 Buffalo it is time to get started for the 2023 2024 season and we're looking to kind of tank I'm not gonna lie. So this is the heart of the team right here, right? Tage Thompson, Dylan Cousins, Peyton Krabs, Talk Skinner might be a guy that we want to trade away this season Depending on how he does. Hopefully he progresses well and we can get some trade value off of him Other than that, we're looking at a one-power to grow this season We're looking at Rasmus Dallin to continue his ways And other than that goaltending we're giving up the net seeing what he can do We signed Jonathan quick during the offseason to back him up and then over in the minors We are looking at our first overall pick. He went ninth overall for us Casper Halton, we're hoping to see what he can do He has potential to be an elite medium with some very good X factors and snipe make a snappy close quarter shock and all and wheels So we're hoping he can turn out to be something good Other than that, this is what the team is looking like down here We got Eric Comrie down in the minors as well with ProSolve backing him up, right? So we're seeing what UPL can do for us this season. We're gonna send the regular season I also saw comments Saying to turn down the injury slider So I'm gonna do that because you know what we do get a lot of injuries And it does it does suck And I feel like it's just it's just too many injuries. So let me find this here I can't really remember where it was fatigue recovery injury occurrence. All right CPU We're gonna turn that down to 20 I will do 30 and we'll do human down to 30 as well. All right, so Hopefully that will negate the injuries for this sim. All right, so we're gonna sim the regular season or the pre season Um and get started We're gonna have to send out our scouts who we're gonna take a look at quickly as well to see If we have the proper scouts that we need. All right, so yeah, let's stop the simulation quickly Let's go to coaching staff So we have all our coaches Here we do have our head coach Who is a b overall, which is fine, man. He's 57 percent Looking at our scouts. I mean we do have some pretty good scouts. It's not like we have any bad scouts Overall, actually, no, we we can definitely get some better scouts. So let's see if there's any good scouts out there real quick Doesn't really look like it. So we're kind of screwed on the pooch there that that kind of Kind of sucks a little bit but other than that We are going to sim continue simming to the regular season the players on waivers And let's go assign the scouts. I'm gonna do this off video because it's probably gonna be just a lot to Uh do so We're looking to scale someone good Maybe a goal tendon some forwards or defense is pretty good, but we're gonna go ahead and do this find some prospects I'll do this off video and I'll see you guys in a minute. All right, so everything is set up We are playing our first game against a buffer against minnesota this season Uh, so we're gonna go ahead and do a little sim for the first game of the season All right, we're gonna probably sim about two or three months For this first episode of the second season with this team and then we will go forward All right, so let's see what we can do in our first game of the season Let's see how this team shapes up. We're already killing a penalty to start off the season getting out shot eight to two Not great, but that might be some good things to see from this team Like we're hoping for a very good lottery pick this year All right, so ericsson ek gets a first goal on jonathan quick there All right, and that is the end of the first. We'll quick sim the second 1-1 raspas dolene getting his first of the season on the power play against mark andre flurry So we got a very good tight game here on home ice for our home opener and season opener for the 2023 2024 season All right one one game still here We're looking to see if we can break this time minnesota is looking for the same thing as well And sam steel scores with 250 left in the period and minnesota takes Game one of the season two to one against the buffalo savers jonathan quick Very good first performance as a buffalo saver dolene with a goal in four hits So not too bad to see from this team. All right, so I also want to do like i'm why didn't Upl start you know what I mean like I don't know why it auto rotates Um, is there a way to turn that off? Let me see. I notice that we need a goalie coach for the nhl So i'm gonna do that real quick nhl goalie coach. Uh, we'll send you to three years. Why not and we'll give you 9 4 or 9 5 2. All right, so off of the contract. We need a goal tending coach So he specializes in goalie. So we'll sign him real quick. I'm still trying to figure out if I can turn off uh, where the Where they where they auto rotate goalies I want upl to be the starter and he's not the starter because he's less of a Um overall than jonathan quick. It's kind of annoying. I don't want that. I want upl to run with the net You know what I mean? So Uh, I'm just trying to figure out that if you guys know in the comment section below. Let me know Um, I'm not too sure Also quickly looking at casper halton and he's a 