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3 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
Everybody wants to play in Vegas that is for sure. It's a good organization and they want to win every year and they market the team well and treat them well. It might depend on how he fits with Marner. The Boston thing is the question mark. They are certainly positioning themselves in a way adding a 1C would make sense. Eichel with Pasta? That's a heck of a combo. It's certainly been dreamed of by many Bruins fans on a regular basis. No idea if Eichel shares that dream or not.
It better not happen, Boston deserves to suck for a while
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3 hours ago, kas23 said:
So basically they are being used as a tool for his agent (and Tuch) to get a better contract.
If so both should be drawn and quartered for treason
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I do get a kick out the Bills' press release not mentioning the Leafs.
Effectively they were alluding to connections with the other MLSE properties but not with the Leafs which is at least nice.
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Toronto, their fans and franchise as a whole just perturb me.
Every Win = Greatest Team in Hockey
Every Loss = Worst Team in Hockey or they are being cheated (Unlike most, they will insist on it far longer than most. Essentially they see every Leaf like Zach Benson when it comes to penalties)
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10 minutes ago, sabremike said:
A couple sprinklers were triggered and broke the line
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On 8/6/2025 at 4:01 PM, LGR4GM said:
I don't agree. +/- only tells us that players even strength goal differential. I think within a team it can tell you some things but I don't think he tells us how successful a player was. If I take Zach Benson and deploy him with Bryson and Samuelsson and he gets UPL being a sieve every night, his +/- is going to be ***** regardless of what he does.
In the end, I think ppl will use the stats they like and I can't really argue with that. I use xgf% because it helps be contextualize both offense and defense.
To me +/- is only relevant beyond 15/-15
If a player is a +33 on the season he’s very likely to be good. -33 would obviously entail the opposite. However I wouldn’t use that as a great or dependable decider in regards to stats. It’s good as a quick glance judgement but rarely do players sit at either extreme
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Between July 15th and September 5th tend to be the dry times. Aside from a rare trade and arbitration cases; there isn’t much going on in hockey then.
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6 minutes ago, JP51 said:
I am looking squarely at the Boston Bruins and Penguins right now... I wanna see how long specifically it takes these teams to get back into contention.
Historic and recent Cup Winners, doubt they’ll have a ton of problems unless they go like Detroit.
I’d limit NMCs to 30+years, so if you sign 7 years from 26 to 33, he could have clauses any year in which he’s 30 prior to the deadline.
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10 minutes ago, dudacek said:
Marty Biron saying it’s a 1-way deal
Better not mean a 3-headed monster or Lyon getting waived like Reimer
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46 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:
Sure. It's not like I'm a fan. I think he's a cringey goober. But ... oil and slime out of every pore seems a bit much.
He's vindictive and is in bed with the party at large, he is rather hypocritical and overly shares his opinions on Twitter. So just a typical swarmy politician.
I've met him twice as well as his Deputy and both give off a degree of "Holier than thou" energy in person. Like its all for show and they actually loathe you for daring to touch his hand.
Granted I work in govt and can see some of his and the party's handiwork first hand. Let's just say the party's will is what really runs the County and not what any constituent wants (Just wanted to add the Republicans here are seldom much better)
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2 hours ago, jsb said:
Why??? If they make the playoffs it will be 17-25th pick. They’re not making it with this lineup and if they don’t do something to make the playoffs, the fan base may never come back
If we are firmly in a spot at the deadline, go ahead.
Otherwise if they trade it, miss the playoffs and then their pick wins the lottery the city will likely burn.
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45 minutes ago, jsb said:
Center Kulich Wingers Thompson Greenway
Center Norris Wingers Tuch Quinn
Center McLeod. Wingers Zucker Benson
Center Krebs Wingers Doan. Malenstyn
Trade next years 1st and 3rd if necessary for Jake Neighbours of St. Louis or someone similar to take Greenways spot
Dahlin/Byram. Power/Kesselring Samuelsson/Timmins
This team isn't going anywhere unless 4K finally shows the ability to carry the team. The first 3 lines have size and can play different roles against different teams. 4th line gives you toughness if not a fighting ability
The 2026 1st isn’t on the table, period.
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58 minutes ago, dudacek said:
How many full-time NHL players entering their 3rd years can you name whose lineup spots aren’t guaranteed?
How many NHL will enter training camps this year with more then a couple bottom-tier roster spots up for grabs?
Few if any besides maybe SJS and Chicago
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1 minute ago, pi2000 said:
If they keep him on the 1st line he'll be somewhere around 40-50 points.
One the third line, where he belongs, maybe 30-40 points.
He's not a scorer, he's an undersized forechecking puck hound. He's good at it, that's his role.
There is absolutely nothing tangible to suggest he'll ever be anything more than that.
His analytics would say otherwise; plus you can add 10 to 15 pts to his total if guys would just bang in pucks he gets to the front after he digs them out of the boards.
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4 minutes ago, Porous Five Hole said:
Backstory:
It will be interesting to hear how this shakes out given the city of Buffalo *probably* doesn’t want to venture in the arena owning business.
My guess is they'll announce Pegula is buying the stadium with some degree of KeyBank involvement
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4 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
Rust was supposed to be on the block. Rumor has it that Pavel Zacha is on the trade block. There are players out there that could fill in for Peterka's loss and give the kids a little more time and ease.
The problem is there are about 3 teams actually selling and the rest are in either holding or buy stances.
Could we beat an offer for Rust or Rakell, sure; but I sure as hell wouldn't bother because they'll be looking for our unprotected 1st or a protected 1st and Helenius.
