Underlines are significant question marks, we hope they will be able to play on those lines
Bold are playing well below their line assignments, and struggling in an uptempo north/south system.
I’m sorry, but I’m not buying it.
Lastly, Blowboy has played slightly better most recently but generally he sucks and at $3M...sell, sell fast. - IonSabres
Since Okposo’s horrible start...
(Which I’ll attribute to not being in shape bc of his medical issue)
He’s actually been producing points at a pretty solid pace & playing pretty well
Not great by any means,
but solid at least
And sure, some of our young guys won’t work out...
but we have so many coming,
We only need like 3 or 4 out of like 10 or so to turn into good players
Maybe I’m being too optimistic,
but I don’t think that’s too much of a stretch
And when u add Dahlin & Guhle to the mix,
Beaulieu is a depth defenseman
So if he works out, great
If not, he’s done after next year
I’m saying playoffs, not Cup
But that’s IF,
and only if...
we get Dahlin
Which I realize isn’t likely
Fingers crossed though
Since Okposo’s horrible start...
(Which I’ll attribute to not being in shape bc of his medical issue)
He’s actually been producing points at a pretty solid pace & playing pretty well
Not great by any means,
but solid at least
And sure, some of our young guys won’t work out...
but we have so many coming,
We only need like 3 or 4 out of like 10 or so to turn into good players
Maybe I’m being too optimistic,
but I don’t think that’s too much of a stretch
And when u add Dahlin & Guhle to the mix,
Beaulieu is a depth defenseman
So if he works out, great
If not, he’s done after next year
I’m saying playoffs, not Cup
But that’s IF,
and only if...
we get Dahlin
Which I realize isn’t likely
Fingers crossed though - jdfitz77
Ottawa trades Karlsson
Nhl assigns dahlin to ottawa
Book it
That's fair.
It just seams like every forward is mentioned in some sort of trade.
Cost dump
Ror
Okposo
Trade at deadline
Kane
Gus
Larson
Pouliot
Reinhart
Just here to fill out the roster
Joshenson
Nolan
Wilson
Not sure any of this will happen but , I have to think jbotts wants to mold the team his way.
His guys, probably gonna be some changes - Boss34
Thing is...
there’s way too many ppl on here making assumptions about what J Botts wants & what he will do
I think they’re mostly just projecting their own opinions onto him
None of us really knows at all how he feels about Kane, ROR, Girgs, or any of the others
But we all THINK we know,
bc we are genius GMs on NHL17
Exactly, he's going to take his time and evaluate the talent. See what fits his image and make moves from there.
I feel like he's going to move out some guys to make room for his guys.
Really curious about:
Ror
Lehner
Okposo - Boss34
It would be mind blowing to me if he moved O’Reilly
Especially after seeing how Crosby/Malkin were the strength of the Pens
Not that ROR is Malkin...
but he is good
If at some point Mittelstadt turns into a legit #2, then I could see ROR traded though
Idk why we’d do it before?
Unless someone was offering a bundle
Okposo & Lehner have both been playing better
My GUESS is that he’d like to upgrade at those spots
But, can he trade Okposo’s contract?
And, who’s our starter next year if we move Lehner?
(Better not be Ullmark, that’s asking too much from a rookie)
This is why I’m against “blowing it up”
We have shown that these players can produce the #1 PP in the league
They should be able to get back to top10
Housley absolutely MUST figure that out
- jdfitz77
The Sabres PP has been awkward ever since RoR and Eichel have been here. Most of the time they use 5 players that all prefer to be on the same spot on the ice, and 4 are right shots. Once they locked Eichel to that spot, they started to produce. Now everyone knows exactly what they want to do. Cheat towards Jack, watch the cross ice pass. Nothing else scares the opposition. They need a left shooting threat that they simply don't have. Would be nice if Nylander turned into it.
