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30 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said:
Doans Dad was good?
If he had a different last name, he might be discussed differently
Maybe but idc much about his dad, I care about his maturity and the fact his underlying metrics suggest there's more there. While Peterka was out here shooting at a % that's all but guaranteed to be unsustainable, Doan was quite unlucky in the same regard. That's not saying Doan will match Peterka but if jjp is actually a 25g scorer and Doan is actually a 15g scorer, we might be okay.
All that said, Adams hope strategy is terrible and this is an 85pt team.
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2 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
Yes, but would should at least get another asset back in addition to Andersson. Plus Andersson is an upgrade on Byram on the ice plus Andersson is deadline tradable if the team is again out of the playoffs.
Is he? Andersson was awful last year. He's got rumors out there he'll only sign in Vegas. Trading Byram for 1yr of Andersson and some futures piece isn't good business. I think Byram with Dahlin is better than Andersson with Dahlin.
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Just now, Weave said:
You have to admit that trading for Andersson has the same risks as re-signing Byram in regards to kicking the can down the road a season or two. The risk of Andersson not signing is every bit as high as the risk of Byram leaving at the end if a short term deal.
We're on year 5 of Adams just ignoring gt.
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7 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
It’s a results business and he had failed at every turn. He deserves to get criticized.
Remember Byram is a redundant asset. He the 3rd puck moving LHD on the team. His value is greater to other teams that lack his skill set. The problem is if he pulls the trigger on a trade we know that the return will be inadequate.
We also know, with 25 mill already sunk in Dahlin, Power and Mule, that another large contract for a poor defensive D would be a mistake for the Sabres.
To further complicate matters, if he trades Byram, Dahlin again has no partner. There are no top 4 D left in free agency and I doubt someone is going to trade us a top 4 RHD at this point.
So Adams has painted himself into a corner. If he keeps Byram the team suffers and if trades Byram the team likely suffers as well. Well done Kevyn.
Just want to note Dahlin is very good in his own end. Not necessarily disagreeing with your main point.
???? - Dahlin
Power - Kesselring
Samuelsson - Timmins
Bryson
Even if you put Samuelsson with Dahlin, we're still short a defender. Really hope Novikov makes lots of skating strides this offseason.
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40 minutes ago, Taro T said:
You're totally overlooking the inspired full season of play they'll get from Norris and Quinn. None of them were effectively on the roster last year. You KNOW that Adams is banking on big years from Norris and Quinn.
(And IF he gets that, AND the goaltending is at least top 12, AND they stay healthy, AND Kesserling and Power gel; well, without any pucks going into the Sabres net off knees and counting, then probably (possibly?) PLAYOFFS!!!!)
38 minutes ago, Thorny said:
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3 hours ago, Archie Lee said:
General question, not directed specifically to you: Why should a fan believe that Danforth and Doan are different than Lafferty, Aube-Kubel, and Malenstyn?
I don't think Danforth will be much different. Doan though has some skills that I don't think the players mentioned did. There's a real drive to improve with him and he's got the pedigree and maturity to do it. I also think that when you look at his underlying numbers, there's some good things in there.
1 hour ago, Brawndo said:I hear stuff from time to time
You should see a Dr about that...
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Wait... trade for William Eklund so I can show y'all he's better than Power.
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51 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:
How about Smith ? Sharks just added another young C in Misa , they have Celebrini.
They view Smith as a winger. Paired him with Celebrini this past year.
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5 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:
Who would you want from the Sharks?
Sharks have hamburg native Quentin Musty. I'd start there in a Byram deal.
Liljegren, Musty, and a 2026 2nd for Byram.
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2 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
They have 20 forwards in the pipeline, 16 defenders, 5 goalies.
https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/53/buffalo-sabres/in-the-system
Not all draft picks are created equal.
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22 minutes ago, dudacek said:
The Sabres are on record as thinking he will be worse than Radim Mrtka.
It will be interesting to see how that quote ages.
Fortons comments were... dumb. They were dumb.
And I like mrtka just fine.
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35 minutes ago, Mr. MVP said:
Would Holloway or Byfield become our 1C? They gotta be a better option than Kulich, right? But then Kulich can slide over to wing?
I think Norris is getting the 1c job but yes, Kulich could slide to lw.
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1 hour ago, Warriorspikes51 said:
Byram + Prospect for ByfieldByram + Krebs for Andersson & Zary
Byram + Krebs + 2nd for Parayko & Holloway
If Adams manages to trade Byram for Dylan Holloway, I'll write him an apology letter and seal it with a kiss.