67 overall. All right He in one game played already has a goal. He's a plus two not too bad His synergies did change. So his his uh zone ability is big tipper now So advanced speed accuracy and range with deflecting shots for six three guy makes sense still has wheels magnetic big rig and ankle breaker So that's pretty cool. And he's already a 67 overall at 18 years old. So that's looking good for our first overall pick man. I'm excited to see how he progresses All right without being said I wasn't able to figure it out if you guys Know how to do it. Let me know in the comment section down below without being said We are going to simulate the first month of the season And we have our goalie coach now. So that's awesome. All right, so that worked out perfectly We are good to go. Uh view the draft class Uh, so we got some good players kuba leak looks like one of them Uh Ooh, okay, this guy looks absolutely amazing a plus a plus a a a plus a minus Uh heat seeker wheel shock and all big tipper. So he's one to luck out. We're going to pin him Baines doesn't look like anything good. Uh, he's being scouted for us right now, which is good We don't know much about him, but I do want him to get scouted. No scouts in the region That kind of sucks No scouts in the region for this guy as well But kuba leak being one of those guys is pretty cool He's one of the big gems that we've been looking at. All right So kuba leak is one of the guys He's projected to go number one overall another right winger six one one ninety eight seventeen years of age All right, so one of the guys we'll be looking at come the Draft all right So we are too too, you know to start the season tage thompson is out until november 1st So there's our first line center. So pretty much paid in crabs up to an 82 overall already He's gonna get first line minutes now Just because of the injury and who is scratched right now up here, right? So can someone play Center. Yeah, so as one can play center Give me a winger. We'll put in you And that will be the lines for now. All right while he is out. Oh my god, tage thompson is back. Let's hit continue We are going to simulate that game against Montreal that will be The first month for the Buffalo Sabres. We are 4-3 and oh, let's go put tage thompson back into the lineup Is he is good to go? And everyone pretty much gets sent down one What did he do in his first game or he played two games with a goal so good for him He is how will 21? I feel like he should be down in the minor. So i'm gonna. Is he on a two-way contract? He's not a one-way. All right, so Maybe he's someone we're gonna want to play Um, but for the time being it looks like he's gonna be shorthanded right tage thompson back into the lineup He's back from injury Good for him And we are fourth in the Atlantic right now Uh first month. You can't really judge what's been going on Let's go back and look in the minors Halton in already up to 69 at the start of the season. He was at a 67 Seven games played four goals for sissis kid is looking very very good He's already up two overalls in just a month of playing hockey with this ahl team man And he's back to having schnipe as his own ability interesting. Okay, so Good things to see rusek. He's looking a little decent. Bjork, you know, he's doing his thing down there Anyone who was young, uh, australian doing well, uh at 19 years age 19 years of age Uh, so good to see from that team. All right Looking at tage thompson five games played two goals one assist Skinners seven games two goals two assists minus two is that first line not really getting along with each other Uh, so who maybe put victor olfson up there see if skinner can progress But skinner's already up and overall which is good because he's going to be one of the guys that might be moved at the deadline For some picks. All right, so let's go another month here See how the sabers are doing. We are four three, you know after one month of hockey, right? Oh and power is out until november 12th. I feel like that isn't a long time. We're already in november So he's out for a bit there Uh, do we have any defensemen that are scratched up here? We do not so we got to go to roster moves We got to call up a defenseman And uh, have him play for now. We'll call up robertson, uh, 22 years of age He's having a pretty good year down there in the minors. He's gonna get a shot With the nhl team while o1 power is out for the time being he's not out for long Which is the good thing. All right, so put in robertson substitute in all lines and continue the sim Uh, let's go back to edit lines here. We will just put in like literally anyone Oh, we have no defensemen down here. All right, so it looks like byro. The left winger will be playing Ah defense for this team. I don't know. That's interesting. Anyways, let's continue the sim here Is it going to be glitched it is? All right, let's continue simming to the first of the month Five four one and oh o1 power is back. So we are going to send down We are going to send down samuelson. No, was it? No, it was not samuelson. Let's calm down with that Why is he making 4.2 against the cap? Oh my god Oh god. All right. That that's a contract