Long Term: Byram or Power

[DarthEbriate]

42 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

What about avoiding actually fixing obvious team needs?

You mean like that season in which he spent a combined $4.6M on goaltending...  for the entire organization?

Subban $850k, Luukkonen $778k, Anderson $750k, Dell $750k, Houser $750, and Tokarski $725

[Broken Ankles]

35 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Zach Benson will eat you. Also Adams didn't draft him, that's 100% the analytics team. 

Well maybe someday, but it hasn’t happened yet. And don’t forget about Savoie, Rosen, and Östlund.  

[Crusader1969]

10 hours ago, stinky finger said:

Power doesn’t have “it”. Work with him all you want. You’re come up empty and unfulfilled. Running it back is lunacy. 

What exactly is it? 

 

10 hours ago, stinky finger said:

Power doesn’t have “it”. Work with him all you want. You’re come up empty and unfulfilled. Running it back is lunacy. 

You mean keeping a 22 year old dman who is 9th in 5v5 scoring by defencemen in the entire league? 6th in points per 60  

giving up on him would be lunacy   The kid is way ahead of the curve offensively     There is no doubt his D game will improve just as it does for every 22 year old defender 

 

9 hours ago, Thorner said:

It’s not just defenders making our defence bad. It’s also the combined effort of our entire F group and the times our goalies revert back into pumpkins. The TEAM DEFENCE sucks.

Now, I’m not saying Power doesn’t play his part in that but what people are missing is *he is supposed to.* He is a 22 year old fledgling defender. Remember Dahlin? There are growing pains

i cannot stress this enough: please do not get fooled again. It’s insane that sabres fans most often seem to be the ones incapable of maintaining context, considering we are the ones going through it.

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Power struggling defensively at 22 isn’t unusual. Icing the youngest team in hockey every single year is unusual.
 

Do not throw the baby out with the bath water. Power WILL figure it out. He will be VERY good. 

Running it back? Do not make the mistake of running back the dealing of Reinhart and Eichel as they were entering their primes 

Cassidy didn’t “unlock” Eichel. Eichel unlocked Eichel. Eichel turning 24 unlocked Eichel. Playing on a competent team with an eye on winning unlocked Eichel 

Home run post!

[GASabresIUFAN]

3 hours ago, DarthEbriate said:

You mean like that season in which he spent a combined $4.6M on goaltending...  for the entire organization?

Subban $850k, Luukkonen $778k, Anderson $750k, Dell $750k, Houser $750, and Tokarski $725

Yeah, something like that.