It could be that Zegras is too much sizzle and not enough steak for Verbeek's taste, as well.
Ducks fan coming in peace but where do you guys get that we're shopping him? The initial rumor was made by Serevalli - same guy who announced last year that "John Gibson has played his last game as a Duck", only to cause Gibby come out with a statement the next day saying wtf. Sure Zegras is available, just like any other young core player on the Ducks – for a better player. Because media wants to talk about Zegras, everybody just keep yapping to get clicks. Well, maybe I'm totally wrong, but maybe you guys get a fresh perspective as I see a lot of discussion is you guys discussing getting Zegras, who despite the shitty season was still one of our best players last year (we only looked decent when he was on the ice).
Anyhow, I see now rumors about Vatrano. If Pat wanted assets, he'd trade him either at last deadline or at the draft. Pat needs to get us to win, so we'd need to be out of playoff position next year, or get a better player (unrealistic for a guy like Vatrano) to trade him.
Just my two cents, sorry if unapropriate. Still, it might be I have no idea what I'm talking about
Torts strikes me as a selfish jerk. Maybe that's harsh, but that's my opinion. He put Farabee, Frost in the doghouse, and even Coots sat with him, but he likes Laughton and Risto.
I think if he calls Briere, it's Farabee. Konecny is better, yes, but he'll cost more, also he's one year away from UFA and probably his new contract will be the same as Skinner's.
I cant believe the Ducks owner is so cheapChad D has repeatedly said that Necas was not the guy on the Canes that the Sabres were interested in.
It was a guy that is no longer needed since they made the McLeod trade.
So, it comes down to whether you believe that Chad D or Andrew Peters (Necas wouldn't sign here) is more reliable when it comes to Sabres rumors.....
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Another challenge with a potential Zegras trade is Anaheim being only $356,667 above the $65M cap floor.
They need $5.75M+ in salary coming back in a trade to stay above the floor.
CapFriendly has them a little over $2M over the floor. So, they would need around $3.75M going back.
I wouldn't mind Farabee now that I think about it. You are correct. I just know KA, if is in a serious win now/make the playoffs mode has to make a significant splash. More than McLeod. His jobs on the line. But on that same notion, I do personally think there are a few GM's who are taking advantage of the situation we're in, asking for a ton, & everyone realizes we are on a lot of players no trade list. Which sucks. I know we have the assets.
Well I think Farabee makes sense, he would improve our top 9 as a whole and there are ties to Buffalo. He's already signed for $5 million and four more years. He's had the most productive season of his career and he's still relatively young. And yet he was reportedly in Torts' doghouse.
This can be considered as a top 9. We looked at Necas here who had three points more. For me it will not be a disappointment, also there can be potential to score more points, as well as McLeod I think.
For me Farabee would be a good get just because of how he plays and produces points, not just how many points he produces. If you look at his heat maps, he does a lot of work from the front of the net. That is something we need in our top 6 badly. If you can get that and know that Farabee still has some unrealized potential in his game, I think it would be a smart add.
I wouldn't trade him for Krebs straight up, and Lance L. had us sending a package of Krebs, Clifton, and a 2nd for him.
Makes sense but I'm still not sending a center to them for him. They'd have to add to get Krebs, which is probably why a deal hasn't happened.
They just made Krebs expendable, so his value dropped. Does that mean we can get someone's top prospect for him like Edmonton? He is entering his prime as an RFA. If he is worth a 2nd adams will get a 5th.
To the best of my recollection, Lance usually doesn’t throw names out there for no reason. I’m guessing he’s heard that there’s work being done on a Farabee deal.
Lance and Joe guess at stuff that makes sense to them all the time.
There will be teams that will feel a cap crunch as the season gets closer with RFA signings and last minute acquisitions. Having cap to deal with this year levels the playing field a bit. It doesn’t help next year, but there are other avenues to take, particularly if the roster shows it still needs improvement.
24 year old that just put of 50 points and has gotten better every year of his career, signed to a more than reasonable $5 million per for the next 4 years. If we trade for this guy all Sabres fans should be happy if we don't give up the farm.
