Trade : Conor Timmins and Isaac Belliveau from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Connor Clifton and the 39th overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.

[PerreaultForever]

4 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

Out from Buffalo: Cozens, Peterka, Clifton, Lafferty, JBD, Reimer

In for Buffalo: Norris, Kesselring, Doan, Timmins, Danforth, Lyon

And Kulich and Benson are a year older. I'm not saying we'll make the playoffs, but I don't agree that we only marginally tweaked the roster. We brought in 2 new defenders, 1 top 4. We added a top 6 forward. We added a 3rd line forward. We added a 4th line forward. We added a new gt. I do agree it looks even on paper and I put us at only 85pts but we've done quite a bit to this roster since March. 

I think our piss poor coaching is the Achilles heel.

This is really Kesselring in Peterka out. The rest is a wash of equivalents. 

Kids being a year older has been the battle cry for a decade plus now.

So Peterka gave us 20-30 goals. Will Kesselring prevent 20-30 goals? Even if he does, it's still the same. 

[PromoTheRobot]

Aug 2.

 

[7+6=13]

On 7/16/2025 at 8:02 PM, PerreaultForever said:

This is really Kesselring in Peterka out. The rest is a wash of equivalents. 

Kids being a year older has been the battle cry for a decade plus now.

So Peterka gave us 20-30 goals. Will Kesselring prevent 20-30 goals? Even if he does, it's still the same. 

Wouldn't Peterka also be part of that battle cry, yet now we have to count every one of his goals missing from the total?

So you think Norris will perform about the same for the Sabres as he did last year?

[PerreaultForever]

1 hour ago, 7+6=13 said:

Wouldn't Peterka also be part of that battle cry, yet now we have to count every one of his goals missing from the total?

So you think Norris will perform about the same for the Sabres as he did last year?

I don't think Norris will play more than half the season but maybe I'm just too pessimistic. Peterka on the other hand I think will have a great year as that Mammoth top 6 looks like a really solid group that should fit together nicely. You never know though. He could sit back and just enjoy his new contract.

[JP51]

6 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

I don't think Norris will play more than half the season but maybe I'm just too pessimistic. Peterka on the other hand I think will have a great year as that Mammoth top 6 looks like a really solid group that should fit together nicely. You never know though. He could sit back and just enjoy his new contract.

I worry about this too... but in the end... we are going to have to see if we play better defensively without him... however the Norris concept... I think we got raked if this guy cant stay healthy...