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Not sure what you mean The Rochester model hasn’t done its job of developing future Sabres?
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I think what the Canes want is Necas or his equivalent on the blue line for a lot less money. Their ask from the Sabres probably would have been Peterka plus. I wouldn’t do Peterka straight across. Necas is good, but he’s not $6M better than Peterka.
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What are our top tradeable assets really worth?
dudacek replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
I think Krebs is probably headed for a Cody Eakin-esque career. Unlike @Thorny, I like him; he’s all in. Id like to see him succeed here, but it goes without saying that Mitts was never going to be the only asset that will get flipped on this journey. -
What are our top tradeable assets really worth?
dudacek replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
It’s not unusual to pick up a #4/5 D or a middle-six forward for a 2nd or 3rd rounder. Id say Krebs’ value is in that range 🤷 -
What are our top tradeable assets really worth?
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Always wondered how much interest a Krebs Jokiharju package would have from Calgary. Backlund would certainly help the Sabres. Ages would make me nervous. -
What are our top tradeable assets really worth?
dudacek replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
I think the bold is probably the most significant thing in this post. The fact he is in the SHL at all at his age tells where his development is at. But I’m getting from you a sense that you think if you aren’t big, your offence really needs to pop, or you won’t make it. Which is a fair take. The main reason I like Östlund is that every time I watch him, the puck always seems to end up on his stick, kid is everywhere. And when he’s got the puck he doesn’t waste any time getting it where it needs to go. -
What are our top tradeable assets really worth?
dudacek replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
There’s nothing in Östlund’s statistical profile that suggests he’s a longshot as an NHLer. Peterka and Quinn were outliers. Quinn’s AHL numbers were the best by any prospect his age in 20 years in the AHL and Peterka was not far behind. For what it’s worth, I ran Östlund, Savoie and Kulich through an NHLe calculator a month or so back and their numbers were almost identical: 25-27 points if I remember correctly. -
Yes. I brought him up a while back. Not sure what his issues were with Torts, and I’d need to check his health. But healthy and committed he’d be almost an ideal get.
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What are our top tradeable assets really worth?
dudacek replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
It’s a weird take on Östlund. There were 3 kids in his entire draft class playing regularly in the NHL last year. Östlund played a regular shift in a middle 6 role against men in the best Swedish league and was league’s second-most productive teenager. Tied for 3rd in the WJC in points and looked good doing it. His skill, pace and hockey sense also stood out with the Amerks. He’s progressing nicely from what I’ve seen. -
If your point is simply that the Sabres have factors against them when it comes to attracting free agents, nobody has or will disagree with that.
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Sabres say seasons ticket sales rising, Ruff a reason
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I'm with Taro here. He's certainly given more emphasis to the bottom 6, but he has directly answered the question of top 6 with a 'yes' (Seravalli interview I think) To me it's been more of (paraphrasing) we will upgrade the bottom 6, we will try to upgrade the top 6.
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I'd add opportunity: a chance to play a bigger role and advance your career. But all Webster is saying is most of those things — particularly the bold — are personal and vary dramatically from player to player. Running through the list myself: Money matters, but I'll take less to be where I want to be. Location is important: San Jose, Seattle and Vancouver are close to home and my kind of climate, geography and personality. I'd take Edmonton and Calgary for being adjacent, Western Canadian and smaller hockey towns. Buffalo for my affinity to the franchise and being a smaller hockey town. No way to Winnipeg despite being similar. Too much in the middle of nowhere and crappy geography. L.A., Toronto, Dallas and New York? Keep me as far away from the giant, noisy, self-important cities as possible. Florida likely the same, but I'd look at Tampa and Anaheim. I like the character of Montreal and Ottawa. Carolina seems like a comfortable fit. Not going to go through the league Wife? Fortunately her roots and comfort zone is similar to mine. But she could push me on or off the fence on a few places. Taxes aren't a consideration for me now and wouldn't be as an NHL player either. I pay them when they're owed and grumble when doing it, don't think about them much otherwise. I want to be on a team that I think will win, but it's less about "who has the best chance of winning it all this year" and more about "what direction is this team going and what part can I play?" I would have been far more interested in being a Senator last year than I would this year. And even bigger, how do I fit on the roster? I'm a net-front top-6 LW. I want to play on a team with 2 good top six centres and a lack of scoring on the wings. I'm not interested at all in playing for a roster loaded with good wingers and weak at centre. And the people part is huge: do I want to play with these guys and/or for that coach? Do I trust the GM? What are people I trust saying about the organization? I suspect Johnson picked Buffalo last summer largely because of Okposo, the $ and the fact the team needed a big, veteran RHD who could kill penalties. Those things superceded the fact the team has been bad and Buffalo is cold. Kane was very interested in Buffalo but ultimately didn't come. I suspect that was not because of money or location, but because he didn't feel good about the organization and/or team's chances of winning. We don't really know, but the point is the decision process is far too complex to make sweeping statements.
