Nazem Kadri - Could he change the course of this offseason and this franchise?

[Porous Five Hole]

32 minutes ago, SwampD said:

I genuinely don’t know how to respond to this anymore.

Long term success starts with winning now.

Worry about the rest later.

It isn’t your point, but a small slice of it, to say that if you replaced Kadri with Rossi —then I am all in.  There will always be a long term outlook with the short term in mind. Kadri could hamstring us in the long term…Rossi given his age may not.  Like it or not, the franchise decision making must be longer than next year’s roster.   I want to make the playoffs in 2926, but that’s not the long term goal. The sabres are not winning the cup in 2026.  You have to realize this.  

[Demoted]

13 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said:

It isn’t your point, but a small slice of it, to say that if you replaced Kadri with Rossi —then I am all in.  There will always be a long term outlook with the short term in mind. Kadri could hamstring us in the long term…Rossi given his age may not.  Like it or not, the franchise decision making must be longer than next year’s roster.   I want to make the playoffs in 2926, but that’s not the long term goal. The sabres are not winning the cup in 2026.  You have to realize this.  

Sabres don't know how to win period. Making the playoffs is the first step in learning. Long term goals don't mean anything when you cannot win enough games to get into the playoffs. Also how long are these "longterm goals" 12 years, 15 years, 20 years? This is the only NHL team that seems to think like that.

 

The only longterm goals I have seen from this team is to be a great farm team for other teams that want to win NOW.

The second every other team gets a new GM and HC they are trying to win ASAP. Not the Sabres though it all about longterm winning... except it never has a start point.

Edited 17 hours ago by Demoted

[JohnC]

22 hours ago, Archie Lee said:

Kadri has 4 years left on his contract. If things continue as projected, by year 4 the cap will be around $120 million. I don’t think his contract is even viewed as bad. 

Kadri has a no trade clause in his contract. It's very likely that Buffalo is on that ignominious "hell no" list. If approached by his team asking for permission to be traded to Buffalo, what do you think his response would be? When Marner was on the market how much interest do you think he had in considering Buffalo as a destination? I'm confident that it was zero. Fantasy hockey is not real hockey. On the other hand, there are players that might be available in a sensible deal. A player such as Rust would fall within the realm of being realistic.  Another issue is whether our GM is open to making additional deals this offseason? My sense is that he is not inclined to do so. I would like to be wrong because another second-line player would surely be beneficial. 

Edited 17 hours ago by JohnC

[SwampD]

12 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said:

It isn’t your point, but a small slice of it, to say that if you replaced Kadri with Rossi —then I am all in.  There will always be a long term outlook with the short term in mind. Kadri could hamstring us in the long term…Rossi given his age may not.  Like it or not, the franchise decision making must be longer than next year’s roster.   I want to make the playoffs in 2926, but that’s not the long term goal. The sabres are not winning the cup in 2026.  You have to realize this.  

Then you get the very team you deserve, maybe even the very team you want.