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This has been a post on several other places I look. Karlsson is 28, has one more year on his contract and then will hit the 9.5-11.0 million dollar threshold. Erik Karlsson will not make this team a playoff team next year. In addition, it continues to cripple our financial floundering. Trading a controllable asset who has unlimited upside and shows more "tools" than Karlsson to me is a joke. There is ZERO guarantee that he'd even stick around (Karlsson). Unless they take Okposo, Bogosian, Moulson and Pominville and still return Karlsson, White, and other assets it makes no sense. This team is going to be outside of the playoffs next year again. Unless something drastically changes, or they hit on every single situation next year.

One player will not fix the monumental hole in the line up. Our wings are garbage outside of Sam, who will definitely take over on the RW permanently now. So yes, one player can improve the tempo we push the puck out of the zone and will have a trickle down effect on the rest of the D in the line up to make it a less pressured situation. But, looking at the Sabres, it doesn't look or feel like a playoff roster. If you think they can get even to the 10th spot ...I think that's a stretch. We'll see in August what the rest of their off season looks like before I get that hyped up.

Smart move on both sides to continue to see Casey have a shot at permanent success in the NHL. With the excessive amount of LHD on the roster, it's helpful to have the extra RHD who did show some presence in PP and even strength moments. This also pushes Tennyson to the AHL for good. (I'm hoping!)

Johan Larsson, is the worst player on there by a mile. He had to be a fill in for a fill in for a fill in. Probably the best hockey writing I've read in a while. It gives a full detailed report, and it's awesome that this is our co franchise face with Eichel. Now if Ullmark can just become a better starter than Lehner!

The city that God forgot. LMAO. That's such sweetness.

Depth is depth. Adding it is what this team needs to create, to force both play and competition and every level. The defense in this organization in the past few seasons has been a joke. To be blunt. This is the draft class to go D, D, D. Depending on BPA and what falls.

7.5 on Carlson, then what 4-5 on Reinhart, that takes up a bit of the 18M you're talking about. Now there could be more cap if / when Moulson, Bogosian, Pominville are looked at possibly as collateral buyout candidates. I still cannot see justifying paying all of that on a roster that wasn't even a sniff at the wild card round past November 15th. This team isn't ready to jump that far, that fast. There are fundamental flaws involved in the forward group, goalie play, defensive scheme and multiple other fronts. The coach may not even be the right fit. I would say if we were closer to 8 than we were 14 in the Eastern conference that Carlson makes a lot of sense.

We get our top end player, and that's no slight on Eichel. It's our turn to get the number 1 pick in a draft class that we so needed it. This franchise has been showing up for underwhelming hockey for 6 years. It is a market starving for progress. Look at when Eichel sold out the Harbor Center in minutes.

I'm pretty sure he won't be a Sabre come preseason camp. He's not a great fit long term in the direction the team wants to go. He'll easily be replaced if / when Asplund or Davidsson comes over IMO. As well as the fact that there are likely to be options in UFA that we can go after. I still think you look at anything and everything, the malcontents in the room need to go. This b/s about giving up on the season, is not acceptable. I get that it's difficult for a pro to go through 2-3 seasons of this, but it is unacceptable. In no means am I say take O'Reilly's first offer, but if you get something that sheds cap and you cannot refuse it, you have to listen to the possibility. The same goes for Risotalainen.

Neither, draft and develop. If you really want to go all in on defense, trade back up into the first round to procure someone like McIsaac, Wilde, Woo, or someone in the middle to tail end of the first round that you feel is a good fit. Develop them properly. The only way you're signing Karlsson or Carlson is if you've traded O'Reilly and possibly Okposo, or you've bought out Bogosian.

And for a late round pick I will take a 3 - 4 year peak of Ales Kotalik. That man was quite good for a short bit of time in Blue and Gold.

The structure of the team runs through Eichel, O'Reilly, Mittelstadt, Rodrigues / Asplund etc right now. Also, Reinhart is not going elsewhere. The defense does need to be stripped. Starting with Nelson, Antipin, Guhle, and if we ultimately choose to ship or keep Ristolainen. The rest of the team needs to be stripped IMO.

