cap is expected to go up 1mil next season

it's a start, so much for flat cap for 4-5yrs lol.

top RFA's unsigned



wow so Buffalo is dealing with Eichel wanting to be traded, and Dahlin wanting a pay day

This post was edited by KrWWW on Sep 18 2021 05:21pm

cant say i blame dahlin he probably wants out too or get paid hes seeing all the talent being traded away on an already shit team
yeah looking at the rosters its like eichel dahlin okposo skinner as the "stand out" names and skinners contract is terribad eichel wants out okposo is 33 and probably gone after his contract is up
even their younger players like mittelstad and thompson arent super impressive


the team doesnt have shit there is no future they seem to suck at drafting and developing players nobody wants to stay when they do turn out good if i was dahlin i want like 12m just to stick around

They're the modern oilers tbh, the amount of lottery wins, and a fucking lotto loss pick is Eichel, with bunch more top picks and this is the result. its pretty fucking sad lol. They blew it up almost 10+ yrs ago and they're doing another rebuild.

they did just draft Owen Power which has superstar potential, but he's going back to Michigan

yeah it feels like the last time the sabers were relevant is when they had drury and briere and that was so long ago cause briere was a flyer for like 7 years and that feels like ages ago lol
i think they made the playoffs like once since then as an 8th seed and i think miller carried them cause he was one hell of a goalie


its kinda sad when you think about it so im just going to stop lmao i dont wanna get depressed over the sabers lack of success

This post was edited by dragoneth on Sep 18 2021 05:53pm

yeah, basically sabres were relevant when the canucks were. They both pretty much ended in 2011. Buffalo went full rebuild mode, collected mass picks, won lottos, high picks etc. result is another rebuild

canucks couldnt rebuild right away cuz aquaman won't allow it til sedins retired. Gillis got fired for wanting to rebuild, benning was brought in to re-tool, and started to rebuild from scratch cuz gillis only left him with hutton and horvat haha, with no lotto wins nor a top 4 pick, the canucks at least has a good core to build around. With how long and bad the canucks were, they're somehow ahead of the sabres and that itself is pretty sad lol

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I’d say your bang on with everything other than the Canucks young core is still a bit questionable in comparison to other good teams.

Some good young players for sure but nobody super star worthy and nobody thats strikes me as someone to lead a team to the promise land in the next few years. That’s just my opinion.

At this time they would still need to add a star to their core and surround with decent depth to really make a push to win. Tall order but not impossible. Benning does have his work cut out for him.

I think most people would say Pettersson has that #1 "lead a team to the Cup type" potential. Obviously there's a big gap between potential and doing it, but there's no reason why he can't.

I'd say the biggest question mark is our top pairing on D, and more specifically our #1 guy. If Hughes doesn't become that (and based on his defense, he may never will) where do we find one lol

This post was edited by LuLer on Sep 19 2021 08:23pm

How do you figure Pettersson is not superstar worthy? the dude came into the league without any sheltering from Henrik Sedin, and was slotted in as a 1C from winger and delivered.

Other young players had the luxury to be sheltered and develop at their own pace like Point, Barzal, etc. It's not coincidence that Barzal went from 80+ pt player behind Tavares to a 60 pt player after becoming their 1c and focused upon etc.

He also brings insane amount of impact to the Canucks himself alone, while being defensively responsible. He hasn't even hit the breakout season yet and he isn't on a contending team either. He was on pace for like 80pts despite struggling very hard to begin the covid season with rest of the team looking like an AHL team, heck even considering they played like a "team" is overselling it.

Here's some comparison with other players.

https://twitter.com/BreakawayEric/status/1380906149738737667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1380906149738737667%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Flwosports.com%2F2021%2F04%2F11%2Fis-elias-pettersson-elite%2F

He's also top 5 in GAR from https://evolving-hockey.com/ and much ahead of everyone else on his team.

Your definition and opinion of a superstar may be a bit too hardcore.

This post was edited by Secksii on Sep 20 2021 04:24am