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1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:
The assumption was Seth Appert was next in line. That's why he was brought up from Rochester after he got the Amerks to the AHL final four two years ago. But since he's been part of this debacle for 1½ seasons would going to Appert be enough of a change to jump start this moribund team?
If Lindy were to be relieved of his duties mid-season, and you go with an interim for the rest of the year, who else could you promote other than Leone or Appert?
Is the correct answer the Pegula kid that designed the BS hat?
Seems on brand.
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1 minute ago, LGR4GM said:
and one of those games was Michigan and Penn State basically got owned with McKenna the only one doing much of anything.
Michigan or Michigan State? State is ranked 1 in the country and just beat PSU (at the time #3) 2 in a row in the past week.
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4 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
WGR mentioned McKenna a bit this morning and they did say something I like. McKenna has some of the best hands/handling ability ever. He can do that in stride and at speed but he can also do it to take pucks away from the walls. The issue is that some of his ideas and execution is not there and wont work in the NHL. You can use your hands to go around a guy or to open up space, but you can't use it to deke an entire team. He also isn't strong enough which is a major issue right now.
ALL that said, McKenna in November is not going to be McKenna in April. Same thing applies to Stenberg and Belchetz and Lawrence, and Verhoeff.
So he's a fast Mittelstadt?
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19 minutes ago, JoeSchmoe said:
Does anyone else besides me think that if we weren't down our 3, 4, 5, and 6th F and Dahlin was actually able to be Dahlin, that we'd be in a playoff spot right now?
The only one I could maybe fault the team for is the #3 being down given his long injury history... Though are we any better with Cozens playing?
It's true that the reasons for firing everyone go way back prior to this season, so there's that, but I kind of think this team when healthy could be good. Unfortunately, we'll be way too far back for it to matter if we ever dinger everyone back
8 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:Yes, except that the PP is a complete disaster and shouldn’t be. Can’t really blame that on injuries. A good PP would go a long way, of course as soon as it gets fixed the PK would probably start to falter
Would expect that if they were healthy they'd be sitting at a playoff spot but without fixing the PP (which essentially means canning Appert, which wouldn't be happening if they were on a 0.600 playoff pace) they'd almost definitely fall out of the playoffs when other teams get serious come January and when the inevitable injury bug were to then strike.
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1 minute ago, Ogelthorpe said:
Did the organization finally hire the right guy. I'd rather have Leone than Appert be heir apparent to Ruff
They might've.
At any rate he seems to be significantly better than Appert. (Not that that's saying much.)
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9 hours ago, Sidc3000 said:
What has this team shown that makes you believe they could be a playoff team?
THIS particular version that lined up against the Utes - lacking their top D-man, 2 players the coach has been lining up on the top line, their steadiest vet F, and a solid 4th liner (not to mention the guy that never plays a full season that they inked into their 1C role, who they can't actually PLAN on having available on any given night) and playing in their top 6 with their best D-man out a guy that they have at least 2 guys that are better than him; not a whole lot.
Short answer of why they could be a playoff team: But the version that had most of Dahlin, Benson, Zucker, and Kulich in the lineup; saw a team that pressured their opponents at 5v5, played extremely well at 4v5, was getting excellent GTing, and was playing very close games even though they only had a functional PP for 1-1/2 games. They couldn't win in OT to save their lives. But dump the idiot that ran the PP and the OT and they get more points in the standings. Even with the idiot running the PP, they'd been right on the cusp of a playoff spot.
Again, fix the coaching, and this team is a borderline playoff team. Make a couple of good moves and it becomes a solid playoff team.
Most teams in the league are flawed. Making the playoffs, believe it or not, isn't a major accomplishment. It seems like one because the Sabres are the NHL's version of the NY Football J-E-S-T jest Jest JEST; but it really isn't all that impossible.
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Just now, Gatorman0519 said:
I honestly don’t even know where they go from here. The organization is in worse shape than an expansion team. Very little talent and not much in the minors either. Need 2-3 top 6 forwards and an elite center plus a franchise goalie.
Well, in fairness, except for Helenius and a couple of D, ALL the really good Amerks are up in Buffalo with Benson, Zucker, Dahlin, Kulich, & Danforth all currently out. (Note, did not include Norris on that list. At this point there's no reason to ever expect him to play more than 40-50 games in any particular season.)
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6 minutes ago, RETURNTOGLORY said:
Trade Eichel he wins a cup.
Trade Reinhart he wins 2!
Do you see a trend of absolutely franchise kling moves??
Post-tank, they keep finding ways to blame the failure on their best players.
They never should've sent O'Reilly packing.
Totally get how with the world shutting down they didn't want to give Reinhart and Ullmark multiyear extensions, but if they risk LT deals there, they still have both of them plus Eichel and very possibly Montour too.
How much better could things be NOW if they'd've just had some patience when they had one of the best 2 way F's in the league and some extremely talented youngsters? They never even let O'Reilly play 1 single game wth Dahlin.
This is so frustrating.
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2 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
Retire Lindy and call up Leone in Rochester as the interim. Vinny Prospal can take over the Amerks.
And get Peca back into the fold next year as well. Either as the Amerks coach with Prospal getting the promotion or as the guy running the STs and F's with Prospal running the Amerks.
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1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said:
It's just the opposite. They are playing with lots of effort but it's all misdirected. They play like coked up gerbils.
Fix the coaching and this team is borderline a playoff squad.
Make a couple other upgrades and it is a legit playoff team.
But they need to make an upgrade at GM before either of those other moves get made.
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Just now, Forecheck said:
Well after this we probably won’t see Ellis play again until March. If he even stays here. Ruff will run UPL 20 of the next 25 games now.
