The 2024-2025 Roster Thread

[Tatanka]

you might want to check in on the Av's board about Mitt's currently, just sayin'

Value is relative. Mitts as a support mechanism for the questionable Cs was more important than adding a lhd with no pp role and choking the d with similar types of players. Mitts imo was more valuable to the Sabres than Bowen( who is a talented player no argument) and we needed to focus on the top 6 more than the d. again, didn’t like the trade at the time for what it did to the collective. Now if they can flip him for a C or a rhd, then my evaluation of the trade might change.

 

[Fezzy126]

Before the 13 game losing streak: 11-9-1
13 game losing streak: 0-10-3
After the 13 game losing streak: 5-2-1

Talk about inconsistent. This screams "young team".....even if this team is young age-wise but not GP-wise.

What's even crazier is how close to a playoff spot we are immediately after said 13 game losing streak.

Man, this league is so strange this year.

 

[Fjordy]

I don't disagree. To be clear, I'm not suggesting they'll win the Cup or anything. I was just using the Blues as an example of a team that underperformed.

To come at it a bit differently, what I'm really saying is that I think they have a better roster than, say, Detroit, even if they're not ahead of them in the standings right now. But they crumbled mentally for a stretch, which has dug them a huge hole.

The roster could be better, but that's just a theory. Like I said, we have too many kids and they're inconsistent, Detroit has less kids but they just hired a proven coach midseason. I think we have a team that's too young and mentally weak. Dahlin is great for us, but without him they couldn't win a game, that's unacceptable. I just don't agree with the way our roster is built and our GM.

Value is relative. Mitts as a support mechanism for the questionable Cs was more important than adding a lhd with no pp role and choking the d with similar types of players. Mitts imo was more valuable to the Sabres than Bowen( who is a talented player no argument) and we needed to focus on the top 6 more than the d. again, didn’t like the trade at the time for what it did to the collective. Now if they can flip him for a C or a rhd, then my evaluation of the trade might change.

And Byram without Dahlin also turns into a pumpkin, so almost any player can be in the first pair with Dahlin and will succeed. The same Fabbro for example.

 

[Fjordy]

No interest in trading Cozens to Detroit. The best player needs to be coming back and I dont see that in trading with Detroit. No way they trade Larkin, Seider or Edvinsson.

Its pretty much EP40 in a Cozens trade is what I have my hopes pinned on but I don't think Vancouver trades him.

Kasper did 1+1 yesterday.

 

[MOGlLNY]

No interest in trading Cozens to Detroit. The best player needs to be coming back and I dont see that in trading with Detroit. No way they trade Larkin, Seider or Edvinsson.

Its pretty much EP40 in a Cozens trade is what I have my hopes pinned on but I don't think Vancouver trades him.

My guess that IF (if if if) that trade happened it would be something like Compher (with a bit retained) + Kasper for Cozens.

With the idea that Compher holds Cozens’ spot and there’s not too large of a drop off in play until Kasper is ready to go to slide in at 2C.

 

[Fjordy]

My guess that IF (if if if) that trade happened it would be something like Compher (with a bit retained) + Kasper for Cozens.

With the idea that Compher holds Cozens’ spot and there’s not too large of a drop off in play until Kasper is ready to go to slide in at 2C.

It seems that with the new coach, Kasper is playing on Larkin's wing and is looking good. Before that, for some reason, he was playing 4C with marginal players.