dudacek
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1 minute ago, LGR4GM said:
I think they want size and a different skill set maybe? Idk it's basically they offered him a deal and he wants more and then it all feel apart I gather. I think they want someone who can score from range more than he does and I think when they demoted him during the playoff, since his response wasn't grovel grovel, they got perturbed.
Is he a better player and/or cheaper contract than Peterka?
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11 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Add Marco Rossi to this list.
I’ve yet to figure out why he’s available, but I don’t think you can ignore the rumours, or the way his coaches have used him.
I don’t know that he fits the exact profile of what I’d be fishing for, but he’s a good player who fits the window and should improve our top 6.
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These are players potentially available that I’d be kicking tires on this summer:
John Tavares: UFA centre, 34
- Veteran leader, top-six forward, wins faceoffs, gets to the net, excellent on PP
- Has ties to the region and may look next door if can’t work things out with the Leafs
Ryan Pulock: 5 years left at $6.1M, 30
- Stout 2-way veteran, RH 2nd-pairing, kills penalties
- If the Isles are rebuilding, his is a contract they may want to shed for some futures. Has trade protection.
Braden Schneider: 1 year left at $2.2M before RFA, 23
- Big right-handed D, still developing but fits the prototype of rugged, stay-at-home type, fits our window
- Rangers in a cap crunch and he may be a price they will pay to get out of it. Would be part of a package including a bad contract, or involving one of our bigger names.
Will Cuylle: RFA, 23
- Big physical 2-way, emerging middle-6 winger, fits our window
- See Schneider
Thatcher Demko: year left until UFA, $5M, 29
- Legitimate top-10 goalie, coming off a bad year recovering from weird injury late the previous year
- Buy-low opportunity; Canucks not actively looking to move but uncertain future, right offer could change their mind
I’d love to hear some of your targets
Not really interested in “he’ll never go to Buffalo” or “no cap space” responses. Obviously, if players are coming in, players are going out. It’s up to Adams to sell the franchise and/or make the space.
I’m looking for players who may legitimately be available that you think might help.
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8 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said:
The stat line in there, but ROC is going to need him to take over a game. Three of his four points this series are secondary assists. He hasn’t looked dangerous with the puck on his stick. He’s capable of driving play at this level and they need him to.
4 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said:Sorry to quote you twice, but I just read the game story. Jiri agrees with me 😂
”When the NHL regular season ended, Jiri Kulich was sent back to the Rochester Americans to experience intense playoff pressure, to prove he can perform in the spotlight when it matters most.
Five games into what the Amerks hope will be a long Calder Cup playoff run, Kulich isn’t so sure he is living up to expectations. At least not his own.
“To be honest, I’m still not good enough,” Kulich said. “I have to do more.”
The Amerks will tell you he’s doing plenty.“
Maybe it’s about expectations, and I’m glad to see his are high.
Ive never seen Kulich as a “take over a game guy” at any level, in terms of “give me the puck and I’ll beat guys”.
But I am seeing a guy right now who is reading the game very well, competing hard, and to me he does look dangerous.3 hours ago, JohnC said:I rarely here anything about Ryan Johnson's play. For a defenseman, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. For those who follow the Amerks, I would appreciate your views on him, and the progress he has made. If the Sabres reworked their blueline where he was brought up to the big league, could he be effective?
I thought Ryan Johnson was excellent last night and has been quietly good all playoffs.
His game is Bill Hajt: blunt the rush, collect the dump-in, move puck to safety.
He doesn’t create offence or hurt people, but at this level he kills plays.
I thought he was overwhelmed as an NHL rookie. His feet are NHL, but his brain wasn’t.
His processor has improved and he might be ready.
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1 hour ago, Porous Five Hole said:
Östlund, Murray and Kulich have more to give. Dunne and Clague have been dynamite. Rochester can win this series if the bounces go their way Let’s gooooo!
I think Kulich has been good, their best forward;
And 7 points, +7 and 20 shots in 5 games is a pretty impressive stat line.
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Not because of the goals, but tonight may have been the best game I've seen Rosen play.
It was nasty out there and he was fully engaged and paying the price.
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1 hour ago, JoeSchmoe said:
In my case, it's because I've seen the kid play since he was younger.
