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Taro T

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  1. It seems they did give him a shot at making the roster but he was unable to beat out Hinostroza nor keep them from signing another player for the 4th line & PK that at present has not only beaten him & Krebs out, but Hinostroza too. Yes, Krebs is at the tip of this particular spear, but there are 2 other guys he couldn't beat out. In his favor, he DID beat out Bjork, so he has that going for him. Not sure it's better for his development to have Krebs in the pressbox than playing in Ra-cha-cha; they've indicated they feel he will learn from watching & being around the team. Personally expect he'd reinforce habits they're trying to break him of by sending him down, but also expect they still see him as a player that will contribute offensively on a 2nd or 3rd line. So, Krebs stays up for now as the 23rd healthy body. Will be interesting to see if he goes down should they get a 24th healthy body that is a skater. He's the only guy not with a regular role that is waiver exempt as of now. Really curious if Sheahan would be doing this if his wife was handling it better. After seeing her clip, expect this might be more of a "happy wife, happy life" scenario than a "good Lord, please not another garbage plate." Maybe she's always wanted to visit Switzerland. She'll likely get to do so for ~4-5 months.
  2. Unfortunately, the networks want those 4 extra games & the conferences are more than happy to give them to them. Personally would say 6 is about ideal. When's the last time 7 had a legit claim on the championship? But that would never fly when there's 2 or 6 more games to be played.
  3. Neither is Pilut. The expectation is it'll be Krebs sent down if the skaters are all healthy, but they've avoided that to date. Earlier in the year when all were healthy they ran w/ only 7 D, so it'll be interesting to see who goes down.
  4. Thanks for that. Missed that he'd been moved to the evaluation window. Knew Boettger was back practicing; missed Marquez' update. Thought he could get redesignated to a 4 week IR (if they have any of them left) not necessarily season ending but he couldn't practice while back on the IR.
  5. The penalty might've been the defining action when they decided whether to keep him up as the spare forward or somebody else. Seems Asplund is pretty much ready to be back. Will be very interesting to see who comes out of the lineup joining Krebs in the pressbox. 2 other interesting things to watch, if all stay healthy, when does Krebs get back in the lineup (& who does he replace) and when Bryson is back, again, if they're all healthy, who goes down to Ra-cha-cha - Krebs, Pilut, Fitzgerald, or another F.
  6. Probably sees how much of a train wreck Krebs has been but Krebs stays up and he goes down after a waiver wire pickup beats both of them out. Don't know, but expect he feels he didn't get as fair a shake as he'd been led to believe he'd get.
  7. Yes, the Yotes are stocking up on young players & draft picks and are, as you say, 2 years behind the Sabres. Fully expect the Yotes are hoping to win the next 2 draft lotteries and not fall just short in their quests unlike when they tried in '15 & '16. Then start rebuilding w/ Matthews as the centerpiece in a triumphant return to the desert. Again, my expectation is that they see Chychrun having more value converted into the picks & prospects he'll return than the play he'll bring on the ice. An awful lot of the "insiders" are of that opinion as well. Is it correct? We'll see. And, really expect you are mistaken if you think he'll bring back significantly more than Ristolainen did when he's a rental. Rentals get discounted; it is what it is.
  8. Then basically you are saying they shouldn't trade for any high end guy who's already on/ past his 2nd contract. Because it's very rare for those guys to get traded with more than 2-3 years left before they're UFAs.
  9. True. But did anybody see them having their mid-season funk last year or losing to the Colts this year? Bills need to win out, which is going to be tough given all the injuries, but it is possible. Hard to see anybody w/ less than 3 losses this year, so Bill need to keep doing what they can. And if KC does win out, well the Bills beat them once down there. It's not an impossible ask to do it again.
  10. Don't see any way they'd want a guy as old as Olofsson. Really doubt they'd want anyone older than Cozens. (Not saying he'd have to be in the package, just not other seeing anyone older than that being a part of it. Should the Sabres actually make an offer.)
