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4 hours ago, Flashsabre said:
Just for fun. Build you ultimate Sabres team. Only rule is that it has to be made of players who have played for the team. Here’s mine:
EDIT: Pick players based on their NHL peak
R Martin Perrault Gare
Mogilny Lafontaine Hawerchuk
Vanek Eichel Reinhart
C Ramsay Peca Drury
Extras: Briere, Rene Robert
Dahlin SchonfeldHousley Zhitnik
M Ramsey McKee
Extra: Power
Hasek
Crozier
Extra: Edwards
Coach: Scotty Bowman, Associate Coach: Ruff
Not bad, but Larry Playfair absolutely makes any team I come up with…. I’d leave Robert on the first line…. For some reason I’m OK with LaFontaine even though we weren’t his main team I have a problem with Hawerchuk for the same reason. I like Briere more than Vanek. I like Roy and Pommenville more than Vanek. I really like Stu Barnes as well… It’s sad that so many listed played somewhere else more than Buffalo including Briere..Drury…. We’re pathetic …. 🥺
I should try to build an allstar Sabre team with Sabres that played most of their career in Buffalo…. Did Renè and Rick play mostly in Buffalo? IDK? Pretty lame team if we can’t use those two…. I’d like to keep Eichel off of it too… Not that I hate him it’s more he’s not really a Buffalo player…. Here, I’m assuming Rick and Rene main team was Buffalo, I think it was…IDK?
Rene - Gil - Rick
man! It is so hard without LaFontaine, Briere and Drury, etc…
Vanek - Roy - Pommenville I like this because I always thought this line was really a fantastic #2 line….
Molgilny - Connolly? LOL, IDK? - Gare
Foligno - Peca - Vaclav Varada What a fantastic 4th line this would be!
Dahlin - Ramsey
Power - Lydman
Playfair - McKee
Warrener - Tallinder or Teppo….. Either one could be over Power right now but Power is going to get much better, imho…
if it was the playoffs and the team was playing rough I’d switch Power with Playfair…. I really, really liked Toni Lydman….
Just thinking Montador would make it if he played here longer and he played like he did in fla. here..
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Hmmm…. I don’t like it, but I guess you know that is going to happen when you draft ten plus players two years in a row….
I hope it doesn’t come up and bite us in the ass again…. Lindgren has got talent that’s for sure…. Not so sure about the other guys…
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On 5/28/2024 at 9:58 AM, GASabresIUFAN said:
Long-term the answer to our 3C is pretty easy. Eventually, one of Savoie, Kulich, Östlund or Wahlberg will win the job and we’ll go from there, but I don’t believe any are ready now. Savoie and Kulich are the closest, but I don’t think the Sabres can afford to take the risk to try one of them next season. Savoie is the one forward in the system who could force his way onto the roster in camp next season.
Krebs is the other internal candidate. I believe he should be traded, but given he’ll be cheap to retain and has been effective in a 4th line role, my guess is he’ll be re-signed. I worry he is this year’s Asplund.
Ruling out the internal candidates, what should we be looking for in terms of skill set, cost (cap), cost to acquire, and term?
As to skill set, ideally the player should have a strong 2 way game. I like someone with good PK ability and who can win a draw. 45-50 points would also be nice.
From a skill set standpoint, getting Cirelli would be ideal. Only issues are the 7 years left on his deal and that a NTC kicks in after next season. His 6.25 cap is workable this season and could be worked around long-term if the kids come in wins jobs. I think other strong UFA candidates, like Stephenson and Monahan, will want 4-5 year deals.
Term: Does Adams go a for core type player and commit to them long-term blocking his prospects in the process or does he try to find a player for a year or 2 to hold the job until a kid is ready. I’d love to see him go for it and get a Cirelli, but I suspect he’ll remain cautious and try to find someone who will sign for 3 years or less or acquire someone with limited term remaining. LV has a couple of other centers, Karlsson and Roy, who may be available. Both have 3 years left, Karlsson at 5.9 and Roy at 3. I’d take either, but Karlsson has an NTC and LV, if they let their UFAs walk, don’t have much of a cap crunch right now. I’d love to have Karlsson, especially because he can play up the lineup as well.
