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What do we think about Iafallo in the off-season ? He and McLeod might be really good combination.
Home town guy, etc.
Home town guy, etc.
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I'm fine with it. The issues areWhat do we think about Iafallo in the off-season ? He and McLeod might be really good combination.
Home town guy, etc.
Seems like a lot worked tonight, but hasn't been super reliableSo Zucker-Krebs-Tuch works?
so, if that sustains and transitions into "real" games next season
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Kulich
Norris
Mcleod
Kozak/Krebs/Laff
Ostlund/Helenius/Wahlberg cooking in Roch
so, if that sustains and transitions into "real" games next season
C
Kulich
Norris
Mcleod
Kozak/Krebs/Laff
Ostlund/Helenius/Wahlberg cooking in Roch
Nobody is saying it's impossible. But Kevyn Adams has done exactly nothing at this point for me or anyone semi rational to think he has what it takes to make the moves required. Even acquiring a top 6 center and a top 4 RHD in one offseason is very hard for a competent GM to accomplish. Sabres need at least another big time acquisition on top of that. They're not closeExact thats what i say, Cozens would not be any better for Ottawa as top 6 C . If he is something is wrong with the Sabres.
They are much closer then what you think, they winn much now in the end , if you look at the top 6 wings . They are good enough . Just add a Center and balanced it out.
Thompson 40 goals, Tuch 32 goals , Peterka 23 goals . Peterka improves . With this Zucker, Quinn , Benson . If they really plug their weakness and balance the D Core . Also if they can add a good top 6 center it Will be a different season NeXT year .
Ottawa is not better just better balanced . Even with eichel oreilly reinhart mittle they could not build a playoff team. Now they lack the star but have many promising and good pieces.
I would say trade power for a center and trade Byram + something for another d that suits us
In the latest Baker-Fairburn podcast they bring up the off season of the offer sheet coming up. Peterka, Byrum, McLeod could be targets.
Ullmark had his best two Buffalo seasons under Bales.And yet Bales has not shown he can unlock anything from anyone while he's been here.
I echo this plan, the other area that the shifty/playmaking forward will def help is the PP. Adding a playmaker with Thompson and Dahlin has to improve the PP1. Tage is now first in the league in 5v5 scoring with 36 goals. He only has 7 PP goals which should double or even triple with the right playmaker/passer across from him.....think Marner. Marner has 26 PP assists. Our leading assist guy on the PP is Dahlin with 14. Go get the next best playmaker available if Marner refuses. Use Peterka, Byram, 1st, Rosen, Quinn. I think Quinn will be cheap for 1/2 yr and could turn it around(though I would not count on him at all in the top 6/9).I feel like the team needs to do four things:
1) figure out if you’re keeping Power or Byram. Move the other out for an ssset.
2) find partners for Dahlin and whichever of Power/Byram you keep.
3) add a playmaking forward. If you could convince Marner, I mean you do it all day, but I doubt that happens. But they need a shifty puck handler who can facilitate in the offensive zone.
4) add a goalie to compete with UPL and keep Levi in Rochester.
In going with this theme:
Our 1st should 100% be available
Quinn should absolutely be available.
One of Power/Byram absolutely should be moved.
SHOULD he be our 1C? He's looked OK with Tage and Benson, though Benny is doing most of the work on that line and Tage is cleaning up. So no, we shouldn't count on him to be our nominal 1C.Honest question…. Is Kulich our 1C next year?
I wonder if Boston goes into a rebuild? See if McAvoy is available?
10 teams have no 1st round pick. Take our 10th overall and see if we can get a shutdown defenseman.
Ten teams are currently without first-rounders for June, including Colorado, Dallas, Edmonton, Florida, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York Rangers, Tampa Bay, Toronto and Vegas