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I will continue to believe Adams might have the right idea if we start seeing that come into fruition. The scary part is if Adams can’t get enough autonomy to fix the team seeing as they trust him, then we are pretty much stuck waiting until they sell the team or croak. Which isn’t a great situation. Id guess the best scenario would be Adams spending the rest of this year acquiring assets for UFAs and hiring some additional critical staff. While setting up an effective analytics department. The team rebounds with the new coach and a team cultural revival of some sort next year and after a few years of righting the ship takes the president role of the team and hires a GM that can take the team to even higher levels.

https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/2289492

Supposedly Arizona is willing to move him for a good offer. I was thinking, trading Hall for a 1st and get a 2nd for Staal then use those two picks and Thompson as a starting point to get Garland.

Any interest in Conor Garland?

I was off by a round but I was close with my guess.

I’d guess the hold up is based more on the freaking COVID problem the NHL hexed is with for a second time this year.

I'm guessing JJ is on the move for a 5th to Colorado. Houser backs up UPL in Roch Tokarski backs up Hutton until Ullmark returns. UPL or Houser temporarily is made the Taxi Squad goalie

Dahlin looked a little better, showed off some of his cool stickhandling. Why does no one know how to pass or shoot?

You trade Reinhart and Eichel is gone which literally means we will break the playoff drought record and likely watch them all flourish elsewhere. I’d much rather avoid that. I don’t see how Foligno’s arrival requires Jack’s departure. If he isn’t planning on going on some cup chase then I’d think 5milx2 should be very fair for bringing more leadership here. Jack isn’t going to pout if the Sabres bring in more vet leadership with some grit and vigor left in the tank. He literally asked for it last offseason to which KA tried to get through Eakin and Staal. Sadly the former has been a train wreck and the latter has been only slightly helpful on the ice. (Can’t guess at Staal’s impact on Cozens and Mitts though) Savard is a crucial pickup in order to aid Dahlin’s growth. Eventually Borgen would take Savard’s role. Every great offensive defenseman nowadays has had a steady partner to start. Hedman had Stralman, Karlsson had Methot, Doughty had Muzzin, Regehr, and Scuderi. Offensively gifted Dmen need a steady partner to help nurture them and slowly teach them NHL level defensive play. He needs his training wheels back so that he can regain confidence and get a real solid grasp on how to play D.

To me Nick Foligno and Savard would be key targets this offseason. Corey Perry to a lesser degree.

https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/2283675 What do you guys think? Tried to add a combination of vets, toughness, and some solid roleplayers while jettisoning a large portion of the unhappy guys.

I'm honestly slightly curious if Steve Smith was the actual problem here and not Krueger in the strategic sense. Krueger was friends with the guy so he could of been blind to his problems. It just seems odd to me that most of the players seemed to like Krueger right to the end yet simultaneously hated the system.

KA could fire Krueger.... he just needed permission. Effectively its word play.

You are insane Karlsson's contract is far worse than even Skinner's contract. Karlsson is 30, 31 as of May 30th, this year with 6+1 years left on a 11.5 mil cap hit. Skinner is 28, 29 as of May 16th, with 6+1 years left on a 9 mil cap hit. 2.5 mil is not chump change and trading a terrible contract for one that is arguably worse isn't the answer.

Hall last year

I've seen plenty of Isles fans being good with it. Hall(50%) for Bellows, Komorov, 2021 1st and 2022 3rd allows them to be effectively cap neutral this year and dump Komorov's last year of his salary. Buffalo gets an underachieving but still well thought of prospect, a vet with grit for a year and a 2021 1st + a 3rd in 2022. In theory you may even be able to trade that 1st to Seattle for them to take Okposo.

Of course not

https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/2278014 Would this team be any better?

I'd take B but I can't exactly figure out who would offer this sort of deal.

This is too radical in my opinion;I'd like a chance at the playoffs next year to prevent breaking the record. I'd keep Eichel and Dahlin, trading top players gets us nowhere. Reinhart depends on his ask. What about Tage Thompson for Troy Terry? I'd keep Olofsson as well unless someone blows me out of the water. Great PP producer and an ok 5v5 player. Sort of a mid 6 winger with an elite shot. Girgensons I'd keep around, guy has never stopped working hard despite the terrible teams he's been on. I have no problem with jettisoning Eakin however, he's been a great disappointment. I had hoped to trade some of Larsson's D skill for more speed and offensive output but instead he has merely added speed at the cost of most defensive talent besides the PK.

I say we grab Backes off waivers, at very least he could beat up people for the remainder of the year.

Bryson appears to be safe according to Cap Friendly

I'd love the idea if our team wasn't presently a tire fire. If we were to hire him I'd want multiple new vet coaches including at least one former head coach on the bench with him. That being said I'd much rather have Gallant or Beudreau