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I’m not watching the game. So, it sounds like the Sabres ARE NOT dominating despite the advantage on shots right now?
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4 hours ago, Thwomp! said:
For anyone mentioning Halak, the last time we acquired him he refused to report and play for the Sabres. He dressed for one game and didn't play, and basically forced Murray to trade him to Washington for Neuvirth. I'm sure he's not coming here now either.
Oh, really? I hadn’t heard that. I thought it was part of the “end up with the worst goalie so we don’t win”.
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13 hours ago, North Buffalo said:
Rask probably unobtainable... Id grab Dubnyk or Smith
Smith is having a good season but, at his age, maybe on a 1 year contract.
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4 hours ago, IKnowPhysics said:
Buy the dip.
Since there’s not a definite #1 player in the upcoming draft, I’ll take every win.
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4 hours ago, darksabre said:
I had to put my cat down this afternoon. It's been an emotional day. These kids picking up a fun win tonight was something I really needed. Grateful.
My condolences. I had a tuxedo cat that acted like a dog. He unfortunately developed cancer around an eye and the vet said he was probably in a lot of pain. Still it was tough.
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7 hours ago, KC Scouts said:
I wouldn't be worried. Besides, we need to see where he is at.
If he is an NHL caliber goalie, he wouldn't be "ruined" by getting shelled. The really good ones have no memory, moreover they don't give a sh**. If he has a confidence problem after getting shelled after his first NHL game, he's probably never going to be NHL worthy.
I’ll never forget when the Sabres put 18 year old Marty Biron in. An opposing player fired a shot, which hit the back of the net, and then Marty’s glove hand came up. He was definitely not ready but it didn’t ruin him.
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3 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
But who would be get back in trade that is a proven upgrade over all the kids I just listed? The answer is likely no one, because what we will get back are similar young players, prospects or picks. Nothing that is a sure fire upgrade.
I’m not trading Eichel for any reason or any offer. I believe this team has actually turned the corner. I’m no longer interested in more prospects. I have those and those kids are proving with each passing game that they are ready to move this team forward. Why on earth would I remove the best of the lot when he finally has help?
Kevyn?
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6 hours ago, Randall Flagg said:
The Rangers have plenty of assets. Soon to be 1G, Fox, Kakko/Laf, Zib, Miller, Buchnevich.
Would anyone not take Shesterkin, Fox, Laf and Buchnevich for Eichel?
Wouldn’t this offseason be a good opportunity for a trade? I don’t want to see it, but teams have to prepare for the expansion draft. They may be more willing to give up players in trade to get something in return, rather than losing them in the expansion draft for nothing.
From the Sabres standpoint, doesn’t this youth movement also put them in better position for the expansion draft? They can expose guys like Okposo and Hutton, while not needing to do anything regarding some of these youngsters, if I recall the rules correctly.
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3 hours ago, tom webster said:
Oh, 1974
OJ
GIL
McAdoo
arguably the MVP in each league.
Those were the days.
“Gee, our old LaSalle ran great. Those were the daaaays!”
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How about this stat: Sabres have 21 goals scored by defensemen this season in 42 games.
In the 14 games with Granato in charge (and Girardi added) they have 10 goals scored by defensemen. Talk about a change in philosophy. I like it.
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The NHL playoffs usually are determined by goaltending, defense and balance. My prediction is a Finals of Tampa Bay (Vasielevsky) and Colorado (Grubauer) with Tampa winning again.
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Unless you were in the room with Adams fielding offers, it’s hard for anyone to say he should’ve got more in return.
That being said, why not wait until closer to the deadline to MAYBE getting a better offer? Again, though, we don’t know how it happened. If it was the only or best offer and Boston pushed for a decision or they were moving on, then Adams would’ve felt he had to agree.
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10 minutes ago, Curt said:
I don’t know enough about Bjork to make a judgment.
Yeah, like is he related to Bjorn Borg?
