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48 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Kulich is the No. 1 center.  He is making this team.  

The reason for the 3 years deals for both Kozak and Johnson is to try to avoid them getting claimed if management has to send one of them down.  

Odds are that one or more injuries in camp will make sending Kozak or Johnson down moot.  

Kulich should be the 3C, playing between a couple of vets like Zucker and trade acquisition Rust.

Norris is 1C by default until he is injured or proves he isn’t up to it. Thompson and Benson on the wings. 

McLeod should be 2C with Tuch and Greenway. Potential to be a real shut down line. 

Krebs, Doan, Malenstyn, Danforth, Kozak make up line 4, with Krebs and Doan playing up when there are injuries. 

Need to move Quinn in a package for Rust.

I actually think this works as a wild card level group of forwards on a team that actually plays with structure. So, not the Sabres. But the best I am hoping for is that the pieces are there and Adams and Ruff are turfed in November. 

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6 minutes ago, Carmel Corn said:

Only in Buffalo would a young prospect be anointed as a 1C where otherwise in properly managed teams it would be questionable that he is even a center and/or top 6 player (yet).

It's a nominal designation.  Your choices are McLeod, Norris and Kulich.  Who are you playing with Thompson?  You need McLeod to play against the other teams' best line.  Norris and Thompson are both shoot first players.  I don't see a fit there.  That leaves Kulich who showed good chemistry with Thompson last season.  This isn't ideal but I disagree with those who argue he can't handle the job.  He is defensively aware and has good offensive instincts and plays hard.  I expect him to blossom this season.

Posted
2 hours ago, Archie Lee said:

Kulich should be the 3C, playing between a couple of vets like Zucker and trade acquisition Rust.

Norris is 1C by default until he is injured or proves he isn’t up to it. Thompson and Benson on the wings. 

McLeod should be 2C with Tuch and Greenway. Potential to be a real shut down line. 

Krebs, Doan, Malenstyn, Danforth, Kozak make up line 4, with Krebs and Doan playing up when there are injuries. 

Need to move Quinn in a package for Rust.

I actually think this works as a wild card level group of forwards on a team that actually plays with structure. So, not the Sabres. But the best I am hoping for is that the pieces are there and Adams and Ruff are turfed in November. 

This sounds like poor team to me. 

Posted

Answer is still no. McLeod signing doesn’t change what already existed. A couple AHL signings. A little more physicality on the backend.

KA has to get something done be amuse real soon GMs are going to be content with what they have. Either trade Byram or resign him for what he wants then figure out another way to get the 1st forward line set.

Posted (edited)
8 hours ago, Pimlach said:

This sounds like poor team to me. 

It’s not a contending team.  I think with a good HC and/or better goaltending (and I think these go together) it could be a playoff / WC team. To me, it is the best we can hope for that we are this year’s Montreal or Ottawa, a 91-96 point team that gets in.

It was never going to be the case that we would get to July 2nd and look at the roster and say: "That's a playoff team". It was always going to be that we will need Tage to again score 40+, Norris to be healthy and be the player that some project him to be, that Benson takes a step forward, Tuch maintains his strong play, McLeod repeats his performance from a year ago, Dahlin plays like a Norris winner, Power takes a step forward, UPL bounces back, and a couple of new guys contribute positively, etc.  If most of those things happen, maybe we can complete for a WC spot.

We are never going to be a contending team under Adams and Ruff. 
 

Edited by Archie Lee

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