thewookie1
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Good guy, good captain, never truly lived up to his contract but I applaud his loyalty and steadfastness among the many struggles he faced while here. I wish him luck in Florida playing with his old buddy Reinhart
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Based on the random player this was very likely just a friendly move captain for a chance.
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You can see Dahlin is the only one with even an inkling of what Byram is doing and is trying to do so on the fly while the rest continue to be statues for the most part unsure as to what they should do.
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Why does it seem like every year we never get anywhere? We’ve had a large number of great players during this drought and those same players go on to be great yet without question we fail
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1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said:
Samsonov gave up the same goal last night in Toronto and they waived it off.
Never bothered to show us the replay either
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Frankly I don’t think we’ll ever get better since coming to Buffalo seems to suddenly force every player to lose all competence.
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3 minutes ago, SwampD said:
What a ***** blockhead! Why is he checking people into his own goalie anyway? Didn't he already injure him that way before?
3 minutes ago, GoPuckYourself said:Dahlin is playing like ***** lately and now takes out our best defensive forward.
I honestly just love how you guys want our defense to play physical and strong in front of the net yet one of the guys who does it sucks because he doesn’t do it exactly the way you want.
Id like Dahlin to stop knocking players into his goalies but at very least the intention to punish the offensive player is there.
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This team is honestly cursed
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No wonder we’ve been penalized 3 times, Kea is the ***** ref
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Just now, ... said:
Such weak D. Please trade Power next.
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Colorado also makes me curious how they intend to sign any of these new acquisitions.
They have 11 players under contract at 76 mil which honestly is incredible.
Wonder if we have another trade with them on the docket for after the season?
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8 minutes ago, oddoublee said:
in the off chance a playoff team came calling for skinner, you think he would say no to a trade to that team, with only a couple years left on his contract? i am fairly certain he says yes to that.
lord knows the sabres are not a playoff team as constructed in the next year or two.
Unsure, he might honestly not care about going to the playoffs.
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Just now, GASabresIUFAN said:
Great theory, but if you are Quinn or JJP, do you want a bridge deal?
As RFAs you don't have much of a choice. Especially young RFAs
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8 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
Actually it's only one more year. I raised this issue earlier. JJP, Quinn and Byram are all going to need new contracts after next season. If your Byram's agent and he has a good year, are you really going to re-sign in Buffalo? Also, if we can't afford to keep a unique forward in Casey, how can we afford new deals for all 3 of these breakout candidates?
Its a stall tactic; even if all three pop off next year we can bridge the two forwards and give Byram a reasonable length deal.
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52 minutes ago, Mustache of God said:
Bernier?
Leino did too
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2 minutes ago, SwampD said:
That would have been better for everyone involved, including the fans. Actually, mostly the fans.
But did they not earn their shot after breaking records in Rochester? Plus I wouldn't of wanted to sign a longer term contract to begin with.
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3 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:
You don't have to conserve any space on a seasonal basis. Like you say, you just pay a bit of a premium on a slightly shorter deal. They had all the space in the world to do exactly that. Where was the legit #2-3 D signing to pair with Power for 2-3 seasons? Lyubushkin and Clifton were the multiyear righties.
Yes and several NHL teams did (rightfully) tighten the budget for that next season. A couple also axed their AHL staffs like the Sabres did.
The contrast is in the bounce-back. Let's look at Detroit's* same seasons:
DET: $7.74M (2020-21), $11.9M (21-22), $7.7M (22-23), $1.7M (23-24)
BUF: $8.8M (2020-21), $15.5M (21-22), $17M (22-23), $6.1M (23-24)
*Why Detroit? Same division, same "not the greatest booming local economy/downtown, but similar passionate fan base", same boat in terms of rebuild, and arguably well behind the Sabres. You're competing with them for veterans who know it will be 2-3 seasons before they're contenders again. In 2022-23, it was right back to business as usual, and then this year -- under $2M in space. The Sabres will be there in terms of cap space ($2M) next season, but by then Detroit will already have playoff revenue, fan interest, and a solid core getting stronger.And spending another $4-10M in cap in 2022-23 could easily have been worth 2 points in the standings. $5M this season could have been a backup goalie and a bottom-6 C/W.
Biggest issues here is the lack of roster spots, sure we could of signed players but then we couldn't have guys like Peterka or Quinn up last year.
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17 minutes ago, SwampD said:
Of course COVID was the reason they implemented EEE. It not conspiracy. It was their zoom press conference.
And if you are arguing that this is all Kevyn's doing, then how the hell would he not be fired by now?!
