The return of the off-season contest. Predict the off-season, win tickets.

[tom webster]

I was going to wait till the season is officially over, but it seems it’s all the rage on twitter. So here it is, do the best job of predicting the off-season, as judged by me, win a pair of awesome tickets to a game next year.

You can predict specific transactions, or just post a predicted line up. I will start, just to get it out of the way. 
 

Skinner - Tage - Tuch

Quinn - Cozens - Tom Wilson

Gus - JT Compher - Greenway

JJP - Krebs - Savoie

Kulich

Rousek

Mule - Rasmus

Power - Hanifan 

Stillman - lybushkin

Ryan Johnson

Varlomov

Levi

 

 

[Weave]

The patient isn’t even cold yet…..

[Marvin]

I don't see Tom Wilson leaving Washington, let alone coming to Buffalo.  I understand the idea of Hanafin, but I see someone a bit more grizzled there.  I am torn about where Savoie, Kulich, and Rousek go.

[Stoner]

1 hour ago, Marvin said:

I don't see Tom Wilson leaving Washington, let alone coming to Buffalo.  I understand the idea of Hanafin, but I see someone a bit more grizzled there.  I am torn about where Savoie, Kulich, and Rousek go.

Different Tom Wilson.

[Randall Flagg]

That is the offseason of my wildest fever dreams

[Contempt]

1 hour ago, Weave said:

The patient isn’t even cold yet…..

It's been dead for weeks, this most recent thing was it's post zombification period. 

[Zamboni]

51 minutes ago, Contempt said:

It's been dead for weeks, this most recent thing was it's post zombification period. 

For you and maybe 5 other Sabres fans. 99.9% of Sabres fans thought differently. 

[SwampD]

19 minutes ago, Zamboni said:

For you and maybe 5 other Sabres fans. 99.9% of Sabres fans thought differently. 

There's only 600 Sabres fans?!

I really thought there were more.

[Taro T]

Close to Webster's but with less new blood.

 

Skinner - Thompson - Tuch

 

Quinn - Cozens - Peterka

 

Mittelstadt - Krebs - Savoie

 

Greenway - stepan - Girgensons

 

Jost

 

If they go 14, Rousek.

 

Samuelsson - Dahlin

 

Power - Hannifan

 

Jokiharju - Lyubushkin

 

Stillman, Clague

 

If they only go 7 Clague joins Johnson and Bryson in Ra-cha-cha.

 

Varlamov

 

Levi

 

 

[Buffalonill]

It's not the off season yet .

 And Buffalo is making the playoffs

 

[Weave]

1 hour ago, Buffalonill said:

It's not the off season yet .

 And Buffalo is making the playoffs

 

Know how I know you are wrong?

You are always wrong.

[Buffalonill]

24 minutes ago, Weave said:

Know how I know you are wrong?

You are always wrong.

 Maybe it's one of those times I'm right Out of a billion

[Stoner]

2 hours ago, Zamboni said:

For you and maybe 5 other Sabres fans. 99.9% of Sabres fans thought differently. 

Ole Doc Brawndo called it weeks ago.

[GASabresIUFAN]

Skinner Tage Tuch

JJP Cozens Quinn

Mitts Krebs Savoie

M. Foligno Haula Greenway

Jost

Dahlin Samuelsson

Power Orlov

Soucey Lyubushkin

Stillman

Hill Levi 

[tom webster]

It appears there isn’t the interest I anticipated for this. 
Looks like it’s going to be a two man race.

[GASabresIUFAN]

4 minutes ago, tom webster said:

It appears there isn’t the interest I anticipated for this. 
Looks like it’s going to be a two man race.

Sadly, the more interviews I hear with KA the more I think it likely that the status quo team plus one defensemen is what we’ll see next year unless KO and Z move on on their own. KA keeps saying how much UPL and Joki have improved and are still young.  These statements don’t match the eye test or the public analytics.  It’s very disheartening.  He seems so intrenched in the development of prospects that he is becoming unable to cut bait when it’s in the teams best interest.  Yes this worked for TNT and Mitts, but there was slow but clear progress being made by both players.  Sadly, I haven’t seen that with Joki and UPL.  In fact, what I have seen is the opposite.

[Flashsabre]

Skinner Tage Tuch

Draisaitl McDavid Marner

Rantenen Matthews McKinnon

Marchand Crosby Pasta

 

Dahlin Makar

Power Fox

Muel McAvoy

 

Vasilesky

Levi

Adams did all this without giving up any top prospects and made the cap work😀

I’ll dm you my address for the tickets😜

 

Skinner Tage Tuch

JJ Cozens Quinn

Kulich Mitts Savoie

Greenway Krebs Rousek/KO

 

Muel Dahlin

Power Hanifin

Soucy Lyubushkin

 

 Vladar

Levi

UPL And Joker for Vladar and Hanifin

 

[...]

1 hour ago, tom webster said:

It appears there isn’t the interest I anticipated for this. 
Looks like it’s going to be a two man race.

Is there a  deadline?

[French Collection]

Skinner Thompson Tuch

Peterka Cozens Quinn

Mittelstadt Krebs Savoie

Greenway Haula Comtois

Jost        Rousek

Samuelsson  Dahlin

Power. Graves

Jokiharju.  Lyubushkin

        Stillman

Levi            Comrie   

[Marvin]

I wonder, even at 19, if there exists any rationale to keep Kulich in Rochester.  On top of that, I can't think of a reason for Savoie to stay in Juniors or Rousek to be in Rochester either.  That complicates my line-up projections for next year.

On top of that, I have no feel for what kind of UFA we could sign.  Could we get a JT Compher?

Does anyone else think that GMKS has targeted Matt Roy out of LA?

Skinner-Thompson-Tuch 

Peterka-Cozens-Quinn

Mittlestadt-Krebs-Rousek

Girgensons-Compher-Greenway

Savoie, Kulich

Samuelsson-Dahlin

Power-Roy

The UFA D from Boston Whose Name Momentarily Eludes Me-Lyubushkin

Stillman, Clague

Levi

Comrie

Pekka-Luukkonen 

Subban

EDIT: with thanks to @French Collection, Clifton is the D I was thinking of.

Edited May 4, 2023 by Marvin
Update from @French Collection

[French Collection]

14 minutes ago, Marvin said:

The UFA D from Boston Whose Name Momentarily Eludes Me-Lyubushkin

Clifton?

[Marvin]

9 minutes ago, French Collection said:

Clifton?

Thanks.  Addendum made.

[...]

Skinner - Thompson - Tuch
Quinn - Cozens - Peterka
Mittelstadt - Krebs - Savoie
Greenway - Jost - Sprong (SEA)
Rousek
Kulich (becomes a regular call-up)

Samuelsson - Dahlin
Power - Bouchard (EDM)
Graves (NJD) - Lyubushkin
Stillman, Bryson

Comrie
Levi