dudacek
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Kind of. They traded the later of the two picks. It could still be either or.
They've both been bounced.
It's now confirmed they traded the Blues pick.
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What if that goalie's eyes are too close together?
It's OK as long as he doesn't name his kid after an Olympic skier.
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It was an autocorrect. Don't play it stupid, you know who I was responding to.
You've been Framed.
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I guess Physics will have to resort to a different booty call.
i think he's been trolling the "what do you do for a living" thread for backup.
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It would be better if it actually had an elite goalie.
Oh yeah, you can get a good goalie pretty much anywhere.
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Drane, I love you man, but I am going to willfully ignore today's posts.
Until the puck drops in training camp, your avatar is my mantra.
It's what gets me through.
Unicorns and rainbows. Unicorns and rainbows.
(Not too sure about the Jewish dudes though.)
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I fully expected there to be a "Who gives a ######?" option for the pole. It wasn't there, so I picked "no"
I think the response to the thread speaks for itself. :ph34r:
Is there a single Sabrespacer who wants him back?
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Next up in our player discussion series
#31 Matt Hackett G (25-year-old UFA)
Rochester 7/5/3 2.75 .905
Buffalo 0/4/1 4.32 .884
A stellar run to the Calder Cup finals in 2011 with Houston, followed the next year by a 12-game stint in Minnesota where he compiled a .921 save percentage, marked Hackett as an emerging prospect. When he was acquired in the Pominville trade, some fans thought he might be Ryan Miller’s heir apparent.
It hasn’t worked out that way. His first full season in Rochester was pedestrian at best. He struggled holding his emotions in check and eventually lost his hold on the number-one job to unheralded rookie Nathan Lieuwen. His average failed to crack the Mendoza Goalie Line of 3.00 and his save percentage was below the magic number of .900. A marginally better brief performance in Buffalo that year was cut short by a serious knee injury and his bid to rebound this year was hampered by tenderness in that same knee.
When a games-played technicality made him a free agent this summer, some pointed fingers at coach Ted Nolan, suggesting he sat Hackett against the wishes of GM Tim Murray and cost the team an asset. Others wondered if Hackett’s performance with the organization made the discussion moot, since he wasn’t going to be offered a contract anyway.
Does Hackett have the mental and physical toughness for professional hockey? Was his early promise a mirage? Have three consecutively worse seasons cost him his Sabres opportunity? Have they stalled his NHL career completely?
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This team needs a young goalie who is ready to develop with the core, preferably as soon as this year.
Don't see that guy in the organization right now.
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Anytime a goalie lets in five you have to ask questions.
Not sure Miller looked weak on any of those.
The Canuck D on the other hand....
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Who are the Canucks trading: Markstrom, Lack or Miller?
And are we interested in any?
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Are the Blues the new Flyers?
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But he isn't a 4th liner (at least on teams w/out studs like Mitchell & Flynn).
Oh, I agree. I was referring to Sabrespacers who have posted projections for next year's roster.
I think when he's finished growing, he's closer to the second than the fourth on an average team.
So I like the idea he's a third-liner on our good team.
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I think saying we might be selling him short by labeling him a 3rd liner is undervaluing how important 3rd lines are to quality teams. All of the legit contenders have a 3rd line that plays big minutes and has to be effective.
Edit: To expand a little, I think you need 3 lines that can play 17+ per night and be effective. He could be one of our best 6 forwards and play on the 3rd line (see: Kruger in Chicago).
I like that take.
I'm a little surprised at the consensus in the poll.
I usually see him on the fourth line in mock lineups.
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Mhm. I'd call Hanifin a much safer pick bit I think Provorov has a higher ceiling and that he'll hit it. Definitely my Barbashev-crush of this year.
I gotta lay off that. Happens to me every year.
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Boeser will be there at 21, could be there at 31.
Provorov is probably top 10.
I agree it would take more than the NYI 2nd to get from 21 to Provorov range.