In minor hockey you get a lot of silver spoon kids who get in with all the best teams and coaches, with private development sessions plus a team practice almost every night of the week. These are kids that even if they get a full scholarship, the family won't even break even for the time and money they spent... And they don't even care. There are several in this draft that I know of.
Martin was not that kid, and I think his ceiling might be a bit higher as a result.
I've always wondered how much this matters: the Gordie Howe/Ted Nolan magazines for shinpads path versus the "My parents have invested everything they could since the day I was 9" path.
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7 minutes ago, Thorny said:
But a lot of these conversations bleed back into the same thing: until you admit that appearing at a Rochester game literally does not bear mentioning relative to our unwillingness to spend to the cap, and what that means for Terry’s commitment, you’ll go in circles
Almost everything Terry does is half assed where the Sabres are concerned: yes, that’s the answer for you. A lot of rich people behave this way: they see themselves so far above most others that to them, a 40% effort OUGHT to be enough, nay, rightly should be
the sabres missing for 14 years straight is the opposite of a coincidence. And it’s not correlation: it’s causation. And yes, it’s inevitable. You can’t that many times in a row by chance: manual ineptitude. And what makes them so infuriating is I’m sick of hearing about how incompetent they are: cause that’s not it. They are willfully incompetent, which is much worse
Pretty much every conversation.
Sometimes I want to talk about other things than what a total bitch my friend’s ex-wife is, even when I agree with him.
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17 minutes ago, Thorny said:
No, we know the issue. We don’t spend to the cap and have the youngest team in hockey
The answers are there and obvious
And in 2021? 2017? 2013?
To be clear, you have jumped to a different conversation than the one between @JohnC and @tom webster that I was responding to: that conversation was about whether or not the current state of the Sabres is the inevitable result of not doing a thorough search for your leaders.
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20 minutes ago, JohnC said:
You are right that there are many reasons for a generation of failure. No one can dispute that. What can’t be challenged is that ownership matters. It sets the tone and creates the environment on how the franchise will be run. The record speaks for itself. And the empty seats on game day is a testament to that reality.
Who is the person who makes those critical hires?
Terry’s record indeed speaks for itself.
He is, however, the same guy who hired Brandon Beane and Sean McDermott and has left them alone.
He is capable of getting his way, even if by accident.
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14 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Terry Pegula is incompetent. It's not really any more complicated than that.
As much as I agree with the bolded part, it’s proven that is nothing a sharp GM and capable coach can’t overcome
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8 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
They had a thorough search for Murray?
Stretched it out for weeks.
People were accusing Lafontaine of dragging it out artificially and deliberately as way of fishing for intel.
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5 minutes ago, JohnC said:
Before KA was hired did the owner interview any other candidates? When the owner hired Ruff to be the new coach, did the owner interview any other candidates? Is that a smart way to do business?
When you conduct your business in an insular and whimsical manner it shouldn’t be a surprise that your franchise is considered to be a backwater and dysfunctional franchise.
How did the thorough and professional searches that yielded Tim Murray and Jason Botterill end up?
How about the whimsical and insular hires of Rod Brind’Amour and Eric Tulsky in Carolina?
There is no magic formula; if there was everyone would follow it.
The Sabres haven’t sucked for a long time due to any one thing, as much as people need to find one. It’s through a series of poor choices exacerbated by the resulting fragility that has manifested within the organizational psyche.
TLDR: not enough good players and/or good leaders in the same place at the same time.
It’s not really any more complicated than that.
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28 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
This is my point. It's the same with the Sabres. Both teams should be a veteran/prospect mix. Veterans to teach and mentor the kids. It should start there.
That's me Mr. Silly, and yet every year I am right about this and every year it continues cause the Sabres are the dumbest franchise in hockey. But whatever.
7 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:The Amerks finished with 4th best record despite having one of the youngest rosters in the AHL. Teams like Hershey and Laval are more veteran heavy.
The makeup of Laval is not veteran heavy, it's almost identical to Rochester's, with a handful of AHL vets complementing a deep group of NHL prospects.
It's kinda seems ideal for development to me: the kids get to play in important situations and learn from them, while surrounded by enough veteran voices to show them the way.
