Are we all going to ignore that jcrag is a flat earther?
- Beethoven

Buncha globecucks on this website

imagine thinking the earth is round

https://youtu.be/q3bVUmhyJbk

In case anybody still likes the Pegulas, I share this story, so that you won’t.

I'm glad we're actually talking hockey, and sorry for bringing up Covid 19 here again. But ...

Say what you want about Cuomo, but his updates destroy Trump's updates ... and I don't even hate Trump like most of America does. I think Cuomo is doing an excellent job during all of this.

Carry on.

imagine thinking the earth is round
- robz228

It isnt far fetched if you use the nerd stats

imagine thinking the earth is round
- robz228

Wake up sheeple.

if the earth was round the virus would have just fallen off when it got to this side

I'm glad we're actually talking hockey, and sorry for bringing up Covid 19 here again. But ...

Say what you want about Cuomo, but his updates destroy Trump's updates ... and I don't even hate Trump like most of America does. I think Cuomo is doing an excellent job during all of this.

Carry on.
- kritter65

I love that he uses a slide deck for his updates.

Why are we downplaying Olofsson now?
- Herzeleid

would you pay a guy with 20 nhl goals 5 mil a year, dinged up last 2 seasons

or give him a bridge deal?

would you pay a guy with 20 nhl goals 5 mil a year, dinged up last 2 seasons

or give him a bridge deal?
- homiedclown

a bridge deal is how we end up with having to overpay reinhart instead of having him locked in at a decent value

. and I don't even hate Trump like most of America does.

Carry on.
- kritter65

this is just not true

half of the country loves him, half hate him

a bridge deal is how we end up with having to overpay reinhart instead of having him locked in at a decent value
- robz228

the contract floated out there was 4 years 5 mil per


IMO that is the worst of the 3 options


either A get him a 2 year bridge deal

or B lock him up for 8 years

the contract floated out there was 4 years 5 mil per


IMO that is the worst of the 3 options


either A get him a 2 year bridge deal

or B lock him up for 8 years
- homiedclown

yeah 4 years is still a bridge. if hes getting 5 mill it would have to be 6 years at least for me

the contract floated out there was 4 years 5 mil per


IMO that is the worst of the 3 options


either A get him a 2 year bridge deal

or B lock him up for 8 years
- homiedclown

I still think 5 years is the sweet spot. That should be a cup window if Botterill decides that he's ever going to do more than just be the rootin tootinest, hardest trying GM in the league. That keeps the AAV down and lets the sabres really stock up on talent.

I think we all know that Botterill will bridge him though so this is pretty moot

Olofsson isn’t really good.

Locking him up long term isn’t a good idea at all

Olofsson isn’t really good.

Locking him up long term isn’t a good idea at all
- sbroads24

we can't complain about never having value contracts if we never try to sign one

we can't complain about never having value contracts if we never try to sign one
- robz228

He’s not a value player.

Dominik Kahun >>> Olofsson

Lock him up to a 5 year 3-3.5 mil deal first

He’s not a value player.

Dominik Kahun >>> Olofsson

Lock him up to a 5 year 3-3.5 mil deal first
- sbroads24

So do you think there will never be a player out there ever who's offense outweighs their total game?

You don't think having a 25 goal scorer for 5 million is good because his corsi is bad?

Remember, theres a total picture

So do you think there will never be a player out there ever who's offense outweighs their total game?

You don't think having a 25 goal scorer for 5 million is good because his corsi is bad?

Remember, theres a total picture
- robz228

I’m not saying it’s “bad”. I’m saying it’s not value.

He’s not a very good player. He’s a shooter who can’t score off the PP.

I’m pretty confident at 5 mil that’s not valuable

I’m not saying it’s “bad”. I’m saying it’s not value.

He’s not a very good player. He’s a shooter who can’t score off the PP.

I’m pretty confident at 5 mil that’s not valuable
- sbroads24

You have to decide if you think the powerplay has any value or if its useless. You walk some weird line between them depending on what argument you're trying to make.

You have to decide if you think the powerplay has any value or if its useless. You walk some weird line between them depending on what argument you're trying to make.
- robz228

It has some value.

Taking feeds from 26 and 9 and leading us to a bottom 10 PP is......5 mil worth? Nah

My last thing on Olofsson for now:

The whole reason you pay up for shooting talent is because it translates to goals. More specifically, high end shooting talent can get you the kind of goals the average person cant

If your top line generates lets say an XGF of 20 and you want to get to 28. The cost of getting to that is say 12 million. If you've got a high end shooter who regularly beats his XG who wants 7 million, this is where you get a lot of value. Because even though your XG may not improve, that shooting talent can bring the same results that an improved XG would for less money because he's consistently beating his expected goals percentage.

Olofsson has shown the ability to do this at one game state, the one with lots of open ice and dishes from Dahlin and Eichel.

At 5v5, his goals above expected is 0.3 and again thats playing with two of the best playmakers on the team. If the great shot isn't translating into goals above expected somewhere other than the power play, im not sure what we're paying for.

For comparison sake, what would happen if we swapped Olofsson for Kahun on the top line and top power play(I use him because the total on ice results look like exact average which is convenient). How different would production be on either? Does Kahun only have half as many goals on the PP but twice as many at 5v5? He did outperform his XG by quite a bit.

It's basically Patrik Laine lite. We know the raw talent is there, but there are too many question marks for a long term deal now.

It has some value.

Taking feeds from 26 and 9 and leading us to a bottom 10 PP is......5 mil worth? Nah
- sbroads24

That's a bit of a strawman argument. The powerplay was dead last for the entire stretch he was out.

So my strawman argument is that his shooting talent is so good that he dragged the corpse of a pathetic powerplay to at least be a threat, which is worth 5 mil

6 years of screaming WE HAVE NO DEPTH

then we acquire what looks like a nice depth piece in kahun

WHO NEEDS OLOFSSON WHEN WE CAN PUT KAHUN ON L1

the circus continues

this is just not true

half of the country loves him, half hate him
- homiedclown

100th episode of CURB tonight.