Nah, Ruff has to see that Ellis is the major reason this team had a chance to pull off the upset. Yes, he should've had the 3rd goal. But he could easily have given up 6 before that one.
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4 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:
Kozak is a try-hard 4C. But playing him with TNT and Tuch... he's not able to complete that rush. He's not that guy.
Now, if Kozak dumps that puck into the corner to himself, then I think he goes and wins it and they can get something going with possession.
Expect that was more to be able to break up the 4th line and to get McLeod's defensive play on what had been the Doan line. Neither of those 2 lines (Thompson nor Doan lines) had looked good tonight.
And that change did NOT work.
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Interesting, moving Kozak onto the line with Thompson and Tuch.
Trying to switch up the lines to keep from letting the Mammoth outmatchup the Sabres.
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8 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
Despite winning 2-0 for a time, the Sabres are playing an absolutely abysmal game tonight. They are fighting the puck, ruining their own scoring chances, playing like they have no idea what their teammates are doing. And now they are chasing the Mammoth. Ellis is the only reason they haven't been skated out of the building.
And now it's 3-2.
The Kid Line has been playing well, although they had their own issues towards the end of the 2nd.
But, yeah, Ellis was the reason they had a lead heading into the 3rd.
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2 guys on Peterka and neither bothers to actually skate with him.
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1 minute ago, Doohickie said:
Yeah, true, although the other line played together some.
There were a lot of line mix ups back then. Roy probably played with Drury and Grier almost as much as he centered the RAV line.
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2 minutes ago, GoPuckYourself said:
Since that 1st game where Kesselring came back I've not been a fan at all, I was expecting him to be a strong, physical, stay at home type and I see guys skating around him all the time and he just lets the offense waltz right in just like everyone else.
True. And with Timmins looking much better than anticipated, it's a little tougher to get this next statement to get its due, but very often it takes a D-man up to a full season to acclimate to his new team, especially when the teams have different overall philosophies.
And back to Timmons, maybe he looks good in Buffalo because the overall style is closer to the Loafs than what the Pens played so he's more at home here than in Steel Town.
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20 minutes ago, Pimlach said:
Utah coach doesn’t like losing to the lowly Sabres.
Who does?
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18 minutes ago, Doohickie said:
Vanek - Roy - Pominville?
Afinogenov.
It was the RAV line, not the PeRV line.
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15 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:
Oh Boy!!! That was nice!
Fancy passing!
The weird thing is, if Quinn doesn't get stripped of the puck, that rush likely ends up fairly tame. He loses it, 3 Utes end up around the puck but can't reach it, Östlund follows up and grabs the puck; Quinn continues on to the net drawing a D-man with him resulting in a partial screen, while Rosen moves across anticipating getting the feed for the 1 timer.
Effectively, tic, tac, toe though the tic was unintentionally awesome.
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29 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:
We need a PP telethon or parade or something, they need a special event to get them going
What a sad state of affairs that firing a failing PP coach is considered a "special event."
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12 minutes ago, Eleven said:
You aren't wrong. But I am talking about posters who think it is an excuse. I haven't yet seen a post interpreting the situation as a reason.
Perhaps not in this thread, but there was a poster here that was calling for Dahlin to take a break about 2 weeks ago. (Which IMHO was before his play had fully tailed off.) So, at least some have used the situation as a reason.
And personally do believe the situation was weighing on his mind to the point that it had begun to affect his play. Am glad he's taking the break, hanging with his fiancee and helping her during the most critical portion of her recovery.
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14 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
Whatever. The crux of the issue is Pegula has for the most part hired inexperienced people to run this franchise.
Nitpicking. I'm basically going tank forward and they made Nolan a sacrificial lamb for the tank.
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No, you said something factually incorrect and have doubled down on it repeatedly, and are now trying to say it's "nitpicking."
In the post it was pointed out to you that there had been 3 experienced coaches hired since Pegula took ownership, not merely 1, it was acknowledged that all 3 GMs that Pegula hired had never been NHL GMs prior to getting hired by him (though 2 experienced GMs had been hired in advisory roles; not merely 1). YOU are the one that then continued to insist that Ruff was the only actual experienced coach hired during Pegula's term even going so far as to say that Nolan had no experience "Nolan had never been a head coach but I don't count that debacle."
You forgot Goober and you forgot Patrick. "Jarmo is the first NHL experienced hire they have made in the Pegula era." And somehow you also either forgot Nolan's 1st stint in Buffalo or his 2nd.
It's not a big deal. But it is humorous at this point.
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1 hour ago, Big Guava said:
I've always pulled up under the light and turned on yellow once I ensure the other cars are actually planning on stopping, which has saved me from more than a few accidents when they didn't.
Big pet peeve of mine is the left turn arrows that turn red and they expect you to sit there and wait while there is literally not a car in sight coming the other direction. This happens regularly at the entrance to the 90 off Transit road.
I check for police and then just turn. No time to be waiting for minutes for no reason. Dumbest thing of all time...should always be a blinking yellow in thos situations.
Over near Ra-cha-cha a lot of those left turn arrow lanes are now going to flashing yellow when oncoming traffic has the green. Which is an ACTUAL improvement over the old switch it to red and don't let anyone turn even when they're the only car at the intersection in any direction. So now, if the coast is clear, you can enter the intersection and turn.
Here we go again…..Kevyn
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Personally would turn the reins over to Kekalainen and let him determine the disposition of the FO/scouts. Hopefully he'd lean towards more culling than keeping and fairly or not, want Forton gone but the rest would leave up to Jarmo.
The coaching staff - punt them all but let Ruff take on some "advisory" role if you want to spare having fired him a 2nd time.
And if somebody that seems to be clearly better than Jarmo gets cut free in the interim, grab him and thank Jarmo for his service.