba isn’t going anywhere

No deal.

 

[eco's bones]

There is no way it's going to cost more than a 2nd and even that's alot.

Even a 2nd.....a late 2nd would be too much for me.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Even a 2nd.....a late 2nd would be too much for me.

I would do it even though I would prefer a 3rd. We desperately need a 3C upgrade and he would be one. He's solid.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Wait. Schneider(who's playing well), Othmann, and a 1st for Tuch. Are you joking?


No deal.

Yeah he’s a top 6 forward who is Buffalo’s next captain and on a good deal for another 2.5 years. They’re not going to give him away

Buffalo has nothing at RD and Schneider is probably immediately going onto their top pairing

Not saying I would make that deal, but that’s the sort of compensation you’d have to offer to move the needle.

 

[Riche16]

A headcase?? What lol. Smh. Misplaced take.

He was strong tonight. Made plays. Maybe Kreider and Zibanejad should grow a pair and elevate their game. They are the problem.

Kreids & Z were bad again, sadly. No one will dispute that.

Kakko was decent I'd say... but he's still disappointing overall.

He could've tied that game but shot it wide.

I'm happy he's looked "better" of late but an honest look says it ain't enough.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Yeah he’s a top 6 forward who is Buffalo’s next captain and on a good deal for another 2.5 years. They’re not going to give him away

Buffalo has nothing at RD and Schneider is probably immediately going onto their top pairing

Not saying I would make that deal, but that’s the sort of compensation you’d have to offer to move the needle.

That is a huge overpay and I would kill Drury for doing that. Tuch is a good player and I would like him on this team but he is not worth that package. They can keep him.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Wait. Schneider(who's playing well), Othmann, and a 1st for Tuch. Are you joking?


No deal.

I dunno I think it's pretty fair. Tuch is good.

I'd try to sub out Schneider for Lindgren. He's everything that the Sabres would want including being terrible.

 

[I Eat Crow]

I dunno I think it's pretty fair. Tuch is good.

I'd try to sub out Schneider for Lindgren. He's everything that the Sabres would want including being terrible.

I'd do this.

Saw a poster on the main board suggest that the only way Tuch moves is if he's not the best player moved in the trade. A delusional bunch, they are.

 

[New York RKY]

I dunno I think it's pretty fair. Tuch is good.

I'd try to sub out Schneider for Lindgren. He's everything that the Sabres would want including being terrible.

I'd do this.

Saw a poster on the main board suggest that the only way Tuch moves is if he's not the best player moved in the trade. Delusional bunch, they are.

Buffalo would want nothing to do with Lindgren since they have Dahlin and Power locking down the left side for the next 10+ years.

 

[I Eat Crow]

Buffalo would want nothing to do with Lindgren since they have Dahlin and Power locking down the left side for the next 10+ years.

Dahlin's been playing his off side for the past two seasons, IIRC.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

I dunno I think it's pretty fair. Tuch is good.

I'd try to sub out Schneider for Lindgren. He's everything that the Sabres would want including being terrible.

Lindgren yes, Schneider no. That's a big difference. I'm also not sure about giving up Othmann also. Tuch is good but he ain't that good. 40 points this season.

 

[CLW]

Kreids & Z were bad again, sadly. No one will dispute that.

Kakko was decent I'd say... but he's still disappointing overall.

He could've tied that game but shot it wide.

I'm happy he's looked "better" of late but an honest look says it ain't enough.

Kakko would be excellent on the Panthers. Much more his style of game.