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27 minutes ago, Thorny said:
Striking that amidst the cavalcade of shite we are on pace for about the same about points as we did every other year under Adams. Really says something about his performance the years we didn’t suffer an ungodly amount of injuries
78 point GM on average, rain sleet or shine
Glass half full would say we must be better this year then because we are still around the same with all these issues. However close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
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3 hours ago, Taro T said:
Wadr, disagree quite vehemently.
Pomminstein was played on a line he wasn't still capable of playing on for an entire season and he wore out quickly his last year as a Sabre. He SHOULD've been used as a 3rd liner. But rather than that, he was used quite a bit on Eichel's line. He did very well there for about 10 games and then crashed to earth.
It was good to move on from him when they did.
Yes he was certainly over-played but as a 3rd liner he was a fine player. We just put him on the Top line. Also Pommers did well 1-20 and 60-82 approximately while he didn’t exist 21 to 59
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5 hours ago, Doohickie said:
I don't know all the medical stuff, but I know imaging tech is like any other electronics based tech... continually improved/refreshed. I've heard that the software that helps detect anomalies has improved by leaps and bounds (mostly articles I've seen about cancer detection). Also I would think that team doctors are more inclined to request blood tests and imaging than in the past simply because of the availability of these tools and knowing what severe bruising can do. I would bet that 10 or more years ago, this testing was used primarily if a player is showing symptoms but now it's used more routinely. If you look more, you're likely to find more. Which is great news; you don't want an issue to fester and get worse if you can treat it early. (Didn't clotting hasten... Mair's retirement? Or was is Kaleta? Or...?)
I thought it was McCormick to be honest
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3 hours ago, Doohickie said:
That would be just like the trade that sent him there: When we brought back the Corpse of Pominville. No thanks.
Pommers actually played rather well here when he returned. A solid 3rd line guy who still could play at a decent level. Hell we should of brought him back 1 more year instead of trading for Vesey.
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12 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
9 days? That's crazy. Doctors haven't figured it out? Stuff with this team just gets weirder and weirder.
I’d imagine most team doctors have specialties that mostly focus on Sports Medicine as well as a guy who does concussions and the like.
I doubt their immediate staff has doctors that specialize in sudden unusual blood clots or serious viral illnesses. Those would likely require the player to be sent to a specialist.
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Just now, pi2000 said:
why wouldn't Thompson shoot that!?
gives it o Sammuelsson further away wtf?
Low IQ play right there
Unsure unless Carolina had a guy in his shooting lane
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1 minute ago, SwampD said:
Gotta make the refs see it.
Even when Krebs got high sticked and jerked his head back they didn’t call it.
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Love how the refs only see our penalties
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Thompson has had a rough season thus far but has produced a some and has had at least 10 different line mates
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I do wonder if the fact we were flying to Carolina may have broke him mentally seeing as his fiancé is named Carolina. Just that small thing that could mean more to him hearing the name and everything else.
Frankly I don’t think he’s leaving for anything to do with the season’s start. Had he started the season on fire and looked great I might be more worried but he’s looked distracted and distant this year and thus the idea that his emotions have clouded him to this point makes a lot of sense.
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With the captain and 1D on a LOA, let's start fixing the staff now so we can surprise him with a new vision when he returns.
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1 minute ago, Believer said:
Unless he was counseled by Pegula and Adams to take a LOA from the beginning and declined, they failed him, imo.
The A’s would have had to step up and the team would have had to adjust from the beginning of the season. Timing is lousy for an adjustment now.
Frankly my guess is he's always had the option but has like any typical man wanted to put his head down and grind through it. Trying to lead a hockey team out of the basement, be a good fiancé for a wife who had a heart transplant overseas, and being a world class hockey player simultaneously can't possibly be easy.
If this franchise is good at anything though, its treating their players well in regards to this sort of stuff.
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He's likely tired from worrying and its been a noticeable distraction on the ice for him so hopefully this will give him the proper time to right himself and hopefully return with his fiancé to better days ahead.
Perfect time for some firings and making things right on the homefront
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Just now, LGR4GM said:
We would trade Thompson for Robertson.
