PerreaultForever

Changes yes, but you see my list would have been you can trade anybody except Dahlin, Thompson, Tuch, Peterka and Benson and that's about it. Power would necessitate a great return but even he'd be a possible. So Adams moved one of my 5 untouchables and Utah looks pretty good.

Well the bottom line is we are now slightly better on D and substantially weaker at wing. If they trade Byram we are no longer better on D but maybe the D is slightly different. If we trade Byram for a winger said winger puts up 25-30 goals we are exactly the same with more shuffled deck chairs and an internal cap.

Yes, so really zero progress.

So we like to laugh at the Leafs. Here's what Leaf fans think of Adams. Start at 6 min.

I really don't know why people think Kesselring is all that special. He has some potential but he really isn't proven top 4. I have no problem adding him, but Peterka is at a higher value level. I suspect Adams was truly worried about an offer sheet and they didn't want to pay him at a higher level after Cozens and Samuelsson. Peterka isn't Reinhart, but there are similarities here in terms of how the organization disfunctions.

Not true at all. Go back several years and when you were all raving about Quinn I said I thought Peterka was the guy to watch and I thought he'd be better than Quinn. That got laughed at by the usual people. So whatever. I'm listening to these Seravelli potential deals they possibly turned down and I'm just shaking my head. Adams really is a clown and there really is an internal cap.

Adams hates Rossi simple as that. I would not have traded Peterka for Rossi however unless they added. I think I liked Peterka more than average here and I am pretty pissed we moved him for what we did but Rossi instead of him doesn't really fit with where this roster needs to go, especially if you are convinced Norris will play and be a solid 1C. Here's my question though. How much better than Will Borgen is Kesselring? Because to me Kesselring is 50% Borgen 50% Jokiharju so he's more well rounded than either of them but we're basically not making progress.

Doan takes Greenway's spot when Greenway goes on IR.

Well all I know for sure is Utah fans are over the moon and excited about their top 6 now. I would be too, it's better than ours. Kesselring would have been a decent pick up if it was for picks and prospects but he will not fix this D.

I think the telling point is how fast Peterka signs the extension with Utah which tells me he either wanted out badly or Kevy was offering low ball garbage money. Utah obviously thinks highly of Peterka as I do. Kesselring is fine but he's not going to change things in any big way. Doan I know nothing about. I suspect that might mean there's not much to know. This doesn't get us in the playoffs. Might make us worse.

Canucks the new team to hate. Fans not happy with this move. They didn't re-sign Boeser and then they helped a rival and took on this locker room problem child after the issues they had last year. This will go badly.

Yes and now he's going to ask his buddy Staal if the guy offered in a trade is any good and then he'll double check if it's okay with Jarmo (maybe). More clowns in the car.

I don't think the "plan" is anything complicated or hard to figure out. They don't take responsibility for the situation they created or try to change it they just take it as a given that players don't want to come there. Thus they stripped it down and started over trying to get players who "wanted to be there" (and there aren't many) so the plan is save the money until it's "needed later" and draft their own players that they have some control over and let the team "grow together" until they have drafted enough talent to win. They think it's that simple and that's the plan. Total faith in the draft and their kids. That's it. That's all. They expected it to happen last year with the addition of Ruff to pull it all together and lead them but that failed so Kev convinced Terry they were close and he just needs another year. They're just slightly behind their schedule and if Dahlin hadn't been injured and/or they didn't have to go to Europe and if Cozens had just been better they'd have been there. I'm sure that was his take (plus a few other excuses no doubt). So, they stay the course, and that is all the "plan" is.

It's going to be Mrtka and they will play him way too early. Bank on it.

I think he gets offers and rejects them because he will overvalue the pick because they are always thinking future over present. Future never gets here as we always lose pieces along the way. So they will pick and my guess (not my choice) is it'll be Mrtka. Then they will take this kid (who is likely a good 3 years away from being NHL ready) and insert him into the starting line up beside Power so they can "grow together". Hoo-ha!

Well that's Rochester. They certainly didn't have it here last season. Maybe Norris and Thompson will be something (there was a brief flash of potential there) but that of course depends on if Norris can be healthy and if Ruff moves Thompson to the wing with Kulich or McLeod as 2C and 3C respectively. Honestly, if all healthy and not traded I expect something like: Peterka-Norris-Thompson Zucker-Kulich/McLeod- Quinn Benson-McLeod/Kulich-Greenway Malentstyn-Krebs-Lafferty But likely SOMETHING changes between now and the season. This line up isn't good enough and UPL Levi will not get us there either.

Honestly they should have cleaned house on everybody. If Terry wanted he could have kept Ruff on for nostalgia in an advisory role helping to hire the new people but there was no justification to keep anybody. There has been no part of this franchise that is performing well.

Maybe the answer to that is the obvious. He IS an idiot.

I'd worry more about Boston as I said. They are thinking they can get back in it quickly. So I can see them offer sheeting Peterka and if not that I think they will pay big for Boeser. Maybe more. They also might trade their pick for Dobson before Sabres even get a chance to offer theirs.

The teams I could see doing it do have their picks. Chicago, Anaheim, Pittsburgh, Boston, and most of all Philly. Calgary, Detroit, L.A., Montreal all in there too. Philly and Boston are the two teams I would watch the most. They do not want to wait and draft. They both think they can win now.

Honestly I thought he was just afraid to fly. Some people are. Russian mob may have had an influence on this or that though. I know they had some associations with players in Montreal. Mogilny was a quirky guy though. Him and LaFontaine especially were fun to watch. That gets me thinking though. You know we don't have a line that has that sort of chemistry. Not even a dynamic duo. Most really good teams have a few guys who just fit together. You could say we had Eichel and Reinhart but since then it's all individuals and moving pieces. They really need to find a way to fit some guys together and have them develop some synergy.

Well that was overdue. I remember all the odd things around him and the fear of flying but boy could that guy score goals.

It's true, while Kevyn did his usual dance around answering questions Harrington was trying to find creative ways to dance around asking "why do you still have a job?"

If they do not trade him I expect Peterka will get offer sheeted. What Sabres do with that will be anyone's guess. Probably match and then trade.