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  1. Sabres @ Dallas - Tuesday, April 9, 2024 - 8:00 PM (EDT)

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    3 hours ago, rickshaw said:

    We are coached not to hit. And it seems getting to the net is an attitude problem with most in Sabres. 
    Look at the Canucks goals against Vegas the other night. Garland, and EP40 camping out in front of the crease. Garland with two goals from the paint. It’s an attitude and they’re not coached to do it. And if they are then the message has not resonated with the players. Aside from Benson.

    I wouldn't go as far as to say we are coached not to hit but I'd guess it is far from emphasized to finish checks. My guess is most of the players are effectively coached to not "chase hits" or potentially hurt their positioning. Additionally I don't think hitting holds anyplace in Granato's strategy specifically. Unlike Vancouver who said they run around hitting people the first 10 minutes purposely.

    All hits by Sabres players tend to be either personality/emotionally driven or inadvertent. Thompson is an emotional hitter, you see it when he's angry or desperate. Dahlin both has a persona that likes to hit as well as a tendency to hit with emotional motives but not not exclusively in that regard. His running over of two guys at the end of the Detroit game were emotional where as his typical hits are more just his way of playing. Clifton hits a lot because he likes to hit; for him no emotion is needed for him to get pleasure causing pain. Tuch is in a very similar place as Thompson only he'll hit people more naturally due to his style of play.   

  3. Why should Granato and the assistants be brought back?

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    1 hour ago, Thorny said:

    “We want players who want to be here” was a thinly veiled shot at Jack Eichel. That’s it - that was its origin. It was merely a headline. A narrative. Every team wants guys who don’t actively want to be somewhere else. This doesn’t present the Sabres with a legitimate obstacle to making the playoffs in a league where half the teams make it: we only need to achieve mediocrity. Most players don’t have a NMC. We missed by 1 point last year with THAT owner AND the “no one wants buffalo” stigma. We can absolutely make it with competence. To think otherwise would be absurd: it was one point. A competent GM can bridge that gap. 

    If we can field a winner, if we can get competent GM work, once we finally make the playoffs we’ll actually see some real culture change. Build it and they will come. Or, least, more will come. They have to sell-out to winning in the now, because THAT’S actually the building block for more wins in the future.

    I don't fully disagree, only with the bolded.

    While it was in part a shot at Eichel it was also a true statement about a few different players. From Leino to Berglund to ROR to Eichel we've had a number of players who have said their happy to be here only to run out the door at their first opportunity or just stop trying to play altogether.

    "Most players don’t have a NMC."

    While from mathematics standpoint this is true; a large number of the type of player we are looking for do. We aren't looking for 4th liners or pure castoffs. Likewise some high end players never received any NTC/NMC since they are effectively locked in there for life. For example, Aho and Svechnikov. Aho however will have a full NMC starting next season.  Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou are a couple more examples; the likelihood of them being traded is slim to none.

    The players we are looking for are the guys in that middle range, defenseman akin to 2,3,4 and higher end 2nd/3rd line players who can play a role and thrive. The issue is many of those players have NTCs as a deterrent to being dealt at the deadline. Since a team can far more easily eat 2mil on a 2x6 mil contract to pick up better assets than they would eating 4 mil of a 4x8mil. The dealing team isn't going to have any interest in 4 years of retention while the other team cant afford the 8mil cap hit.

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  9. GDT: 4/07/24 Buffalo Sabres @ Detroit Red Wings 1 PM, TV: TNT and Radio

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    2 hours ago, inkman said:

    I just don’t think you can have a team of passengers.  That’s what the Sabres are. I guess Dahlin might not be but I find him very hard to like. Just not my style of player.  If they had a Tkachuk, Jenner, Doughty, Trouba, Larkin, someone of that ilk, I’d live with Dahlin’s game.  

    Not sure how Dahlin doesn't fit your standards; he has a lot in common with Doughty 

    Also Larkin is completely different from all the rest listed.

  11. GDT: 4/07/24 Buffalo Sabres @ Detroit Red Wings 1 PM, TV: TNT and Radio

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    I wish terrible things for Kane and Lyon for the rest of their days, find some witch doctor, we can all pitch in.

    Top line played well

    Benson played well, Quinn looked awful, Cozens seemed to stop being a rumbler after his fight which is concerning.

    3rd line was effectively Krebs and Skinner taking turns being relevant but never simultaneously.

    4th line did its job fine.

    Dahlin was great, and deserved a far better ending. Liked seeing him wreck Compher and Edvindson; I love when he shows his edge but he can't do it often seeing as he kinda has to be their best Dman in every aspect most nights

    Power was ok and then he took a puck to the face

    Bryson was small but ok until he took a stick to the eye

    Clifton played fine

    Byram was a rollercoaster of somewhat good and bad 

    Jokiharju, who has had a bounce back year yet again sees to crumble under pressure. Like the team itself mostly crumbles but he's like the poster child for making absolutely inexplicable plays in clutch situations. He's a reverse Justin Williams.

    UPL was solid, could I complain; sure but I can't exactly fault him for giving up a goal to arguably the best American player ever.

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  17. Around the NHL 2023-24 Season

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    5 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

    I've never liked him, but you can't beat his compete and leadership. I think they went into a slight funk with the Guentzel trade. Thought management had given up on them so why bother, but he's got them out of it and I think it was all him. imo they are now the favourite for that last wildcard. 

    Bruins Panthers game was a playoff type game. Excellent hockey game top to bottom. Like every other year I can't wait for real playoff hockey. As of now it's also Vegas Edmonton first round or rather Eichel McDavid first round 🙂  and that too will be great entertainment and somebody going down early.

    I respect Crosby, but hate him for being in our way instead of just bowing out and getting out of our way

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  18. Players that should NOT be on this team next year

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    https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/5025378
     

    rather realistic offseason

    If Muel is unable to stay healthy I’d look to deal him.

    Byram gets a defensive Dman partner which should decide if we want him around long term or not

    Bryson can continue his role as a solid 7D

    Girgs is back because of it’s inevitably

    Get some draft picks for Jokiharju

    Acquire Gourde with 2.1mil retention; only 1 year left and gives us some solid experience, defensive competence, and some skill.

    Sign DeMelo for a strong defensive presence on the back end

    Sign Martinhook to give a solid defensively responsible winger to go with Gourde and hopefully Skinner’s defensive woes can be covered up there.

    Sign a vet extra forward for 1x1mil

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