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And it’s that time again to use the ignore function on the guy who makes a dozen threads and shits up every other thread with his insistence on some magical goalie. So much Levi disrespect

Reuniting Mittelstadt with Yamamoto or getting a couple years out of Tatar only makes the team better, no?

Compher was the last guy I wanted. On to playoffs

It’s nice that both top pair LDs will have conservative RDs behind them. Consistency across the line up has a lot of hidden value.

Joki is the only one with trade value. Bryson is just odd man out. Stillman played really well in our system and probably earned the minutes. I would keep Lyub around and let us play with one less forward- the forwards can play the waiver rotation game anyway.

It’s hard at this point to believe both UPL and Comrie make it to the season. Also expect a defenseman to disappear or an injury we haven’t heard of announced. The overhauls are nice- developing for the sake of developing seems over. With this mindset I would think a depth forward would be in play, but Geekie signed elsewhere. Day isn’t over yet.

Gudas to the west coast is great. Can’t stand watching him play, now relegated to only two games per year. I wish we would bring a Compher back. Help out our PK

Right. I was not happy with either signing.

Amazing upgrade over Bryson. Former #1OA to mentor our pair. By no means does Granato have to pick which struggling rookie to give 10 minutes a night. Great signing even if he’s spent, he isn’t going to be relied upon.

This is perfect. I was getting worried cause any mention of rumor of him had dropped off the last 6 months for a bunch of other defenseman that didn’t simply just plug the hole with no qualifiers or other scenarios it creates like Clifton does. KA is an all star GM.

We re signed Okposo and Girgensons and plugged that slot.

Opposite of what they usually pick. Interesting selection. Wonder what fancy stat we aren’t seeing or whether this was a traditional scout deferment

No prospect pick. Puts even more need on filling this gap

Not sure how anyone can get mad about what it took for cup teams. Buffalo has been the biggest component involved in some of the biggest trades that quickly turned into a cup for a team (ROR, Eichel, almost Reinhart). If anything teams should be mad at us for giving away elite talent that usually isn’t available in the trade market to put teams over the top. But really, Vegas getting March and Stone and circumventing the cap is the type of crap that never should have happened.

The trades is what brings the excitement. GMs want to know what deals are available before signing UFAs to fill the holes afterwards. GMs are still holding their cards whether they are rebuilding or not up until draft day. If you move UFA first then bunch of teams are going to just be ready to pick and not deal.

Yes I am comfortable with Levi playing 60 games.

Is the consensus that we should trade the pick?

Think it’s the opposite of giving the kids a chance to compete. The reason given why we gave Krebs half a season of AHL level play despite it hurting the team until he figured things out, which guess what, was enough to be the difference between playoffs or not. Whatever, 1 year and a culture fit.

Peace is good but I’m not so eager to pay a premium just to pay him a large contract

Bettman is a gaslighting piece of *****. His interview about board ads at the start of the season was “maybe the fans should stop staring at the boards and watch the game instead of complain”. Tells you everything about him. He deserves every boo

The FA pool is fine.

UPL and their second is a deal I’d be happy with. And I’m 100% sold on Levi

We are riding Levi do or die. Why do we waste text over another goalie?

Guy who spent four years in college wanted to spend another month to graduate. Total non story. Sabres all the way.

Eichel and Reinhart are both on stacked teams. Here they had to be THE guys. They don’t have that pressure now. Depth is everything.