RochesterExpat

Savoie is about to pull off a Calder winning season. Or they miss the playoffs again.

I think you were right with your earlier assertion about NTC/NMC. I’m guessing GMs don’t want to ask about Buffalo or ask if players are willing to waive. As said above, I think it’s a consequence of NMC/NTCs and GMs not willing to lean on players to get them to waive. Which, honestly, is probably good practice for GMs since they deal with the same agents for multiple players and you don’t want to risk blowback. If anything, the NMC/NTC hurdle theory supports other GMs being competent. In fact, it explains a lot. Occam’s razor.

Jost is better? How?

Jost over Krebs? Where is Cozens? Montour coming back here?? Samsonov over Levi when Levi had better numbers on a worse team? This is quite the plan and I don’t understand any of it.

Pro tip: you don’t have to unwind the blunt before you roll it. Once is enough.

I generally agree with what you said; however, if you have trouble getting people to sign here in free agency and you have difficultly making trades, the above becomes substantially more difficult.

Are the Buffalo Sabres objectively better right now than they were a week ago? Did buying out Jeff Skinner and trading for Beck Malenstyn move the needle? If it did, was it even in a positive direction? GMKA has a lot of work to do this FA. And, frankly, if other GMs don’t want to trade with you, it’s time to go scorched earth. Offer sheet Anton Lundell or Quinton Byfield. If those bridges aren’t open, burning them doesn’t change anything.

I’m never opposed to adding a goalie with a late round pick. No complaints here.

Marner goes to Vegas and wins a cup.

For everyone just casually following, this isn’t an opinion exclusive to @LGR4GM but has been publicly stated by several scouts and media talking heads.

You were about as likely to find that at pick 109 as 123 and 200+ combined.

You can win the draw 😜

Yeah I was joking about the under 6’ bit. He’s solid. As is Helenius. These aren’t skinny euros.

We are decidedly losing the eastern conference arms race at this point in time.

He was projected to go higher so… sure. Looks good. He was the highest ranked under 6’ forward left so it’s very on brand.

It’s because a second should yield a higher return.

And he’s gone.

That’s the average across the round and it isn’t linear. It drops off substantially after 46.

Why is Artamonov still available?

Who in the pipeline does Helenius make expendable? Östlund or Rosen? Kulich is a different role and Savoie has a higher ceiling—at least on paper.

His highlights video suggests he likes contact.

Yeah if we look at it that way, fine, we got a free bottom six guy. But that ignores the trade values and we act like the 2nd had zero value.

Going to Minnesota in the fall. RD with a runway in the NCAA. Basically could be worse for a 2nd. It could be a 13th forward.

And Utah gets Sergachev.

No argument from me. Just saying if this was a FA signing, I’d be fine with it. It’s the trading a 2nd seems like an overpay. Even considering the 43rd overall pick only has something like a 1 in 3 chance of playing a full season in the NHL, it’s kind of a wild valuation for Beck.