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Flashsabre

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  1. 4 hours ago, NAF said:

    Adams needs to take advantage of this -- eat bad contracts for picks and prospects. Ideally these bad contracts are veterans who can also lead the young guys.

    Two things though:

    1) How much money has Pegula authorizes Adams to spend. Maybe he can’t go much past the floor

    2) I don’t want cap dumps coming on that can play. The team has great chemistry  and a good culture now, those guys mess it up. If it is someone like Weber that can’t play and Montreal gives you good assets to take the contract fine but not some guy that will come in and take ice time from younger guys.

    I have no problem trading for a guy with salary if he is a good player and fits with the culture but hard no to the Lucics and Monahans of the world.

  2. 6 minutes ago, jsb said:

    Let's not also forget moving from 6th to the 2nd pick in the draft in 2019 and moving from 16th to winning the lottery and getting the #1 pick in the 2020 draft. They've been very fortunate in many ways to get their rebuild going. And as you said they went from Lundqvist to Shesterkin in net. 

    There rebuild consists of a world class goalie playing for them and a world class offensive forward Panarin) and world class young  dman (Fox) deciding he would only sign with them.

    They got tremendous draft luck with the lottery but Laf and Kakko are no great shakes at this point. 

    Put Georgiev in net as their starter and they don’t even sniff the playoffs.

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  3. People getting angry that someone wants to come back to the organization is comical.

    No one is saying he is taking a top 4 spot, even top 6. Let him come to camp. If he makes it great. If not, put him on waivers for the Amerks or flip him for a pick. He is head and shoulders above what played for Rochester this season.

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  4. 14 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

    Does the combine really matter?

    Two names come to mind - Casey Mittelstadt and Brendan Guhle.  Guhle was a combine darling and is a AAAA D.  Maybe he’ll get to 100 games in his career, maybe.  Mitts was the butt end of many jokes, yet he looks like he is on the verge of becoming a star player, assuming he can stay healthy.  The only take away I can see if that Mitts’ level of fitness should have forced the Sabres to get him on a fitness program asap, but that’s about it.  

    Since size is becoming less of an issue in the modern NHL, are even the measurements all that important?

    The message to me is focus on the on ice performance and the interviews and worry less about the physical measurables.   

    You are focused on the testing. It is the interview process that is much more meaningful. 

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  5. From Lance Lysowskis article:

    “The AHL will be a significant adjustment for Rosen. In addition to the smaller ice surface, he will need to learn how to create offense in a more physical, chaotic game. There will be opportunity to learn and develop, especially if Quinn and Peterka make the Sabres’ roster out of training camp. Rosen can play top-six minutes and special teams.
    If both join the Sabres, Appert will still have prospects to coach, including Rosen, Kisakov, Lukas Rousek, Linus Weissbach and Brandon Biro. But if Peterka or Quinn are back in Rochester to start the season, the Sabres have a way to ensure Rosen can still develop and receive the necessary playing time.
    A source told The News that Rosen has a clause in his contract that allows him to be loaned back to a team in Sweden before December if he's not playing enough. The move can be made if Rosen needs a top-six opportunity.”

    Seems like they are bringing him over to develop.

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  6. 37 minutes ago, sabresparaavida said:

    I wouldn’t pay a cent for Gibson. He’s been below average since 2018 and has considerable term left. 

    Well Anaheim have iced an awful team. That is where the analytics dept and Bales would have to come into play. Are his numbers caused by the team or has his play fallen off.

  7. Use a first +Johnson + to aquire Gibson or sign a UFA goalie to be the starter next year: Kuemper, Campbell, Husso, etc. 

    Or sign two goalies to create a tandem:

    Desmith+Comrie

    They need new, competent blood in the crease next season in order to make a meaningful step forward.

    You can have all the young guys you want progressing but if you are fishing the puck out of your net constantly it doesn’t mean squat.

  8. 22 minutes ago, thewookie1 said:

    That would be a train wreck to be honest. Gudbranson isn’t a good Dman and has had a grand total of 1 good season with CGY under Darryl Sitter’s defensive structure. He failed miserably in any more loose game plan, Pittsburgh and Vancouver. 
     

    Zadorov is extremely inconsistent in his play. I watched him with Chicago spend a few games as a defensive stalwart only play some games at Mezaros level. 
     

     

    I honestly have no idea if Subban can do what Teppo and Patrick did. Subban’s persona is loud and entertaining which wouldn’t mesh with playing a secondary role focusing on defense and mentorship. He seems like a great guy but also might be overly energized to the point of drowning out our young leaders in the making who might be a bit quieter in the locker room. If we can’t get a DeMelo or a more defensive skewed player; I’d perhaps offer him a 1 year deal at 4mil with him fully agreeing to the role of vet/mentor/no spotlight on the ice role. If he agrees, give him a year to prove it to management and himself. If he hates the role after trying it; he’s less than 3 hours from Toronto and can become a broadcast guy without even having to move.

    Message boards where every trade or signing would be a disaster.

    Zadorov-Gudbransen would be fine as a third pair defensive pairing. Keep it simple, kill penalties. They had good chemistry together. 

    Probably won’t happen anyways but they are  ahead of where Manson is right now.

  9. 22 minutes ago, dudacek said:

    Not sure whether this bit from the Karmanos presser fits better here or the prospects thread.

    In the context of restocking Rochester because of prospects graduating, he said something to the effect of "demands on what happens with some ongoing talks we're having." He didn't elaborate.

    Does he mean where they plan to play Kisakov? Are they still hoping for Johnson to sign? Is there something potentially brewing with Poltapov or Rosen? Maybe Cedarqvist or Konecny or kozak one of the 3 defencemen taken at the bottom of 2018? Is there a college UFA left worth signing?

    It piqued my curiousity.

    Or did he mean talks about whether they should graduate JJ and Quinn. Talks about keeping R2.

  10. Great tournament for Canada and Cozens. Almost the immaculate comeback but that ref my oh my.

    Watching Tompkins play net makes me angry all over again about Levi and the Olympics

    Dahlin has already arrived but let’s hope this was a big springboard for Cozens and Asplund to pull“A Tage” next year.

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