Darryl Shannon's +/-
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13 minutes ago, dudacek said:
Really? Why?
I'd like to get rid of Byram and I'm high on Östlund. Could totally be wrong, but Östlund feels like a 2 way player we haven't had in a long time.
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26 minutes ago, dudacek said:
I really think Adams will try to reverse the Eichel trade by buying low on the depreciated 1st-line centre asset that is Elias Pettersson. It just fits.
I just hope it's going to be for an Eichel-like price (Norris, Östlund, '26 1st?), not something stupid like Byram, Norris and #9
I like the 2nd trade better
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21 minutes ago, GoPuckYourself said:
His trade record is decent? How many times have we been to the playoffs in 5 years? Can't be that decent. I do like McLeod and Greenway but other than that I could live without Byram, I thought he was good with Dahlin but pretty average without him. The Josh Norris trade is looking shakey already as he was re-injured 3 games after we traded for him and was already injury prone before that.
I think so, even back to the eichel and reinhart trades. I just wish trading was easier in the nhl overall, it would help us get better faster.
As for Norris....I think moving on from Cozens alone was a plus sadly.
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17 minutes ago, GoPuckYourself said:
I’d be fine dealing Byram if we had a competent GM, the guy traded for him with no plan in place. This is some top level incompetence right there.
If you're looking at asset value, kevyn got more value here compared to keeping mittelstadt. And his trade record actually is pretty decent, despite all of the doom and gloom in this fanbase.
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23 minutes ago, Pimlach said:
I think a Joker did a decent job, he often played up one pairing from where he should have.
He is only 25 and could I think be one of those long career consistent players down the road. Not a star or difference maker, but a solid contributor. I can’t believe Adams could not get a #2. Pitiful work Kevyn.
Healthy scratch multiple times this year....I'm shocked he got a 4th.
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31 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
I don't think Pegula is a stupid man. You generally don't build a business empire by being a moron, but how did he really think players would take it when he says to them we are not going to spend any more money and there is no help coming and you are on your own. Which is a different way of spinning his comments.
Why are people so literal about this? The guy flew to a different country after an enormous win by the team he owns that is worth 5x the Sabres. Did you want the sources to say it's fire and brimstone? It's pretty clear this regime is on thin ice. The question is who gets traded or fired. Or both.
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Limit the max term of contracts and maybe only two no move clauses per team. Trades and turnover are good.
Allow cap room to be traded.
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I wish they published all of the locations associated with no trade/move clauses. Would make it easier for fans to know trade targets and also be pressure on the front office if you are on every one.
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The real question is how much better we are with Dahlin, Power, Cozens, Quinn and Peterka being a year older. Doesn't seem like that is being brought up much at all.
Good news is we replaced Skinner, Vic, Kyle and Zemgus with players who play a much harder game.
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6 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:
On the bright side you can put some good money down on the Stanley Cup winner when Skinner signs with that team
Ha...skinny has to get to the playoffs before he can win a cup. And I'm doubting his style of play helps in the playoffs.
Hope he goes to a division rival to give us a better shot.
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Free agency at the end of 06-07 due to golisanos self imposed spending rules
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Ha, if you are viewed as incompetent by the rest of the nhl you'd assume kevyn would need a deli ticket system to deal with all of the calls.
I.could understand players with NTCs, but not GMs.
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3 hours ago, Mr Peabody said:
If KA worked for me and a Skinner buyout was on the table I’d mandate a who’s going and a who’s coming list with actual names. Not a “we’ll have more cap available and can sign our type of player”. I’d need to be convinced we’d get that guy(s). No hopium. Realistic names we’d have a high degree of confidence we could acquire.
I’d also want high confidence we could replace his 50-60 points. Not “well this guy should grow into that roll”. Someone who has a history of doing it.
Guessing KA’s comments that everything is on the table means he’s doing his due diligence and I have little doubt it’s not an easy task.
It's not about replacing his points. It's replacing the impact of a guy who barely skates in the defensive zone. At best he's probably a break even player. Maybe one of the worst contracts in nhl history.
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He's such a weird player. Seems to grade out well in terms of 5 on 5 expected play. Hilarious lack of effort in the defensive zone. Not good on the power play and not a guy that's trusted much in 3 vs 3 OT. Just the furthest thing from a complete player.
Personally hoping the buyout rumors are pressure to get him to accept a trade out of here.
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For the Buffalo crowd here, is msg on spectrum glitchy as hell?
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Perfect ending. Official saw enough and ran the clock like it was beer league.
Wasn't Greenway acquired to be noticeable in games like this? Hell, Casey tried to be more physical.
I don't think this season is a disappointment. But play soft like this the rest of the way and that's an issue.
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Just now, Thorny said:
Edwards apoplectic at the call lol
too bad
Oh thank God I don't need to listen to him watching this.
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On 12/24/2022 at 11:15 AM, Zamboni said:
But hey let’s blame his contract on him, dislike him for it, and not the GM who offered and agreed to it. Not saying you, but some fans actually dislike Skinner BECAUSE of the contract. If he signed for 5M for 4 years, they literally would like him more. It’s “obnoxious”.
In fairness, not liking players due to their contract situation vs production is fine. And credit to skinner, it's no longer the worst contract in the league. It's just still a really bad deal given age and what he is as a player.
I blame the nhl and players association for the problem mostly. 8 year fully guaranteed deals along with full no trade protection makes bad situations stick around a lot longer. Especially when you are losing.
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10 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:
Josh Allen being brought in to run that red zone offense.
Is that 1 yard line quote from Adams? Might be getting Vegas and Flames to panic and up the offer a final time.
Or Eichel's agent. Either way, it's good that this might finally be coming to a conclusion.
And yeah, it is nice that this being the story pushed nationally may up the stakes.
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The NHL really needs to allow flexibility in retaining salaries. Imagine if we retained 50% this year only to facilitate a trade. It actually may help make trades happen.
But totally agree....you can't retain for 5 years. That would be monumentally stupid.
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1 minute ago, HoosierDaddy said:
Exactly this. Remember when the Bills signed another Anderson as a backup/coach for Josh in his rookie year? This has to be the plan here.
Frank Gore too. Giving UPL a goalie room with this guy could pay dividends, especially in a year that likely doesn't matter.
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1 minute ago, I-90 W said:
I think what he is saying though is that if Jack unilaterally had the surgery against the Sabres wishes.
If jack does that, he risks losing 50M. If he was willing to do that, it would have already happened.
My read on this is that jack thinks he should be able to have experimental surgery with no risk to his contract at all
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1 minute ago, I-90 W said:
Didn’t know that but I believe you.
Jack would be crazy to do that though, all that guaranteed money! That would be the ultimate putting your money where your mouth is move. But it would just be so financially irresponsible.
That doesn't make sense from both sides. Jack risks 50M, sabres lose an asset. This needs to end in a trade.
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1 minute ago, klos1963 said:
He's not going to play for the Sabres again. I'm pretty certain of that. We're already a dumpster fire, they needed to take the best deal available. I don't see how we are not in a worse position today than we were earlier this week.
I could make the argument that having 10M freed from the cap has a ton of value, especially in a flat cap world. Don't think we need to win the trade, as long as we gain cap room
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Maybe the better way to put it...I don't think you have room to pay 3 dmen elite $$$. So if its dahlin and power who stay, you need to move Byram. And the underlying numbers spin the narrative that byram isn't a plus player without dahlin.