Speculation: Sabres Roster Speculation - Pre-season 2023 Edition

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

Kulich, Levi and Savoie will all be with the Sabres to start the season.

It’s gonna be another disappointing season.

 

[allsilverdreams]

Kulich, Levi and Savoie will all be with the Sabres to start the season.

Levi perhaps.
Kulich and Savoie

 

[HOOats]

It’s gonna be another disappointing season.

Another? Like '20-'21 I assume?

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

Another? Like '20-'21 I assume?

This missed out on clever by a few notches

 

[Diaspora]

There aren't many quality forwards with size at the top end of the draft per the various rankings though.

No quality forwards with size. Unlikely to get a top-flight defenseman. There are teams that could really use that pick. I really want Adams to trade back into the twenties.

Chicago, Columbus, St. Louis all have later picks.

 

[Ace]

Kulich, Levi and Savoie will all be with the Sabres to start the season.

I’m far more interested in who is playing with Power and who is splitting the net with Levi than I am whether it’s Kulich and Savoie playing on the third line or Jost and a stopgap. The former will decide the season a lot more than the latter.

If the answers are Joker and UPL…I don’t care who you put on the third line. It’s a failure.

 

[BG82]

We need to add veteren defenseman.. Troy Stecher makes some sense for us, probably get him on a Boosh type deal over 2years. I wouldn't mind extending Boosh tbh

Erik Johnson as a veteran RH presence if he were to come to Buffalo.

I wouldn't oppose 1 more season with Kyle Okposo on the cheap.

 

[BG82]

Trade Victor Olofsson, Isak Rosen, Tyson Kozak, 2nd round pick to Canucks for JT Miller
Sign Troy Stecher 3/8 million
Resign Kyle Okposo 1/2.5 million

Dahlin - Sammy
Power - Jokiharju
Stecher - Lyubushkin
Stillman


Skinner - Tage - Tuch
Miller - Cozens - Quinn
Mitts - Krebs - Peterka
Greenway - Jost - Okposo

 

[Duddy]

We need someone that can play in the top 4, not more bottom pairing guys.

 

[Fjordy]

Samuelsson - Dahlin
Power - Mayfield


- Clifton could be an interesting option if Mayfield fails to sign.
- Severson will probably ask for a big contract.
- Dumba seems to me not quite what is needed, although I do not completely exclude him from the list.

Then ideally find a LD for the third pair, maybe Vegas will give away Martinez cheaply or someone like Soucy to UFA, I'm sure there are many more options, since this is not a top 4 RD.

Samuelsson - Dahlin
Power - Mayfield/Clifton
Martinez/Soucy - Joki/Boosh
Stillman

Then it will be a good depth of defense.

 

[Matt Ress]

Trade Victor Olofsson, Isak Rosen, Tyson Kozak, 2nd round pick to Canucks for JT Miller
Sign Troy Stecher 3/8 million
Resign Kyle Okposo 1/2.5 million

Dahlin - Sammy
Power - Jokiharju
Stecher - Lyubushkin
Stillman


Skinner - Tage - Tuch
Miller - Cozens - Quinn
Mitts - Krebs - Peterka
Greenway - Jost - Okposo

I don't see Adams adding Miller to this squad. Vets will be quality character guys. Whatever one thinks of Miller, nobody has accused him of that. You also didn't address 3/4D. We going into next season with Joker/Power again?

 

[Matt Ress]

There aren't many quality forwards with size at the top end of the draft per the various rankings though.

Eh everyone will have warts after the top few picks. The question is always if they think they can improve those warts. Like a Wood type. Big dude, skill but bad skater. Are the mechanics or sheer power something that they believe they can help him get better with. Probably but to what extent.

Big Murr has come a long way. Sammy was said to be slow but he never really was that slow. You can't really teach size or skill but there's a lot of things you can teach kids.

 

[Jacob582]

We need someone that can play in the top 4, not more bottom pairing guys.

We need both. I rather have someone else than Bryson as the 7th. I don't want to bet on that he will have a decent contract year.

 

[TageGod]

I don't see a path to Kulich on the opening roster unless he plays on 4th line, which is what he presently needs work on. Let him cook in Roch. Savoie will start and run with it.

 

[Matt Ress]

I don't see a path to Kulich on the opening roster unless he plays on 4th line, which is what he presently needs work on. Let him cook in Roch. Savoie will start and run with it.

Agreed. We keep hearing people expecting him and Savoie to make the team out of camp and I just don't see it. Have Kulich as a call up and let him beast out in Roch. Him and Rosen will be banging down the door next year which is what we want.

 

[Jacob582]

I tend to agree. While Adams has made roster space available to young players, he was also willing to keep Quinn and Peterka in the AHL full-time while their contract was on entry- level slide.

 

[Fjordy]

Can he be available? I saw thread on the main board.

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

I tend to agree. While Adams has made roster space available to young players, he was also willing to keep Quinn and Peterka in the AHL full-time while their contract was on entry- level slide.

Just wish he would kept 1 of them in the minors a year longer.

 

[Zman5778]

Can he be available? I saw thread on the main board.

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Can't imagine he'd be available. And it's funny that this chart kind of says the exact opposite of what Rangers fans think....that he's better offensively than defensively.

The Rangers need quality players on cheap contracts. This is looking like a cheap bridge for Miller.

 

[Fjordy]

Can't imagine he'd be available. And it's funny that this chart kind of says the exact opposite of what Rangers fans think....that he's better offensively than defensively.

The Rangers need quality players on cheap contracts. This is looking like a cheap bridge for Miller.

Well, they don't seem to be doing very well with the cap, although I agree that it would be strange for Rangers to trade Miller, but someone has to go. And moving players like Panarin or Trouba is much more difficult.

Maybe this guy is just not very good, not Miller?

 

[Chainshot]

Can he be available? I saw thread on the main board.

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Seems like the Rangers bridge him and then work to move salary when he's due his next deal after that bridge is up. They will pay more later, but potential growth in the cap could help the Rangers at that time.

 

[Chainshot]

Well, they don't seem to be doing very well with the cap, although I agree that it would be strange for Rangers to trade Miller, but someone has to go. And moving players like Panarin or Trouba is much more difficult.

Maybe this guy is just not very good, not Miller?
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Trouba has full movement protection and worked to be dealt to NY so his wife could pursue her studies and career (she's a neuroscientist/brain doc IIRC, which is ironic when we not how often Trouba puts people into protocol with hits).

 

[Zman5778]

Well, they don't seem to be doing very well with the cap, although I agree that it would be strange for Rangers to trade Miller, but someone has to go. And moving players like Panarin or Trouba is much more difficult.

Maybe this guy is just not very good, not Miller?

The guy that's most likely to move would be Goodrow. His cap hit isn't terrible and he hasn't really fit well in with the Rangers. He'll, I'd give the Rangers a mid round pick for Goodrow.

 

[Fjordy]

Trouba has full movement protection and worked to be dealt to NY so his wife could pursue her studies and career (she's a neuroscientist/brain doc IIRC, which is ironic when we not how often Trouba puts people into protocol with hits).

Yes, I know, that's why I say that they cannot move Trouba or Panarin and they will have to pay Laf and Miller and replace Kane and Tarasenko.

The guy that's most likely to move would be Goodrow. His cap hit isn't terrible and he hasn't really fit well in with the Rangers. He'll, I'd give the Rangers a mid round pick for Goodrow.

We need Goodrow?

 

[Zman5778]

We need Goodrow?

3rd/4th line fast energy guy who's good defensively and on the PK? Yes. Yes we do. Or someone of his ilk.