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He was on track for 14 goals and 30 points last year whilst being the shutdown line in fairness

I am still skeptical Hall and Eichel will click - both like to carry the puck too much. Therefore, I expect Skinner to be on Eichel's wing. Plus skinner put up 23 points for $9 million. He should be thinking about his own performance before contemplating his drop in rank in the depth chart

Personally, I think a team that wins the cup has Olof as a 3rd line winger and PP specialist. I also dont like pencilling in non-NHL players into key positions - let them learn in sheltered minutes. Therefore I think adding Monahan means you play two non-top 6 players in your top 6. Combine that with Risto and Montour on your RHD, means I imagine a lot of teams going for the weak right side of the Sabres

And it makes our RW Okposo then Reider. Monihab as 3C makes no sense to me

Agreed. He comes across very well in the interview and gives proper full answers to questions. Even makes it clear (albeit implicitly) he thinks its Eichel's team and he is there to support that

I still hope we sign him. Depth and not forcing young players into a lineup if they're not ready is always good

This is great news. Decent contract too! I wouldn’t play him with Eichel. Hall likes to drive a line. Happened with McDavid and it just looked clunky. Skinner - Eichel - Reinhart Hall - Staal - Olofson (or Cozens) A moment to dream: Casey has spent the last 10 months remembering how to play hockey and started watching videos of Arnold Schwarzenegger on YouTube. He became intrigued what those metal poles were he saw Arny lifting. Upon enquiry with friends and family he learnt about a building called ‘Jim’ where we could go and get strong. Casey formed a close relationship with Jim and has bulked up. Cozens - Mitts - Thompson as a sheltered third line - an echo of the Roy / Vanek / Afinogenov line

One or two, I believe (teams choice prior to the hearing)

One thing people are forgetting is roster space - we have signed five guys to NHL contracts. The that's 3-5 roster places gone. Even if Wennberg, Fast etc. were available. We wouldn't be signing them. The fact is, our roster is pretty much full now - its just rather than chose to fill the gaps with top players, or under-the-radar players, we have filled it with bargain discount players. Olof - Eichel - Reino Skinner - Staal - Cozens Thompson - Eakins - Okposo Girgensons - Lazar - Reider We may see one more signing - dependent on Casey and the management's assessment of him. Otherwise I can't see us doing too much more in FA. We have 8D too. Pretty much all the goalies are off the market too. Possible trade obviously, but someone did post saying management had said they didnt view upgrading goalie as high priority

For me, the appeal is that we are back to a budget team. Therefore we won’t get the big names at FA (look at the last three FAs top). as a result, the only way we can compete is by signing players who are slightly under the radar and will put up good amount of points. in other words we sign the 45/50 point player for $3 million, rather than the 60 point player for $6 million. So far we have spent about $7 million on bottom line players. I would rather we have paid that to two decent players - eg Kahun and Fast

I feel the Sabres have really gone to sh!t recently. I really cant see Eichel staying right now

What about Reider, Girgensons, Okposo and Lazar? Five 4th line forwards

Jack’s gone. I actually wouldn’t be too shocked if he requests a trade before the season starts based on the roster

Do you see him as a 3C or 4C?

Double woof

Fast, Larsson, Wennberg. All better, younger and signed for less

How long until people stop defending KA’s ridiculous moves? I hope people look at this as Dahlins team this year. Otherwise they might be in for an angry trade deadlinr

Thorny will be in pieces

My Summary: 2C - Got 3C - Need 2W - Need 3W - Need 13F - Got 2LD - Need 7D - Got G - Need

Games above replacement Basically how many games would you win with him in the line up vs a randoM plug from the AHL

Wennberg. Merril. Kahun. Those moves address holes in the line up. Rather than a #8 D and #13/14 F

Woof

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His stats seem pretty mediocre?

I wouldnt be surprised unless this FA gets turned around