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I hear Reinhart was passing like Gretzky in line rushes today.
And had similar upper-body strength and skating ability.
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I simply don't believe dominance to that degree is possible in today's game. Gretzky very well still may do better than Crosby has done, but the days of scoring 50-70% more points than second place are over IMO.
Glad Taro did all the work for me.
Those days are over because there is no one as clearly dominant as Gretzky.
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That goes totally against his argument that the league needs Zac Rinaldo.
Sure it does. Contraction will push all those job-stealing Euros out instead.
Like Johan Larsson. Sure he was our first-line centre to finish last year, but there is no room for him now.
Oh yeah, and re-sign Pat Kaleta.
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Interesting hire.
Not exactly a lot of high-level experience — five years assistant and one year as head coach in Kelowna.
It's not like we lack experience on staff though.
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My awesome of the day- finalizing some details for my trip to Whistler, BC in a couple weeks to see my friend compete in the Ironman. I'm so ready to see some mountains and cheer on some awesome people.
Hope the smoke has cleared by then. Major forest fires up that way has blanketed southern Vancouver Island in smoke.
Yesterday the sun was a creepy scarlet and everything had a red tinge. Looked like I woke up on Mars.
HAHA This is awesome!!
Awesome: I get married on Saturday! I am so excited. we wrote our own vows, and her dad (a pastor) is actually going to do the ceremony for us. It's going to be great. I can't wait to see her in her dress. She says I'm going to cry. I don't want to tell her that she's probably right ;)
Congratulations. Enjoy.
My gramma is 88, and has very advanced dementia. I'm currently care taking for her full time. I haven't heard her sing in probably about a year. The last (and only) time I heard her sing it was this:
Yesterday I was flipping between music channels. I landed on "old school funk." She read the channel name off the tv in a sweet voice and then scatted a little. It's so jarring and touching to hear. Then, when I put her to bed I said my usual "Good night Gramma, I love you." She normally responds with "Thank you." Or a laugh and a smile. Last night she said "I love you too."
I think that's the first time she's ever said that to me.
This is supremely awesome.
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There is no question about Kane's top line ability nor O'Reilly's.
Kane is a blazing power winger who can hit 30 goals with talent around him
O'Reilly is a Selke calibur player that gets better when given more responsibility. He will thrive with top C duties.
IMO O'Reilly and Eichel will have quite the battle for Captaincy once Gionta retires
Girgensons is all heart & can score 20-25 over a full season
My only question is how good Reinhart can be.
Jamie McGinn scored 19 two years ago and David Legwand put up 51 points.Cody Hodgson had 20 goals that year and is the same age as our new studs.
19 goals — Evander Kane has played six years. That was his second best season.
Once — The number of times Ryan O'Reilly has topped 55 points in six seasons.
I know they bring other elements and that we likely haven't seen their peak.
I like the acquisitions of Kane and O'Reilly a lot, but it's naive to say there's no questions about their top-line ability.
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The question marks at forward aren't bottom six, they are top six.
Are Kane and O'Reilly legitimate top-line material?
How good can Eichel, Reinhart and Girgensons be?
Our bottom six stacks up very well with pretty much any team in the league
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Do you think the Sabres are deep enough? Here on July 4th when everyone is healthy the roster looks fine, it may look a lot different once the season rolls around.
Of course some will get hurt and others will disappoint. And yes I am projecting Eichel and Reinhart.
But I think we have 14 legitimate NHL forwards and we are as deep as we have been in years.
- We have a legitimate first line: Kane/O'Reilly/Ennis — Moulson can fill there, Zemgus and Eichel might.
- Moulson is a legitimate 2nd liner. Zemgus and Eichel should be OK there. Larsson, Reinhart and Gionta might be able to fill in.
- McGinn, Gionta, Foligno, Legwand, Reinhart and Larsson are realistic NHL 3rd line options
- McCormick and Deslauriers are good NHL 4th liners.
- Varone, Cal O'Reilly, Akenson, Carrier, Bailey and Baptiste as emergency call-ups.
The math doesn't work adding a 15th NHLer.
Signing Stewart (or any similar-level forward) forces you to put Reinhart in the minors and means a pair of veteran NHL forwards will be sitting out.
No cap-era NHL team has 3rd-liners in the press box.
If we sign another NHL forward it will be because McCormick is injured, or to free up an asset to trade for a defence man.
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This is the Mess replacement.
Yesterday was Benoit and Strachan.
Now we just have to acquire the upgrade that bumps two of them to Roch.
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Gotta start to wonder if he or Donovan are going to be in blue and gold this fall
I bet they will both see time in the NHL — hopefully as our 8/9 guys, not our 6/7.
Basically they've replaced Strachan and Benoit.
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Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeny Kuznetzov say hello.
The additions of Williams and Oshie for practically nothing is impressive.
Clearly upped their talent base.
But you need guys like Brouwer and Ward to win in the playoffs and I'm not sure they've got enough of them.
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Remember when Jim Benning was one of the candidates to be our GM?
A year into the job, Canuck fans are ready to lynch the guy.
The fanbase out here is in full meltdown mode:
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If the O'Reilly trade doesn't get done, I doubt Hodgson gets bought out.
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Okay, who else has a deep prospect pool of defenders we might be able to poach a kid who is only a year away.
I've been preaching Ellis for a while.
He's a righty, but everything else about him fits
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As seen on facebook:
Ah, I see he is already preparing for the first road trip to Carolina.
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Murray said he was in a couple who signed elsewhere (Beauchemin, Green?)
And is still in on a couple who are still waiting to decide (Oduya, Franson, Ehrhoff?)
What are your bets?
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Posted this in the Hodgson thread, but maybe better suited for here:
From the endless and now-locked Hodgson for Kassian thread:
Posted 26 April 2012 - 05:24 AM
It's pretty hard to dispute this trade was made because each GM was convinced the player he gave up was never going to be the player the fans were hoping for.
This thread is going to be pretty funny in five years when we realize we were arguing about Taylor Pyatt for Jamie Lundmark. -
Less high-end prospects, better team?
Baptiste, Bailey, Rodrigues, Dupuy, Carrier, Ullmark — pretty much it for unproven AHLers, right?
Murray's vague comments about the coaching staff were very intriguing.
Are they actually planning some kind of innovative structure down there?
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Blah blah blah boring
The NYR have no plans of trading Keith Yandle. He is key to a very strong blueline and the Rangers believe he will be a key element next yr.
Just like that bidding war for Talbot was going to get the Rangers a first, after turning down two seconds, right Darren?
Wonder if the Rangers were in on Green?
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From the endless and now-locked Hodgson for Kassian thread:
dudacekPosted 26 April 2012 - 05:24 AM
It's pretty hard to dispute this trade was made because each GM was convinced the player he gave up was never going to be the player the fans were hoping for.
This thread is going to be pretty funny in five years when we realize we were arguing about Taylor Pyatt for Jamie Lundmark. -
The question about rooming Samson and Jack with a veteran seemed to materialize out of nowhere, but Murray seemed to have already thought about it. Mother Gionta's boarding house?
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Can we agree: most important signing in the history of the franchise, since 11?
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Source?
Tweet in the actual trade thread
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Yandle rumours out there.
Im not a huge fan, but he is exactly what the Sabres are looking for.
Pending UFA. Not sure what it would take - Foligno and the type of prospect we don't have any more.
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Sabres will finish ahead of the Devils this year.
Everybody might.