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Not disagreeing with your conclusion, but Mtrka has more range than any of these guys. The size/skating combo he offers is not something that's typically available in the 2nd road.
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Seravalli: Real hard to picture JJ Peterka in a Sabres uniform this fall
dudacek replied to dudacek's topic in The Aud Club
I’m kinda with this, except I don’t trust the management to turn it into the plus it could be. (And I still have @thewookie1 whispering in my ear “Noooo, not 40 goals for the Rangers!!!!”) -
Seravalli: Real hard to picture JJ Peterka in a Sabres uniform this fall
dudacek replied to dudacek's topic in The Aud Club
Complaining about the lack of change off the ice has masked what I see as a real willful blindness around here to a number of things on the actual roster: The level of frustration showed by Tage at his year-ender The trade deadline whispers of high-level Dahlin meetings The number of winning hard minutes Byram played and the hole trading him is going to create, along with his switch in agents The whispers of Peterka being less than happy with the city prior to the deadline, and the reputation of his agent The struggles of multiple prize core young pieces at the same time: Luukkonen, Quinn, Cozens, Samuelsson and Power The body language of Josh Norris after being traded to Buffalo, coupled with the risk of his contract The panicked overpay they gave Jason Zucker for a likely 33 points and 63 games next year The panicked overpay they gave Jordan Greenway for for a likely 18 points and 58 games next year The determined attempts of Alex Tuch to avoid addressing questions about his future in Buffalo. There are consequences to sticking with a failed coaching and management staff. Status quo isn't going to provide stability, it's going to turn these cracks into holes. We're looking at 20/21 all over again.- 159 replies
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Frank says things with JJ and Buffalo have gone sideways and he doesn't expect the Sabres be able to repair them. The says teams expressed significant interest in Peterka at the deadline and the Sabres didn't bite then, but they may not have a choice now. Calls Peterka the best trade chip on the market right now and, next to Marner, the most valuable piece out there. Trade talk starts close to the 18-minute mark.
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Sabres looking for Senior Advisor for Adams and Hockey Department
dudacek replied to LGR4GM's topic in The Aud Club
I didn’t see Adam’s give Levi a 5-year $25M contract He absolutely overrated Levi, but it was symptom, not cause. It certainly wasn’t the only swing and miss and it’s not the only reason he’s failed to build a playoff team. He banked a numerous youngsters to get good. Most of them haven’t. -
Sabres looking for Senior Advisor for Adams and Hockey Department
dudacek replied to LGR4GM's topic in The Aud Club
Adams had us on the Tage/Tuch/Cozens/Quinn/Peterka/Krebs/Dahlin/Power/Samuelsson/Luukkonen timeline which he expected to start last year and this year. It was supposed to be augmented by Levi and all those picks from 21-23 to keep us contending over the next decade. He's went maybe 4 for 10 on his first wave and hasn't shown much yet on the second. He misjudged or mis-developed the talent and is now scrambling to re-set. -
Sabres looking for Senior Advisor for Adams and Hockey Department
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There's so much about next year that points toward another 2020/21 or 2017/18. -
Defenders of interest, who could bolster the defense
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That COVID draft was a real crapshot. Combination of weaker class and lack of scouting. None of the top 9 picks look like surefire stars yet, but most of them still could be, and there's not a ton of separation there. Then you get the Wyatt Johnston outlier — potentially the best player in the draft at pick 23, who didn't play in his draft year. But the rest of the 1st round is a whole lotta maybe. You've got 6 picks who have yet to play an NHL game, and 8 others who have played 25 games or less. -
They're usually quite good, so I take these numbers seriously. But the Docker one surprises me. He's coming off an $800K deal and has one full NHL season in 5 years pro. Both the term and the AAV seem high given his track record.
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How would you retool this team this summer?
dudacek replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
Better than 70% GF%? Wow! 😜 -
Defenders of interest, who could bolster the defense
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Severson had kind of a rocky year in CBus is the only one of the trade targets i could see being available. -
How would you retool this team this summer?
dudacek replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
I think we can all agree that Miller is bigger and Byram is more skilled. Miller, statistically at least, hasn't shown to be any better than Byram in terms of his analytics, and despite his size he's not a banger. Is the thinking here that he's cheaper and better fit in terms of usage? Doesn't solve the handedness issue and I think Byram is the better player, but I could be argued into this as the basis of a trade. -
Sabres looking for Senior Advisor for Adams and Hockey Department
dudacek replied to LGR4GM's topic in The Aud Club
in Chad's latest Expected Buffalo pod he talked like this a still very much a live thing. His theories are 'It's Dudley and it will be announced after the Panthers are done" followed by "Bergevin, but he's still in the running for the Isles job". He also ran through a bunch of other names but gave the overall impression to me that he doesn't really have a clue what they're thinking. He did raise a good point though: the combine is nearly here, and the draft and free agency are a month or so away, how much of an impact can an advisor hired in June really have on next year's team? -
Or your desire.
