darksabre
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1 minute ago, Ctaeth said:
Who goes out for the season first? Quinn, Norris or Greenway?
All three at once, in an event that will only be spoken of in dark back rooms and alleyways.
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Okie dokie
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9 minutes ago, dudacek said:
Or if the goal is playoffs or bust.
I don't even know if I'd bring him in for that. Just can't imagine leaning on that guy all season long and having it pay off. It's better if he gets a lighter load in the regular season on a team where that doesn't hurt, and then he can ramp up come playoff time.
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1 minute ago, LGR4GM said:
That's a stupid trade. Rust has mediocre defensive metrics and plays with Crosby. Helenius is a natural center... and we have to drop in the draft. It's a cap clear for Pitt.
Trading Helenius for a 33yr old winger is dumb dumb stuff.
Yup. Rust is a guy you add if you're making a Cup run. Not if you're trying to stop your team from sh*tting down its legs for the 15th year in a row.
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Man, this league doesn't need MORE games. It needs fewer games.
They should go back to 60 games or something. Let these guys have more gas in the tank for the playoffs and start the playoffs sooner.
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Can't believe he and Levi were teammates.
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19 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Kesselring interview
When a guy named Kesselring wants to be part of "the solution"
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I think the players should party even harder. Games will be a breeze if your body is used to showing up for practice on 4 hours of sleep, hungover, mouth tasting like an ashtray.
We called that sandbagging in my day.
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21 minutes ago, dudacek said:
So it was Peterka that Seravalli was teasing with his Kyrou stuff yesterday.
Lance sliding out the “driving teammates and coaches crazy with high-risk plays and lack of defensive effort” is interesting. Tracks with what I saw from him, tracks with the culture change stuff. Also tracks with the idea Lance is a shill and this is a narrative to cloud a penny-pinching motivation.
The rest of it all ties with what I posted elsewhere about how the move fits into the big picture. Kyrou is an older, better slightly more expensive Peterka. Dobson an older, better, slightly more expensive right-handed Power.
Is this Kevyn once again trying to prove he’s smarter by not chasing the bigger names?
Forgive me for generalizing, but I think in general Sabrespace likes what Kesselring and Doan should bring but don’t like the hole the trade creates, or the idea the Sabres are going cheap again.
How are they going to backfill the hole? Their other holes? Will they use the cap space?
Going to be an interesting few days.
This is the thing. Intertextuality. This move will be evaluated based on what came before (nothing great) and what comes after. If the Sabres actually use the cost savings they've achieved, and the players they've added help round the roster out, then all of a sudden this specific trade looks great.
But right now the cheese stands alone.
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3 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
Having Tuch and Kyrou( who is better defensively) as top wingers, I would have added to get him
I agree. I just wonder what exactly that ask was. We'll probably never know.
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15 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
Servalli reporting that Jordan Kyrou was available in exchange for Peterka.
So that’s Rossi and Kyrou that we know of
Kyrou would have been a nice get but I have to assume the Sabres would have been adding a LOT more than Peterka in that deal...
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17 minutes ago, Taro T said:
Well, ain't that the point? Until you actually get something different, you expect more of the same.
They got something different with the return on Peterka.
Would love to see the Sabres trade for Rossi and then they still suck and everyone hates him. Because that's how it would go.
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Couldn't imagine caring about Marco Rossi. He's small and the Wild aren't that good. The Sabres trading for him would be more of the same.
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Mommy Daddy stop fighting
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26 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
What happens if Doan gives us a 15g 25a season and Peterka puts up a 25g, 25a season?
If that helps the Sabres avoid a 10+ game losing streak then we'll be more than happy with it.
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It's nice seeing the analysis come in that make this trade seem a little more sane.
I have no affinity for most of the Sabres as I find them to be a catastrophically soft team despite their ability to score a boatload of goals. So I don't really care if guys like Peterka get moved.
He had flashes of real skill, but I can't say he was all that compelling. Certainly not a guy you'd point to and say "he's key to winning a playoff series." Maybe he'll get there, who knows. Utah thinks so, I guess. Good for them.
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On 6/16/2025 at 3:57 PM, darksabre said:
Actually, they should consider it.
Unless this team surprises us with a huge jump in production or they add some really compelling players, they are likely still several years away from even sniffing the playoffs.
By the time they do, the window for them to win it with Dahlin here will be closing. He's a UFA summer of 2032, which isn't that long from now. The cost to keep him will be substantial. Probably too high to even entertain.
Trading him now while he still has term could net a return that would reshape the franchise overnight...
How about now? 😛
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14 minutes ago, sabremike said:
This might just be the most insane thing ever uttered in the entire history of these boards. I couldn't think of any two players who could be less alike: Tuch is an excellent player, MM had a couple of good seasons being carried by John Tavares that fooled us into handing him a huge contract.
Dabbling in hyperbole today are we?
Everyone has been extolling his excellence when paired with Tage, I don't think this situation is that different beyond the fact that Tuch is a better player than MM was (which I already said).
But he's also the kind of player who could either play another 10 years, or have his legs give out in 3. It's a risk.
They should extend him because it's good for the team in the short term. But if they aren't sniffing the playoffs next year, they may be wise to use his good contract value and the raising cap to recover assets before it's too late.
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This is Matt Moulson with a little more talent.
The Sabres should be trying to extend him, but if they don't take a big jump this coming season, they should be looking to trade him sooner rather than later. Hopefully he can stay healthy and keep producing even if the team is bad.
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There was a time in hockey where guys genuinely hated each other, so the fighting made sense. I think they mostly see each other as colleagues now. Co-workers for the same boss.
But there are still too many guys in the league, Tom Wilson for example, who are dangerous to their fellow players. And they need to be handled accordingly.
I'd like to see harsher penalties for fighting in the NHL but it needs to be accompanied by greater scrutiny and penalties for players who put other players in danger of serious injury, either intentionally or recklessly.
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3 hours ago, The Jokeman said:
I just don't see Benson ever being a top end guy (see 25G 60P) type which is the very least I want for a top 6 forward.
I actually think he can do it. He plays the game the right way, which I think is going to pay off for him real soon. He's still so young.
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23 minutes ago, Weave said:
Clearly, if we are 7th in fighting majors they aren’t related in the way most folks would relate them.
To me, it seems like our fighting majors are a reaction to teams taking advantage of our soft play. Its a poorly developed line if thought on my part, but I suspect we’d have fewer fighting majors if we were harder to play against. We play soft, some opponent takes advantage of it, then someone ill-equipped for fighting drops the gloves as a reaction. Ultimately, it is our soft play that drives it, I think.
Or maybe its just the jade colored glasses I see this team through.
I agree with this. I feel like so many of the Sabres fights, when they do happen, are kinda comical or irrelevant.
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2025 NHL Entry Draft Thread, Sabres Draft 9th
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He actually runs a farm now. Does some standup touring mostly for fun, brings his rescue dog on stage with him. Seems to have settled into life.