The bounty of picks going to Carolina are obviously more quantity than quality. A second-round pick offers about a 34.5% chance of turning into an NHL player, the third-rounder around 27.6% and the sixth-rounder about 14.4%.

https://www.tsn.ca/statis...gift-for-sabres-1.1152382

The bounty of picks going to Carolina are obviously more quantity than quality. A second-round pick offers about a 34.5% chance of turning into an NHL player, the third-rounder around 27.6% and the sixth-rounder about 14.4%.

https://www.tsn.ca/statis...gift-for-sabres-1.1152382
- homiedclown

So, does having two 6th round picks in one year as opposed to one pick two years in a row increase your odds? Asking for a friend.

So, does having two 6th round picks in one year as opposed to one pick two years in a row increase your odds? Asking for a friend.
- adambuffalo

technically the 6th they gave up was really a 5th

#gerbe75points

technically the 6th they gave up was really a 5th

#gerbe75points
- homiedclown

And the 6th they gave up for Skinner will basically be a 7th

Are we happy with the off-season now?

technically the 6th they gave up was really a 5th

#gerbe75points
- homiedclown

Actually it was hopes and prayers.
#gerbe75ptsdadwhatawaste.


#shouldvebeenstrainedthroughthebedsheets

Are we happy with the off-season now?
- RhinoFan

Skinner/Eichel/Rhino
Sheary/Mitts/Okposo


More optimistic then the last few years.

I’ll wait for it to come to fruition.
Play it out with Berglund and Sobotka, they have a valid 4 lines on paper.

We added

Skinner
Sheary
Sobotka
Berglund
Thompson
Hunwick

For

2nd
3rd
4th
6th
Pu
O’Reilly

Hot damn that’s not bad at all
- sbroads24

Now imagine we still had O’Reilly & Kane

Skinner-Eichel-Reinhart
Sheary-Mittelstadt-Okposo
Kane-O’Reilly-Baptiste
Wilson-E Rod-Bailey
Girgensons
Larsson

I have ZERO DOUBT that’s a playoff team
None

GMTM, you are sorely missed.
- BareMetal

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Careful,
I heard he got a raw deal

Holy S, the Skinman Cometh. Kab00000m
- Hatboro_Swords

Thanks GMTM
Wait...

I still can't believe Botterill didn't have to include one of the first round picks to get Skinner.

Amazing.

Canes were in a tough spot with a full NMC though. If they didn't pull the trigger, Skinner would have just walked for nothing after next season.

Excited to see how Skinner looks on Eichel's wing.

Waddell just got fleeced by Nelson

Are we happy with the off-season now?
- RhinoFan

We are certainly much closer. Still some work to do, but JBotts has done a very, very good job so far IMO. He has done much of the heavy lifting already and has another month to finish the offseason.

Left to do -
1) Consolidate the contracts down to say 45 -46 or so by trading low-end players for future picks. Get rid of
-Larsson
-Girgensons
-Scandella/McCabe - not necessarily low end, need to get rid of one LhD on the bloated left side
-Blow-you/Hunwick - neither is really necessary anymore.
2) acquire a RhD without givingb up the farm

Can he somehow combine 1 and 2?

Now imagine we still had O’Reilly & Kane

Skinner-Eichel-Reinhart
Sheary-Mittelstadt-Okposo
Kane-O’Reilly-Baptiste
Wilson-E Rod-Bailey
Girgensons
Larsson

I have ZERO DOUBT that’s a playoff team
None
- jdfitz77

Yeah that team doesn’t fit under the cap.

Now imagine we still had O’Reilly & Kane

Skinner-Eichel-Reinhart
Sheary-Mittelstadt-Okposo
Kane-O’Reilly-Baptiste
Wilson-E Rod-Bailey
Girgensons
Larsson

I have ZERO DOUBT that’s a playoff team
None
- jdfitz77

no

Yeah that team doesn’t fit under the cap.
- Stripes77

He also disappeared Pominville

Skinner/Eichel/Rhino
Sheary/Mitts/Okposo


More optimistic then the last few years.

I’ll wait for it to come to fruition.
Play it out with Berglund and Sobotka, they have a valid 4 lines on paper.
- dadeadhead

I see the point of spliting veterans with younger players....however, I just like Okposo with Eichel, so I would flip Reino and Okposo myself.
Will be fun to see how it works out though...they have options, good options finally.

He also disappeared Pominville
- jcragcrumple

Pommers out looking for Moulson

Pommers out looking for Moulson
- IonSabres

That would still cost a little over $4m against the cap

So we got Skinner for a Pu Pu Platter !

Yeah that team doesn’t fit under the cap.
- Stripes77

Nor does it give you room to improve to the level of Championship contender.

Are we happy with the off-season now?
- RhinoFan

Still need to move out a few turds to create a little more cap space to sign Reinhart.

Still need to move out a few turds to create a little more cap space to sign Reinhart.
- mhp

Pay that man

According to cap-friendly, we're at 47 contracts with Reinhart to sign. So what's the issue with why we need to shed contracts? I have no issues with shipping Larsson and Bowel-U out for anything, but it's not an issue of having too many contracts.

According to cap-friendly, we're at 47 contracts with Reinhart to sign. So what's the issue with why we need to shed contracts? I have no issues with shipping Larsson and Bowel-U out for anything, but it's not an issue of having too many contracts.
- sskkoo1

Dahlin playing 12 games (which he will) makes it 48. Reinhart signing makes it 49. Doesn’t leave much flexibility. However that doesn’t mean we have to do anything about it right away.