Sabres sign Defenseman Connor Clifton to 3 year 3.33 AAV Deal

[MDFan]

2 hours ago, Second Line Center said:

 

I don’t think he plays much against top lines like Muel does.  
 

Muel plays over 22 minutes a game.  
 

Clifton around 17.  

Don’t get me wrong I think he can play there in a pinch all I’m saying is we are still looking for a partner for Power.  

You may be right in the long term, but in the short term this is the Sabres solution.  Clifton fills several holes for buffalo in the short term, and has certainly shown the ability to step up to a 4D role.  He will be given every opportunity to step up to this role on a nightly basis.  Very solid move i think.  You should not expect another signing or trade this year for a “4D”.  

[K-9]

Imo, the PK cost us at least a dozen games last season. Analytically, Clifton is one of the best penalty killers in the league. I love this signing for that reason alone.

[JohnC]

24 minutes ago, K-9 said:

Imo, the PK cost us at least a dozen games last season. Analytically, Clifton is one of the best penalty killers in the league. I love this signing for that reason alone.

As you point out there should be better PK play. And there should be better blueline play due to the players added and the depth they provide to handle injures. Will our lines play a better two-way game? They demonstrated they can in their end of season run. If Levi plays as well as he did in his highly pressurized short stint, then this is clearly a better team than last year's team. The issue then becomes if UPL and Comrie are on the roster, will they have better years than they did last year. I believe so.

[Quint]

meh. I would've liked 6'5 220 lb LH Ryan Graves instead, who was had for 6 years/ $27 million. Not too much.

[Buffalonill]

2 hours ago, Quint said:

meh. I would've liked 6'5 220 lb LH Ryan Graves instead, who was had for 6 years/ $27 million. Not too much.

 Who's to say they didn't try and he didn't want buffalo

I'm just saying..

Edited July 2, 2023 by Buffalonill

[stuuuuuuuuu]

I like it. Plays bigger than his size, comes from a winning culture and has something to prove

[Wyldnwoody44]

Graves is pretty slow I've read and heard, I heard he wouldn't fit it with our style at all. I think 550 even had a segment about it. 

[LGR4GM]

3 hours ago, Quint said:

meh. I would've liked 6'5 220 lb LH Ryan Graves instead, who was had for 6 years/ $27 million. Not too much.

Why would you want a lhd for that price and those years?

[Randall Flagg]

47 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

Graves is pretty slow I've read and heard, I heard he wouldn't fit it with our style at all. I think 550 even had a segment about it. 

I mean he played really well in Colorado and NJ, 2 high flying transition teams 

[gilbert11]

12 hours ago, dudacek said:

I thought the thread title said Cliff Clavin at first.

“It’s a little known fact that when they started playing hockey up in Canada in the 1800s, they used frozen cow pies as pucks.”

[Wyldnwoody44]

7 hours ago, Randall Flagg said:

I mean he played really well in Colorado and NJ, 2 high flying transition teams 

I guess I never really payed attention to him all that much. Just spitballing what I've listened to lol. 

I wonder if KA is done on D now. 

[Stoner]

1 hour ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

I guess I never really payed attention to him all that much. Just spitballing what I've listened to lol. 

I wonder if KA is done on D now. 

Do you really have to wonder? I don't even think we have to wonder if he's done, period.

[SwampD]

I like it.

[Wyldnwoody44]

56 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

Do you really have to wonder? I don't even think we have to wonder if he's done, period.

Until Pesce walks into training camp. 

[Brawndo]

 

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[Buffalonill]

I like his attitude 

[triumph_communes]

Guy seems happy that his gaffes he can blame the system on now instead of being the lame duck in Boston

[JohninMinn.]

The pieces are falling into place. Can't wait for season to begin. The golden Era of Buffalo G.M.s

[LabattBlue]

2 minutes ago, JohninMinn. said:

The golden Era of Buffalo G.M.s

Huh? 🤔

[JohninMinn.]

3 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

Huh? 🤔

 

[LabattBlue]

21 minutes ago, JohninMinn. said:

 

Golden era?  One team hasn’t seen the playoffs during his tenure, and the other team throws up all over themselves once there. 
 

Still along way to go for both of them before crowning this a “golden era”.

 

[kas23]

1 hour ago, Brawndo said:

 

Seriously, this guy doesn’t come across as a guy who has nearly double the amount of hits as the next Sabres defenseman. I like it. 

[Zamboni]

Downplaying or dismissing Granato‘s role in the acquisition of several players so far since he has taken over as coach, is ignorant in my opinion. Not to mention other players that aren’t even on the Sabres anymore praising what Adams and Granato are building towards. It’s a nice change. It’s nice to see.