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  7. Do the players care?

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    With the season over a third of the way through and expectations having been high to start I have a serious question about the team.

    Do the players care? 

    Can we identify who does and doesn't care by taking their whole situation into account?

    Now, players personal lives are not really any of our business but they are plastered all over the interwebs to see so therefore open to interpretation. 

    This particular iteration of Sabres is at the age where they are going through life changes. 

    Some are getting married, some are having babies or both. 

    Some are navigating their first year in the NHL and finding housing, grocery stores, paying bills etc.

    Some are achieving milestones in their career and heading off into retirement soon.

    The thing is, all players have alot going on off the ice and for some, they are very big changes.

    Is it affecting their overall performance or does it not matter? 

    Can a player just block out all destractions and just play or does it inevitably affect their play on the ice? 

    I suppose it depends on the player. 

    What say you?

     

     

     

     

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  12. Do you care about the Sabres anymore?

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    43 minutes ago, Radar said:

    Second thought on this. Could this decline be what leads Pegula to sell the franchise? And if so are we looking at no local hockey team down the road anyway. I could see Pegula doing this and focusing totally on the Bills franchise.

    ROS is huge already so he could walk any time now and turn a hefty profit. 

    The Sabres were Kim's passion I believe. 

  14. Around the NHL 2023-24 Season

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    48 minutes ago, French Collection said:

    Like I suggested in the PP thread, guys like Adam Oates are available.

    Matt Ellis may end up being a HC somewhere, someday. There are a number of different skills required for that. It just seems an odd thing that he is in charge of a PP at the NHL level.

    Top coaches like Scotty Bowman, Al Arbour and Qunneville were often journeymen players or in Bowman’s case, not NHL players. Top players like Gretzky, Richard, Howe, Orr, Lemieux, Lafleur etc… were not very successful or even attempt coaching.

    In Rocket Richard’s case, he lasted 1 or 2 games as coach of the Nordiques before quitting. He couldn’t understand why pro players didn’t have the same drive he had.

    Is Matt Ellis the Matt Ellis of PP coaching?

  20. Tuch Activated, Murray back to Rochester

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    4 minutes ago, North Buffalo said:

    Agreed but I wondering if Sabres are giving up on him... based on what Ive seen of him both in Rochester and a few games up im not sure he will ever be the above...

    He's sitting squarely in no man's land I think.

    Unless he just suddenly takes off I fear he'll be a one year at a time AHLer somewhere if not here. 

    He does show some ability to play in the A. 

  23. Tuch Activated, Murray back to Rochester

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    Big Murr needs to play bigger if he's to stick around and be useful.

    He doesn't have to fight but he needs to finish his checks. 

    He doesn't have to score but he needs to go to the front of the net and be hard to move. 

    He needs to be hard on every puck and play like this is his shot because eventually he's going to be out of them. 

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