Either him or marner works for me both bring a much needed element
And what's the problem, the carrot is more effective than the stick, the players are different, one is a Swede, who is calm and on his own wavelength, the second is possibly a hooligan or a fool. Everyone pays so much attention to the words in the press, and this is just funny to me, because people like to dodge, lie, especially in the press. Some say this about Miller: "He's a leader", "You will win with this guy". No, he hasn't won anything by the age of 32, he was traded from the Rangers, then Tampa traded him and almost immediately won several cups, now here's the situation in Vancouver, where there were some conflicts before and Miller is possibly the main hero in this. Pettersson showed his best game under Boudreau, when he used the carrot on him. There are no problems with trading for Pete, rather the opposite, we really need him as a player and a master of his craft. I would be more afraid of adding a guy like Miller to a young locker room than Pettersson.
I think its a non-issue if he was traded to Buffalo. Dahlin and Pettersson would be on the same page IMO. I don't the EP and Rasmus would have the same issue. I think other than Dahlin EP is a step above everyone else where JT Miller is a different breed than who is on the sabres roster.
They are also good friends, which makes it easier. So a trade for Pettersson makes too much sense for us.
I really get a "this feels like God answering our prayers" vibe and I hope we can pull it off. We would by far make the most sense as we have the assets and we'd be the place where the odds of it blowing up in their face like the ROR or Jack trades with the guy skating around the ice with the cup a year later are virtually nil.
KA can't make a waiver claim and barely add 4th liners, I have no confidence he can add to T6F or the owner will allow it.
Yeap, unfortunately these two idiots can ruin everything. We have the worst owner and GM in the league.
Seems more like Miller is a bully or idiot. Might even be both.
I think you missed this part:
Given the team's support of Miller and what has been said about EPete, I read the situation differently. It seems like Miller is more driven to win than EPete is and those personality differences have created friction.
I worked in a NATO unit for a bit with guys from Norway and Sweden. One of my best military friends is from Norway. And I lived in Europe (Germany) for five years. North Americans read Europeans wrong all the time.
I'll easily add 11 million 1C, even if he's just a calm guy he still continues to show his skills on the ice. Although Miller was observed playing lazily and without effort. He argued with Horvat and he left, he attacked other players on his team, he was traded from two teams. No thanks. I'd rather take the safer Pettersson, who just wants to play hockey, and not conflict with a fool.
The big question for me is whether Pettersson's approach fits what this Sabres roster needs and not just from a talent perspective.
I could not care less what passport Pettersson has.
I think a Swede with a similar upbringing, age and young hockey life as EP will work a lot better as a leader than Miller. I could see Dahlin and him fitting.
Given all the calls that they needed accountability, I wonder if Pettersson would be a guy that is too likely to go with the flow and not one that says what needs to be said when things aren't going well.
The challenge is whether he would he find it again here? With the way things are going, I don't know that you could count on that.
How is he similar to Skinner? He plays a two-way game and plays defense, he's really good at that. Maybe he cringes because of Miller's offense, but we don't have Miller, we have his friend Dahlin, we have a lot of young guys and I don't think Tage, Tuch or Zucker are anywhere near Miller in that way. I think he's a perfect fit for this team.The big question for me is whether Pettersson's approach fits what this Sabres roster needs and not just from a talent perspective.
Dahlin has the mentality and approach that works given the leadership role he has as the 1D, captain, and the highest paid player on the team.
I wonder if Pettersson is wired the same way or not. If he isn't, that could be a problem for this team that has so many issues with getting consistent play from players that are expected to carry big roles.
Given that contract, you have to be 100% certain that he is an answer for what ails the Sabres and not a guy that will show up and not move the needle.
I could not care less what passport Pettersson has.
Dahlin is Swedish and Jeff Skinner is Canadian. You win with guys like Dahlin and you don't with guys like Skinner.
My question is who is Pettersson wired more like: Skinner or Dahlin?
And to dive into generalities based on their country of origin as too weak for me to spend time on.
Ask him on social media, it seems he spends more time there than playing hockey for us.