Roslovic is an interesting UFA. Not great in the FO dot, but he is a guy that I think still has untapped potential and who should be a 45 pt player again in the right circumstances. I also think he could take a shorter deal in right circumstances to get another bite at the UFA apple in 2-3 years. Max Domi is another interesting idea.
If we could get Roy, Cirelli, or Karlsson, how much would it cost to acquire one of them?
All I know is that I’ll be very disappointed if the 3C is in-hose even though I believe that it will indeed be in-house. IMHO, we need two new centers, both a 3C and 4C. Both good at face-offs. Both veteran leaders with hutzpah. Both not slow. Of course, the 3C has to have more skill than the 4C but both should be able to score and make plays.
IMHO, we also need two 4th line wingers. Similar to Girgs but with way more toughness/gritiness. Players that won’t hesitate to right a wrong. Players that are demons on the forecheck and backcheck. Players who will instill toughness into other players….
I think we desperately need all four of these guys. So much so that I think it would be great to acquire a third new winger to be ready to spell the starters…. I cannot emphasize enough how badly we need players like this….
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I think we’ve already decided to do nothing this summer. It is going to be another year to develop prospects in Buffalo….
Kulich and Rosen are already locks on the 2024-25 roster.
This is not what we need.We need bigger, stronger, grittier players that win in the corners and go to the net without exception. We need forecheckers and backcheckers that win on the dot. We need players that make other players not want to play us.
Yes, of course you need talent too but talent without toughness does not win in the NHL…
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On 5/8/2024 at 6:25 PM, Buffalonill said:
No .. the dude is selfish and only cares about his goal stats.
And poof he disappears in the playoffs
Auston Matthews has 23 goals, 25 assists and a plus-minus of +2 in 55 games in the playoffs in his career.
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On 5/3/2024 at 12:38 PM, steveoath said:
I’ll not bore everyone with the GB roster, lol. We’re plucky!
Canadia announced today:
So much for DC taking the summer off to recuperate….
i guess that’s good news…. Though I think the whole team should be cross-training to gain muscle mass without losing coordination…. Maybe take up boxing as well…. We need to hire a hockey only strength and conditioning coach that can hire who he needs to get both Rochester and Buffalo to gain muscle while retaining their skills…. I mean a guy that can definitely do it.
They could continue to skate while doing all this…. You can do more than one thing at a time!
Maybe take a class on getting tougher as a team as well… We need to think outside of the box….
we need to be proactive… We need to change what we’ve been doing….
I’d like to keep our draft pick this year and target a forward at least averaged size for the NHL….
Then trade a couple smaller prospects that don’t project to center in the NHL and whatever else we need to add (a player, 2025 1st and 2024 2nd) to that to target one top six center that plays a physical game and wins F/Os…Then sign a totally new fourth line that is willing to do just about anything to win….Maybe sign four of them so we have a great sub… We really don’t have any fourth liners in Rochester that I want on my fourth line…. If we get an injury in the top nine, we can call up Rosen or perhaps Savoie….or both if we have to… LOL, if we didn’t trade them…. It seems Rosen is closest in Rochester though…. I think he is also the biggest of: Krebs, Rosen, Savoie, Östlund, Kulich and Benson…
Then we need to assemble the best coaching staff Buffalo ever had…. Nothing but the best.
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1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:
$22 x 41 games is $902. Then add in 2-3 $15 preseason games. Up till now $1076 was their lowest ST price, or around $26/game. That's about a 15% reduction.
Does this mean management is going to run back the same team as last year?
Lord, I surely hope not…..