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Dahlin was a Norris calibre defenceman playing with Bowen Byram.
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How would you retool this team this summer?
dudacek replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
Timo Maier signed two years ago for 8X$8.8M coming off a 66-point season. I don't think your offer is going to get it done. -
Defenders of interest, who could bolster the defense
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I'm not fully on the Dobson train. Don't get me wrong: I like the player and think he would help the Sabres, it's just that he's basically going to demand $2M more than Byram to fill the role Byram just filled. And, like Byram, that role is not the perfect fit for his skillset. -
Defenders of interest, who could bolster the defense
dudacek replied to LGR4GM's topic in The Aud Club
(Reposting from the other thread because it fits here) I'm fine with Ras and JBD in 1D/6D I think Samuelsson and Clifton need to be upgraded in the 4/5 slots. Replacing Samuelsson with someone who actually manages to play well in the role we gave to Samuelsson should be the team's 2nd-highest priority. Clifton should be replaced with someone safer and tougher. I'd keep Byram with Dahlin on the 1st-pair if it was up to me, but I think that ship has sailed. If traded, Byram must be replaced by a legitimate top 4 guy, preferably one who can eat hard minutes. I'm OK with Johnson and Novikov getting a shot to beat out Bryson for 7D and being the first call-ups next year. I wish someone other than Bryson was 7D, but Kevyn obviously disagrees The highest priority on the blueline is figuring out what went wrong with Owen Power last year and fixing it. Moves I'd be interested in: Byram for Andersson Picks/prospects for Schnieder and a cap dump (or Hague, or Whitecloud or...) Sign Gavrikov Samuelsson and picks/prospects for Pulock Clifton and picks/prospects for a cap casualty (meaning a better player on a bigger contract) Other options worth looking into: Sign someone like Fabbro, Ceci, Lindgren, Perbix, Forbert, or Ruuta from the UFA pile Trade Jack Quinn for physical RD of similar age and stature -
How would you retool this team this summer?
dudacek replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
I'm fine with Ras and JBD in 1D/6D I think Samuelsson and Clifton need to be upgraded in the 4/5 slots. Replacing Samuelsson with someone who actually manages to play well in the role we gave to Samuelsson should be the team's 2nd-highest priority. Clifton should be replaced with someone safer and tougher. I'd keep Byram with Dahlin on the 1st-pair if it was up to me, but I think that ship has sailed. If traded, Byram must be replaced by a legitimate top 4 guy, preferably one who can eat hard minutes. I'm OK with Johnson and Novikov getting a shot to beat out Bryson for 7D and being the first call-ups next year. I wish someone other than Bryson was 7D, but Kevyn obviously disagrees The highest priority on the blueline is figuring out what went wrong with Owen Power last year and fixing it. Moves I'd be interested in: Byram for Andersson Picks/prospects for Schnieder and a cap dump Sign Gavrikov Samuelsson and picks/prospects for Pulock Clifton and picks/prospects for a cap casualty (meaning a better player on a bigger contract) Other options worth looking into: Sign someone like Fabbro, Ceci, Lindgren, Perbix, Forbert, or Ruuta from the UFA pile Trade Jack Quinn for physical RD of similar age and stature -
I think you need to do a deeper dive into Andersson's underlying numbers and to watch him play. The contract is definitely a thing that must be accounted for before making any deal.
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I'm starting to believe the correct Byram move is to Calgary for Rasmus Andersson. Calgary wants to get younger and needs a skilled top 4 LHD who can run their PP. Byram's the best one on the market Buffalo wants to get older and needs a reliable top 4 RHD who can smooth the way for Owen Power. Andersson's the best one on the market. I'm not sure what will be needed to balance the deal given the cap and the contract status of each player (Andersson is a year from UFA). But the fit seems too good not to work the rest out.
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Five weeks since the Sabres season ended. Rangers let Housley go April 19 Flyers let 2 assistants go April 23 Devils let two assistants go May 9 Ducks dropped two assistants (including Tage's dad) May 10 Three of those teams also named new head coaches. I'm not sure what's normal with new assistants, but if the Sabres aren't planning to bring the band back again, one would think they would have made a move by now.