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2 hours ago, DarthEbriate said:
And in between (the goalie parade), they had a season of 60 and 56 points, respectively. They improved. But my point is that they are top-30 centers in the league -- either would immediately be the Sabres #1C.
Add in the solid D-corps with established veterans (Hamilton 29, Severson 28, Graves 27, Siegenthaler 25, Marino 25, Brendan Smith 33. Bahl age 22 was #7 and kids Okhotyuk and Luke Hughes combined for 12 games). The Sabres "long-term" D-corps is still 2+ years from those ages and more importantly, games played. (Note: Siegenthaler and Kesselring were at similar GP levels heading into 22-23 for Siegenthaler and Kesselring this season.)
The Devils defense was an enigma that year based on future performance.
Graves is a complete train wreck in Pittsburgh.
Brendan Smith has always been a depth dude from his first games in the league.
Severson spun his great season into a large contract with Columbus before falling back to his typical level. He’s very good just not his contract level good at signing.
Marino has been a great Defensive Player so I’m unsurprised by him
Hamilton’s defense leaves much to be desired but is still a dynamic player when healthy.
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1 hour ago, Eleven said:
Who cares?
I'm half serious, here. If the Sabres acquire a "real" goaltender and need to trade UPL (full salary) for a fourth round pick, fine.
Well where is this real goalie coming from?
I’ll take UPL over the grab bag approach and I’m not dealing high end assets for a long term contracted goalie as they are an enigma.
If you keep UPL’s confidence up, he tends to play solid and much better than most other options.
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3 hours ago, dudacek said:
My opening night lineup card:
Benson Norris Thompson
Quinn McLeod Tuch
Greenway Kulich Zucker
Danforth Krebs Doan
Byram Dahlin
Power Timmins
Samuelsson Kesselring
Luukkonen
Lyon
Spares: Malenstyn, Jones
All I’d change is Zucker and Greenway’s wings and would expect the Sabres to at least start with Kesselring with Power.
I think Doan overtakes Greenway by game 15 barring injuries.
6 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:I think Jordan Greenway is very mediocre and I wouldn't have given him 2yrs. He's a 4th guy after all the injuries.
If not for his injury history I’d say he’s effectively in a Bot6 + PK role and Doan makes him somewhat irrelevant however I’d rather have both than neither. I do agree though I would of done 1 yr or 2x2.5/3mil
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6 minutes ago, Drag0nDan said:
I feel like the only way they'll try and spend to the cap is approaching the deadline if they're in contention. It's also probably the only time that a player might waive a NTC/NMC to come here so it increases the talent pool, but also usually has increased trade costs. Unrestricted free agency was terrible this year after the majority of players opted to re-up prior, so it was almost like striking out without ever even going up to bat.
Effectively, we came to the plate with 2 outs and a man on 1st who after a pitch got caught stealing thus ending the inning.
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18 minutes ago, Thorny said:
Zero doubt in my mind Adams tells himself this every morning in the mirror
The sabres are not normal. The ever present urge to claim their behaviour as normal is unhealthy imo
Isn’t this exactly how they view it? Can you explain the appeal to me? Miracle, exactly - it’s an act of God they haven’t made it, right? I can’t see that not being their reasoning
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you can’t claim “hope for the best” if you haven’t done everything in your power to put the situation in the best possible scenario for that to happen- which they never, ever do
they aren’t Frodo Baggins, providence isn’t coming to push the Ring in the rest of the way because Frodo sold his soul to get it as far as he could - there’s no grace on the way. They haven’t earned it.
They have not done the honest to goodness work to facilitate the farming ground for those surprises
My question is how do we know they haven’t done all they could? From the outside we can certainly pick them apart but how do we know that we aren’t just ***** this offseason thanks to a combination of a lack of good UFAs, NMCs/NTCs, a general dislike among other players/coaches/management candidates, etc?
While I don’t think they’ve exhausted every search or turned over every rock to anyone’s satisfaction; that doesn’t mean they aren’t doing anything.
I can’t quite wrap my head around how you are even a fan of the Sabres or any sports team for that matter. You want to take the hardline logical and cynical approach to everything and fandom is neither at the core of it. No matter the hopeless situation that may appear; fans will always find some means to make cheering meaningful. Your need to give anyone here a cynical diatribe about how we are delusional about this team because we want to manufacture hope is just not needed. It’s akin to telling a Stage 4 cancer patient, “yeah, you’re going almost certainly die” and even when you’re likely 99% factual with that statement that doesn’t mean you’re required to tell them that. You aren’t their doctor, you are just the person’s acquaintance from across the street.
Maybe we even deserve some divine providence at this point; we’ve been royally screwed so many times and yet somehow never get to fall ass backwards into even a semblance of success. -
1 hour ago, Eleven said:
They didn't sanctify Pegula for kicking Araiza off the Bills and they won't crucify him for signing Hart.
43 minutes ago, Eleven said:That doesn't address what I wrote.
Well rarely do you see anyone garner kudos for standing firm on the idea of “innocent until proven guilty” when accusations are dished out. You only either get hammered for not doing anything, hammered for not doing something fast enough, or ignored/ridiculed for acting at all.
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1 minute ago, Eleven said:
They didn't sanctify Pegula for kicking Araiza off the Bills and they won't crucify him for signing Hart.
There was plenty of people demanding Araiza be released even before we had all the information
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1 minute ago, Eleven said:
I don't think it would.
I'd be happy to see it but I'd imagine the media would crucify us
Adams: we have an elite D corps
in The Aud Club
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From a purely skill based view, I can see it; from a defensive angle its far more murky.