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On 3/22/2024 at 9:57 AM, JoeSchmoe said:
If you use Peterka and Quinn as benchmarks to how prospects from the AHL graduate into the NHL, it can tell us something.
JJP was basically a ppg in his Draft+1 AHL season. Quinn was 1.35ppg. Both struggled with their 200ft game in their rookie NHL seasons.
Kulich is 0.78ppg at the same age, Rosen is 0.64 and he's a year older. Neither one are close to JJP or JQ trajectory. How do we expect they are going to be much help next year. Is there something else in their games that doesn't show up on the scoresheet? As of right now (not going into the 23-24 season) do either one of the project out to be 1st or 2nd line players? If not, we need to move them.
Noah Ostland is 0.6ppg in the SHL. It's a low scoring league, but that still sounds too low to be able to make the jump to the NHL, especially with him being small. Is that right?
The only hope I have is Savoie. He's pretty much at the top of the WHL for ppg. My concern though is he's too small to be very impactful next year. I'm thinking he's probably a Benson 2.0 level player. Thoughts? I think it might take a while, but he could still have top 1 or 2 line potential.
Long story short though is we need to start trading some of these guys for NHL ready players in the offseason. Otherwise, I don't have much hope in breaking the non-playoff streak next year.
Sabres prospects are not ready. We must sign good vet players with grit to expensive two year deals this summer….
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5 hours ago, K-9 said:
Kulich actually looks like he’s regressed; not impressive at all. He looks slower, weaker, less in command on the ice. Perhaps it’s lingering effects from whatever injury he sustained earlier, but he’s not the same player.
Well, All I’ll say about that is they are currently not ready….
They are learning how to play a two-way game just like the young Sabres!
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2 hours ago, mjd1001 said:
I'm strongly anti-fighting. I'm strongly anti-scrum after the whistle. I'm strongly against any stick work, cheap shots of any kind. HOWEVER, until the league is serious about elminiating those things totall (which they aren't close to yet), I really would like to see the Sabres get a guy with a big-time mean streak to RESPOND to (not instigate, but respond to) stuff like this. He doesn't have to drop the gloves at all if nothing happens to require it, but when stuff like this happens, I want them to have at least one guy (preferably a couple) who will go at it in situations like this.
I would just add that we definitely need at least two and not one….
We neither draft nor sign tough, physical players… We are denying reality.
im completely against too but I cannot stand watching the Sabres get bullied…
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On 9/14/2023 at 7:27 PM, Taro T said:
Seeing these guys getting so excited at landing these kids can kind of be infectious. (Realize that's the point, to hype the future while the present finally gets here; but they've been genuinely excited to land them. And they seem to have been right on guys they've drafted in the past like Power, Quinn, and Peterka.)
@Brawndo & @Huckleberry 🍻
I love the 2021 Draft with Power, Rosie, Nikita Novikov (he is exactly what the doctor ordered)… then Poltapov, Kisakov, Stillman (trade for Bloom) Nadeau and Kozak! What a draft!
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On 9/10/2023 at 1:52 PM, dudacek said:
I think most of the conversation around here seems to be about whether the Sabres did enough to make the playoffs this year.
I'd like to see some conversation to about whether the Sabres have enough pieces in place to break out and become a contending team.
What are the differences between this years Sabres and the Sabres of 2005/06? Both teams are loaded with young players breaking in together on the verge of breaking out. Both teams are coming off a year where they missed the playoffs, but showed signs down the stretch. Neither team made significant veteran additions, but sprinkled in a big checking forward late the previous season and added a few judicious pieces on defence in the off-season. Both teams had uncertainty in goal.
Can this edition of the Sabres follow in that edition's footsteps?