They were the 1st and 4th place teams in the AHL this year. Amerks have both made the playoffs and improved their record in each of the past four years, and are currently in their 8th playoff series over their span while graduating a half-dozen players into full-term NHLers.
But the Sabres do still suck, so carry on being right about everything.
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17 hours ago, Thorny said:
I think the idea I have to argue why him caring, somewhat isn’t enough in the face of a 14 year drought is rather absurd
I’d have to agree. Not sure why you are.
My post didn’t suggest it was, and “Terry cares, that should be enough” is not exactly a sentiment I see frequently posted around here. 🤷
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50 minutes ago, Thorny said:
But cash and caring are
“I want to win, but only if I can do it cheaply” isn’t caring
I’m not going to get into a semantics argument about what constitutes caring.
If you think driving to Rochester to hang out with Seth Appert is normal behaviour for an apathetic billionaire, I’m probably not going to change your mind.
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16 minutes ago, ... said:
I'm sorry, but SS is ready to trade JJ now?
I don't know about Sabrespace, but I'm ready to trade anyone if it makes the team better.
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2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
But how does that save the Rangers capspace?
Cuylle Schneider and a bad contract (Kreider?) for Peterka and pick/prospect?
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Rangers have about $56M invested in their top 6 players (Shesterkin, Panarin, Fox, Zibanejad, Miller and Lafreniere).
They’re not built for giving big raises.
In comparison, Sabres top 6 cost about $44M.
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26 minutes ago, Mr Peabody said:
What would an offer sheet for Will Cuylle have to look like to have a shot?
Puckpedia has the Rangers having $2.8M available to re-sign him and K’Andre Miller.
Something’s gotta break there.
Perfect fit for the Sabres, IMO: middle-six, young physical wing.
He’ll be in demand and the Rangers will be doing their damnedest to move some cap to keep him.
EDIT: actually $8.4M next year, I was looking at this year.
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57 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Oh *****! He showed up to 1 hockey game!? Damn he's the most caring SOB on the planet. What a really stand up guy. Pats on the back all around for showing up to 1 AHL playoff game. Holy man, I'm so sorry I ever doubted the guy who flew to Montreal, gave the team a garbage pep talk and then left before they played. If I had known he would show up to an AHL playoff game I never would have doubted his commitment after 4 years of not spending to the cap, talking to the press, talking to the fans, and only showing up to make stupid management decisions and then vanishing back into the aether of his Florida tax haven.
Competence and caring are hardly synonymous.
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it was interesting that nearly all the braintrust was there together: Terry, Adams, Lindy, Ventura, Staal, Guelli, Appert, another guy I recognized as a member of the analytics department.
But no Karmanos, the guy who is actually most responsible for the team on the ice.
Maybe he was in the bathroom lineup?
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Did the people who think Terry is checked out on the Sabres and just doesn't care beyond EEE see him in Rochester last night?
What only-in-it-for-the-money billionaire leaves his yacht and travels halfway across the country to Rochester to sit in a box with his employees to watch the prospects of the team he doesn't care about?
He's as checked in as any of us on Sabrespace and more than some.
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26 minutes ago, Thorny said:
No reason to assume that
in the hypothetical world where he plays 75 games? Sure he’s a legit 2C
Ya I didn’t catch the player but they mentioned they had another C with injury concerns which is why Norris would be dicey for them specifically
That be Chytil, the guy they got in the JT Miller trade.
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GDT: Calder Cup QF: Amerks (2-2) @ Rocket, Gm5: Sun May 24 4:30p FLO, The Fan
in The Aud Club
Posted · Edited by dudacek
Except exactly the opposite happened this year against bigger, tougher and more veteran Syracuse.
Last year they lost in the 5th and deciding game against bigger, tougher and more veteran Syracuse, two years ago they won in the 5th and deciding game against bigger, tougher and more veteran Syracuse. They then beat a more veteran Marlies team, then lost in the final 4 to a more veteran Hershey team, although I'm not sure either of those teams were actually bigger and tougher.
Three years ago, they beat Belleville and Utica teams that tried to goon it up, then lost a smaller, more skilled and more veteran team in Laval in the 3rd round.
It's not been as neat and tidy and obvious as your story suggests.