  11. It's also possible this move was a precursor to a move for a player giving up picks/unsigned prospects. The Sabres were at 48 contracts w/ Sheahan. Levi will take up 1 slot in March/April, leaving them only 1 to work with. Now they have another open contract slot. Gives Sheahan his opportunity to find another NHL (or higher paying than the AHL Euro) job & the Sabres more flexibility on finding a guy that does fit the plan. Win-win.
  12. Absolutely. He thought enough of his own talent to believe he was, in a worst case, the Sabres 13th best forward. Turns out, he isn't. He was wrong, & is unhappy with where he's now at. Adams has been VERY vocal in stating that if a player doesn't want to be here, he doesn't want him. This is just walking that talk and giving Sheahan an opportunity to go where he wants to be (presuming those controlling that location actually want him, not a given at this point).
  13. On July 1, 2025 he has ZERO value to the Yotes. That is a fact. That you don't consider it "relatively soon" doesn't alter that. And, IMHO, teams would be willing to give up more for him now than they would in July '24 or even July '23 so for a team that wants to lose in the near term he'll never have more value for them than he does today in a package of prospects &/or picks. Does that mean the Sabres would have to add a prospect to the package? Maybe, don't know. Hadn't put a ton of thought into it and again whatever the Sabres would have to give up to land Chychrun is slightly more than the 2nd best deal the Yotes are offered. Which was the main point of the post. People tend to look at trades in a tunnel between just the 2 trading parties, but the 3rd team is the one that really sets the value & the trade parameters.
  14. Really jonesing for a trip to Switzerland? Was surprised he was as bad as he was this year. Looks like age caught up to him.
  15. The question becomes, what do we expect the best non-Sabres offer to be? He's got 2 more years on his deal, but the Yotes aren't going to be trying to win during that time, so figure he's leaving on July 1, 2025, so though the Yotes don't have to trade him he'll relatively soon have no value at all. The floor for the deal is what do they see 2-1/2 years of his play being worth staying in the desert. The almost ceiling of what they'll get is that "2nd best deal." Expect that is higher than that floor as they WANT to lose now & can't sell any more tix until they move to a different barn so that floor is pretty low, so that's what the Sabres needed to beat. @dudacek's post should be a pretty good proxy for that 2nd best deal. A non-lottery protected 1st (or lightly protected, say top 5) & the Sabres best or 2nd best 2nd rounder looks to be pretty comparable. (With the best 2nd being a part of the package if the 1st slides & the 2nd best if it comes this year.) Those pieces would be coming into the NHL on the Yotes schedule to rejoin the NHL. The Q becomes, again, is that better than the 2nd best offer.
  16. Further, if they didn't take handedness into consideration for 7 & 8, they'd have 2 LHD working on the 4th pair.
  17. The cheesy original or the cheesy remake? (Had to be the remake, right?)
  18. Forgot about McAvoy being in THAT draft. THAT would've been even better. But really thought they were going to select Chychrun & not just because his family were friends w/ the owners. If not Chychrun, thought it would be Sergachev. In hindsight, Chychrun would've been the weakest of the 3 but still is far ahead of the actual pick & even the upgrade from tjat pick.
  19. Jokiharju pretty much has to be part of the package, right? Because that's all the Sabres would've had to give up had Murray had his head out of his bippy and taken him when he was available back in '16.
  20. So you went from watching OSU-Mich to F1 & the NFL in the airport?
  21. Agree that they won't make any trades this season. Would not be at all surprised if Adams enters the trade market this offseason, but not expecting it at all during this season.
  22. Would be shocked if he's in the plans for next year. (The scary thing is, UPL likely IS in the plans. As long as he's Sabres property will hope he figures it out & becomes what they hope he can be, but just not expecting it. Expect his ceiling is Noronnen.)
  23. Kumerow, Crowder, & Stephenson on IR. Hodgins signed by Jints. Who knows if the ankle is still bothering Davis. Thought they only have 4 healthy WRs including the rookie. A little extra depth doesn't hurt. Wonder if that move means they don't expect to land OBJ? Also, wonder if Beasley would come out of retirement?
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