Drag0nDan

When he signed his current deal there were so many people saying it was an overpay.

I'd say for the most part... the bottom of the barrel teams in the east can't keep the puck out of the net. Buffalo is 4-6 when they score 4 goals... and have given up 5 or more 20 times in 63 games. The islanders just had a very weird year. 13 games on the road to start because of stadium issues, then out of that continued losing up to an 11 game losing streak to be at 5-10-5 through 20. 21-15-4 since then and -4 goal differential on the season.

He is - but i think he'd want a contender. Plus they would want picks. Since we're rebuilding i doubt we trade picks for an exprining.

The best player they got was giordano and they are dumping him at the deadline most likely.

I know Kane was probably a terrible influence (partying, gambling, poor teammate etc.), I'm not sure what it was with Bogo. Was he not a hard worker? Or just a jerk? He was definitely overpaid, maybe that was part of it. I know he was miserable when he was here, and it definitely showed.

Yeah - 2nd round picks are not usually around for a few years anyway if they ever make it to the NHL. But if they wanted one of them here, I'm sure they could find their way over.

Statistically he's probably closer to Zibanejad than Matthews or Mcdavid. He's Fringe top 10 to me McDavid Draisaitl Matthews Crosby Mackinnon Barkov Point Then you have Zibanejad, Lindholm, Aho, Kopitar, O'reilly, Duchene, Bergeron, Guentzel, Kadri, Hughes, TAGE! lol He's in that 2nd tier to me. His stats will get a boost playing with Stone next year

ADR seems like a better option at this point. He didn't have any complications, and the treatment for re injury is usually fusion anyway.

He wanted out before that. He made this a him vs. Them thing to force their hand and honestly I'm glad hes gone. They're probably no closer to being a good competitive team than they were during his tenure, but they also don't seem much worse either.

I paid to boo his ass. And his on ice body language alone made it worth it. When he turned it over and threw it out of the zone on a power play, the crowd went wild and that was the moment I knew that he was completely rattled. The presser was just the cherry on top!

I booed. Trade demands, the way he dragged the team with the injury thing... he was messy. Came off entitled and got his way. Boo!!! Now we know booing worked, and hes all rattled?! Oh man I can't wait to boo even harder next year!

What are they learning in the AHL at this point?

Francouz would be my #1 - He just seems to have been consistently pretty good across 4 leagues. https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=115982 However... I'm sure other teams who aren't buffalo have noticed this as well so i think his market will be pretty good. I think Husso is a free agent in 2022, but we'll probably pay him more than anyone else. I'm a bit reluctant to sign blues backups after hutton though. Even if Husso has looked really good this year. Varlamov is an interesting thought - they almost have to move him to re-tool.

Bjork needs to play more physically too. He's not a big guy but if he wants to make this team next year he needs to forecheck with some authority, fight through traffic, get to dirty areas. I doubt we'll see it so i hope he's an extra skater next year. Hayden seems to have really low hockey IQ in the offensive zone, and i truly think he's only playing because he's alright in his own end unlike eakin and bjork.

Washington drafts a lot of goalies with a lot more draft capital. A lot of the big contributors for colorado - Rantanen, Mackinnon, Makar, Landeskog were all top 10 guys. You tend to not go goalie that high in the draft. They also used a top 10 pick for Varlamov in 2012 who was their starter for like 7 years. Then It was Grubauer for a 2nd. Now Kuemper for a 1st. They brought in Francouz. Different strategies for sure, but Colorado is still always willing to use assets for goalies. They just don't want to bother with the draft when they can trust their pro scouting to make good decisions. And I'd be willing to overpay, especially for Francouz.

TB has Vasilevskiy. NYR have Shesterkin. STL has Husso/Binnington. MIN has Kahkonen. NSH has Saros. ANH has Gibson. Vancouver has Demko. WPG has Hellebuyck. CBJ has Merzlikins/Korpisalo. DAL has Oettinger. PHI has Hart. Plenty of teams have drafted and developed goalies to play where they're drafted.

I personally love watching them dump it in, gain control on the wall and then pass it to a blank spot of ice, or the opponent. Makes me think at 34, never having played hockey, that i still have a shot!

Its tough to use a career average for a player in his early 20s who was getting ice time on the 4th line the majority of time. Obviously he's improved as well, but its hard to score when your linemates don't ever put the puck on your stick in position to score. That and the RK style which basically lowered every shooters % below the mean (minus reinhart - who was boosted with 10 PP goals).

Tuch and thompson almost scored on a 2 on 1. Then CBJ scored like 4 seconds later on a 2 on 1 after buffalo tried to change on the fly. I mean - technically. The last goal the net was very empty, but Anderson was on the ice 😉

I probably wouldn't trade him for anything in the draft. A different type of NHLer though and I'd probably listen.

I thought after yesterday bjork deserved a day in the press box. Hayden is also pretty terrible.

I wonder what Brock did to prompt that response

It's still very difficult to be optimistic about the sabres. There are some good young players for sure, but it remains to be seen if there's enough glue to actually be a good team. Why not though? They literally splurge on nothing. Get a starter and carry UPL. Best man wins.

Doug Whaley had many of the same issues IMO. Brought in Watkins, karlos williams, Kouandjo, Henderson - then some of the guys who just weren't leaders or buy in guys like Gilmore Dareus and Mario Williams. Between guys coming in with prior issues, and just general paycheck guys it was not set up for sustained success.

If Craig wants to come back I'd have him. Especially with weird taxi squad rules in place. Can do a lot worse for 750k... as we've seen...