that we're gonna have to get rid of who did we call up by the way It was robertson. How did he do before we send him down? Okay played one game was a plus one. All right, so we'll take that we'll go back to edit the nhl lines Oh and power back into the lineup here He's at an 85 already that is insane and we're gonna make sure that uh He's back into the lineup here robertson back in you go And everything looks good to me. All right, so let's stop the sim real quick Casey middle stats now hurt. All right, so the injuries aren't stopping For the buffalo sabers, but pet petarica is making his way back in after having some good games played In his first two of the season. All right, so continue the sim. Everyone's doing okay here Uh, we will do head coach replace his best player for the ahl and continue the sim All right, casey middle stats back We'll give it until the pits per game to put him back into the lineup Make sure he's back to full health as the sabers are not looking hot, which we are fine with We are tied with the Leafs and last place in the Atlantic and what's going on in Toronto. We don't know Uh, casey middle stat is back. How did he do four games didn't really do much? All right, so ask blend back on to the wing casey middle stat back there. I'm gonna put him over Oh, okay, we get a minus one in that line. So that's why we didn't have that before But like casey middle stat man, I feel like he should not be On that fourth line. I'm gonna I'm gonna bite the bullet and take a minus one on this line I'm okay with it. All right. Uh, how's this line doing minus five? Maybe let's switch that up. All right Let's throw olison back up onto that first line and throw skinner back onto that second line. All right, so Everything's looking good there back to simming the first of the month here And let's see how we do with these remainder of these games here All right four two went seven four win all right We're winning some games now don't know how I feel about that to be honest. We're eight seven and one Uh, ahl injuries continue they continue And all right, uh, yeah continue And it is now december 1st. So the savers are 10 eight and one Somehow we are six in the atlantic Looking at the whole nhl. We're still at the bottom of the league, which is good Don't know how we have a winning record. I really do not maybe this this line change helped Which means we're gonna go back. All right, let's go back to losing games Please all right case you know stats working on that line here We'll take that looking at defense. I'll empower still at an 85 18 games play four goals for assist He's a minus 10. So I don't know how I feel about that. Maybe we'll switch that up Maybe get sam you'll send some progression there because he's making that money. Maybe he can be something good Um, and we'll stick with that. All right. Looking at goal tending, which we haven't looked at yet up to an 82 overall six games play two wins 898, which isn't great. Jonathan quick really helping the team out there Now looking at the ahl halten is still at a 69 which is okay 20 games played five goals eight assists. They're not doing too great But you know, he's progressing. You know, he's learning. He's still only 18 He's he's got a lot a long way to go Is there anyone scratch that has any x factors? No, okay So other than that, everything's looking good. Tage Thompson seven games played six goals seven assists Um, you know, jeff skinner doing his part. What's his trade value looking like like? I'm very interested to see What is trade value is looking like nowadays? Uh, one power is up there in trade value. That's good to see but jeff skinner not so much I'm interested to see what kind of trades and nothing. All right. Okay, so He's got a contract where we're probably gonna have to retain I'm not a fan of that because he still has a lot of term left on this contract like looking here He still has four years left. He's 31 years of age The gm before me did not do a good job signing skinner to that contract. So we're gonna go Probably up until the trade deadline. All right, so we're gonna go a couple more months with that being said I think I got to go reassign my scouts. So let me go do that and I will be right back All right now that that's all done. Uh, I do want to check something here View draft class And I want to see who's doing good. So kuba leaks still having himself a hell of a year 21 games played four goals 10 assists Still has those super star abilities. He is the only gem that my scouts have found. So oh, no, I lied Caden is a gem, but doesn't have any Any x factors same with him Um, other than that my scouts aren't doing that greatest of the job Leap medium nothing really going there rogers. Nothing really going there top six nothing no x factors We got an x factor and uh, Plakannik here. He's supposed to go 11th overall. So he could be someone that we look at magnetic one t Snipe and shock and all all right. Not too bad. He's a Ray winger 5 11 173. So he's got something going for him Other than that, uh, we got another x factor here. Nothing really good. What's this gem mean? He's a bust. All right. So not something that you want to see. Okay, so