The 2024-2025 Roster Thread

[Jacob582]

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Baby let the good times roll

A great 4th line!

Skinner - Eakin - Hall

 

[Fjordy]

Nobody is saying to not try, its that there is no guarantee any of these dart throws are guaranteed to work out like you say they will. Hell, we have a guy in Joker who is likely a lot like most of these guys in the big picture, so some GM is going to look like a genius when they go get him and slot him in with a solid partner on a good team, yeah?

We aren't FLA, CAR or NJ...trade protections matter whether we like it or not, then there are the 'outside the box' guys you crave...and none are guaranteed to 'fix' the slot next to Power unless it's a truly proven Vet who can perhaps help steady him (while its more than likely that time and maturity are what's going to 'fix' him and not necessarily his partner.)

Harping on this day after day doesn't change anything, we all get it.

You are looking for excuses, it is noticeable. For this to work, you have to try. Adams has scouts, an analytical department that he hired, an experienced AGM. You have to be able to work, and not look for excuses.

Trade protection doesn't matter if THE PLAYER HAS NO TRADE PROTECTION TO begin with. Most players don't have trade protection, it's just that Zito, Fitzgerald and Tulsky are good and Adams is bad, that's the only difference. I don't agree that only a trusted vet can help Power. Just a reliable partner, be he 23 or 30. Then we should be aiming for Florida, New Jersey and Carolina, and not putting the youngest team on the ice and hoping that they make the playoffs.

It will change soon, you'll see.

 

[BFLO]

No he hasn't but he has tried to upgrade the top 4 and top 6 with Pesce and Nekas and both declined. You guys don't get it, the type of players that you guys want DON'T WANT TO COME HERE.

Players don't want to come here in large part because of Adams and his 5 years of failure.

There were a lot more upgrades other than just Pesce or Necas available this summer.

Didn't Adams say he wasn't in the market for a top4D since we already had Joki, Dahlin, Power and Byram?

 

[Chainshot]

Players haven’t wanted to come to Buffalo for 25 years. It ain’t new.

 

[TehDoak]

Players haven’t wanted to come to Buffalo for 25 years. It ain’t new.

Sir, Doug Gilmour came here in the year 2000. That was only 24 years ago.

 

[Fjordy]

Players haven’t wanted to come to Buffalo for 25 years. It ain’t new.

Well, that's not an excuse for Adams, because there are a ton of players in the NHL without trade protection.

 

[Chainshot]

Sir, Doug Gilmour came here in the year 2000. That was only 24 years ago.

Ah yes, the place he played the fewest NHL games in his career in an era without trade protection.

 

[Jacob582]

Lance saying that Tage practiced on the top line but was not on a PP unit, calling in question whether he would play tomorrow.

 

[sabremike]

Players haven’t wanted to come to Buffalo for 25 years. It ain’t new.

 

[Chainshot]

Lance saying that Tage practiced on the top line but was not on a PP unit, calling in question whether he would play tomorrow.

Not that it will be easy with him. LA tightened up since that early game. They're giving up a lot less in terms of shots and chances.

 

[TehDoak]

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The contract he was given wasn’t the ‘I want to be here’ contract it was the ‘I’ll stay if you grossly overpay me’ contract