I honestly can’t believe he picked the Sabres.
This is such a huge signing. A motivated Hall is a game changer for the whole team. He almost single handedly dragged the devils to the playoffs a couple seasons ago in his MVP season.
And this has to boost the entire teams morale. Especially Eichel. I was legit worried this would be his last season in buffalo, but not anymore!
Not only do we have a legitimate top 6, it’s actually a pretty damn good one!
Eichel, Hall, Skinner, Staal, Reinhart, Olofsson.
Those are all actually legitimate top 6 caliber forwards. Not guys forced into higher roles than they should be in. Legit top 6 players.
We also have a decent bottom 6. Reider should hopefully help improve the PK.
Eakin should help add some scoring to the bottom 6 and IMO gives us a legit #3 C (assuming he rebounds from his down year last season, which I think he will).
Then if we get any contributions from Cozens, Mittelstadt, Thompson, Asplund...
and add in some expected growth from Dahlin + a second year in Krueger’s system...
this could potentially be the best Sabres team we’ve had in years. I’m actually excited for the season now. I was getting closer and closer to totally checking out every day.
Still some work to be done, but overall I’m pretty damn happy so far.