our scouts are sent out for the rest of the year Trying to find us a gem that we can pick up In the draft because let's be honest. We uh, we're trying to tank here. We're trying to tank. All right So let's go another month And hopefully this team continues to lose games and I'll win these games All right, we lose six three to the Leafs, which is actually huge Just because they are in the race with us right now Um to get uh a decent pick which is insane All right, so let's continue losing games. We have a winning record still somehow tage thompson is hurt once again He is very injury prone is what I'm seeing. So crabs his first line middle stat To the second colton to the third aspen will be playing fourth line center and patrica Back into the lineup with the buffalo sabers as we continue the sim And now matthias samuelson is hurt with a sore foot until december 23rd How was he progressing that he he did not move up overall is that all We're gonna have to call up a defenseman. I think because we don't have any up here that Yeah, we just don't have any up here. So let's go to roster moves real quick Like so We're gonna have to call up a defenseman and maybe someone that can stay up here Uh that won't hurt his progression. How old are you 24? Maybe we'll give robertson another shout up here. So let's call him up actually. What side does he play? He's only a lefty. We need a right defenseman Um, you know what let's uh Who do we want to give it to here? Hold on who's in and You know what? Oh my no, okay. I was gonna say what the heck? Uh Let's give it to fits jerald give him a shout in the nhl see what he can do until Samuelson comes back. So pretty much everyone moving up one hanyu yoki haru back to playing his normal position And fits jail is going to be playing third line minutes with bryce in all right, so looks good to me Rochester needs Some fill in here, which we will do again a forward or no, okay. We got davies up here, right? Perfect davies into the lineup Uh, we got some issues here And no, we don't all right. Okay. So that looks good to me. We're gonna have to stop the sim Uh, because it looked like it was glitched, but maybe it isn't Tage thompson's good to go we'll throw him into the game against tampa bay Just because we want to make sure his injury is all healed up and there's no shot of him getting hurt again. All right, so again patrika Got an assist in that game. He played good for him And back comes in tage thompson into that first line And uh, things are good to go. All right, so back to simming the rest of this month here We're having a decent month, which kind of sucks. All right, samuelson has returned to the lineup So he is good to go Which means if it's jailed will be sent back down to the ahl And that means mr. Samuelson will be back playing first line minutes to see if he can progress somehow Uh, hopefully he does but at the time that we're Looking at it it does not look like it. All right, so anyways continue here We're losing games, which is just great. Continue to lose these games We're getting some points in some of these which is kind of uh, interesting Also, I think it's uh, I think it's uh, I think to consider to move jonathan quick at the deadline If a team needs a goal tender, we are in last in the atlantic We are not dead last in the nhl the kraken are with 24 points We are fourth last in the entire nhl So that's not too bad a top five pick does seem nice Looking here how skin are doing having a decent year cousins has a move krebs has a move They're right But when power has a move, but he's having a good year minus 10 him and henry yoki haru don't seem to have Some good chem there. Maybe try clay out there. I'm not sure. I don't know how I feel about yoki haru Maybe we'll throw him back there and throw samuelson back there other than that goal tending wise Upl 907 he's only played 13 games like I mean jonathan quick's just taking the crease from him which kind of sucks um I don't know man. I want him to play games. He already went up two overalls I think we're gonna have to be forced to move quick at the deadline just so upl can Try to progress here. I hate how they change the lines again. If you guys know how to fix that Let me know down below. All right Looking to the ahl halting it up to a 70 overall So he's gone up three overalls since he started here 31 games played nine goals 11 assists plus four Same old Same old going on for him. So good for him and other than that the team is looking greater All right, so we're gonna go another month next video We will hit the trade deadline and sim and the rest of the season. All right, so the trade deadline is coming up We've got about two more months to simulate We'll go another month and we'll hope to continue to just continue to lose these games and hope that the teams That are with us continue to lose games as well. All right, we have a winning record right now We lose to tron again things you'll love to see but we're also winning games We got to stop henry yoki haru is out until january 22nd with a mild concussion. All right, so that's not ideal But we do have a defenseman up here ready to go. Whoa. Do we send him down? All right. All