For reference, Forwards:
- Tage Briere
- Tuch Dumont
- Skinner Max
- Cozens Drury
- Mitts Connolly
- Okposo Hecht
- Krebs Roy
- Quinn Vanek
- Peterka Pominville
- Greenway Grier
- Olofsson Kotalik
- Girgensons Gaustad
- Jost Mair
- Rousek Pyatt
- Kulich Paille
Defence
- Dahlin Campbell
- Power Tallinder
- Samuelsson McKee
- Clifton Lydman
- Jokiharju Kalinin
- Johnson Numminen
- Stillman Fitzpatrick
Goalie
- Levi Miller
- Comrie Biron
- Luukkonen Noronen
I say that if isn’t this year,it’s most definitely next season. It sez here the Amerks bring home the Calder this year and that many from that championship team force their way onto the Sabres and then this ultra fast, ultra talented team next year blows the doors of the playoffs and actually go deep.
Next season’s third line will be exactly like a 2nd first line and will always pressure their opponent. The fourth line will be like a typical third line and the defense will be like a dark forest both in size and mystic.Go Sabres!
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I’m so excited for both teams right now….. We have Allen and the Sabres are going to rise, rise, rise!
Go Bills!
Go Sabres!
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8 hours ago, Buffalonill said:
You do realize you quoted yourself.
Good gif, but I just added something….
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7 minutes ago, B-U-F-F-A-L-O said:
The changing of the guard is almost complete…..
Excellent.
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14 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
The changing of the guard is almost complete…..
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6 hours ago, dudacek said:
Not sure is we'll see Levi or Rousek, and the college and Euro guys won't be around, but will get a mix of Amerks and juniors
Here's a potential roster:
Benson Savoie Nadeau
Cedarqvist Kulich Rosen
Kisakov Kozak Neuchev
Fiddler-Schultz Miedema
Johnson Novikov
Metsa Jandric
Komarov Lindgren
Ratzlaff
These are some nice lines and pairs, thanks!
i don’t know who Jandric is?
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I’d like to see the Amerks current roster now. It seems really loaded. Both in skill and in just the number of players….
Theyre loaded. They have to be a Calder Cup favorite, no?
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12 hours ago, inkman said:
I like the kid a bunch. That said, I’m not sure I see an NHL player. He’s never going to be a scorer at the NHL level. He had 10 points in 55 games as an Amerk. His skating is average. He gives his all but is that enough? The only caveat is that the Sabres don’t have a lot of bottom six type forwards in their ranks. Rousek, who already has shown the ability to score at the AHL and NHL level seems like a much more likely candidate at this point.
Got 5 points in 14 playoffs games which is a lot better than his regular season pace and more importantly was a plus five in the playoffs. I think he is a future Sabre….
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Honestly, does anyone think the Sabres ever make the high skill line of:
Benson - Krebs - Savoie?
Or is that line too small to succeed in the NHL?
is there a current comparable? Or even a past comparable?
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15 hours ago, sweetlou said:
According to a report by Frak Seravalli, John Gibson asked for a trade and said, "I am not playing another game for the Anaheim Ducks".
John Gibson Career Stats
GP GS W L T OT SA GA GAA S S% SO MIN
2013-2014 ANA 3 3 3 0 -- 0 87 4 1.33 83 .954 1 181:07
2014-2015 ANA 23 21 13 8 -- 0 674 58 2.60 616 .914 1 1,339:55
2015-2016 ANA 40 38 21 13 -- 4 992 79 2.07 913 .920 4 2,294:40
2016-2017 ANA 52 49 25 16 -- 9 1,437 109. 2.22 1,328 .924 6 2,950:21
2017-2018 ANA 60 60 31 18 0 7 1,872 139 2.43 1,733 .926 4 3,428:29
2018-2019 ANA 58 57 26 22 0 8 1,838 153 2.84 1,685 .917 2 3,233:02
2019-2020 ANA 51 51 20 26 0 5 1,552 149 3.00 1,403 .904 1 2,981:17
2020-2021 ANA 35 35 9 19 0 7 1,042 101 2.98 941 .903 3 2,030:30
2021-2022 ANA 56 56 18 26 0 11 1,789 172 3.19 1,617 .904 1 3,235:35
2022-2023 ANA 53 52 14 31 0 8 1,983 200 3.99 1,783 .899 1 3,004:55
Career - 431 422 180 179 -- 59 13,266 1,164 2.83 12,102 .912 24 24,679:51He has been a sub 3.00 GAA and better than .900 S% every year until Anaheim started their rebuild 2 years ago. He is a proven goaltender that can split time for two years with Levi and then be a solid back up option.
