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The Utah YetTAY

No room for the best goal scorer of a generation

I think Crosby played under Ruff with team Canada at some point! this is all I care about now

Probably. But we never got to see all those players together while they were in their prime so it’s an interesting thought experiment

Lol reading comprehension again. I’m not using BPA in a drafting context, here. You’ve been attempting to have an argument with me for a few hours that I’m legitimately not having haha. It’s my fault as well, I shouldn’t have even used the term “ROSTER bpa” because it invited confusion: my point was it should be the best players we can ice (up to and including transactions we might make), rather than actively looking to find spots for rookies. They should absolutely be in the mix, but as I stated (I hoped it would make sense): the youth should have to force their way on. Yes, “best” still necessarily accounts for mix and a wanting to have a well balanced team Proper nhl depth results in rookies needing to bypass appropriate competition and also provides injury insurance

The ROSTER should be BPA. if a kid is good enough he can force his way on outright. I wasn’t saying “kids as depth” i was saying “don’t be afraid to assemble nhl depth” as it helps withstand injuries

If there’s a team that would prove BPA the rule it’s buffalo by taking an offensively focused D-man when we already have two #1 overalls on the roster and a #3 overall on the roster in the same mold. I wouldn’t do it but it would be gutsy

Yes. Nothing I said was even disagreeing with that. My post was about having nhl depth

I don’t understand but whatever. cutting to the chase - my point was that I agree with your entire paragraph I would get the jersey 100%

They actually came back?! That’s awesome. Despise the oilers Glad to be a jinx

I agree it’s still potentially a great asset to have. If Adams is right on Byram it’ll be a big boon for us not a small one. But originally in speaking asset management, I think Colorado did run the risk of underselling on one. Not in the moment in making the deal, but in it getting to the point where a deal was necessary and beneficial, that somewhat detrimental roster imbalance they had to address. It might not be a big thing but it might be a little thing in terms of maximizing value. And Byram trades are how common exactly? My main thought is there definitely should at least be caution before implementing a “draft the better player to the 4th decimal point and sort the rest out through trades” line of thought

Canucks are finished

So no

And one new, moulded, team storm cloud member That’s Oscar Marner Weiner

Austin

What I said doesn’t argue against your latest post

Not watching, are both those goals special teams markers for team McPowerplay or just one?

Not as good… in the regular season But to your point, Jack’s particular playoff proficiency wasn’t revealed until after the trade

Ya you could have been referring to availability in general, but I recall there being something specific about cost. My recollection is that my inference at the time was your comment was because of Byram’s performance this year. I do think some of that performance and output can come down to usage and over abundance of a type of player can affect that. I’ll see if I can find the post Think it was this one

It’s generally interesting to me how often you see “but all the other teams do so and so” used as reasoning for expected or desired conduct when the Sabres have so thoroughly proven themselves the outlier to which the usual does not apply, over a large sample size. This statement itself is a generalization but basically I’m just saying I don’t think the Sabres have the luxury of yielding to anything just because “that’s the way it is”. Up to and including things like the unusualness of dealing a prized prospect in the name of winning now, etc etc etc. Just to use an example of another area this logic theoretically applies

4 x 5 seems fine to me I dunno

Are there any other posters *under* 40?

New York Boston McDavid MacKinnon sounds pretty good for the league