Dahlin isn’t good playing defense? Interesting. And it’s not like the Sabres aren’t going play a player in JJ’s place. I’m not optimistic but I’m not irrationally negative either
Let’s give power a real d partner this year and see what happens. He’s still young and it took Dahlin a while too. Granted he’s never going to use his size like we want but hopefully his d-zone awareness can improve with a partners who isn’t hideous
The more I study the analytics of this trade, the more I think it could end up being like the McLeod trade. The two guys we got really have limited NHL exposure but very good analytics. Peterka is lethal offensively but unless he grasps playing D, he’ll be a skinner type - flashy stats but is just good enough to help you lose.
hopefully we add another forward. Would love signing Byram (even for the two year arbitration amount) and trading futures for a Rust type
I didn’t follow savoie’s AHL year last year but it’s a trade that prob can work out for both teams. I still think if EDM would have kept McLeod they would have had a good chance to win the cup than what. No reason for them to trade him and he would have given them a ton more than skinner did
Doesn’t matter as KA is too stupid to be on conversations for him. He only cares about 4th line forwards, 3rd line defenseman and backup goalies. Prove me wrong
Doubtful as any team trading for him would prefer term at a higher cost than 2 years at 6m or so and UFA after that. It’s fine for Adams cuz in 2 years it will be Jaro’s problem
We feel one f short, one d short, 1 goalie short and 1 gm short. Not trying to be cute, it’s what I honestly think.
if we keep Byram, than d is good, if we trade Byram it’ll depend on the return, of course
I just said the same thing in another thread so we’re thinking alike.‘I said I think this team is slightly better overall and ends up in the mid to high 80s in points. Jaro takes over as GM and chooses his own coach