Bearbait
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- Mar 4, 2011
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This trade just screams to me that we can expect a few defensman get moved out of the system soon, Botts must be stocking the cupboard before he clears out 3 or 4 others.
That's a great infographic Moskau. It's pretty clearly a systemic problem that needs to be addressed badly if we ever want to turn into Tampa Bay or Nashville.
We just don't hit on draft picks outside of the first 2 rounds.
I'm not really sure how this depth shuffle - which, mind you, is even befuddling the guy who was pro sending Guhle/Pilut down for a spell - addresses Casey Nelson starting the season.
Botterill likes what the NCAA and the US development model have done over major junior. I think I even remember reading that USA hockey went over to Sweden and studied the model, though I can't find anything to support that on the net.yeah I don’t like this trade. Another Canadien out, another American in. I’m not shocked. Baptiste will be a productive player for Nashville. In terms of depth, we are actually much thinner at forward. I guess Baptiste was a AHL vet...idk.
yeah I don’t like this trade. Another Canadien out, another American in.
Implying we've hit on any of our 2nd round draft picks... I'm not so sure we're hit anything outside of the first.
Imagine defending a GM’s right to dress bad players and not do anything about it, even when clear upgrades are available.Yeah but Connor F'n Carrick was gonna come swooping into Buffalo with his cape on and solve the 3rd pairing issue... Different poo isn't better poo.
Dougherty looks like the type who wont ever be more then an AHL All Star caliber player. I would have preferred to see Baptiste play in Rochester then make this trade.
He probably won't even be that.Dougherty looks like the type who wont ever be more then an AHL All Star caliber player. I would have preferred to see Baptiste play in Rochester then make this trade.
Imagine defending a GM’s right to dress bad players and not do anything about it, even when clear upgrades are available.
We fire them into the sun. Haven't you been paying attention?So what happens with the surplus in d men in Rochester?
Does anybody know the situation?
...And we're still looking for an AMC Gremlin...We just traded a Chevy Vega for a Ford Pinto
At the NHL level, another "meh" player of a different color (no pun intended). At the AHL level, someone who can contribute immediately & consistently.Hello from Nashville. This sounds like a shake up trade for both players. Dougherty has never really grabbed any attention and has just been a 'meh' prospect to date. He could certainly be a late bloomer but I think overall he had been passed up by a fair amount of lower/more recent draft picks. Obviously your staff know him very well and thought he was worth getting in for a change of scenery.
What are we getting?
How's his speed
As others noted, he has great speed, especially north-south, with and without the puck, which is something the Sabres org. lacks, (which is perhaps the biggest negative view from the BUF optics - they gave from a position of weakness).He has outstanding speed.
One might say he never seized his moment with Buffalo, but, with this trade, has definitely ceased his moment with Buffalo.Baptiste was given plenty of time and opportunities to make this team. As bad as we have been over the last 5 years. Even when we were tanking for McDavid or Eichel.
He just never ceased the moment.
Didn't seem like he had a great season, so he's another pending RFA who I wonder at if they extend a QO on June 1st. He was not playing late in the year and even though he's only one of three right hand shots in the minors at the moment, it seems highly likely that Redmond and Borgen would be ahead of him on the depth chart.
So... qualified and retained or do they let him walk?
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I imagine they qualify him. I don't think Will Borgen will be a full time Amerks player next season.Didn't seem like he had a great season, so he's another pending RFA who I wonder at if they extend a QO on June 1st. He was not playing late in the year and even though he's only one of three right hand shots in the minors at the moment, it seems highly likely that Redmond and Borgen would be ahead of him on the depth chart.
So... qualified and retained or do they let him walk?
I imagine they qualify him. I don't think Will Borgen will be a full time Amerks player next season.