dudacek
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Is it just me, or does everyone play better when 28 is out there?
He seems to have inspired Hodgson tonight.
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I guess I think that if I'm drafting a team from the group of best Euro (or non-North-American, if we're including Russians) players, I'll be able to get a really good goalie in the 2nd round (not as good as Dom, but still good enough) -- but the guys like Forsberg will be long gone.
Here's where I disagree.
Your argument works today because the gap between the Lundqvists and the Rasks to the next tier of goalies today is not huge.
The gap between Hasek and Rask or Lundqvist is far greater.
Hasek was special. He dominated. He made a bigger difference in more games than Lidstrom or Forsberg ever did.
During his heyday, he would have been picked first overall.
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The return of Zemgus might mean something worth watching.
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Hasek can't be praised enough.
Not the greatest Sabre ever given his forced trade and other idiosyncrasies, but easily the greatest Sabre player ever.
Best Euro ever, best goalie ever and probably one of the 10 best players of all time.
Edit: Perreault is the only Sabre who deserves to have his jersey retired.
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You guys aren't listening to Murray.
He's made it very clear he'd rather have 22-year-olds with upside than 18-year-olds with same.
He also said he's going to be ready to pounce on whatever top-six forward shakes lose, as one inevitably does at the draft.
Jordan Staal cost the Canes Brandon Sutter and the number-eight overall.
I'm just spitballing, but maybe the number four pick plus Marcus Foligno nets Evander Kane
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If they win the lottery, they keep the pick. There is no way they can give away the 1st overall pick.
The lottery is the main reason the deferral clause is in there in the first place.
If they win the lottery, they will certainly use the pick.
Right now though the pick is kind of in limbo.
Technically, it's the Sabres, but they can't do anything with it until the Islanders decide on the deferral.
If the pick is ours, it almost guarantees we try to move it (or our own number one) to make a big deal for a young, top-six forward.
I said it before, this was the best deal Darcy ever made.
If it doesn't get Snow fired, nothing will.
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No team can lose both goalies and their four best d-men and expect to succeed.
But it sure would be nice for the organization if they can squeak in.
The healthy lineup could do some damage.
In a related note, whiteout (maybe even with) a playoff miracle, Chadd Cassidy is a dead man walking.
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I found an outtake from this episode of Battista talking to Pegula about the Lafontaine situation:
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I agree with Physics on Devine/Halak. I think he was saying that you had to do it because Halak had no value to the Sabres.
And Murray clearly likes Neuvirth.
Beyond Blue and Gold is easily the best part of this lost season.
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Because no one can ever get enough of this conversation, Zack Kassian was predictably the talk of Vancouver sports radio yesterday.
Consensus? Few are buying the four-point night as anything but an aberration that came playing against the NHL's worst team.
To summarize what was said: Kassian doesn't play like a power forward often enough, disappears for long stretches and has never shown a thing against the tough teams in the west.
The morning show hosts made a bet that he won't score another four points in the next eight games.
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But Nolan said if Hodgson gets if within five feet of the net it's in....
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Living out here in Canuckland this game has traditionally meant so much to me.
But it is so hard to care about this game tonight.
Can we fast forward to next year yet?
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Oops, another tough one for Lieuwen. (Not that he has had any support.)
...and Zack Kassian is the best player we ever traded
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Ruhwedel has passed McBain and Weber on the depth chart IMO.
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It's not his linemates that have him hanging out around the perimeter and lobbing shots from the far boards, from the blueline or beyond and failing to take possession of the puck or carry it for more than 2 seconds. It's not their fault that the most physical part of his game on most nights is a half hearted stick check. Nolan complimented Hodgson's game when he's within 5 to 10 feet of the net, too bad he doesn't go that close to the net. No matter who his linemates have been they have doubled the effort that he's put in. Sure better linemates would make him better, but how about he tries to make the linemates he does have a little better. I hate bashing Hodgson because he has talent, but what good does talent do, if you're not going to do your best to use it.
All true. I wasn't forgiving his horrible play of the past month, just trying to interpret Nolan's remarks.
That said, I still say that he can succeed if in the right situation.
He's not a first-line player on his own, but (unlike, say D'Agostini) he can play with them.
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I think the Hodgson quote is pretty clear to anyone who watched him play with Vanek.
His biggest asset is his hockey sense. It's wasted if he's not playing with people who think the game at the same level.
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You need to get more for Tyler Myers than a smallish winger with talent. That would be a repetition of sins of the past. If this franchise is going to succeed they need to target top six forwards with size that play 200 ft of hockey.
Remember the goal is to build a championship team not fix the current roster. Eberle has talent and would be a upgrade over what the Sabres currently have. The question that needs to be answered here is Eberle a top six forward that can win battle against the other top forwards in the league when it comes to crunch time? I don't think Eberle is that type of player.
I'd be very squeamish about trading Myers. The game he's shown this year will be very hard to replace.
The kids we have coming aren't going to be top pairing guys for a while and Myers and Ehrhoff are needed to help them get there.
I think you are wrong on Eberle though. He's no Derek Roy. The kid has stones and a track record for scoring big goals.
Hall is the only better Oiler.
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I've got more worries about Armia than Grigorenko.
Grigorenko is about where you would expect a 12th overall pick to be — dominating junior in this last season, showing well against his peers in the WJC.
I expected Armia to show more offence in his first year pro than he has.
Culture shock, the small ice and the hand are three legitimate obstacles.
But if he is not scoring for the Amerks at a rate by Christmas that is forcing the Sabres to be looking at a call-up, we have a problem.
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I will have to be the voice of dissent here and say that of the four Sabres' goalies, Hackett seemed the least in control. He left a lot of open space that, thankfully, the D was right there to compensate for.
Not sure what you'd call his style, but he was definitely on the ice a lot and dropped early and often.
It's way too soon to make any judgments, of course, so maybe we'll see more of him on the road here.
This. All of it.
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Seriously, Stafford has never played this smart and focused. Ever.
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I like Risto's game tonight.
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It has to said. Stafford has been the Sabres best player since the calendar turned.
Must...not......weaken.............
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Anyone think Conacher has a future in Buffalo?
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TSN intermission: BobMcKenzie just said Murray has spent the past week out west, watching Draisaitl and Reinhart play in person at least three times each.
Also said he would consider moving Myers in deal that involved another top five pick.
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I'm not sure why people keep saying the Islanders will be better next year.
They are real bad now, and it's not like they have a bunch of guys who underachieved this year, or who are in the system ready to break through.
Their goaltenders and defence corps are probably worst in the league.
It's not an attractive free agent destination and the free agent crop doesn't have that many impact players anyway.
And Garth Snow is the GM.
I think they are the Sabres' best competition for the basement.
That said, there is no way Snow — a guy barely hanging on to his job — gives the Sabres a top five pick.
Any decision to defer will have to come from higher up the command chain.