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Coaches probably get too much credit when things are good, and too much blame when they aren’t. But what you’re basically saying here is there is never any “proof” a coach is good or bad, which of course is “silly.” The proof is in the results: Gallant is a good coach because teams and players have had success under his watch. Tuch probably had more individual success as a Sabre than anywhere else. You’re not going to get any more proof than that, so asking for more in his case and not others seems…inconsistent.
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So Kasper is just a shade under 6’1” 190 and played the full season plus a playoff run in SHL, as well as the men’s worlds this year for Austria. If we picked him, it seems likely to me he’d be headed for Rochester next year.
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I haven’t dug into Kaspar at all yet. My one viewing didn’t catch my attention. Thanks for this.
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2022 NHL Draft Combine: May 30th-June 4th, Buffalo NY
dudacek replied to LGR4GM's topic in The Aud Club
New-to-me Buffalo reporter Rachel Hopmayer says the following players interviewed with the Sabres: Mintyukov, Nazar, Mesar, Gauthier, Devine She says Denton Mateychuk did not. -
Kid is special.
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Offseason Gameplan 2022 - Solving the goaltending system wide.
dudacek replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
Away from the point of your post, I’ve always thought it’s weird how you’re always talking about the need for big bodies and team-first warriors yet you hold these two in such low regard. -
2022 NHL Draft Combine: May 30th-June 4th, Buffalo NY
dudacek replied to LGR4GM's topic in The Aud Club
A Gauthier McGroarty Chesley 1st round would make me happy. I really think Gauthier is our guy, but I doubt he’s there. -
I think so. Need to do some homework on any off-ice issues first.
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Very curious what happened to him last year, why he fell out of favour. He’s had his ups and downs since juniors, but Hockey Canada seems to love him. In terms of the roster, there seems to be a good fit there.
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2022 NHL Draft Combine: May 30th-June 4th, Buffalo NY
dudacek replied to LGR4GM's topic in The Aud Club
Chesley profiles like a lower-case McAvoy. Very good fit for our depth chart. -
Geekie is probably a guy I’m guilty of overlooking. Big guy, great hands, very confident, the Krebs/Patrick connection; this is a guy who could be a top 6 centre, and top 6 centres who are pushing 6’4” are gold. He’s got some pretty highlight tape. Rightly or wrongly, I don’t get that “driven” vibe from him that characterizes the Quinn/Krebs/Peterka/Cozens thing we’ve been gravitating to. I get the sense he’s used to being the best without having to give it his all. Couple that with pedestrian speed and he doesn’t scream Adams to me. But a few months back we talked a lot about the real need to be adding talent up the middle. There won’t be a better chance to do that at 16 than Geekie. There may not be a better chance at 9. Personally he scares me. That said, when it comes to character I’m willing to give this front office the benefit of the doubt. Too often guys like this turn into Dylan Strome. Sometimes though, they turn into Jeff Carter.
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The seven forwards no longer under contract: Primarily NHL: Hinostroza, Hayden, Caggiula, Eakin Primarily AHL: Jankowski, McInnis, Malone We expect Quinn and Peterka to graduate into 2 of the NHL spots, and Rosen and Kisakov to backfill behind them into the AHL spots they will vacate. This means it’s not unreasonable to expect the Sabres to sign or acquire 5 more forwards, at least 2 of which should be NHL-capable. It’s also not unreasonable to expect these new forwards to lean heavy towards centres, given the fact the team only has 5 under contract and some of those could be shifted to the wing.
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Worth a look at the depth chart effective the dawn of free agency (*RFA) Skinner Thompson Tuch Olofsson* Mittelstadt Okposo Girgensons Cozens Asplund Ruotsalainen* Krebs Bjork Quinn Biro* Peterka Murray* Xxxxxx Pekar Rousek Xxxxxx Weissbach Kisakov Xxxxxx Rosen (Bloom) Xxxxxx (Nadeau) Since Bloom and Nadeau will be in juniors, that means 21 forwards are expected under contracts that count. Last season the Sabres started the year with 24 forwards under contract and finished with 26, adding Tuch, Krebs and Jankowski, and subtracting Eichel.
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Maybe Tuch-like means something different to you than me? 25-year-old top-six players on reasonable long-term contracts simply aren’t traded for late 1st-rounders. Ones on bad or expiring contracts, or coming off bad seasons, sometimes maybe?
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16, baby, along with Gauthier at 9. I'd much rather leave this year with Rantanen and Tarasenko than Tyson Jost and Nick Kunin.
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Yes, but who would give you one for that price? Sam Reinhart, for example, went for double that.
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I don't think there's much question Mitts is a useful piece. I'd really like to see if its more Derek Roy or Derek Plante.
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Tom or Marcia?
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The season that just passed was Skinner after Thompson. The previous Reinhart led, but #2 is tough; it was like 2 seasons in one. Olofsson? Prior to that, Sam behind Eichel, I think two years in a row.
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I think his numbers reflect his quality of play. Let’s just say we look at goalies differently and leave it at that. 🍺
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What I've read more matches what you're seeing. I'm in favour of taking defencemen late in the first and early in the second because they generally seem to do better than the forwards taken around there. He doesn't excite me, but taking someone expected to go 10 or 15 spots higher certainly does.
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He was a reason. And the team won in the first two rounds in spite of him.
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God, I hope an .883 save percentage isn't the bar these days.
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I don't see a good comparison here. The Rangers best players are: Panarin 29 Zibanejad 28 Kreider 30 Strome 28 Trouba 27 Copp 27 And they have two key "kids" that belong on that list: Fox 23 and Shesterkin 25 Sure they've got some good youngsters coming behind them, but don't kid yourself, this is a veteran team.