brian_griffin
"Eric Cartman?"
Would have liked an upgrade but whatever its 1 year. As mentioned, he had a better year last season but I still don't see him as a top 4 d man
Now he can be traded as a rental
Still a tradable asset. Still.
Hes played then trade chip mid season/ deadline and they call up RyJo if they need to.
Hr still can get traded without an unknown arbitration hearing
I don’t like how he thinks the game and that’s pretty fundamental
Everyone who sees signing him for 1 year as an acceptable no big deal move got it right. He is the insurance policy in case of injury to any of Dahlin, Sammy, Power, Byram, Clifton, (Gilbert?) etc., and allows a buffer to Johnson / Bryson.I was surprised they walked him to u. free agency. But it seems like with the cap next year (Skinner, Quinn, JJP) they plan to replace him with a cheaper option (Johnson or ELC?: Komorov, Novikov)
The Sabres avoided arbitration so controlled the price. No reason to buy UFA years.
He can be traded mid-season or held to the deadline, or, if the Sabres make the playoffs, kept as depth.
I fail to see downside given the circumstances.