2020 Roster Speculation Part 3: Off-season Edition

[itwasaforwardpass]

continued from 2020 Roster Speculation Part 2: Off-season Edition

If Reinhart is still here he would be in the top 3

2122 Cozens move to center and Quinn replaces him.

100 years is some super slow cooking of prospects but #trusttheprocess

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[tsujimoto74]

I like Quinn-Cozens-Oloffson better.

QVC line, shopping for goals (Quinn, Victor, Cozens)

 

[itwasaforwardpass]

#ThankYouJasonBotterill

Man did Botterill completely misjudge the RHD market.

 

[missingmika]

Man did Botterill completely misjudge the RHD market.

RHDs are more likely to get COVID E5.

 

[Matt Ress]

Olofsson - Eichel - Reinhart
Hall - Cozens - Thomspon
Skinner - Staal - Okposo
Girgensons - Eakin - Lazar

Last year we were looking at 3rd-line depth of
Vesey-Mittelstadt/Sobotka-Frolik
The "Spelunking line". Because they got caved.

I think DC starts on the 3rd line but finishes the season on 2nd. Kid's gonna make some noise

 

[RWatson29]

Soooo what do you think joker/Dahlin gonna get next off season. Just curious what everyone thinks

Edit - sorry I mean contract wise in the off season

 

[VaporTrail]

A lot of Kool Aid drinking going on with a lot of these line combos.....Anyone know if Skinner played on a line with Staal in Carolina?

 

[Ace]

Soooo what do you think joker/Dahlin gonna get next off season. Just curious what everyone thinks

play less minutes than Ristolainen who will drag down all the forwards for the 8th consecutive season

 

[RWatson29]

play less minutes than Ristolainen who will drag down all the forwards for the 8th consecutive season

sorry I should have clarified. I meant as contracts.

 

[Fjordy]

Vatanen LD?

 

[Buffaloed]

Hot take: Quinn has a better chance of making the Sabres than Cozens because he's good defensively

 

[Gras]

If Reinhart is still here he would be in the top 3

2122 Cozens move to center and Quinn replaces him.

Thats a long development time

 

[BFLO]

Can we ltir Hutton?

 

[Digable5]

RHDs are more likely to get COVID E5.

COVID 19 is bad enough, we need to worry about COVID E5 now? 2020 can’t end soon enough.

 

[RWatson29]

Can we ltir Hutton?

god I wish.

 

[HaNotsri]

Hot take: Quinn has a better chance of making the Sabres than Cozens because he's good defensively

Even if you consider Cozens as a winger for the upcoming season?

Also if we want Quinn to become a scorer, isn't it better to put him somewhere he scores? We don't want him to become Girgensons. I'd want a player to have experience as a leading player for their team before coming to the NHL.

 

[Buffaloed]

Even if you consider Cozens as a winger for the upcoming season?

Also if we want Quinn to become a scorer, isn't it better to put him somewhere he scores? We don't want him to become Girgensons. I'd want a player to have experience as a leading player for their team before coming to the NHL.

A natural goal scorer is going to score no matter what line he plays on as long as he gets ice time. Quinn started out on the 4th line in the OHL and as a penalty killer. Even in his 52 goal season his linemates weren't great players. Cozens is physically more ready but Quinn has the high hockey IQ and a deadly shot. If Quinn goes back down it will be because he has to get bigger and stronger. I do consider Cozens a winger for next season. They could both be on the team if the CHL resumes without hitting.

Girgensons doesn't have the skill set to be a scorer. I'm sure he's put in thousands of hours working to improve his skating and his shot, and so has Lazar. But you can't turn a plow horse into a thoroughbred. You have to have the genes.

 

[threeVo]

Dahlin is of course going to explode this year and cost a boat load. Right now I’d say 8x8 but that’s the floor.

 

[Gabrielor]

If Dahlin explodes (and Eichel maintains/increases), we're a playoff team.

 

[tmack224]

To Winnipeg: Ristolainen $5,400,000
To Buffalo: Ehlers $6,000,000

To Philadelphia: Reinhart RFA ($5,500,000?)
to Buffalo: Gostisbehere $3,250,000 and a 2nd 2021

To NYR: Philly 2nd 2021, Buffalo 3rd 2021
to Buffalo: Georgiev RFA

Sign Tyler Johnson 1 year $3,500,000

Hall-Eichel-Olofsson
Skinner-Staal-Cozens
Thompson-Johnson-Ehlers
Girgensons-Eakin-Okposo
Lazar/Reider

Dahlin-Joki
Gostisbehere-McCabe
Miller-Montour
Irwin/Davidson/Borgen

Georgiev/Ullmark

 

[itwasaforwardpass]

 

[itwasaforwardpass]

Trade RHD. Promote Borgen.

 

[Jim Bob]

To Winnipeg: Ristolainen $5,400,000
To Buffalo: Ehlers $6,000,000

To Philadelphia: Reinhart RFA ($5,500,000?)
to Buffalo: Gostisbehere $3,250,000 and a 2nd 2021

To NYR: Philly 2nd 2021, Buffalo 3rd 2021
to Buffalo: Georgiev RFA

Sign Tyler Johnson 1 year $3,500,000

Hall-Eichel-Olofsson
Skinner-Staal-Cozens
Thompson-Johnson-Ehlers
Girgensons-Eakin-Okposo
Lazar/Reider

Dahlin-Joki
Gostisbehere-McCabe
Miller-Montour
Irwin/Davidson/Borgen

Georgiev/Ullmark

Johnson isn't a UFA and the Rangers aren't trading Georgiev. After the Lundqvist buyout, they are going with Shesterkin & Georgiev in net this season.

 

[Rowley Birkin]

Re the Kahun / Reinhart comments from previous thread:

I don't believe that it's a question of who is the better player right now. But who offers more value? EG:

Kahun @ 2.5m vs Reinhart @ 7m

I think this was the OPs intention & it becomes a reasonable debate.

 

[TehDoak]

So, I've fixed some of the issues and stayed under the cap. However, we have to buyout Miller to make it work. Also, still lacking a defensive or even two way center.

To WPG: Montour
To Buffalo: Rolsovic

To Arizona: Hutton (800k retained), 4th round pick
To Buffalo: Raanta

Sign: Koekkoek (1 year, 1.5M)

Buyout: Colin Miller (2nd window opens up after Arb)

Sign:

VO, 2 years, 3.6M per
Reinhart: 4 years, 6.25M
Ullmark: 3 years, 3M

Roster:

Skinner-Eichel-Reinhart
Hall-Staal-Cozens
Girgensons-Eakin-Rolsovic
Thompson-Lazar-Girgensons
Rieder

Dahlin- Risto
Koekkoek - Joker
McCabe - Borgen
Irwin

Raanta
Ullmark