right. We're gonna have to do this. All right, because i'm tired of like Calling up a defenseman. All right, so We're gonna send down someone who isn't playing with us right now rooster lineman being one of them So we're sending you down. All right We are gonna call up a defenseman here Fitzgerald is 26. We'll call up Fitzgerald. Let's be honest. He's probably not gonna progress into anything So i'm fine with him just sitting up here with the team whenever The injured defenseman comes back whenever yoki haru comes back. All right, Fitzgerald. Welcome back to the nhl You're back to playing with us. All right, uh, the rochester americans need Some tuning here who's scratched up to the defenseman. There you go, buddy. Enjoy And uh, that looks good to me. All right, so continue to sim Here Uh, all right. Yep. So many injuries, which is actually insane to me. All right continue to lose these games here boys That's all we're hoping for. All right. Uh, we might have to make an early trade For jonathan quick to go Just because i want upl to get some good games in the season. All right, so yoki haru's back We're gonna give him a couple more days to progress. He's coming back off of a concussion We don't want anything bad to happen where you know, we could cause him to be out for a very long time All right, so he's sat out for long enough. He will be coming back into the lineup Welcome back to the nhl Henry yoki haru. All right, buddy And we will continue this month, which is almost over and we've lost a lot of games this month Which is things you absolutely love to see. So continue the sim here Bjorker right? Yep And continue the sim right eight one win Against the black hawks. What's going on there? Uh, our proposal is out with a neck strain for a little bit So that's uh our captain out for a while there. So ryan reeves is going to be playing up there And then we'll give jack Quinn a little bit of a shout here as well All right, so we'll continue going there and all right, so we're 22 24 and 3 after what 3 or 4 months Sitting in last place in the atlantic. We are Fourth last still I believe We are tied with the devils for third last actually, right and the black hawks are right behind us. Okay, so tage thompson is a point per game player 45 games played 45 points Jeff skinner doing his part as well Anyone go up or down Not really You know what jack Quinn, how did you do in your first game? We'll throw you on to that third line defense Power soul at an 85. He's a minus 11, dude But you know what's gonna happen like this team's losing games right up l 901 907 for quick. We're gonna make a trade because you know what I want up l to be the starter I'm tired of quick getting the starting roll Down in the minors here halton and still at a 70 overall 11 goals 14 assist and his first outing with the ahl All right, so looks good to me I think we're gonna go have to find a trade for jonathan quick because I do want upl to Play the rest of the year. All right, so jonathan quick Let's see who wants them and we're gonna try to Cook up a little bit of a trade maybe get a prospect gold tender back in return So we will go to skaters matching the block and we will see if we can get anything like it He's got a decent little trade value. So let's see what teams want them. Dallas wants them No one that we really want that they're willing to give up edmonton wants them anyone that we're willing to take off of edmonton Not really florida doesn't want them All right, not a lot of trade partners that want them the rangers do want them. They won't shake up trubagon interesting Uh, who's this kid? Okay skinner 22 years of age Has some x-factor is just truculence doesn't look anything promising. So maybe not Uh, other than that st. Louis wants him Bartouzo, okay Tampa is interested in them. They're only willing to give up that kid. Toronto's want them Winnipeg wants them For nothing much and that's about it. So, you know what who really needs a gold tender? Apparently They do I guess they need a backup for freddie anderson freddie anderson's out right now. So they do need someone Maybe we take some draft picks for jonathan quick. I'd be fine with that Maybe like a fifth round pick for jonathan quick seems to be fair We can maybe try for a fourth. I just don't think a fourth would go through straight up for jonathan quick Yeah, okay. So I think a fifth round pick from carolina who Are doing pretty good But a fifth round pick that we can maybe move up for another pick could work So jonathan quick we signed him for a year. We knew what it was for Can we get a fifth round pick for him? No, not even a fifth. All right. So maybe a sixth round pick Or a fifth from colorado can maybe go through No, all right. So maybe a six maybe a sixth round pick can get it done for jonathan quick And it is done. All right. So jonathan quick is gone off to carolina. They did need him indeed. So We will take that we need to call up a gold tender now Which we will call up How will the u-24 we'll call up eric comory for the time being I still think upl will get the net just because he is the better overall. So You know what upl now is your time to shine in the nhl, buddy You