Awesome to see Vegas doing what I had questioned and that was succeed in playoff season. Well, they're about to knock out one of the teams I thought could handle them in the playoffs. GO KNIGHTS!

1: This depends on the market to me. Not trading half of my team for Karlsson, and Carlson is re-signing in Washington or going out west. 2: 1: Dahlin, 2: Zadina, 3: Dobson, 4: Svechnikov, 5: Boqvist, 6: Tkachuk, 7: Bouchard, 8: Wahlstrom, 9: Hughes 3: Daniel Sprong from Pittsburgh 4: Calvin de Haan, LD 5: Riley Nash 6: Cale Morris

Holy sweet jesus.

The only way I'm trading him in division is if it's detrimental to the core of Montreal. It is going to take Poehling, 1st in 2018, 2nd in 2018 or 2019 and another piece. It's going to hurt them to make this deal. If we're going to purge, then purge all the way. Burn it out and make it a clean break. For all those that are sitting here talking about Ryan O'Reilly, I understand how important to the team. That he is the best two way player. However, in order to tear down the roster, you have to include pieces other teams want. Okposo, Bogosian, Moulson, Pominville, Beaulieu have zero value. Eichel, Reinhart, Mittelstadt, Scandella you aren't trading. That leaves, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Rodrigues, Bailey, Baptiste, Nylander, and other secondary pieces.

He's a great fit in SJS. I say there is a good amount of likelihood that he signs there. I doubt Joe is going to come back and insist on 8M per season again. I would think they re-sign him for sure.

Botterill has already stated that he's looking to add speed. Yes, Vanek would be a benefit on the PP for either Jack or ROR, however at the same time this team needs to add youth and speed to the line up. If Vanek comes in on a one year deal, great. If he's looking for more than that, pass.

If it's one of our goalies with Ullmark, may it be Johnson. If it's not Johnson, then Hutton, Lehtonen (on right cap term), Khudobin, in that order. There will ultimately be other options via trade. I do not want to trade for a young goalie or a mid range stop gap. Sign a reasonable back up, or sign someone in UFA. Whether it's in the NHL or outside of the NHL. Bye Lehner, it's been nice. We should have had Konecny.

Also, this entire thread is cynicism correct. Harrington is a blundering maroon who is right twice a day because he's a broken clock.

The Sabres opened, and closed like a bad hand of poker. 7-2 off suit. Crushed by the inside straight of the TBL. This just in: Zach Bogosian named captain of the ECHL franchise where he will stay for eternity! Jordan Nolan, retires to go play pro with Daddy in Poland. Lastly, the Sabres walk up to the podium tripping up their speech selecting Raymond Bourque with the first selection in the draft. Another year another sound bite. Bring it on! Go Sabres!

Daniel Sedin with 2 goals, including an overtime winner to call it a career in his last home game. Wow, that was such a good ending. Small things at this point of the pointless calendar. Now it's time to wait the 22 days until the Sabres are "All in for Dahlin".

How about the rest of the awards? Team MVP: Jack Eichel Unsung Hero: Marco Scandella Rookie of the Year?: Viktor Antipin Play of the year?: Honestly, the Nashville game - Five assists for Eichel, Hat trick for Sam and 2 goals from Okposo Performance of the year? the Ullmark Shut out against Columbus Goal of the Year? Every goal against Toronto and Ottawa ( both of them) Best Acquisition? Marco Scandella Worst Acquisition? Jordan Nolan for forwards and Nathan Beaulieu on D.

I agree with you on all of this except Rodrigues, he showed better than the rest of these listed players when given proper line mates and ice time. Josefson, Pouliot and Nolan are gone. Girgensons and Larsson on the block. With Wilson being a complimentary bench / 4th line player. I do believe Baptiste showed enough with his skating and hustle to warrant starting the season on the third or fourth line.

We'll see. Could this finally be the draft that we reverse the curse. As in, be screwed out of the top spot ;) Honestly, as long as it's defense, I'm good. I like Zadina and Svechnikov. But, for the love of christ we need to start drafting and developing serious top end talent on the back end. Please stop shooting this teams future / near present in the foot.