tom webster
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1st:
MacKinnon
Yakupov
Nugent-Hopkins
Taylor Hall
Tavares
Stamkos
Kane
Erik Johnson
Crosby
Ovechkin
MA Fleury
Nash
Kovalchuk
Dipietro
Patrik Stepan (only went first because the Sedin's refused to go anywhere but one place)
Lacavalier
Joe Thornton
5th:
Lindholm
Morgan Reilly
Ryan Strome
Niederreiter
Brayden Schenn
Luke Schenn
Alzner
Kessel
Carey Price
Blake Wheeler
Vanek
Ryan Whitney
Stanislav Chistov
Torres
Tim Connolly
Vitali Vishnevsky
Eric Brewer
Best player selected 3-5 in the last 17 drafts:
Seth Jones (3rd)
Galchenyuk (3rd)
Huberdeau (3rd)
Ryan Johansen (4th)
Duchene (3rd)
Pietrangelo (4th)
Turris (3rd)
Toews (3rd)
Carey Price (5th)
Andrew Ladd (3rd)
Vanek (5th)
Bouwmeester (3rd)
Weiss (4th)
Gaborik (3rd)
Sedin (3rd) (only went 3rd because of the twins refusal mentioned earlier)
Bryan Allen (4th)
Luongo (4th)
Based on that, only five of the last 17 drafts have seen a player drafted from 3-5 turn out better than the first pick (Gaborik > Dipietro, Vanek > MA Fleury (debatable), Sedin > Stepan (rigged), Galchenyuk > Yakupov (still early), Toews > Erik Johson).
The Sedin's never said they wouldn't play separately. They did acknowledge they preferred to play together and Burke engineered the deal to accomplish that.
Stepan was considered a legitimate number one pick at the time.
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That is a rather simplistic review of Ted Nolan's time with the Sabres. While they did rely on Hasek to make saves, they also fore checked, skated hard, and counter attacked effectively. He won Coach of the Year with laFontaine on the injury list for all but 12 games, and they won a playoff series and almost won another win with Hasek sitting out in his fake injury. I don't know how he will do this time, but you are going to see a much more motivated team from now on, for sure.
There is a lot to write positive but as far as playoff series he wasn't close to winning another one and just barely won the first
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For the record, I think that Ted Nolan was one of the most over-rated coaches in Sabres history. The whole "hardest working team" in hockey and the fighting were entertaining but his philosophy was basically let the other team take 75 shots at Hasek, block about 25 and then when they are frustrated and tired score a timely goal.
It was basically the rope a dope of hockey.
The notion that he worked well with younger players was also over blown. He worked well with marginal players who were grateful for the opportunity. He was knocked out of the playoffs largely because he tried to out tough the Flyers. The next year under Ruff, they utilized their speed and won rather easily.
All that being said, he is a good guy, a passionate guy and he can be entertaining for about a year and maybe with age and maturity he has developed a better feel for the X's and O's.
If the new GM is more progressive in his approach to the game, it would be surprising if he kept Nolan.
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Most of the guys seem to be producing pretty well.
Catenacci, Hackett have to have the most disappointing numbers.
Baptiste and Ullmark are the biggest positive surprises.
Possler has to rate as "positive" surprise so far as well. As far as Catenacci, I felt all along he was just another internet creation and never expected much.
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The only place Stafford will get traded is to Edmonton, because of his family connections in Edmonton. The problem is, nobody is going to pay his salary. I'm afraid he needs to be waived. That's business.
He's taking up a spot from a kid who will bust his butt trying to make it in the bigs. Stafford just doesn't seem to have the mental drive to play this game any longer.
I am pretty sure those "family" connections ended when his uncle was fired.
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I'm at $600. I'll put $300 on Buffalo
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Still at $800, I will put $300 on Buffalo
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Great idea. $740 on Detroit, please.
I'll put $200 on Buffalo
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They still have like 15 more guys to cut.
News says roster at 41(25/13/3) which means at least 18 more.
Now the News says 42! I have never understood why they can't list the roster so it's clear who is still being counted
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There was no reason for him to fight Prust in a preseason game. He made his point by going to the defense if McBain and he let up on Galencyuk after making said point.
I personally think Kaleta may surprise people this year.
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why wait that long?
Cap issues, most of which can be cleared up when they put Pronger on long term IR
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LOL.. That prospect scares me even more.
So this is what I did enjoy today:
Woods TD catch
Johnson TD catch
NE fumble on goal line
Play of the secondary overall. NE caught balls but they weren't easy catches.
Manual's poise
So this is what I did not enjoy today
DL didn't do enough to pressure.
Johnson dropping a 3rd down pass to keep drive and hope alive
Buffalo got beat by Amendola and Edelman
Run defense looks like same old same old
4th Quarter Coaching
See, in the end we agree on all but the last point. If Stevie makes that catch or somebody steps up and stops their slot guys, no one is talking about time management, which as someone else already mentioned, is butchered by every one, even the hoodie.