Not sure what the cost would below since he has clearly demanded a trade.
I would expect it to be UPL, 24 2nd rd pick and Joker/Olofsson. If they want a prospect like Rosen or Östlund, I would even do that, but then include Henrique
Just throwing in Rosen or Östlund? LOL, that’s nuts.
No thank you….
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5 hours ago, Weave said:
Genuinely surprised by this.
Dahlin Mule
Power Clifton
Stillman/Joki/Johnson/Boosh
Clague
and I missed Bryson
That is 8 legit NHLers and a solid tweener insurance policy, and a less solid tweener..
Im starting to think like Dudacek, KA ain’t done and he is collecting pcs so we have some depth after another move is made.
That does seem to make sense, but I don’t feel KA is going to do anything….. Oh, how I wish it were true….
LOL…. One of these days….
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7 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
Connor Clifton is a number 4.
And isn’t it kind of crowded in Rochester’s defensive depth situation now?
I don’t get this move…
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7 hours ago, Zamboni said:
Oh I completely disagree, I think KA is in fact looking to get the Sabres in the playoffs this coming season. Even if it means four games and out. I think KA has a lot of faith in the talent that’s on the team currently. Right or wrong, good or bad, he just has a lot of confidence in what he has built over the course of three years. Barring any major injuries to major top six players… I think the Sabres have a really good shot of making the playoffs. Regardless of if they upgrade the goaltending. Upgrading the goaltending would be a more comfortable position going into the season. I hope it happens, but if it doesn’t, it’s not a guaranteed missing of the playoffs next season. At least that’s how I see it now in July.
I think it’s somewhere in between. There’s no way this is definitely a playoff team and there’s no way it is not a playoff team.
We could be much better with a better #4 RHD, a true #1 goalie or another top winger. I wanted another winger before Quinn got hurt. And I think it’s foolish to count on Quinn much this year….
Our third line looks average at best this year…. Greenway - Krebs - Casey….. and Casey is probably going to the 2nd line….
I wanted four good lines…. I wanted to add a player like Killorn before Quinn got hurt…. I think Savoie and Kulich should stay in minor leagues….
I don’t see why KA didn’t want his talent to force their way on the Sabres…. Looks like we’ll be giving them jobs instead.
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I like your mentioning of Craig Ramsey but I didn’t use him. I want a crazy tough team and my fourth line was Foligno (the kid) - Peca and Varada…. Could you imagine them getting the cycle going? Great playoffs 4th line…
i also like that you had Bill Hajt on your D. I swear, it was completely impossible to go by with the puck…. Can’t score if you can’t go by…l I miss D-men playing the body so much…. Again though, he didn’t make my team, but it made me sad….
Dahlin - M. Ramsey - I loved watching Mike! Dahlin’s the best.
Power - Lydman - Power more on potential, I loved watching Lydman. These can play all over.
Playfair - McKee - Nobody messes with Larry and he could play D. I probably should have went with someone more offensive here but I like McKee….Housley I guess would pair well with Larry. I can’t recall if they ever paired together? With Larry and Foligno no one would want to even get sticks up….
i’d might go with Barrasso or Edwards or Sauve as Hasek’s backup…Any of those three would do, imho… I know Miller is loved by a lot of fans but I would probably take those three over miller though I haven’t looked at their numbers in almost 50 years…. LOL, getting old…
Very honorable mentions to Warrener, Teppo and Tallinder….