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To be honest while Seabrook is cooked, I think Keith may still have a little left in the tank due to how he plays the game. Place him next to Dahlin and I'd bet he'll look like he did a couple years ago. Not to mention his resume is worth the contract, 2 Norris, a Conn Smythe and 3 Cups where he had an instrumental part of winning them. He's reliable health wise and aside from this year he was still a solid Dman. And this year he was playing the Ristolainen role on a defense that has been stripped of most of its overall talent. What about https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/679026

Would any of you be interested in Nylander McCabe Fasching 2019 2nd 2018 4th For Duncan Keith Vinny Hinostroza

Because it is both unrealistic and idiotic to attempt and completely wipe this team down to the studs without making us wait 4 more years

Finally I can stop carrying this damn torch

Here's another idea I tried to find a nice mix of vets and speed, and as for the high cap dumps 2019 Contracts that end of not: Pominville 5.6mil Orpik 5.5mil Moulson 5mil (Granted 1mil was saved during the season) Hagelin 4 mil Vanek 3.25mil Kruger 3.08mil (Granted 1mil was saved during the season) Hendricks 2mil I'm attempting to maximize our cap space while we have the opportunity to use it to gain further assets.

Nelson is technically a UFA

I would trade Beaulieu and Antipin (rights) and buyout Bogosian

The cap will be at 80mil And based off this other team I made earlier we'd still have 10 mil in cap space. Remember we shed Gorges contract and a Bogosian buyout would give us nearly 3.5 mil. Plus I'm ridding us of Beaulieu Orpik's is 5.5mil x 1 year

I'd see if I could get Grubauer and Orpik (cap dump) a 3rd in 2019 and Johan Larsson & our 2nd in 2019

Would you be willing to take on Orpik's salary to get Grubauer? Beaulieu for Hagelin straight up?

I'm unwilling to trade Risto

Can anyone give me some names of quick wingers that might be available for trade or signing aside Grabner. I'm still at this essentially https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/665095 But we still lack any real speed on the wings besides Bailey, ERod, Baptiste, and maybe the guy I acquired from EDM?

I'd start the season (buying out Bogo) Guhle - Risto Scandella - Dahlin Pilut - Nelson McCabe Then once Dahlin is flying you just swap the top pairings. Regardless it will save Risto from needing to play 27min a night.

Finally we are winners! Dahlin! Dahlin! Dahlin!

I pray to God Allen drinks from the well of Middelstadt and becomes a demi-god. Otherwise we ###### up again..... The second pick I really liked.

Ales Kotalik when he was at his peak is what I see. Not an amazing stickhandler but very good Incredible shot Likely will thrive either on PP1 or PP2

No way I’m trading ROR to Montreal; anything we’d receive would pale in comparison to how much ROR would save them. If I’m trading him, he’s going out West

Glad to see Kane doing well in SJS, they have a very strong leadership group so I highly doubt he’ll have any behavior problems if he stays. And if he stays he’ll thrive.

Let's set the stage, it's opening night in 2016 and the Sabres have just learned Eichel is out at least 20 games. He returns the team stumbles around but gets within a few points of the playoffs by the bye week only to completely spiral afterwards. Eichel sulks a bit after losing after his multiple points and then misses out on his bonus because of it. Eichel is a young man with high aspirations for the future, faith in his team, blinders even to how bad they actually are thus feels their woes are due to Bylsma's system. He's pissed, speaks to the media like a child and, while I doubt he threatened contract negotiation stuff, wanted Bylsma gone. In his head, Bylsma's looser system for him should be extended to his teammates and since that won't happen with Bylsma; he needs to be rid of to allow the Sabres to play modern NHL style hockey rather than defensive styled hockey with endless stretch passes. He accomplishes this with the help of his fellow angry teammates and with the firing of GMTM and Bylsma and then hiring of Botts and Housley they would get just that. So he goes into the offseason confident this team will thrive and later signs on the dotted line to stay here 8 more years after this one. Housley's system is more to his liking, Botts is more personable as well and the team will rock, right? Wrong, they start off awfully as many players can't handle playing the system and although Kane, Pommers, and he are playing well; everyone else is a train wreck. Then goes Moulson to the minors, it shocks him as he believed Moulson would look better if he got more opportunity to score but instead looked incapable. The season continues and they still suck, he's confused by the fact this isn't working. Although he does start trying to take a more leader-like role but then he gets injured again. The season could be over and yet again his team is a failure. His frenemy in Matthews is going to likely go to the playoffs while he's stuck on the couch. He works to get back, he wants to finish the season strong but watching the team from above confirms what he had refused to believe so far in his career.....They sucked, while they still looked better than last year at times his teammates seemed in over their heads at times. Like a switch in his head going off, he knew what was wrong; it wasn't Bylsma as much as it was his team, they couldn't handle the modern NHL game, they rarely gave a solid effort, and they were jokes. It was time to grow up, because as the franchise player with 8 more years here; if he wanted success he would need to personally lead them to it and if that meant he may lose a few of his friends a long the way than so be it. This was his team and thus he was a changed man. What do you guys think?

I have no idea where the mods are but shouldn’t this thread be locked? After all none of this thread even mentions goats or the temporary acquisition of one.

That is true....

Go watch the Sunshine thread’s videos for three hours then come back. You’re so negative that you are making pi go nuts. Nylander is not a bust not close to one yet, he’s barely 20

Well I'm not literally just going to dump half the roster for scraps. I would like to be good next year not wait another five......

Here's what I have so far with fowards ??? - Eichel - Okposo Nylander? - ROR - Reinhart ERod - Middelstadt - Pommers ??? - Girgensons - Baptiste I liked the two middle lines these past couple games and Pommers would be training wheels for Casey where as ROR and Reinhart would be the same for Nylander. I would guess Okposo will do better after a full off season without any life threatening injuries to deal with but we are in dire need of a fleet of foot, legit, LWer for Eichel who isn't dependent on him. I'd like in the following year for Okposo to take Pommers spot on the 3rd line. I'm ridding us of Larsson and Nolan, Josefson wasn't bad but was too injury prone. Defensively I'm rather at a loss still, I can't even fathom the pairings. Scandella - Risto Guhle - Nelson ??? - ??? First I'm buying out Bogo, dumping Baloo on a curb, and maybe trading Antipin's rights to Winnipeg if he's soured on Buffalo. McCabe is the sticky one as he is so confusing. Trade him or 3rd pairing? I'd bring Falk back as a 7th D if he's cheap but not as a bottom pair guy. Gorges please retire and ship Tennyson to the sun Goalies........ Ullmark!! Ullmark!! Ullmark!! Try to trade Lehner's rights and try to forget Lehner and Johnson's horrible 2nd Season. Let us just remember their rather good first run of it two years ago.

I get the feeling Eichel wants other players to do stuff on the powerplay but they seem determined for him to do everything.