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I stand by that cheap coach comment. He was clearly the bargain bin selection.
That is so wrong. He was top candidate of San Diego and Cleveland after Chip Kelly signed and at least one NFL Executive not with Buffalo thinks he will have best career of all new NFL coaches. No one knows for sure how he will turn out, but he is not here because he was the cheapest.
I like the fact they are trying to implement an identity.
Key development was the way the Pats shut down Spiller.
Key play was actually the Johnson drop on third down.
But the reason they lost — like it usually is — was penalties and turnovers.
The drop was huge. How many critical drops has he had in his career
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I didn't follow college back then, but I don't put any stock into it anyway. As far as the pros go, Brady has been choking in big moments and the playoffs ever since they built the team around him. Did he suddenly forget how to be clutch and handle pressure? My point is I think it's exceedingly difficult to separate individual "choking" from broader team effects. For example, Manning has historically struggled against the Chargers in the regular season, it was just a bad matchup for the Colts. Yet the playoffs hit and suddenly it's a huge choke job. I don't buy it.
I buy a lot of what you are saying, and one of my better friends will spends days arguing about the whole " pressure" thing, but when a player comes up short several times and is an integral part of team, he has to take a large part of the blame.
Need someone on defense to step up
Marrone has a lot to learn about clock management. I guess that is what happens when you hire a 500 football coach.
That's what happens when you go cheap on a coach.
I understand your confusion, Buffalo actually has a coach that knew he had to score there and you mistakenly think its bad clock management!
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Which is such BS I want to rant every time I hear it. The ONE year in Indy the defense was better than awful, he wins a Super Bowl. What the Brady lovers love to forget is ever since the Patriots constructed the team like the Colts did (everything on Brady and the offense, with anywhere from mediocre to bad defenses), they haven't won a championship. And don't get me started on some special teams impact, and....I could go on, but I'm going to stop myself.
He choked in Tennesee and came up short most of his NFL career. The Super Bowl was a perfect storm culminating with one of weakest opponents ever.
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I know. I'm just saying, it was 23 years until Hull and Mikita put the Hawks 'back on the map' in 1961.
I think "back" pretty clearly implies the most recent incarnation.
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That trade is a strange move. We don't need this many backup QBs.
Graham pointed out that they need a guy to run scout team so the other two can concentrate on getting ready for opener
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Doing something to divide the locker room, trying to turn players against the coaches, not giving full effort on the field...something like that. Trying to leverage his way to a contract that he fully deserves, like countless players in the past have done and will do in the future? No. Hell no. That is not a team cancer. In fact, if I had to give my best guess, I'd he has full support of the players in doing what he did--because they know the time may come in the future when they have to do the same thing. Those guys know how it works.
Exactly
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Correct me if I'm wrong, and there is a good chance I am, but didn't the deadline pass over a month ago where they could no longer negotiate? As far as I know, the only other option available in the last month is another team could offer Byrd a contract and if the Bills didn't match then they would recieve two 1st round picks. If that's the case, nobody in their right mind would waste that much on Byrd, and I think him and his agent know that.
The Bills could have, and actually still could although no reason to now, negotiate a 1 year deal and offered;
1) more then the $6.9
2) less then the $6.9 but with agreement not to re-tag next year
3) just agree not to re-tag to get him to come in
Clearly now both sides still aren't happy but a lot can change over the next 16 weeks or so
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So what makes Byrd a cancer?
I agree with that, somewhat. But don't you find the timing to be a bit too coincidental?
Of course it's not coincidental,
The Bills didn't blink and he came in at the last possible moment without jeopardizing any part of his full year's salary. It's just business.
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Didn't look like he was interfering with Miller's ability to play the puck.
'Twasn't 1999, after all.
:huh:
That's right. Actually was a dumb question. In my defense, still on the hydrocodone.
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Again, where does goaltending fit into this? Those schmucks did give Miller a lead going into the third and he allowed three goals from there on out. On 10 shots, so it wasn't an onslaught by any means. (Carolina had 28 in the game.)
I really wanted to stay out of this conversation since its ancient news but after this post I had to go to the video. How is Brind D'Amour not called for being in crease on 4th goal ?
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Because I don't think expansion will lead to hockey becoming more than a niche sport. I think it will lead to lousy competition and fewer fans.
For all the talk of teams in trouble and lack of support, there are only 2 or 3 teams that play to less then 95% capacity. The only team truly on trouble now that Phoenix has been sold is Florida. New Jersey is more of an ownership issue that might be solved shortly.
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Because of time served he'll be still on his entry deal (yr 1) come 13-14.
Didn't know or remember that, not sure but thanks
Mark Pysyk
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He is not Darryl Shannon. He skates much better. He will become a much bigger offensive threat once the forwards and the rest of the team improves. He is a 40 to 50 assist guy waiting to happen. Its too early to tell but I see a Teppo in the making.