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9 minutes ago, triumph_communes said:
Go read what Boston fans think of Bjork over the years. He blew his shoulder out which slowed down the start of his career. The rest reads just like any report on players like Thompson or Mittelstadt over the last two years: has all the tools there but isn’t putting it together playing grinding minutes for the coach.
I agree losing Lazar hurts, but he’s a 4th liner we saved from being out of the league entirely a year ago. We still have Girgensons. Caggiula is an equivalent to Lazar. Boston is right to target Lazar but in the grand scheme of things he’s easily replaced.
Lazar was leading the Sabres forwards in hits by a large margin. That’s been a team weakness other than him.
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16 minutes ago, jahnyc said:
If there was no retention of salary for Hall (and there was none for Montour), then financial considerations (i.e., reducing financial obligations) was an unfortunate part of the decision making with regard to these trades.
Finances have been considered for the most part all year. The signing of Hall was an outlier.
Did you hear Weekes on the NBC broadcast tearing into the organization for the weak scouting staff?
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4 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
What?
Impact players... like?
So you're talking about a different league. Be precise then.
Interesting that 4 hours later there is still no response.
Eichel was a no-brainer so even the Sabres couldn’t screw that one up. I guess Reinhardt is a hit but in hindsight Draisital is a definite “impact player” they passed on. Jury still out on Dahlin, although he has looked very good since they dumped Ralph. Ullmark showing probably going to be a good starting goaltender. Oloffson as a 7th rounder can score on the PP on one-timers.
It’s also too easy to say, if they drafted impact players, why are they the worst team in the league.
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8 hours ago, Doohickie said:
Hard to say since I've never heard of DMX.
Isn’t that a bike?
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2 hours ago, Brawndo said:
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I apologize. The results of this game are my fault. I picked Ullmark as one of my goalies in DFS today.
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1 hour ago, dudacek said:
After all these years, you finally blame the goalie and I can't even agree with you. 🤣
I mean it was a crappy rebound, but it was a bad pinch by Dahlin to allow the shot in the first place, and Fogarty completely missed his man.
Plenty of blame to go around.
It's not that I disagree , but he does have two points and is +4 in the past five games.
Results gotta mean something, right? 🤷♂️
1G, 2A, +7 in the past five games, playing 24 minutes a night.
Is he finally shaking off the COVID?
This. Granato's refusal to answer the question was so telling.
I mean I'm mostly with @Taro T that the biggest change is Linus, but have never seen so many individual players look so much better after a coaching change.
They are legitimately entertaining to watch. Casey, Joki, Thompson, Asplund, Monty, Okposo...they've all sudden morphed in to the best versions of themselves.
And Dahlin...
Tonight was the type of game you expect from a first-overall franchise player — I can't believe he wasn't the first star. Two absolutely elite plays for his points, the second absolutely mind-blowing with the game on the line.
It was so beautiful
Dare I say BobbyOrr-ish?!
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1 hour ago, Kristian said:
Most likely Kim Pegula is interviewing coaching prospects from volleyball, as we speak.
You know, because “she knows stuff”.
Wait, their daughter most likely had tennis coaches. They could just hire one of them.
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3 hours ago, Doohickie said:
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3 hours ago, klos1963 said:
One win does wonders for the outlook, doesn't it. We are not close at all. Likely not as bad as we've shown, but we need work.
It was interesting to hear the national (NBCS) comments during this game. They really like Bryson and thought the prior regime made a good pickup. They also showed clips of the difference between Dahlin last season vs now.
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1 hour ago, Weave said:
No worries. They won’t have a lead this time.
That last loss would inspire some teams to make amends. This team doesn’t have it in them.
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Of course no one will believe me now, but I meant to post “the streak ends tonight!” Before the game started and forgot.
There’s still 25 minutes left so I could still be wrong.
GDT:Sabres at Rangers. 4/27/21 7pm MSG WGR550
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Yep, other than losses, one thing this Sabres team leads the league in is fewest penalty minutes.
”But, doesn’t that just mean they’re disciplined?”