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It's a shame it won't happen. But this is exactly the high priced asst HC you bring in at a time like this. Lindy fails, he steps in. Lindy does well, he gets hired somewhere else as a HC - OR - Lindy retires/gets an office position and he becomes our HC. It's a great move from an improvement/insurance perspective. This is an asst HC you over pay for.

If Dallas is looking to move Robertson, they most likely will not want peterka in return. Their motive would be cap based, and peterka counters that. I could see 9, kulich and a B level prospect/2nd rounder getting it done

25 year old w 40 goal ability and rfa restriction after next season....and they want to trade him, why? I'm not buying. Could they be floating to see what his perceived value is before making a contract commitment? Guys who shoot the puck like this should never hit the market......id give up a first and a couple more A pieces to get him.

Article was mostly meh. Not a lot new came from it. Mostly reinforcing what most of us know; the bills are #1 and the sabres are a distant second....magnified by terrys insistence on being involved from the ivory tower. He's trying to have his cake and eat it too

Reading a lot about minny wanting one of phillys 1st round picks for Rossi. If a team likes Rossi? Is a first really an overpay? For the sabres, id think it would be a no brainier. Worst case he ends up the sabres 3c or top 6 wing. Best case he slides up and down between 1 and 2c. How are the sabres not better for this? Or a lot of NHL teams for that matter? NHL GMS are way too greedy w 1st round picks, imo

Lol. I guess the poster was going for effect. Yes, Adams isn't that bad.

They are speculative still. Just bc I'm hopeful and relatively confident in them doesn't make them a guarantee. Being a good GM is more than drafting high upside prospects. That's usually a give. It's using draft capital and highly thought of prospects to obtain middle 6 players. (Not middle 6 players that are middle 6 players on a non playoff team/see sabres). Additionally, it also knowing when to go after FA'S on the 'wrong' side of 30 to slide up and down your top 3 lines/top 4 D. Adams has drafted upside prospects. He even parlayed a prospect into a middle 6 winger. All to the tune of a bottom 1/3 team. He has simply not been aggressive enough and in the right way. Their record is very clear on this. We haven't even discussed goalies yet...

To be fair, peterka is the only one we are 100% certain is a top 6 forward. The rest is still speculative

I'm simply looking at what each did with full bodies of work over the course of a full season. 15-20 game seasons mean very little to me, personally.

I don't know...they have both played 2 full seasons and rossi statistically and corsi outperformed him. I hope Quinn fully healthy blossoms, because if Norris can stay healthy....we needs goal scorers on the wing. Although a Norris, Tage and Rossi C spine does sound 'neat'

I've lived in western NY, Florida and Ohio. You are underestimating just how expensive WNY is overall - and you're overestimating the value WNY brings in education, insurance and especially government. Ohio and Florida are lapping NY right now....and it breaks my heart. Maybe 20 years ago it was close...but it no longer is.

Is pulock available? If so, great. Cannot always be opposed to a player aged 29-32 with term. Winning teams have them. Avoiding them is overly risky adverse imo

I think they are a bit overrated. Our top line is a descent scoring second. We lack a versatile top line that can adequately score and play two way hockey. From my perspective, minutes deserved, we have a second line, 2 third lines and a mediocre fourth line. This team is far from being competitive.

Not saying your proposal is what I would do exactly...but your style of thinking is what is needed. Major shakeup moves. D needs a reset.

Not saying I want it...but I don't hate the idea of him getting 20 minutes being top dog and refining his offensive skills. Play PP and a lil PK. Dominate against men rather than boys. I'm not sold on everything I just wrote...but if the sabres actually were able to bring in vets that can help push to the playoffs...it's a scenario I could 'live' with.

Do the rules allow for it? If so, depending on his off-season and training camp, I don't hate the idea.

I'm not sure he 'should' be a top 6 forward already. Many teams outside of the sabres would not have him in their top 6. Our team sucks. Him currently being in the top 6 is a problem imo. Not a forever problem...but a current one.

That's the tough part - and probably why you don't bring 18 year old kids to the NHL unless they are truly special offensively. The Sabres believed they were a playoff team the last two years, preventing them from 'developing' his game. Sink or swim. Good news, I think Benson has the mental chops to fight through the meat grinder. Definitely not untouchable though - for the right haul, you move him.

I went with option 2, a future top 6 forward. My issue with Benson isn't even an issue with Benson himself. Not being able to play in the AHL stinks for him. It would've been a great opportunity for him to develop his offensive game against men while playing 20 minutes of hockey a night. Regardless, he is still a kid and clearly an NHL top 9 talent at worst. For where he was drafted, that isn't bad at all. All that said, I still believe he becomes a top 6 player in the next couple years.

Oof....that's another missed playoffs there...

Yikes. Upl is a bit broken. Say what you will about lindys system....but good goaltenders can manage it. Upl cannot. If anything, lindys system is a great way to identify goalie incompetence. I rooted for upl....but he is not an answer. He's a time killer until someone else is ready.

I like zb. But we overrate him. He's a kid not ready to play prime time minutes. He has to play protected minutes on a bad team. The rules suck...he should be in the ahl. It's not a slight...it's reality.

Lol....I hear yah. That said, I haven't had an Arby's roast beef in close to 20 years. I do HOWEVER, on occasion get the crispy chicken bacon swiss sandwich with curly fries and a side of cheese sauce. It's tasty ...but I sure do hate myself after eating it

It doesn't have to be the best choice to still be a good choice.

That's a lot of things. My God this team is poorly contracted and lacking talent.