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In some respects, but again the vast majority have been bottom of the roster type deals. He did strike gold last year with McLeod and Zucker, and they are probably his better transactions over his 5 years as GM. Unfortunately, the deals also haven't made the team better.

Quinn is the only forward that Columbus would plausibly want, that makes sense to me, from the Sabres perspective. I’m not opposed to trading Quinn at all, but I don’t think a “change of scenery” trade makes a lot of sense here. Also, while I’ve nothing against Chinakhov (I mostly just know him as the guy Jarmo took the big reach on), he doesn’t seem like a missing piece for the Sabres.

Looking at Chinakov's career to date, it looks a little like Quinn (with Quinn the more productive player). He's 24, clearly too good for the AHL. He has spent most of his 4 NA seasons in the NHL. In 23/24 he put up a respectable 29 pts (16 goals) in 53 games. He has some size (6'1 205 - elite prospects) https://unionandblue.com/posts/columbus-blue-jackets-2023-2024-player-review-yegor-chinakhov-01hwzbtsdvm6 Apparently he has an elite wrist shot. He has one year left on his current deal at 2.1 and is a RFA with Arb rights after next season. This doesn't seem like a terrible idea at all assuming Adams can make the deal. Here are the questions 1) Where would Chinakov play? - Thompson, Tuch, Zucker, Benson, Quinn are presumably locked in as 5 of the top 6 wingers with Doan and Greenway fighting for the 6th slot. You aren't acquiring Chinakov without having a slot for him in the top 9. 2) Which forward(s) get moved to make room for Chinakov. Right now the Sabres have 14 forwards signed for next season with McLeod, Norris, Krebs, Danforth, Kulich, Malensytn and Kozak (no longer waiver exempt) in the mix with the 7 wingers mentioned above. 3) Does he really fill a need? Kulick, Thompson, Norris, and Quinn are all known primarily for their shooting. McLeod showed last year he can shoot as well. Tuch is also a talented goal scorer as is Zucker. We honestly need more playmaking. 4) What does he cost? Can Adams pull off another McLeod for Savoie type deal? Chinakov for Rosen for example? What about Chinakov for Krebs?

If it's a weekend night, I am good with that.

Yes, but not reckless ones. His moves over the last 12 months have been ok, IMO, but if he starts throwing first-round picks after this guy, no. I still don't trust him and probably never will.

I picked up a couple at target this past Christmas. They were placing new stickers on every card at the register and then scanning those. The guy told me it was to prevent fraud. So I guess at least target has figured it out.

We already added a younger version of him, Doan. I don't see much value in adding Joshua at this point unless you're able to move Greenway out, which I doubt they can.

I don't remember how they ran lines in Winnipeg. That team also had Geekie.

Wasn't Savoie his center most of his Jr career?

Idk maybe. I don't know chinakov at all.

But it doesn't make it wrong either. Adams needs to take some risks to improve the team.

No idea if he could play nhl C.

Could he learn center; yes Would it be wise to; probably not He certainly brings the defensive competence that great centers have and is a sneaky good playmakers

He wouldn’t of been a good pick up due to Greenway being retained however had he been traded or walked I would of approved I wish him great health and zero NHL success for the next 3 seasons 😉

True, but you're not adding him for points. You're adding him to make your line up tougher. That "harder to play against" mantra we heard Ruff and Adams use here. Also to open up space for your supposed skill players to do what they do. Leafs are managing to turn themselves into a more balanced hockey team now that they aren't salary heavy in the big top 4. 2 1/2 much easier to manage than 4.

That doesn't make it smart.

lol I struggled to write it because Leafs

I'm sure he does. Doesn't mean he likes him Benson or 1st round picks like him

Of course, some people do. So what? Taking a big swing just to give an appearance of doing something significant makes little sense if in the end it is make your roster worse.

Jarmo Kekalainen was the GM who drafted him. In fact Chinakhov was expected to go in RDS 2-3 when Jarmo took him at 21 overall in 2020. So he must have liked the kid.

Amerks are offering a big discount of opening night tickets. $17 I think.

I just don't want him that badly. And they are not trading him for Krebs from my perspective.

Sometimes I feel like people just want a swing.

I'll agree with you on this Benson take.

Absolutely not! There's a big difference between taking a big swing and a dumb swing. There has to be a general balance in value between what you give up and what you give back. I'm sure that Byram was dangled on the market. Apparently, the return was inadequate. So he was signed on a short-term deal. That was the right course of action, at least as I see it. It was known that JJP wanted out. So he was dealt. In my opinion, the return for him was reasonable.