2019-20 Roster Speculation Part 10.

[Jim Bob]

What an uninspiring roster. And the sad thing is we have little flexibility to meaningfully change it absent dollar-for-dollar deals.

That's why all the "Make a trade already" takes make me laugh.

Botts has built a roster with zero cap flexibility. And with so many capped out teams around the league, it makes it tough to make deals work from both a hockey and a cap POV.

 

[OkimLom]

That's why all the "Make a trade already" takes make me laugh.

Botts has built a roster with zero cap flexibility. And with so many capped out teams around the league, it makes it tough to make deals work from both a hockey and a cap POV.

And that's on him. He's had a hand in bringing guys in, or had a hand in their current contract with all but 3 players on the team (Okposo, Bogo, Ristolainen).

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

And that's on him. He's had a hand in bringing guys in, or had a hand in their current contract with all but 3 players on the team (Okposo, Bogo, Ristolainen).

For better or worse those 3 players do represent 20% of the total cap, or 37% of the cap flexibility (81.5M - the 14M that all league minimum contracts would cost).

 

[VaporTrail]

This roster looks like a tank squad

you want me to change the oil in the tank ?

 

[Snippit]

We're already kind of cap strapped...can you imagine if we had Berglund @ 4M for the next 3 years on top of this?

 

[Buffaloed]

We're already kind of cap strapped...can you imagine if we had Berglund @ 4M for the next 3 years on top of this?

It's workable. Either we don't sign MoJo or we sign Mojo and don't trade for Vesey.

 

[Djp]

We're already kind of cap strapped...can you imagine if we had Berglund @ 4M for the next 3 years on top of this?

Buffalo looks to have about $10M in space to acquire/sign players ..this is after factoring in signing RFAs over the next 2 years. They have more room for contracts expiring in 2021.

 

[Zip15]

We're already kind of cap strapped...can you imagine if we had Berglund @ 4M for the next 3 years on top of this?

The thought of his corpse still on this roster, perhaps at the expense of MoJo, is startling.

 

[Chainshot]

The thought of his corpse still on this roster, perhaps at the expense of MoJo, is startling.

It is more of a lateral if you imagine no Vesey.

 

[EichHart]

Why don't we put Reinhart/eichel/skinner together? Oloffson has been struggling on that line.

 

[Jim Bob]

The art of the faceoff: A former NHL specialist analyzes...

Let's spend some Pegula bucks on a faceoff coach!

 

[Zip15]

It is more of a lateral if you imagine no Vesey.

Hell, in that case, let's turn back time, bring back Berglund and save the 3rd round pick!

 

[Chainshot]

Hell, in that case, let's turn back time, bring back Berglund and save the 3rd round pick!

The downside is that they would be still paying Berglund next summer, unlike Vesey who we can hope goes away.

 

[Chainshot]

Why don't we put Reinhart/eichel/skinner together? Oloffson has been struggling on that line.

They have at times in the last few games, especially late. Granted, Olofsson has been a bit better at establishing cycle and taking himself to the net in that span too. *shrug*

 

[Zip15]

Assuming Asplund is in for Larsson, I'd like to see:

Skinner-Eichel-Sheary
Olofsson-Asplund-Reinhart
ERod-Mitts-Lazar
Vesey-Girgensons-Okposo

 

[OkimLom]

Why don't we put Reinhart/eichel/skinner together? Oloffson has been struggling on that line.

The same reason why they said could create offense on the wing just fine (for justification of keeping him on the wing), and yet is still on a line with Eichel; They don't know what they are doing.

 

[Chainshot]

The same reason why they said could create offense on the wing just fine (for justification of keeping him on the wing), and yet is still on a line with Eichel; They don't know what they are doing.

I'm not there yet. I think they have an idea of what they want the team to do and the personnel has a lot of bad habits. They don't engage consistently though they have been a bit better for a flash under RK than they were at any time under Phil.

 

[OkimLom]

I'm not there yet. I think they have an idea of what they want the team to do and the personnel has a lot of bad habits. They don't engage consistently though they have been a bit better for a flash under RK than they were at any time under Phil.

That's fair, and there's nothing wrong with thinking that.

 

[darcyRegier]

I simply cannot wrap my head around how back to back coaching staffs have failed to recognize that Reinhart - Eichel just flat out doesn’t work.

 

[dortt]

I simply cannot wrap my head around how back to back coaching staffs have failed to recognize that Reinhart - Eichel just flat out doesn’t work.

Eichel and Reinhart have worked fine... the few times EROD was the other winger. Not sure why Krueger won't try that

 

[OkimLom]

I simply cannot wrap my head around how back to back coaching staffs have failed to recognize that Reinhart - Eichel just flat out doesn’t work.

It works for a limited time period, then they get stale. It's the longer than necessary decision making of the coaching staffs that is the problem. If you need a boost, sure put them together, but for longer term, split them apart and get rid of Reinhart deferring to Eichel at every moment.

What I can't wrap my head around is how back to back to back coaching staffs have Reinhart standing directly in front of the goalie or the side of the goalie instead on the half wall as a PP QB. It's as if they didn't watch any film on the guy of where/when he's most effective.

 

[Jim Bob]

It works for a limited time period, then they get stale. It's the longer than necessary decision making of the coaching staffs that is the problem. If you need a boost, sure put them together, but for longer term, split them apart and get rid of Reinhart deferring to Eichel at every moment.

What I can't wrap my head around is how back to back to back coaching staffs have Reinhart standing directly in front of the goalie or the side of the goalie instead on the half wall as a PP QB. It's as if they didn't watch any film on the guy of where/when he's most effective.

They obviously value shooters on the halfway versus playmakers.

Given the personnel that they have, I get why they go with players where they were to start the year in the 1-3-1 and why it was hot to start.

 

[SundherDome]

Assuming Asplund is in for Larsson, I'd like to see:

Skinner-Eichel-Sheary
Olofsson-Asplund-Reinhart
ERod-Mitts-Lazar
Vesey-Girgensons-Okposo

You put Lazar where he is born to be. The LOG line

 

[OkimLom]

They obviously value shooters on the halfway versus playmakers.

Given the personnel that they have, I get why they go with players where they were to start the year in the 1-3-1 and why it was hot to start.

And I get that for the 1st PP unit but put Reinhart on the 2nd PP, where you can actually use his ability to be a playmaker and therefore making your 2 PP units strong.

 

[valet]

It works for a limited time period, then they get stale. It's the longer than necessary decision making of the coaching staffs that is the problem. If you need a boost, sure put them together, but for longer term, split them apart and get rid of Reinhart deferring to Eichel at every moment.

What I can't wrap my head around is how back to back to back coaching staffs have Reinhart standing directly in front of the goalie or the side of the goalie instead on the half wall as a PP QB. It's as if they didn't watch any film on the guy of where/when he's most effective.

i think it really is time to split that duo up. get reinhart on the second line, then we go:

useless-jack-useless
skins-mitts-sam
vo-mojo-useless
LOG

honestly, we only have a have a handful of forwards that can actually play assigned roles on the team, and young guys/rookies like VO/mitts still really aren't ready. whatever we do, we still only have 2 lines that really resemble those of nhl quality. i wish our prospects could develop faster, but that's just the way she goes. we gotta wait