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The hope is that by the trade deadline this team will be in the playoff mix. And with him on the roster the odds go up. In general, will the Sabre franchise have to pay salary premiums to entice and keep players. Yes. That shouldn’t be a surprise for a franchise with a reputation for its cartoonish operation.

Weird that Philly has taken Drysdale and Zegras from Anaheim, kind of there problem children Zegras and Mitchov have the potential to be fun to watch

Would expect a big offer on Marner from the ducks now

I don't know what this means.

What does Philadelphia have that Buffalo doesn't? Palm trees? Low taxes? Low-cost housing? (Wait, that one's us.) Hmm...must be a difference between GMs.

For Peterka, few names here are even worth while to look at. 1. I have zero interest in any trade including Toronto(spite) 2. Kesselring has 1 good season and 1 year on his contract so for Peterka, no 3. Miler is garbage, Cuylle is very possible "Fool's Gold" and Schneider alone can't fetch Peterka 4. Too old, small, and under contract 1 year 5. Cernak or Cirelli sure. 6. Andersson would likely be a rental and has fallen off as of late, Coleman has 1 great year surrounded by eh 7. Romanov is offensive, Dobson is at least interesting and Pageau is freaking cap dump 8. Rust far too old and relies on Crosby too much to trust 9. Silinger has yet to surpass 33 pts in a season and his analytics dropped off a cliff last year 10. Neighbours isn't enough, Kyrou is kind of just slightly older Peterka making 8mil and being more PP merchant like and Parayko while older would be perfect for Power's RHD 11. Mercer has 1 good year out of 3, good being relative; Nemec is too much a wildcard to trade a consistent 28 goal scorer for 12. I outright refuse anything with Ottawa, Peterka is likely to explode with Stuztle

McBain's stat line - 82 13 14 27 with 78 PIMS and is a fighter and a hitter, he is 25 Macceli stat line - 55 8 10 18 with 8 pims and basically no hits, he is 24 So Mcbain is the better offensive player, the better defensive player, the better physical player, he is basically what we are missing. And that is why Utah likely wont trade him

This is what exactly needs to happen

What? I can’t hear you. You’re on moot.

McBaine to me is a 3rd liner and quite honestly don't want that. At least Maccelli can product points or at least prior to being benched and moved down the depth chart last year. PS I wasn't moving JJP in my scenario just Byram and 9OA.

Seems light for Zegras And thats more cap shipped out for Anaheim, they are gonna go big game hunting in free agency, you would have to expect

Well…the leagues tries to make money at the draft. Their execution leaves a little to be desired. It’s pretty hard to sell a product that no one will have real access to for 3-5 years. After the top 5 or so picks, these guys will become nameless, faceless into the abyss that is hockey minor leagues, juniors or college. But hey check out our new just hitting puberty draft pick that may be a star or may never play in the league you are here supporting. The NFL is drafting grown men you’ll almost certainly see on Sunday’s in a few months. The NHL is like BYU or Russia. You’ll see your guy in 5 years, if he survives.

Perfect, now Rossi to Buffalo

As the roster sits today I don't move Tuch, now if we happen to add two top 6 forwards as rumored than maybe but even then I think can get more for him at trade deadline than now assuming we're not contending for a playoff spot.

Macceli doesnt do it for for me, he is another undersized winger. If we are adding Byram or 9 its gotta be McBain coming back Id be willing to take Crouse back as he isnt quite the same player he once was for a lesser return. Maybe Peterka and Johnson or Rosen for Crouse and Kesserling

Of course it was! Iran can not have nuclear weapons, Trump did the right thing hitting them while they're weak.

Zegras to Philly

Moot. Sounds like he's headed to Philly.

I've mentioned Kesselring on my short list, there's also talk that the Mammoth want to move on from Matias Maccelli too. I wouldn't mind grabbing both for a prospect or 9OA and Byram. I'd also curious what Mercer cost from the Devils as to me he's a guy I wouldn't mind at 2C if elected to put Norris on the top line. JJP to me is a hard to lose guy as he's clearly a top end talent and unless we get a 50 game starting goalie for him or package him for a better Forward it makes little sense to move on from him.

It doesn't work with a draft, and considering the league makes money on the draft i'd think that would be counterproductive.

Zegres is one of those borderline guys that we could get and he possibly excel on our top line if felt wanted to move JJP to line 2 and move Benson to line 3 to balance lines more yet he's struggled with injury the last few years. With Norris already a question mark not sure if I'd take the chance.

If nothing else it adds another option in the marketplace for teams

Are there more than a small handful of AHL cities big enough to attract an owner that has the ability (and desire) to compete with NHL owners?