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30 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
Looking forward to watching Norris play 50 games next year and Ottawa choosing one of Liger’s Favorite Draft Eligible Prospects at 37th Overall
Pistols at dawn, sir!
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7 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
This "harder to play against" narrative makes me laugh. Sweeney in Boston saying exactly the same thing. "We want to be harder to play against". So Sabres add Kesselring and Doan. Bruins add Jeannot, Eyssimont, Kuraly and already have Zadorov and Kastelic. I do not expect either team to make the playoffs, but who actually became harder to play against?
What!? But Jeannot got 5 years?
Unless the Bruins defense drags them to the playoffs I think you're right
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59 minutes ago, Carmel Corn said:
Anybody see any similarity between Danforth’s game and Benson?
I’m hoping for more offensive upside with Benson over time BTW
Maybe his checking game but that about it.
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27 minutes ago, ponokasabre said:
I dont know what these charts are supposedly saying, but is that they are both really bad defensivley??
Each +1 or -1 is a standard deviation away from the mean. Above they are better than 50% of the league, below they are worse.
Also this is a rough explanation and if someone understands it better, go for it.
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29 minutes ago, BullBuchanan said:
You can't say Norris is better than anybody. Until proven otherwise he's Tim Connolly 2.0. There's an extremely likely possibility that at 26, he's near the end of his career. He's had 3 years of shoulder injuries.
Zucker is not definitively better than Ott. He scores more, but Ott was a more physical presence.
Comparing Quinn and Girgensons is stupid, but no he isn't. Girgensons was very reliable and often the best player in our bottom 6.
Doan is unknown. he might not even be an NHL level talent.
Kaleta was definitely better than Danforth thus far.
Benson should be in the AHL absed on production thus far.
Kulich is not yet on par with Ennis who was a routine 20G scorer.
Thompson + Tuch + McLeod is probably slightly better than Vanek + Stafford + Girgensons at that point int heir careers. But the rest of our group is a mess.
Cool. None of that is relevant, because we have no idea who will play the most games this year. Maybe adams does a firesale in october -february like we did in 2013. All you can judge is the plan going into the year.
None of what you wrote here is accurate, other than Norris being a wildcard. The rest is flat out nonsense.
Benson should be AHL based on production... you realize Steve Ott had 1 more goal and like 10 more assists than Benson? I mean what the ***** are we even doing here.
Nonsense.
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Y'all keep spelling Bear wrong but yes Mrtka has a lot of upside.
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3 minutes ago, BullBuchanan said:
That's not the opening day line. The below is, which is a far stronger grouping. 2013 was also widely recognized as a teardown rebuild year, and we still had a stronger group than we have now. I actually like that whole roster makeup better than what we have now outside of Leino. Ott, Girgensons, Grigorenko and Kaleta were all very physical players with Stafford and Vanek not easy to push around either. That team had big holes and lacked a premier player in their prime like Tage is.
Thomas Vanek Cody Hodgson Drew Stafford
Steve Ott Tyler Ennis Ville Leino
Zemgus Girgensons Mikhail Grigorenko Brian Flynn
Cody McCormick Johan Larsson Patrick Kaleta
I dont think that is a stronger roster than
Benson - Norris - Thompson
Zucker - Kulich - Tuch
Quinn - McLeod - Doan
Greenway - Krebs - Danforth
Kozak
Tage better than Vanek, Norris is better than Hodgson, Benson is probably not yet better than Stafford in goal scoring but is a better 2-way player so we will call that a push.
Zucker is better than Ott, Kulich is at least on par with Ennis although I guess we have to give it to Ennis until Kulich proves that. Leino v Tuch... come on now.
Quinn is better than Zemgus. McLeod is better than Grigorenko. Doan is better than Flynn.
Greenway is better than McCormick. Krebs and Larsson are probably equal-ish. Kaleta and Danforth are similar enough.
So the 2013 roster beats out Buffalo maybe when we compare Stafford to Benson, maybe Kulich is worse than Ennis playing center and then... no where else. For some it is laughably not close. The Sabres forward group is far better than the group they started 2013 with.
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12 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
You're right about this season. But anyone you sign now, unless it's a one year deal, is going to have an impact going forward.
Or you just trade Byram in 2026. Or you trade Samuelsson. Or you do what they did this offseason which is clear out fringe guys and replace them with cheaper yet similar alternatives.
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Connor Timmins filed for arbitration; Bo Byram did not
in The Aud Club
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So just so we're clear Adams didn't sign JBD because Arbitration but traded a 2nd to get Timmins who filed for Arbitration.
And I'm suppose to believe the difference between Jbd and Timmins is so large, this is some strategy?