Kinda ridiculous if you look at it that way, no?
Young rosters tend to not have high cap hits; there's no requirement that Adams wasn't spending due to Pegula doing his best Athletics impression.
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Just now, SwampD said:
So you are agreeing with that fact that there is an owner-imposed cap, but that there is a good reason for it?
If they would have paid actual players who made the team better, instead of paying a coach for Dallas and a retired Dman just to get to the cap floor, maybe they would have had actual fans who paid actual money for actual watchable hockey.
No, I honestly don't believe there has been any owner imposed cap; however I'm saying that COVID may have played a part into the whole EEE stuff that gets conspiratory levels of interest on this website.
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6 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:
In 2020, Pegula made the Effective, Efficient, and Economical statement.
Since then, the Sabres have been: $8.8M (2020-21), $15.5M (21-22), $17M (22-23), $6.1M (23-24) under the cap each season (per Spotrac -- with in-season fluctuations for trades, etc.)
They have had massive holes in the roster every season that could have been addressed via trade, retained salary, or UFA.
They might not have stated there's an owner-imposed salary cap, but since "EEE", they've not been close the cap.
COVID also happened so that can't be ignored
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6 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:
Wonder if power is on the block with that Byram trade
Nope; we'll just have 3 top end defenseman hopefully
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How I see it is that the 1st line is broken and just can’t seem to find the sauce from last season. Part of it is obviously Tage’s injuries and confidence problems this season. The other major factor was the team’s attempt to play better in the 200ft game which anyone with eyes can see Thompson and Tuch have been grinding through to varying success while Skinner rarely gives it the time of day. Unless playing a specific team like Montreal or Carolina. When Thompson, Tuch and Skinner were told to play with reckless abandon, it worked in part because Skinner thrives on pure chaos even if it’s a double edged sword. When they decided to scale back from recklessness to opportunity driven; that line crashed like the 1929 stock exchange. In my opinion this is why they look so out of sync nowadays and coupled with Tage having little confidence you have a recipe for disaster. Tuch could either be injured and/or suffering from the same slowness Dahlin had under Krueger which was hesitation through overthinking. But he’s not just thinking about the other team and strategies; he also has to figure out what Mr. Chaos is planning. We saw tonight Tuch throw a puck to Skinner who turned off for a change; how often does Skinner not overrun his shift time and play well over his line shift into another’s shift? How often does Skinner make crazy spin passes or behind the back drop passes? In an offensive first system you are looking for them from a reward over risk system whereas our more defensive system switches it to a risk reward system. Thompson and Tuch have to both play offense while trying to predict Skinner’s chaos in order to try and prevent rushes against us. However both have failed for the most part at guessing Skinner as have most players on either side, it’s how he scores goals.
It’s part of the reason I want him dealt, possibly for Couture, but just in general to allow some semblance of consistency in strategy to return. Skinner is a great fastball pitcher who has no other pitch at his disposal. He’ll blow balls by batters but anyone with the skill to catch up will clean his clock regularly. Additionally he can’t be used in other situations like most pitchers.
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I don't get the Cozens coasting line.... in OT you want to actively conserve energy on defense unless there's an opportunity. If you go crazy with your skating all you'll do is put yourself in a far worse situation of a 3v2.
Skinner's issue is he takes that approach 95% of the time regardless of circumstances.
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Then again, part of my bias for Krebs is that I have talked to him twice at Bills gams
Just now, Buffalo Super Fan said:I agree with you on Tage Thompson but another Sabres center will take Dylan Cozens place at some point because he isn’t skilled enough to be a number two center. Dylan Cozens on a good team is a 3rd or 4th line checking center if he decides to play every game instead of floating. The Bowen Byram trade would be good if the defensemen the Sabres got back didn’t have 3 concussions and he is 22 years old. I think it comes down to do you have trust in the Buffalo Sabres management or the Colorado Avalanche management? I don’t trust the Sabres management the Avalanche wouldn’t trade Byram if they felt ok with his concussions. The Avalanche know Byram is one good hit away from his career being over in the NHL. The sad thing is Byram is coming to a very physical Eastern Conference style of hockey where he going to be hit by teams like the Boston Bruins. The Bruins are going to test him right away that is what concerns me with the Bowen Byram trade. It’s unfortunate but some players there heads aren’t able to take contact while other players can take contact and be fine it’s the great mystery of a persons brain in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
What...... WTF?
Boston and Philly are physical sure, but the rest don't hold a candle to the Western Conference's physicality
KA go get Zegras
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If he were any other guy I'd be interested, but he's a headcase.