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Originally Posted by Bonded
I just don't think Buffalo needs to spend assets on D now. Before the Byram trade I could see it.
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They still don't have a RH dman TBH...and Bryam was not good for Buffalo to end the season.
LH:
Dahlin
Power
Byram
Samuelsson
RH:
Jokiharju
Clifton
Clifton has 2 years at $3.3M left, Andersson has 2 years at $4.5M
Upgrading from a third pairing RH dman in Clifton to a top pairing RH d-man in Andersson...for the low cost of $1.2M of extra cap space for the next two seasons would really be a huge benefit for them.
Dahlin-Andersson
Byram - Power
Samuelsson - Jokiharju
All of a sudden that looks like a pretty deep and strong defense by upgrading Clifton (or maybe Samuelsson) to Andersson. Ukka-Pekka Luukkonen was good for them down the stretch, they can have Levi or a veteran to backup.
That roster suddenly looks pretty good.
Luukkonen
Levi
Dahlin-Andersson
Byram - Power
Samuelsson - Jokiharju
Peterka - Thompson - Tuch
Skinner - Cozens - Mangiapane
Benson, Savoie, Krebs, Kulich, Rosen, Ostlund as top forward prospects to fill up the bottom 6. Would need some veteran depth for the bottom 6 up front but that is roster starts too look like a good young playoff team.