are the starting gold tender for this team Let's see what you can do. All right, buddy And then the ahl needs someone pro-stev will be the starter and then this kid who is 21 years of age See what he can do maybe give him the crease and see what he turns into me All right, so we made a trade jonathan quick off to carolina. That's carolina are having some injury issues Right now and quick having a decent year can maybe turn it around for them All right, so we're going one more month and then that will be the end of this video All right, kawak pose was ready to play We'll give him a couple days until vancouver is ready to play us. We got a trading coming Anti ranta. We're giving up a third and a fourth to get a fifth back. I will decline that gladly. All right, so we're here in vancouver kawak pose was ready to go And I think we'll be we will be We will be sitting out Ryan Reeves. All right, kawak pose was coming back into the lineup. We'll put him on to that Third line we'll have jack winby playing fourth line minutes and see what the kid can do. All right, so let's continue the sim here Go to the first of the month and call it a video. All right, so vancouver five two loss We got a gold tender peter kochev Let's view player info 24 years of age 932 save percentage Oh, you know what? Why not let's claim them See we can do here in buffalo. All right, vini henna stroze us out with a MCL sprain and he is out until march. Oh, that is a big loss Which means someone's going to be playing a lot and that is going to be petrica Who was having a decent little stint with us when he played here and there He's going to be getting some uh some heavy minutes now. All right, uh six one win four one loss Let's keep the losses in coming here boys. All right, keep the losses incoming Dylan cousins is out until march 7th. That is a huge loss. He's got a concussion So pretty much everyone's going to move up one jack wind is up and overall by the way I'm going to throw him on to that third line Actually, no, I'm not on a line of minus one on two lines Ryan Reeves coming back into the lineup to play fourth line minutes And we continue with the simulation. All right So that will be the end of the month victor olufson is now out as well So the team is taking some big losses here, which means some young players are getting their shot here Who is scratched? We have anyone else that's scratched. All right, so we got a call up We got a call up a forward here So let's do that real quick. Who deserves to get some playing time? Do I want to give the rookie a shot? I don't think so just yet Uh, we'll give rusa line and a shout up here And that sounds good to me edit nhl lines here Everyone move up one And then rusa line and we'll get thrown into there How is upl doing 905 save percentage? All right, that's fine power play. We got someone missing here And the screens are glitch, you know ea you got a fixer game man You got a fixer game. We'll throw in henry yoki haru for the time being And we'll throw in henry yoki haru for the time being all right Doesn't really matter. We're trying to lose games like all right, so Uh, rochester needs their lines fixed up here Who was scratched and he defends me. All right, we're throwing a forward back there. Don't really care to be honest, right now gold tending 71 overall, he's got a 963 save percentage in three games So good for him might be a little gem that we uh, didn't know that we had all right Uh, so we were at the first of the month, I believe Buffalo is 25 31 and three. We are in dead loss in the atlantic looking at the hole in hl We are tied with the wild for second last. I believe all right, so let's go look at that real quick team leaders We got tange thompson with 52 points in 55 games So he's doing very well victor olson 43 and 59 skinner 42 and 59 He's going to be a player that we are probably going to trade company trade deadline So looking at the trade deadline, I think skinner is going to be one of the guys gone Tuck, I think we're going to keep olson. We may keep Um, other than that, I think the only move we're going to be making is skinner Maybe octopos. So we'll see what we can get for him. All right, so Then look in here In the entire hl right the entire league All right, we are sitting In third last all right, we are sitting in third last So we get a top three pick right now All right, and a chance to get that number one or number two pick in the draft lottery. All right, so Things you'll love to see things. We're kind of gearing towards is that that draft pick man So good to see there before we end up this video I do just want to see how our first overall pick is doing. He's up to a 71 overall already and he's 18 years old This was a great draft pick from gm leafer He's having himself a year 53 games played with 33 points. He's a plus six doing Damage in the ahl. He's gonna be nhl ready very very soon, man And uh, that was a very good first overall pick and we're hoping to bring in another rookie like that as well this year All right, so that is it for this video trade deadline is coming up in the next one We will see you guys then buffalo Let's see What's in store for the rest of the season?