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Aside from a few people who I know have similar tastes, I don’t care one bit about any critic or public reviews. The critics in particular I find to be some of the most pretentious a-holes out there.

Pegula sold the team. Adam fired and banned from working for the Sabres in any capacity. The Sabres will win the lottery and draft McKenna. McDavid will sign with the Sabres on 7/1/26. Lindy and entire coaching staff to be replaced. Now how much did you say you will pay for my tickets?

I mean i certainly would take a flyer on him if the acquisition costs are minimal. I mean remember guys are injury prone sometimes and they suddenly they aren't. This is a gamble that good teams would take If it didnt work he is only signed for one year at 2.1 million and is an RFA after so we would control him if it didnt work. If it was between say Roslovic or Chinakov id lean Chinakov because i think his ceiling is higher, but it it was between Chinakov or McTavish, obviously you go MacTavish, though the acquisition costs to get McTavish would be large

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Not only. Kulich is the wildcard -- unproven center, let alone top 6 at this point. But overall, yes, I think they are a real first-line player away from a playoff-caliber forward** lineup. Preferably a center. But someone to push Benson/Kulich to line two and cascade it down from there. That could compete with the aging Tampas, rising Habs, flat Wings, and whatever Ottawa is (Ullmark-led?) of the division. Their depth is NHL depth at this point -- albeit not playoff-tested. **All forward lineup discussions are moot if they don't play sound defense and get average-to-above average goaltending.

Are we talking about the difference of 45 years ago.. or Trump? Is this the K-9 collective posting thread? 🙂 It's your own personal thread where you can aggregate all of your thoughts!

He should be named "Chinadoll" instead. Seriously, if he can stay healthy, he's be a decent get. But it's a huge if.

Yup. not even a road trip for me. 🙂 Well, a little one I suppose.

Quinn would be the natural target. Similar injury history. Both have plenty of upside. Similar ceiling. I’d do it. Maybe swab Rosen for a prospect that’s got some jam.

Looking more at Chinakov's good season in 2023-24... it does appear to be boosted by playing with Voronkov and Marchenko. His GF% with Marchenko was 63.64 and with Voronkov 64.29. However, their expected GF% were 49 and 47, respectively. Potentially, his good season was a very big statistical outlier -- and given those two are moving up the lineup and Chinakov hasn't based on ice time (at least under Evason), they made their choice on which two players drive the offense.

For sure. I don’t see Chinakov as a make-or-break decision, or as an obvious answer. I would like to add another NHL forward who is at least a 2nd-liner or could play on the 2nd line, full stop. Hes an option Id consider.

So essentially we’re only looking for another forward if he is a clear and obvious top 6 upgrade on Quinn or Kulich? We’re deep enough otherwise?

No, but I am not running to the NHL to make the trade call. It has merit but it isn't some make or break decision. Also if you assume Norris and Greenway will be injured, you should assume Chinakov will be injured.

Out of NhL roster? The current 14th forward and 8th defenceman, so Kozak and Johnson? Out of the starting lineup, assuming full health? Whichever 2 of Malensten, Krebs, Danforth, Quinn, Kulich and Doan he happens to be outplaying? Id also include Greenway and Zucker in that group, but Lindy won’t. And doesn’t Sabrespace just assume one of Norris and Greenway will be out anyway? Should we just ignore that possibility?

I guess my thought is that Quinn is the replacement for Peterka. Quinn has 19 goals in his last 81 games and that's with a bunch of 4th line time and a 20-game disappearing act at the start of last season. I believe his ceiling is higher than Chinakov's (and from an Adams/EEE perspective, they just paid Quinn, why would they add Quinn-lite?) Put Quinn into the top 6 with two defensively responsible/all-around players on his line instead of Cozens or JJP and he might take that step that could/should have happened last year. I don't deny that Chinakov would be a solid 3rd line edition (if Quinn is in the top 6), but then Chinakov doesn't displace Zucker on the left and it depends on what kind of checking line/tough to play against you're going for whether he'd be a better option than Greenway/Doan on the right. Scoring, yes. Physical? No. If Chinakov were to fall to the 4th line, his goal potential goes down. (Unless he had exemplary chemistry with Danforth -- which, they didn't. Only 27 minutes together last season and a CF% together of 36%.)

Also @dudacek I'm very much on record as saying we need a 17% goals against reduction more than anything else. We lost about 50ish goals but brought in around 40.

Doan has 12g in his last 62. That's 16g in 83 games. Is Chinakov better defensively than Doan? You can trade for him but who are you moving out?

In terms of taste in movies and shows, I think I might have you beat. There are a couple exceptions, but when me and my wife watch a show or go to a movie... Especially movies.... frequently ones that are highly rated We just look at each other and say... Really? That was average at best if not bad. Then there are a whole list of movies that have very poor ratings, definitely some of the worst rated movies.... or ones that do terrible at the box office, and we like them a lot. Again, not 100% at a time, but it probably happens more often than it doesn't.

It seems like just last week this board was clamouring to trade Byram for a forward and screaming how are we going to replace Peterka’s scoring. Did you think we were getting a special roster exemption for that guy? Chinakov has 23 goals in his last 83 games, Peterka has 27 in his last 77. Come on people, this isn’t rocket surgery.

I flip the pineapples upright so they get no action.

It’s OK for the team to have 2 spare forwards and one spare defenceman, which is what would be the case under my post. It’s also rare for everyone to be healthy at the same time. Kozak would be sent to Rochester. Doubt he gets claimed, wouldn’t worry too much if he was. Chinakov is a very fast skater with a great shot who may or may not be a better scoring forward than Quinn or Kulich right now and may or may not be a better hockey player than about half the Sabres current forwards. The point of picking him is he may blossom into the guy who replaces Peterka, or at least force someone else to work to earn that spot.

Yes. We only want players who play 82 games a season, are 1st liners, love Buffalo and only cost a late round draft pick.

Too many missed games. Pass.

I thought it was responsive to your questions. Sorry if it isn't. Also, I hadn't appreciated that dudacek was predicting the rostering of more forwards than the team can have (thx, @LGR4GM).