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I believe your Peterka projection is way too high. Signing Bo is best case scenario cuz our GM sucks. You get a competent partner for Dahlin for two years & his worst case scenario is his cap hit is low enough that it's very tradeable. Given the current blue line structure, this makes a ton of sense. Ok to disagree with roster construction, but it is what it is.

Peterka had a positive plus minus and a positive team relative plus minus. The idea that he was a defensive liability is simply not true. He plays defense better than most 23 year old 30 goal scorers. You're not just losing his 30 goals next season, you're losing his 40, 45, 50 goal seasons.... yes 50, he will score 50 at some point. To trade him as an RFA for a middling defenseman is criminal and in no way shape or form makes the team better. The actual defensemen are not the problem. The commitment to play sound team defense is... for both defensemen and forwards. The problem is the construction of the team. KA ices the youngest roster in the league and then acts annoyed that they can't keep the puck out of their net. I posted about this a few months ago... there's a massive correlation between average team age and goals against.. and it's been this way for as far back as they keep those statistics. You want to make the playoffs Kevyn? Trade 5 or 6 youngsters (Kulich, Benson, Johnson, Rosen, Östlund, Helenius, etc....) packaging them for some proven vets. Problem is that his primary strategy is to only bring in players who "want to be here"... and there aren't many proven vets willing to waive to come here, so he whines about taxes and palm trees, when in reality, YOU Kevyn, are the reason, not taxes, not palm trees... but LOSING and having no real plan to improve.

So unbelievably predictable, what a freaking joke this organization is. It’s going to be hilarious when they are booed off the ice after the first home game of the season.

Exceedingly modest improvement, but it amounts to an ambitious leap for the dim crowd running the franchise.

Given Byram's perceived upside, $6.25M is a big win if the plan is to trade him. Strap him to Dahlin's side to start the season and wait for the offers to come in!

Byram has to move all his stuff back to Buffalo.

A minor F add might get the F group back to even if you squint at Doan Then at least we have the Kesselring improvement. not enough but something

Yeah, he isn't getting traded this summer. But by getting him in at under $7MM, they have an extra $750k to spend on that middle 6 (top 6 ideally, but the money they'll have left says middle 6) F the team desperately needs for when someone in the top 6 inevitably breaks or when one of the guys pencilled into the top 6 underperforms. So, not a building block transaction, but if it leaves enough cash to bring in something to improve, will take it. (Beggars can't be choosers.) And then, the D will have been improved, the F's might've improved, and the GT on paper isn't any worse. Round here that's a win, right? (Lord, please send that asteroid soon and take us all out of our misery.)

Dude, you might've just stumbled onto the entire problem. They're running on a ####ing treadmill when they should be SKATING on a ####ing treadmill. Fix that and then, uh, well, um, guess it's still a treadmill their on, but at least they'd have the right ####ing footwear for the occassion. 😉

Right that’s what I’m saying: he’s not getting traded this summer People that are dreamily envisioning it as a building block transaction for something to improve this summer are mistaken - that’s what I’m saying (nm that being beyond Adams’ capacity) There wasn’t “more coming” after the JJ trade - it wasn’t the “first shoe”. remember? “I’ll judge the Peterka deal when we see what’s next” nothing was next . I’ll happily eat the shoe if there is - - -

Every year guys with 1yr left get traded. Byram currently has two. If a GM thinks he can sign him or even just go on a run, they'll be able to trade him either this summer (you're right, no trade there) or at the deadline or next summer or next deadline.

I was commenting on the 1st part The 2nd part I sadly agree with; I feel like we are running on a ***** treadmill

No I said they are about break even

Had they punted Wilford, would not only hope the D will be better with the changes, but would actually expect it. (Now, would those changes be enough to materially alter their results, no data, but it would legitimately be in the realm of possibilities.) As it is, with keeping Wilford, it is likely too little to materially make this a truly good D. So truly despise watching the D stand around unengaged in front of the goalie; but that isn't as bad has having both of them go behind the net to try to prevent the pass to the now wide open slotman.

30 goals better, after accounting for Peterka subtraction so Kesselring is worth like…..65 goals on his own Phil Kesselring with a cheeseburger on the line… maybe

I cannot refute anything you said. A lateral move is not an obvious improvement to the team. Osmosis is a ***** strategy, but that’s the best I can hope for with our awful GM. He did not improve us overall.

Dahlin Byram Power Kesselring Timmins Muel Johnson Unless this defense goes sideways, no excuse for UPL having a bad SV%.

Yes, Kess’s trajectory can be elite. This team is going to have to be better than everyone else by being better at the blue line than everyone else. It’s just the way that it is when you draft #1 overall at the blue line twice. Hope is a ***** strategy, but I hope the blue line takes a huge step forward. It’s the most logical path toward this team being elite. And no credit to KA if and when that happens.

Do you honestly feel that the additions of Kesselring and Timmins as replacements for Joki and Clifton will make our defense nearly 4/10th of a goal a game better next season?

Ya, next year. He’s not getting traded this summer. D is improved. I do not think adding Kesselring trims the D by THIRTY GOALS, no. Not 30. Peterka was one of our best PP players relatively - it’s just that our entire PP was bad. He’d have been the first to benefit if we actually, you know, changed the pp coaches - - - Not really trying to have an argument - if you want to argue Kesselring for Peterka is a wash: fine. That’s fine. So Adams made a lateral move he only made BECAUSE jj asked for a deal. Ok. So we are the same. We…sat in last almost the whole year and haven’t made the playoffs in 14 years There’s..no plan for improvement? If JJ doesn’t ask out we just…do nothing? we haven’t done anything

Because of course; the only way to be angry with your favorite team is to feel utterly hopeless, say they deserve to lose all their great players and complain when anyone wants to do anything but that.

His value goes up now that his contract is a known commodity.

If they didn't have a weenie running the PP, they'd be giving Byram time on the top unit along WITH Dahlin. They're only running 1 true set up man on the PP running 1-4. Go to 2-3 and you add another one. BUT they have a weenie running the PP, so no, Byram will either be on a 2D 2nd unit like he often was last year or not on one at all.

So his value will go up when he fails to get opportunity? Just curious