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What are our top tradeable assets really worth?
dudacek replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
Pick 11 has value. Recently: 7+ a 2nd ana 3rd got Alex Debrincat, who was then flipped for a lot less. 13 got Romanov and 98 13 and 66 got Dach 17ish and a mid-2nd got Hronek and a 4th 17ish and a 2ndish prospect got Bo Horvat. I'd say given expected progression, Kulich's value has generally improved from his draft slot, Rosen's has slipped, and Östlund's is sorta the same, but each of those would be in the eye of the beholder. Johnson isn't worth a late 1st any more. Krebs either. I would think most teams would certainly give up a 3rd for either though, some might give more. I've always maintained Jokiharju is worth more than this board thinks, simply for what I see people paying for RHD at the deadline. Colin Miller was acquired for a 2nd and a 5th. Andrej Sekera was flipped for a 2nd and Jamie McBain, than flipped again for pick #21. Let me put it this way. You'd have beaten the odds if your 2nd-round pick plays 300 games in his career and Jokiharju has already done that before his 25th birthday. Sam Reinhart went for a package similar to Östlund and 11. So did Kevin Fiala. Sam Bennett was acquired for 2 2nds. The Sabres have the assets to improve their team. -
Buffalo News has a lengthy Sabres-focused interview with new COO Pete Guelli. He says the Sabres are expecting a season ticket base of about 10,000 last year to grow about 10-15 %. New roof underway, new scoreboard ready by August, lots of other business-related tidbits, including an answer to everyone’s favourite ownership question. https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nhl/sabres/pete-guelli-coo-terry-pegula-buffalo-sabres-nhl-lindy-ruff/article_33306f9c-22a5-11ef-90ca-2b5da1025629.html
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Forgot Housley. But in general, I think the only area that shows a clear pattern is when it comes to GMs. Which seems to make sense if you consider how that one is the Pegula hire.
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You can’t take anything for granted. But I don’t think it is a stretch to expect 25-30 goals and 50-60 points from each of Quinn and Peterka next year. Third-year forwards with their track records often have productive seasons simply through the experience they’ve gained. It’s a pace each produced at last year and there’s a pretty good case they’ll enter the season as the team”s #2 and #3 wingers after Tuch. The ice time should be there. There’s also a chance each could get more PP time, given the need to revamp the PP, the fact Appert will be in charge of it, and how each had great PP success under Seth in Rochester.
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What are the parameters to the pattern? The Sabres under Pegula? Ruff is about as opposite to the pattern as you can get. Granato fits the pattern Krueger does not fit the pattern Bylsma does not fit the pattern Nolan does not fit the pattern Adams fits the pattern Botterill fits the pattern Murray fits the pattern Karmanos does not fit the pattern Sexton does not fit the pattern Patrick does not fit the pattern Ventura does not fit the pattern Leone fits the pattern Appert fits the pattern Bales does not fit the pattern Wilford does not fit the pattern Ellis fits the pattern… Is this actually a pattern?
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Is that yours? Ranking or what you think teams might do? I would take Catton with what was available at 11. Haven’t given it a ton of thought, but he might be as high as 6 on my list.
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He’s terrible because he’s more of the same. But Appert wasn’t actually terrible… Maybe, but the Sabres are terrible and they hire coaches from the USNDTP. But really they haven’t. It’s just Appert and Leone right now, plus Granato out of dozens since Darcy got canned… That’s my point, they only hire people they know. But they don’t know Leone… Why do you hate the fans so much?
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Kinda have a soft spot for Claypool because he is one of a very few B.C. kids to have a measure of success in the NFL. I have no idea if he deserves the hatred he gets on social media, but I do know what I think of social media.
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I don’t think so, but it’s an interesting comparison. One could argue the Panthers did what they did after a Sabres-style rebuild around Barkov, Huberdeau, Gudbranson etc. failed. Some argued it’s what the Sabres should have done. But Kevyn Adams chose a different path and he thinks his players are better than you do. He’s going to sink or swim with this ship
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Not sure whether the Greenway conversation is more about what role people want him in, what players they want him to play with, or where he ranks on the ice time depth chart. For me, I am remembering a Lindy Ruff who consistently played Jochen Hecht with Briere and Mike Grier with Drury. I have listened to coach, players and GM talk about the need for structure. And I have watched how much better Greenway is at structure than most of the other forwards. I expect him to be playing a lot.
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Think he’s been mentioned on here somewhere, but if the Sabres are looking for defensively strong, veteran defensive forechecking winger, I don’t know if there’s a better fit than Jordan martinook. Great forechecker, kills penalties. He’s basically a better Girgensons.
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Why not? Is he significantly worse than Corey Perry and Dylan Holloway, currently playing top 9 in the Stanley Cup final I’m not the kind of guy to build my lineup on a hierarchy system. The lines would depend more on role or chemistry. But in terms of ice time, I’d be giving Quinn and Tuch the most and Peterka Benson Skinner Greenway and new guy similar counts based on play and situation. Who were the 3rd liners out of Dumont, Hecht, Grier, Kotalik, Vanek, Afinogenov, Pominville and whichever of Connelly and Roy wasn’t playing centre?