I like Magniapane a lot as a player. But he's another smallish, skilled winger. The Sabres and Amerks rosters are flush with those already. I'd prefer they save their trade chips for a center or power foward. So it's really about fit.
I dont mind the trade at all, but I am peeved about missing out on Marino. That would've secured our top-4 for the foreseeable future, but now we're likely, once again, hoping Joki or someone else can snag a top-4 spot.
Funny what a year will do. Last year people were talking differently.
would be very clown show if they keep him nowSabres have buy out skinner nowgood .
Yeah, that's problem. When you're planning a roster for a new season, you have to take all the risks into account, especially if your team is inconsistent and hasn't made the playoffs in years. Why should we be confident that Thompson and Cozens will play 82 games and both be good? And if one of them gets hurt, who's our top 6C? Krebs? But he hasn't even proven that he can be an average 3C. And there are a lot of little things like that in the roster. Youth (inconsistency). Obviously, you can't plan for everything, but you can hedge your bets by adding proven guys to the roster and improving the depth everywhere.
Nope
If you want to replace his scoring you need to acquire a top six winger.
I’m trying to get with Emma myers. Best of luck to both of us!
For me, it's a bit of a blurry concept. Are guys like DeBrusk, Toffoli, Teravainen, Bertuzzi mid-six wingers or do they fit more into the top 6 forward category?
Any of those 4 could play anywhere in our top 9 and not look out of place.
