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Ok. Pegula made a bad trade then. In terms of what I’m trying to argue, this is semantics. I’m not here to torpedo or defend Botterill i view him as a poor GM because his results were poor. It’s that simple. I don’t use that as a retroactive blank slate to say EVERYTHING he did was bad and if he drafted someone good it was by accident. Nor do I pretend that some of our best players, now, that Botterill is responsible for bringing in (simply: cause and effect, don’t even need to get into “credit” or lack thereof) performed “poorly” under Botterill, simply because they were youthful assets still developing, sometimes not even playing in the NHL yet (Cozens), and sometimes playing really well (Dahlin). That’s super revisionist

But trades are a means to an end. Botterill can only have done “ok” in that deal if no attention is paid to what he was trying to accomplish. After trading ROR, Eichel came of age and had a big development jump, coming into his own as an mvp candidate. Exactly the WRONG time to deal your second best player for assets that didn’t look good until..about now I’ll say it again, not enough attention is paid to the Time asset - the assets dealt for in Botterill’s case amounting to good players in a time frame where he would already be out of a job doesn’t make the trade a good one it shows he did have an eye for talent, sometimes. It doesn’t mean the *trade* was good. It doesn’t mean he *managed the team* well

Nah. He said himself “my bad” He’s clearly clearly aiming for the pass Goes between the defenders legs and he’s to the right of the goal lol

This is gonna be a thing now eh Dahlin was REALLY good under Botterill Cozens did not play under Botterill. He played all of 41 games, as a rookie, under Adams and Krueger Power did not play under either Samuelsson did not play under either Thompson played all of 60 games under botterill, one season, at 20 years old ie a totally undeveloped player - - - Botterill was a bad GM. These players didn’t flounder under Botterill, though. Plenty didn’t play and the ones that did (Dahlin) generally played really well. Everyone had a really bad (short) season in the covid year under Krueger. Adams as GM. Even Adams had a bad year. Of course Krueger wasn’t a good coach. More and more that season looks like an anomaly re: any production or lack thereof within it

They would lose by a million. The nhl team would destroy them. the VERY BEST cfl team would be DESTROYED by the worst NFL team and cfl is PRO. Nm amateur

A good way to narrow down this argument and save everyone a bunch of time would be: who wins between the 80s all stars and..the 2023 Chicago Blackhawks? I’ve got a feeling plenty of the people saying 80s in the initial hypothetical will have the same answer Then shut down the damn thread Jesus you aren’t “age reducing” anyone. It’s simply an inter dimensional portal opening up by which the two teams get to play eachother. It’s the standard, “who wins, Gandalf or Darth Vader?” nerds like us have done for eons

Again, if you upgrade their training, *there is no hypothetical*. With the training of today from birth the 80s all stars would be...you guessed it, the all stars of TODAY Can the all stars of today beat a college team? Hmm who knows!

- - - Hey join the club

I kinda doubt anyone that took the time to formulate their opinion in good faith is going to throw it out the window based on...one game. As much as every game around here has to be a referendum on everything, everywhere, all at once

You are just detailing the differences between the teams, I already know all those things I was engaging in the argument being laid out by another poster. Technically the things he mentioned are currently true: thus the “truth in the middle” thing. As mentioned in my post, the extensions alone will bump up our payroll and the extensions are evidence, obviously, of internal growth

So, another evaluation year for the position, then

Speaking of jimmy and terry

Looks pretty solid to me. If anything he has a habit of too often going for the highlight reel play - that pass to no one yesterday was, without an ounce of hyperbole, one of the funniest/most terrible offensive decisions I’ve ever seen, considering how much space he had. He couldn’t have seen anyone there, no one was close. Clearly doesn’t need to worry about the fancy play as he has the skill to do what he did right after. if I had to pick which of our forwards is our best F in 5 years, I’d pick Quinn

As always the truth lies somewhere in the middle, yes

Ouch i think we eventually spend more than them, though, just through extensions

The answer to all those questions is yes. That’s the only way the hypothetical works. *of course* the nhl’ers would steam roll them if you levelled the playing field. They are some of the best hockey players, relatively, of all time. the whole point of it is to do it “as is” and athletes today are simply bigger, faster, better why are all the Olympic track records from today? Re set every year? Hockey is just immune? athletes today are better specimens, full stop, that’s it, enjoy your day

Well that seals it. College team with ease

The idea that simply doing in nothing in goal is an option is certainly reinforced by the fact if one even *mentions* how poor the GT has indisputably been, posters will swoop in with the “well, NO goalie could have done well, it’s the D!” The outright refusal to admit its both. They can’t even allow the goalie point to be made. I think there’s actually 2 ways to look at Friedman’s report: it’s not about whether Adams *intends*, full out, to buy time with Levi and he’s already made up his mind. No, I’m sure Adams is OPEN to other moves. But we already know this. We know he was “open” to signing Ullmark, he attempted to add a different G this past summer - the distinction is the price he was willing to pay to do it. He wasn’t willing to break his evaluation, there wasn’t going to be an overpay, the priority was the future so we’d only add in the now under ideal circumstances it’s not about if KA is planning to start Levi. We know he’s going to give him every opportunity - and we know he’s “open” to a move elsewhere. it comes down to how willing KA is to prioritize that move, should it become necessary. If KA ardently sticks to his thing again, he’d happily take the lower expectations that come with, anyone would it’s not, “will he or won’t he”, if he doesn’t upgrade in net, even going on 3-4 years, it’ll be “what could Adams have even done?” But in reality, fixing GT is going to come down to how much he truly values it being fixed, for this coming season

He shot it into Anderson lol

Already deleted dude

The Sabres are 0-6 in the last 6 games in which Dahlin doesn’t register a point. Dahlin has no points in 6 of the Sabres last 7, before today. So, 1-6 over that stretch Dahlin scoreless in 5 of HIS last 6, coming in to today. due?

Skinner absolutely destroys leafs guy with cross check to the back into the net goes both ways

What a truly horrible play from Quinn followed by a great one

Wow lol

Win a draw challenge