Eleven
-
Posts
43,230 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Posts posted by Eleven
-
-
1 minute ago, Thorny said:
40 point pace last year for Quinn? What do we feel Adams was reasonably penciling in for this year? 50 points, and a reasonably likely extension to his growing 2-way game?
Can Savoie step in and provide 50 points this year and a good two way game?
Or any number of the other kids who are "untradeable"...
Just now, Thorny said:It ain’t 22-23 anymore buddy
Times have changed
Yeah, we've really moved on. It's a new era.
-
3 minutes ago, Weave said:
Outside of the issue of D and goal….
I want no part of a rookie replacing Quinn long term when playoffs are the goal.
2 minutes ago, Thorny said:Well I mean dude, technically Quinn is officially designated as a Veteran, now
You think the system is ready to pump out a player, for this season, who is likely to match what Quinn was to amount to, this season?
He was a rookie last season, no? (Or do you count his whopping 2 games in 2021-22?) And he's hardly a vet! If you think one of the guys in the pipeline can't fill his skates, that can only mean that the Sabres drafted poorly.
-
1 minute ago, Thorny said:
Because Quinn WAS a vet this season, at least relative to a rookie and the production we can reasonably expect from said
No he wasn't. And the system is foaming with similar guys.
-
15 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:
point is the jets will ask for Levi as part of the deal
That's a nope. Whether he's a star remains to be seen, but his ceiling is too high.
-
2 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said:
Tatar would be an excellent signing
I like this idea but I don't know why the Sabres need a vet to fill the spot of a non-vet. It's ok to give the other thirty-four kids a shot. It's forward. The Sabres are so well-stocked with prospects there right now that we fans are spoiled.
The money is more wisely spent on the blueline or in goal.
-
2
-
1
-
-
3 minutes ago, Thorny said:
I’m starting to think Adams leans, like maybe perhaps a tad, ever so slightly to the conservative side of the spectrum.
I'm glad I was drinking water when I read this rather than something with sugar in it.
-
1
-
-
46 minutes ago, Thorny said:
Both I guess? But the D looks pretty good to me tbh
"Both" is the answer. And I'm not sure he wasn't available to Buffalo at 1 x 3.9 a couple of days ago. Consider @LTS's hypothesis above, which I quote here:
"Definitely. My guess is Dumba was looking for a high-value, long term contract and didn't get any takers. He then reverted to looking for a single year contract with whomever would pay him the most to be a rental and likely not be a team to make the playoffs.
Basically, Dumba set himself up to be traded to a playoff team at the deadline and Arizona will get a pick.
Buffalo doesn't fit into those categories... now, could they trade for him? Certainly."
Well, either Buffalo is going to make the playoffs or not. If it so happens, Dumba doesn't need "to be traded to a playoff team," because he's already on one. If it doesn't, Buffalo would trade him at the deadline and Buffalo would get a pick, right?
Seems that Buffalo fits into the "categories" as much as Arizona would. Or any other team, for that matter, considering that the playoffs aren't a lock for anyone (injuries, the next pandemic, whatever...).
So while I'm not jumping up and down and screaming that Buffalo didn't sign him--and I think the Sabs need some dry powder for a possible goalie trade anyway--I do think it was possible to sign Dumba at 1 x 4. The Sabres chose not to.
-
26 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:
I'm gonna honk this region. A number of very cool spots in and around there. The vibes are interesting too (sorry for lack of a better term). I can't quite place my finger on what those vibes are -- I think that's an indication that they're unique.
You can get those same vibes at Dank 716 and take/smoke them when you get to Cooperstown now.
-
1
-
-
6 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:
Is Dumba the better player moving forward or the more well known name at this point?
They're only a year apart in age and Dumba has had the more impressive career so I'd have to guess that he's going to be better in the future as well.
-
12 minutes ago, thewookie1 said:
I doubt that was Dumba's ask on July 1st or even July 20th.
Effectively he ended up dealing with what Klingberg did last year
I'm just answering the question...
-
1
-
-
2 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:
Cooperstown is nice.
So much to do for such a small town. Good call.
-
2
-
-
I just feel like someone named "Patrice" should be wearing a dress and working at a 1970s lunch counter or beauty parlor or something.
-
59 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Salary very much disclosed.
Would you rather have Clifton for 3yrs at 3.33 or Dumba at 1yr for 3.9?
Huh--what I read said that the team wouldn't disclose it.
I'd rather have Dumba 1 year at 3.9.
-
Dumba to Phoenix, 1 yr, salary undisclosed.
-
Hartford signed him on a 1-year AHL-only deal today.
-
1
-
-
-
2 hours ago, freester said:
The television revenue accounts for approximately 50% of HRR. With many of the RSN going bankrupt as cord cutting expands, the NHL needs to monetize its streaming product better. ESPN is hurting financially and losing money on the NHL with its ESPN PLUS service. It would not surprise me if the salary cap didn’t rise as much as hoped for 2024-25.
The NHL network is hardly available in streaming unless you have fubu.Nah, I've been hearing about the cap rising dramatically "next year" for at least five years, so it's gotta be right around the corner.
2 hours ago, thewookie1 said:Maybe it will slow it in 2 years but this upcoming year it jump up since it’s been kept low artificially
Like this.
-
2 hours ago, Weave said:
Denial? Hold on for too long? Holy *****, what is with wishing that teams give up? They have a player that is still arguably one of the top 2-3 in the league, a 2C that is still 1C level, an all star on the wing.
It's not 2015 anymore. Or 2008, for that matter.
-
2 hours ago, Weave said:
You used to rant about hockey trades not happening when our core was aging out and getting thinner.
Honestly I expected them to do something dumber than this.
-
6 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said:
This might eventually happen, but it's not particularly relevant to us. The only thing I care about is that the 23-24 penguins just got a bit harder to leapfrog, which isn't a good thing
If I can't overtake a bicycle in my car, I shouldn't drive.
-
10 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
You are beginning to sound like me. Are you ok?
I had lunch the other day with @freester, and we debated adding Hellebuyck. I said I was willing to go as high as Rosen and next year's first for Hellebuyck and a 2nd. He said that was way too much for a one-year rental. While generally, I agree with Freester that is an overpay. I think our window is now open and KA should finally step up and make the big deal to ensure we get to the playoff this year without putting everything on Levi's shoulders. I'm also confident that losing Rosen won't make a bit of a difference in our pipeline.
My man, I've been complaining about Adams and the goaltending situation for years!
-
10 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
I'm not there, yet. Despite my original misgivings about hiring a GM with no experience, KA has done a credible job in most areas. That said, his goaltending strategy, since Ullmark walked, is mindboggling in its ineptitude. I also don't like the fact that it also took two full seasons to finally invest in the defense.
I do agree that his seat might get very warm if the team misses the playoffs again this season especially if the goaltending is again not up to snuff.
`We will know by December 15 about the goaltending. We will know by March 15 about the playoffs. If EITHER one is a miss, he must go. And I'm sensitive to the comments above that Pegula hasn't exactly hit the mark on hiring GMs in the past. Those comments are correct. But just as Pegula demands a lot out of his employees, I demand a lot out of the Sabres. That means a competent GM.
-
1
-
1
-
1
-
-
They’re going to fall hard, be on the verge of moving again, and get successive 1OA picks again via the totally random lottery.
-
1
-
-
43 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
Pittsburgh is going to do something gloriously stupid, isn't it?
vet forward to fill in until Quinn returns
in The Aud Club
Posted
It was a reference to SabreSapace groupthink. And Quinn is not a veteran, sorry.