I wouldn't but primarily due to the contract
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24 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:
Shanahan Press Conference: “Every decision made here the last 5 years+ has been the wrong one.”😁
That would be nice to have a credible front office
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They are better than last year and arguably a toss-up playoff team but are injured to hell and back and its hurting them.
Last night's game was actively a bad matchup with the Blues clogging up the middle and the Sabres lacking Benson and Zucker who are both good at piercing those areas in their own ways.
The PP relies heavily on the combo of Dahlin-Thompson-Doan-Benson-Zucker since 3 different guys like to net front scrum and Benson loves to skate around. Sans Benson, they try to move around but have less effectiveness and fall into standing minus Thompson and Dahlin passing or moving up and down/left and right.
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2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Getting shutout by Hofer because you don't go to the net, pass up prime shots for fancy passes, and are lazy in all 3 zones is pathetic.
I said it before but I'll say it again, this team is 6 months away from a rebuild.
Can't happen; all I can say is it can't happen because I doubt this fanbase would survive.
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We have them pinned in their zone but every pass seems to go to the back hand or bounce or get deflected. It’s maddening
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Thompson has looked slowish since that shot block against Washington. The AHLers aren’t exactly helping him either.
We have so many forward injuries that we can’t sustain anything between shifts.
UPL has to make that save
Quinn is both the most and least skilled puckhandler on this team.
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The power play is where you see the loss of Zucker and Benson the most
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2 minutes ago, inkman said:
In the first photo, you can see Utah ran a pick play or rub off to shed Tuch. Quinn is in no man’s land but he’s in decent position because he’s between the puck and the net. Why he nor Dahlin recognize what is unfolding until Keller is point blank with the goalie is troubling. Not sure if the players usually yell switch or something to indicate an uncovered player is coming free heading to the net but those guys need to react better there.
Frankly, Dahlin and Quinn, for all their offensive talents might be the two dimmest players on the team. Constantly not recognizing things on the ice and causing defensive lapses because of it.
Always need to throw daggers at Dahlin....
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I agree, there was a pick play which effectively took Tuch off Keller
Once the rub had worked and Keller was going in on Quinn, Quinn needs to step up on him with Tuch in pursuit. Not back away towards Dahlin who is positioned to cover the backdoor. Had Keller passed it to a guy who scored then Dahlin would be more at fault but Keller just drives the net. Dahlin realizes Quinn backed off and does make a last ditch effort to get to Keller but he's too late at this point.
As with defensive play in general, when playing a 1v1 with trailing support you want to either slow or angle the opposing player away from the net allowing the back checker either time to catch up or cover the possible trailer.
In that particular case it would be Quinn's responsibility as he was the "LHD" at that time to take on Keller; Dahlin would then need to adjust accordingly based on the potential trailers coming in. Ideally in 3v3 Quinn steps up onto Keller and sandwiches him with Tuch causing a turnover or at least no shot as it slides harmlessly to Lyon. Dahlin is trapped guarding against the trailer incoming; he can't commit to Keller unless he effectively abandons his position to puck hunt.
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Just now, DarthEbriate said:
Flyer-Habs, Bruins-Isles also both went to OT. No ground being gained on anyone in the early games.
If this odd start continues through Thanksgiving it will effectively kill that goal line for the season.
I can't recall the entire conference being over NHL .500 simultaneously 12-14 games in
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2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Good thing we didn't draft Seth Jarvis and William Eklund... good ***** thing.
I won't blame them on Eklund, they legitimately tried. Jarvis, have at em.
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They really need to get healthy, Thompson looks befuddled with Greenway and Quinn and beside the Doan-McLeod-Tuch line they are all defensively terrifying. Then the 4th line is pure woof, Malenstyn being the lone NHLer playing out of position at Center.
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Dahlin is taking a leave of absence to return to Sweden
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My guess is Dahlin will be back and forth this year and possibly over the summer they'll return to the U.S. and finish her Year 1 Plus here. You are recommended not to travel until 1 year after the surgery so I'd imagine that's what they'll wait for. Then as long as she recovered well they'd be back in Buffalo