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He skated with me, taught some things when I was 5, 6, 7 yrs old at Sabreland. I liked the way he played.

Korab was not that good. If you just wanted a fighter, Playfair was better. A better d-man would have been Hajt. Even Punch didn’t think much of Korab defensely. His plan was to play him at wing once he brought Tommy Abrahamson (sic) over from Sweden.

Martin Pereault Robert Briere Patty Mogilny Ramsay Peca Gare Dave Drury Foligno extra: Hawerchuk May Ramsey Schoenfeld McKee Dahlin Housley Soupy extra: Numinnen Hayek Miller

Upon rewatching them, the first three held up better than I was expecting.

Very prepared for him being labelled can’t miss in the vein of Benson

Just for the record, other than 2 years in college (where they never won anything), Drury was never the best player on any team.

Catton is the most likely to slide down.

I worry that you may have just got a certain poster started. But anyway, I choose to pretend those movies never happened.

There’s a SW marathon on and I’m trying to ignore that I have to go back to work on Monday.

So, I’m supposed to believe that the Jedi, this elite fighting force, that can read the feelings and thoughts of others, from great distances, had no knowledge, whatsoever, and never caught wind of Order 66, something that was intended to wipe them all out and known to grunt storm troopers across the galaxy?! Maybe they didn’t deserve the power that they had.

SOMEONE probably accomplishes that same thing at a cheaper cost. But we aren’t the field: that’s always the issue with said logic. If we want the one team that consummates the deal to be us, the offer you proposed is the one that actually results in completion rather than a “we stayed true to our value evaluation” scenario

Ya I mean if Edmonton wins the cup we’ll have to grudgingly agree they are the 6th best team in the nhl. We can’t forget to square the data the league uses to determine who the best team is for the season with our own personally chosen, biased markers for success, like Expected playoff wins inferred based on how tired we are randomly guessing the teams to be and also prospect pool strength.

You get the low-remaining tread, leadership, guys on short deals to bolster what you’ve got. You don’t throw term at them. EJ this past season was a fail, but it’s fine because it was one year. Now, find a with-tread playoff machine (Pavelski when the Stars got him)… and we’re talking.

Yeah, Elder Foligno was before my time and I have an admittedly hard time placing him. On a “franchise” team he’s a bottom 6 grinder, though, so if we need more grit I dress him. If we lose some silk in the top 6, I dress Mogilny. Pommer is a great complementary piece. He’s a 2W through and through and he makes his line better. But again, on a franchise team I’ve got 1st-liners across their eras. (Or at least 1st line minutes [Peca]). My argument for Eichel is that final season. We rag him and I call him Jackikin Eichwalker and such, but he that year he *was* the offense. Dragging Krueger and that lineup into the playoff picture and putting himself into the Hart conversation. Plus, on my theoretical franchise team he’s a prove-it 4th line kid, and not a captain.

Lots of folks forget that Skinner got cold down the stretch and Eichel played hurt and has no points the final 10 games of that COVID season. History and the franchise are on a different trajectory if they make that 24-team field (especially if they do what Montreal did and knock off a beaten-up Penguins team). Remember, Ullmark was back to close that season and it was a different team with him in the net. As to Eichel/Thompson, Eichel has the benefit of his burst and playmaking that Tage simply doesn’t have. And TNT has the benefit of playing with Granato’s open attack (one season) and a career-coming-out-season from Tuch that Eichel never had. There’s an alternate universe where Skinner-Eichel-Reinhart play under Granato. Probably not as good as Tuch. But it creates a world where Eichel and Reinhart remain in the top six entering their primes (probably on separate lines). TNT with Reino on the 2nd line with Reino in the crease on the PP and we have a “veteran” team last season.

Nice job. I would move Foligno into a top 4 line, and certainly would move him ahead of Eichel based on his time and his output with the Sabres. Foligno has more goals, more points, more seasons, and was a better captain and a better Sabre. He fought for what was on the crest. Next, I would move either Pominville or Don Luce (others might say Satan) ahead of Eichel. Again citing more seasons, more goals, more points, and they were just better Sabres. Base on pure talent you could argue a slot a Eichel. Looking at his production as a Sabre he falls short, and everything else about about him - no way.

Ok, but at what cost? 2 mill for Tanev and 3.5 for Gourde are all they are worth at this point. Spending nearly 8.7 on them is terrible cap management. We can get currently better players for the same money or less. Bennett for example. He has one year left and no trade protection at $4 mill. I’d rather take on Jeannot at 2.6 vs Tanev at 3.5, but I don’t want either.

In 2021, McKenzie had Rosen at #18 in final rankings and we took him at 13. In 2022, McKenzie had Savoie at #9 in final rankings and we took him exactly there. In 2023, McKenzie had Benson at #9 in final rankings and he fell to us at 13. Will somebody fall to us, like last year? Or will we stretch a little like in 2021? I'm a bit guilty of looking at the top 10 and wondering who will fall and not paying enough attention to the players ranked 5-6 slots lower than where we will pick.

Gourde is still a solid player and Tanev isn't exactly over the hill for 1 year. I wouldn't go so far as to extend Gourde for 4/5 years but both he and Tanev have another couple years of bot 6 play in them.

How far would Vancouver be from Florida? I'd guess that would be the max possible

I think you're missing the broader point. Acquiring diminishing vet players simply because they are vets is a failing strategy. How did signing Johnson or re-signing Okposo work out? We need to acquire players with tread left on the tire. Larsson ok, but as to the other 2, there are cheaper and better options.

Martin - Perreault - Robert Andreychuk - LaFontaine - Mogilny Hawerchuk - Gare - Briere O'Reilly - Hecht - Peca 13th: Gilmour Zhitnik - Dahlin Scheoenfeld - Ramsey Korab - McKee 7th: Tallinder Hasek Miller

Thxs everyone. Know it's a random question, but was curious