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Eichel, Reinhart, Girgensons, Grigorenko or Larsson, yet you still trade all that for Strome?I would deal, Zadorov, grigorenko/larson, the Isles pick, the Isles 2nd for #3. Sweetener woulx be Ennis or Foligno. But Inwould want Strome or Marner. Otherwise, I would like to move up to get Provorov. Eichel/Provorov would be a perfect draft for me.
I'd sacrifice one of my seconds and the NYI pick to move up and nab a left Dman with PPP potential.
Ideally one falls to us and we get a power winger at 31.
Provorov/Eichel/Boeser or something similar would be a great draft.
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I don't want this to sound like I am absolving the NHL, but why aren't the players taking care of each other post-career?
They have the means and the mechanism (the NHLPA).
In career, they are also the ones elbowing each other in the jaw and cross-checking each other into the boards.
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Is this good?
13th overall and a 4th plus Richards (1.5M retained) for the islanders pick[/size]
Depends on how desperate teams get, but that is one bad contract from a team that's in a lot of trouble.
If we could move into the high teens by taking on a bad contract, I'd be ecstatic.
Maybe the falling cap means this is finally the year the cap dump fantasy becomes reality.
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I want him to be like Hecht.
But I also wonder if that is selling him short. I like this kid a lot.
He's hard to play against and more skilled than he gets credit for.
I know it was only a five week period, but down the stretch he was our second-best forward.
Being a plus on this team was an accomplishment, especially when you consider who he played against.
my biggest fear is that he gets overlooked and an asset gets squandered.
It would be a mistake if Reinhart or Grigo gets handed his ice time without earning it.
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Next up in our player discussion series:
#22 Johan Larsson F (22-year-old RFA)
Rochester 43/15/23/38/+11/38
Buffalo 39/6/10/16/0/12
Larsson came to North America three years ago, considered just another promising European second-rounder. But in Sweden, he was very highly regarded. At 17, he scored 14 points in five games at World Under18s, leading Sweden to silver. At 18, he won rookie of the year in his first season in the Swedish Elite League, helping Brynas win the championship. And at 19, he captained the Swedes to the 2012 World Junior title.
Larsson sparkled on the farm during his first two years with the Buffalo organization after being acquired in the Jason Pominville trade. Playing wing and centre, and in all situations, he was possibly the Amerks’ best all-around player this year and last.
But in Buffalo it was a different story. In his first 54 Sabre games, he had just seven points, rarely getting ice time beyond the fourth line. He complained about lack of opportunity, earning a reprimand from coach Ted Nolan. Those quotes sparked internet speculation that he would head back to Europe in frustration this fall.
After the trade deadline, Larsson finally got the opportunity he craved. He took advantage, registering 13 points and a +1 in the season’s last 17 games, where he played as the team’s number one centre, often matched against the opponents’ top lines.
Has he cemented a role with the team? Is it at centre, or on the wing? Is he a good fourth-liner, a solid third-liner, or can he play in the top six? Will he be pushed aside to make room for Reinhart and Eichel? And how will that possibility affect his contract talks and his role with the team going forward?
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Graduating in 2 weeks with a BS in Information Systems of Business, nit exactly sure what I want to do.... Video games and/or Hockey (sports in general) are ideal. Any ideas?
I came in 3rd place last year to get a PR internship with the Sabres... they hired 2.
Dammit man. Get in there.
We need an insider.
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I'm not sure. I think that was also a flawed team that got exposed as the 70s went on. They did nothing in the playoffs after 75, and Punch, like Darcy, stubbornly hung on to his core for too long.
All true. Still the best Sabres team ever.
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Will he trade McDavid the first time he goes out to party, or show restraint until the second offense?
I hear Tim Murray has offered Baptiste a roster spot next year if he can leak incriminating photos.
2015 IIHF Championship Prague May 1-17
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Kinda surprising isn't it?
Does anyone think he's better than anyone on that fourth line?