Crusader1969

Probably but it was never like Reimer played so well that he needed to be put in net I think just flipping JBD in for Jokiharju has also had a huge effect Think about that , a guy that was struggling to get into the Senators lineup has seemed to stabilize the D. how Adams came into the season with Jokirahu and Clifton as the only 2 RHD is beyond me. We all knew neither was a suitable partner for PoweR. CRIMINAL negligence by the GM

Nice victory Frustrating to think of where this team would have been if they had above avg to good goaltending and had a defensive RHD to pair with Power for the entire season

Now that's my superstar

Again my favourite player directly involved with a goal against. Clifton showing the kids how to not tie up your man in front of the net

Nice pass by Clifton. Showing off his silky mitts once again. 🤦‍♂️

If the Sabres had the Capitals offseason and added Chychrun and Roy and moved on from Samuelsson and Jokiharju. Would they be a playoff team?

I think you missed the part where I said you can not rely on 1 player to make or break your season

You are right , it's not the 13 game stretch. It's that they went 0-9-2 without Dahlin that's on the GM for not having any depth on D. a team isn't anywhere if it relies so heavily on 1 player. are they a playoff team with a healthy Dahlin? Maybe, but only marginally at best lots of work to do, especially on D

No, they need a serious upgrade to add to the top 4.

They need to get rid of the guys who completely panic under pressure. *cough * cough Samuelsson and Clifton

That's my 4th line center

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2 different thoughts. One is what I think they should do and the other is what I think Adams will do Do you think Adams is going to do major roster reconstruction this summer ?

100 % agree. The forwards are not the issue any longer But you have so many - including an NHL ready Rosen (and maybe Kozak?) that you can deal one of it brings you the dman you desperately need Unfortunately I'm expecting Samuelsson, Bryson and Clifton all to be on the opening night roster with UPL the starting goalie

Gonna be difficult with UPLs contract Hope Adams has learnt not to pay guys based on 1 year. Worked out for Tage but all the others went south fast

No issues, especially if you are trading a forward or Samuelsson

2 goalies , 3D and 1 F id change 4D if I could even So we are up to 20% rolled over

How is adding Ekblad and a new bottom pair LHD coming back with the same 23 ? Plus goaltending needs to be looked at so possibly a change in both goalies and another forward you need to see to replace Laffery

Well I'm not thinking that JBD is a replacement for Power I want to find replacements for Samuelsson, Clifton and Bryson the big fish this offseason has to be a Defensive RHD who is considered a top pair type of player the simplest answer would be to go pay Ekblad a ridiculous amount of money. Bryam - Dahlin Power - Ekblad xxx. - JBD thoug, I would like confirmation that Dahlins best numbers have come with Byram before writing it in blood

Forgot Norris. That's 3 legit guys who could hit 30. and 1 that should hit 40

OR The importance of Dahlin and the incompetence of the GM for not having any depth

Oh I bet they will be, the thing is Marner will just use them to drive his price up to sign elsewhere My 4th line Center

The D is so bad , it's gonna take all their time and effort to revamp the unit maybe they trade a forward for some as help and open up a spot for someone I'm probably on an island on this , but if they need to trade a top 9 forward away to acquire a Dman, I think Rosen could be ready to step up

I don't know, maybe start by keeping some pucks out of their own net by bolstering the D?

They have 3. Not many teams have that many