thewookie1

Seattle’s goalie has a horseshoe up his ass

Very unusual to say the least.

31, not so geezery

UPL played great tonight and got enough support to help him as well. It was the proper way of skaters and goalie helping one another. Video coaches should get a Sabre to for those reviews. Muel and Clifton seem to work pretty well together.

I’ve seen it against us 3 times and once in another game. It’s rare however

Dahlin with the save

2 great PP goals 1 mind numbingly stupid play by Dahlin, he’ll need to make up for it.

No chance I make any trades with Toronto

don’t need Jagr, Pavelski would be great

Legitimate NHL goalies aren’t an easy thing to get and I just wish people would stop complaining about it since more than likely no one would of come in and played great just due to our play style to begin with. Samuelsson looked like a Top 4 D last year off and on but I’d of liked to have gotten one but it seems like Adams struck out with Chychrun and Pesce. Never was interested in Provorov or Krug, and Petry wasn’t a Top 4 anymore. Clifton thus far has not been Top 4 quality and Erik Johnson has been old. Effectively he went to the plate and fouled off a few balls before striking out. One thing I certainly agree with though is getting a 3rd line winger to replace Olofsson. That did annoy me

To me it all depends on retention and how he looks this season when he returns. As of last year he was still putting up 60pts and had possession numbers near 50% in nigh 50/50 deployment and just shy of 50% on face offs. He has quite the pedigree of playoff performances and leadership and at 5 to 6 mil per wouldn’t be a terrible contract. Otherwise there aren’t many guys out there that have 3C/W skills in a manner we need.

Well excuses aren't something you can just disregard. If Dahlin can't use his physicality as much due to be banged up then that is a legitimate excuse to his recent troubles. Just because they may be excuses doesn't magically make them non-issues.

I’d say it’s more likely he’s playing with a minor lingering injury which prevents him from playing more physically which effects his game.

https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/4786008 So this is what I thought of in regards to a Couture acquisition and some smaller depth signings. We’d have a hair over 8 mil for a 2RHD, a 1G and 2 extras. The biggest issue are the vast majority of UFA goalies are either extremely old or no more experienced/reassuring than the present guys. Plus teams don’t tend to have much bulk in net aside from maybe targeting Markstrom in CGY. Defense is also a concern with a lack of quality pieces on the market that are either 33+ or likely looking for absurd numbers for a contract. Otherwise there isn’t much there to pick through. From a quick glance over the best analytically seems to be TJ Brodie from the Leafs but for all his analytics he’d not exactly fix anything particularly on the D in regards to size. At this point, besides Mitts depending on his ask, I’d look to deal off the RFAs barring UPL going ham over the stretch. You find a handful of players known to play for grimy goals, even if they’re on the downside of their careers with the idea that a new coach can use their experience and grit to help inspire and compliment and far more finesse based Top 6 who do have minor spurts of aggressive play.

I meant the trade, I'd include Krebs over Greenway. He had 2mil retained in the offer

Personally I put Krebs in over Greenway I don't need Couture to be better than Cozens or Mitts I'm just looking for a competent 3C who isn't a train wreck in his own zone but isn't looking for 9mil+ like Lindholm

Someone on CapFriendly offered us Couture at 2mil retained for Greenway and Jokiharju. Franky if he looks fine when he returns from his injury he'd be a guy who could check some boxes for a solid 2 way center with experience who can still play. Emphasis on his return this year being a caveat.

I'd say in most cases it is a present for future trade however, it isn't supposed to present for 4 years out. The ROR trade is akin to a happy accident seeing as the primary stopgap pieces were both abject failures. Thankfully Tage and R. Johnson seemed to have turned out great/potentially good and as such the trade is no longer a completely 1 sided deal. There's a reason that picks further down the line are worth less than those in the immediate up incoming draft. It's the same idea with prospects and younger players.

Happy New Year everyone, I hope to God its a better one this past year.

The coach, the entire coaching staff.

People need to be fired

You guys have some strange obsession with every player with any amount of size checking. Not every player does that league wide.

I guess the Sabres just intend to spam the waiver wire until the NHL says stop it please.

Oh I don't agree with her decision to pull rank but I do agree that the team should get to go to the place in Nashville. It wasn't exactly some sort of detrimental to the team sort of time sink.

Girardi is a part-time coach; he isn't anywhere near relevant enough to fire.