Jack Quinn Re-signed 2x3.375mil

[SHAAAUGHT!!!]

1 minute ago, tom webster said:

I get everything they do is met with skepticism but it’s actually a good deal for Buffalo.

I’m glad Quinns still in the fold, but he had a slight decline from his 1st season, word is he came to camp last year not in shape, he was invisible for the first half of the season. I would have expected they could have him signed for $2.75M, 3M max AAV.  That’s a 11-20% premium they paid IMO.  

That said, I hope he outplays that contract this year and proves me wrong.

[thewookie1]

1 minute ago, Thorny said:

 

I still think they'll make 1 more move

[Trettioåtta]

The guy had 39 points on an awful year. Honestly I don't think this is that bad. I don't think people realise what's happening to the cap and what players values will be.

[K-9]

5 minutes ago, Bangarang said:

Really depends on which version of Quinn we get. 

I hope it’s the fully healthy, off-season conditioning not negatively impacting his training like last season version. 

[Thorny]

Quinn - Kulich - Thompson

Benson - Norris - Tuch

Zucker - McLeod - Doan

[Bangarang]

Just now, Thorny said:

Quinn - Kulich - Thompson

Benson - Norris - Tuch

Zucker - McLeod - Doan

 

Whoof

[Turbo44]

13 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Big opportunity for him with JJP gone. 
 

 

Not really - one’s a LWer the other RWer

[Scottysabres]

[TheAud]

11 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Looking into whether the strategy was a good one now.

[SHAAAUGHT!!!]

2 minutes ago, Trettioåtta said:

The guy had 39 points on an awful year. Honestly I don't think this is that bad. I don't think people realise what's happening to the cap and what players values will be.

You know what, you’re 100% right here.  I was thinking 2.75-3M AAV per year but really didn’t account for the hefty increase in cap space (9% this season alone).

[Turbo44]

3 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Quinn - Kulich - Thompson

Benson - Norris - Tuch

Zucker - McLeod - Doan

Quinn is a RWer no? Does this new contract insinuate he’s playing on his off wing?

1 minute ago, SHAAAUGHT!!! said:

You know what, you’re 100% right here.  I was thinking 2.75-3M AAV per year but really didn’t account for the hefty increase in cap space (9% this season alone).

Glass half full - he didn’t demand a trade 

[JohnC]

15 minutes ago, tom webster said:

I get everything they do is met with skepticism but it’s actually a good deal for Buffalo.

It’s a good deal for the Sabres and for the player. It gives him an opportunity to demonstrate what his value will be in the not too distant future.

[Taro T]

Have said personally expect Quinn to have a bounce back year if he's still here.  He probably couldn't train like he normally would last off-season and definitely didn't they year before.  Throw that on top of trying to learn to play in an actual system with the same assistants that didn't teach you one the 2 previous years; and maybe there was a reason that early in the season he looked like he was both thinking on the ice and had no idea where he was supposed to be nor which outlet was the one he was supposed to use so instead he just let the other team take the puck from him or make a bad pass. 

This contract makes it look like he's likely going to still be here.

They likely will really need that (him bouncing back) to actually happen.  Here's to hoping.

[Thorny]

6 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Quinn - Kulich - Thompson

Benson - Norris - Tuch

Zucker - McLeod - Doan

Quinn - Kulich - Thompson

Benson - Norris - Tuch

Zucker - McLeod - Doan

Greenway - Krebs - Malenstyn

Byram - Dahlin

Power - Kesselring

Samuelsson - Clifton

UPL

Levi

[John Tucker]

6 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Quinn - Kulich - Thompson

Benson - Norris - Tuch

Zucker - McLeod - Doan

[Turbo44]

With a jammed right side, this also makes him more easily traded if he’s not considered a core piece

[Taro T]

2 minutes ago, Turbo44 said:

Quinn is a RWer no? Does this new contract insinuate he’s playing on his off wing?

Glass half full - he didn’t demand a trade 

He a RH shot, but always thought he (and Peterka too) looked better on their off wings.

[Thorny]

4 minutes ago, Turbo44 said:

Quinn is a RWer no? Does this new contract insinuate he’s playing on his off wing?

Glass half full - he didn’t demand a trade 

Well I’d imagine one of Thomson Tuch Quinn and Doan will need to play off wing unless one is on line 4. And even then, someone needs to take JJ’s spot. Don’t see Tuch or Thompson going over and Doan is Doan. I’d imagine Quinn is in the top 6 (or at least top 9) on the left if we don’t add another top 6 F

Edited 4 hours ago by Thorny

[Night Train]

Benching him, then extending him. Can he ever stay healthy ?  He better be working on his glass body. 

[GASabresIUFAN]

7 minutes ago, Turbo44 said:

Not really - one’s a LWer the other RWer

It’s less about position and more about an opportunity to replace JJPs production.  That said Quinn can play either side and was drafted as a RW.  JJP can play both sides as well.

[Thorny]

5 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Quinn - Kulich - Thompson

Benson - Norris - Tuch

Zucker - McLeod - Doan

Greenway - Krebs - Malenstyn

Byram - Dahlin

Power - Kesselring

Samuelsson - Clifton

UPL

Levi

^ could easily be the roster if Adams feels he isn’t getting enough for 9 and just keeps it. Byram market weak so he extends him and attempts to go with D as the strength 

[mjd1001]

19 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Evolving Hockey nailed this contract projection 

 

A skeptic of Adams and the front office would say that the Sabres FO had no idea what he was worth so they started looking to the analytics sites to give them the number to offer him.

[ska-T Palmtown]

4 minutes ago, Night Train said:

Benching him, then extending him. Can he ever stay healthy ?  He better be working on his glass body. 

He has essentially played full seasons in 2 out of his 3 years in the NHL. Seems like the injury season should be looked at as the outlier, no?

[dudacek]

24 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Contract is fine. 
 

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on a more macro level complete with perspective:

We were told Adams couldn’t improve the team or spend to cap for 5 years to save room for our RFAs. 

Peterka is gone. Quinn signed for 3 million.

Looking into whether the strategy was a good one now.

You forgot Mittelstadt and Levi 😜

[Thorny]

Just now, dudacek said:

You forgot Mittelstadt and Levi 😜

The blinding light brigade 

Cozens et al