SABRES 0311
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What bothers me about the PP is how slow puck movement is. I may be wrong but the idea is to pull the PKers out of their positions to stretch them apart. This opens passing and shooting lanes.
Puck carriers tend to hold the puck a little longer allowing the PKers to shift and adjust as a unit.
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6 hours ago, Thorny said:
I just can’t agree. I think this rebuild has gone on so long it has passed beyond the realm of having reasonable, common fixes. It’s essentially a living entity. Any sort of “play the long game” thinking to me is poisonous and represents sliding back down that slope of being ok with inferior expectations. The goal can’t change. Because actively failing, is a step in itself. Because we haven’t yet failed, under KA, have we? Not according the management. We’ve merely developed.
Failing on a goal is better than not having a goal.
The best teacher, failure is.
I’m not saying they should tank or anything like that. I’m saying KA needs to reassess his off season actions. I believe he thought last year’s roster could make the playoffs this year which is why he didn’t make any significant moves. At present the team is not just losing, they seem fragile.
When I watched the Cozens interview, the kid looked and sounded terrible. Not just because the game just ended but mentally he is drained. Another example is OP looks like he has no idea what he’s doing and is just winging it. Against Detroit I saw a forward skate the puck around the backside of our net. Three Sabres waved their sticks at him and nobody tried taking the body. Joker was one of them.
This team is broken mentally. We are seeing the beginning of a new losing culture stemming from no structure and no mentorship. If this continues I think we will see another instance where players are traded for picks in order to rebuild again.
Or, KA can stop falling in love with prospects, use them as currency, and bring in some meaningful pieces now to correct the ship. This means going back and doing what should’ve happened last summer. Whether it’s now or later, not all of our high end picks and top six forwards will remain.
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45 minutes ago, Thorny said:
Absolutely not. Cannot give up on stated goal this early, would be super detrimental.
Its more of a realization that the primary goal is less likely to be achieved because the smaller, supporting goals were not achieved. This organization needs to go back a few steps in the plan and restart there.
Making the playoffs this year’s goal will draw attention away from fixing what was left to fester.
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1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:
Which is why I need 2nd, 3rd, even 4th teams to root for.
I cannot imagine what it must be like for someone who only likes the Sabres over this last decade. That has to be absolutely brutal.
It’s not that bad. After a couple seasons of suffering, whips, chains, safe words, and leather masks replaced game day jerseys.
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Was already a fan. Started paying more attention to strategy and systems since joining SS. Became somewhat more aware of stats. Not the fancy ones that involve witchcraft.
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OP is directionless. I don’t know why. The kid is everywhere except where he needs to be on the ice. I’m sure there is some fancy stat that says he’s good to go. Probably something that incorporates the day of the week and a waning or waxing moon.
If the coaching staff can’t/won’t reign him in then a top four experienced partner might have to. When Dahlin was out of sorts there was still something about his game you could see made him special. I don’t see it with OP but maybe others do.
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39 minutes ago, JohninMinn. said:
Only thing that can save this team is massive testosterone injections. They don't need coaching.
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Here are the goaltending tandems for each team. I would target a team with a three headed monster first. If that fails I’d talk to BOS and VGK. Those two have good tandems and good teams in front of the goalie to soften the blow.
https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/ranking-every-nhl-goalie-tandem-for-2023-24/amp
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Goaltending: Trading a couple prospects and future picks in a package for a real 1A has to happen. Levi doesn’t appear like he will be ready as quickly as we hoped. Levi and UPL take turns as backup. Levi goes between Roch/Buffalo.
KO and Girgs. Last season with the organization. KO can retire with a Sabre send off or he can be traded along with Girgs.
Comrie/VO: Trade/Package
Cozens: Could be a real good 3C with ability to play in the top six, secondary scoring.
Greenway/Krebs: Greenway is a bottom six guy. Unless Krebs takes a huge step, he replaces Girgs permanently as 4C.
Benson: Did good with Mitts. He looked good with JJP. Put them together. A Skinner in the making.
Skinner TT Tuch
JJP Mitts Benson
TBD Cozens Quinn
Greenway Krebs TBD
Acquire a real top four stay at home defenseman. OP either goes third pair with EJ or Muel pairs with OP on second pairing.
Dahlin TBD
Power Muel
EJ/RJ
Bottom line is we need:
-A real 1A (Priority 1)
-Middle six forward (Priority 3)
-Top four defensive defenseman (Priority 2)
Aside from EJ and Skinner most of the above roster is young enough where expending currency now shouldn’t screw up any window. Their replacements can be cultivated in house. Just need to draft wisely going forward.
Currency: Future picks, VO, Greenway, Krebs, Clifton, Comrie, Girgs, KO?, UPL, Savoie, Rosen, Rousek, Biro. If absolutely necessary for a real 1A on term, Power or Cozens.
If OP catches fire, how long will he want to play second fiddle to Dahlin as a 1st overall.
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I am not only irritated by the lack of management from our GM, I am also worried any moves he makes will be garbage.
We need an experienced GM Why has ownership failed to do this for so long now?
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Why you would have Krebs and KO out there at the end is beyond me.
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I think Cozens has an identity and confidence problem. Somehow he believed himself to be some type of tough guy who could jump into any scrap. Hathaway said hold my beer and this kid is now lost.
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Only way I can see fixing this is to build from the back out. We picked some weird half assed random sprinkling of players.
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Joker just standing there letting his man screen and deflect.
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50 minutes ago, Shoot da Puck said:
Buffalo has a 10-12-2 record overall and a 5-5-0 record on its home ice. The Sabres have a 10-3-1 record in games they score at least three goals.
Nashville has a 3-6-0 record in road games and an 11-12 record overall. The Predators have a -2 scoring differential, with 74 total goals scored and 76 allowed.
Sunday's game is the first time these teams match up this season
https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nhl/sabres-and-predators-meet-in-outofconference-matchup
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51 minutes ago, SABRES 0311 said:
Sell the team. Move it to a different city. In five years make an expansion team in Buffalo. Use the VGK model. Win a cup.
And if ur not down with that we got two words for ya
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Sell the team. Move it to a different city. In five years make an expansion team in Buffalo. Use the VGK model. Win a cup.
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2 minutes ago, ... said:
Is it that Meatball's system is too challenging to execute night after night or something else?
IMO, wrong configuration of players.
Replace Power with an actual second pair quality defensive defenseman.
Cozens is really a third liner. Use him as such ASAP. Not a scorer or fighter but plays physical.
VO is a one trick pony. Replace with a third line quality/type winger to play with Cozens.
Greenway/Girgs/KO/Krebs/Clifton are irrelevant.
Goalie situation is as jacked up as it can be.
Skinner TT Tuch (scoring line)
Peterka Mitts Quinn (scoring line)
TBD Cozens Benson (defensive line w/scoring ability)
Kulich/Rosen Jost TBD
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Someone’s getting fired after this game. Right???
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CAR is just showing off now 😄😄
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A smart team would’ve given CAR the puck to hurry up and get the PP. The Sabres wait to get the extra man and kill some time on the clock.
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8 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Not on purpose this time but…..
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Missing the playoffs by just one point last year should have given the Sabres more reason than any team to improve the roster. Instead it may have been used as a reason not to.
Now we continue reaping the benefits of hiring inexperienced GMs. He’s gotta learn to part ways with talent and ceiling to get what the team needs now and for years to come.
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That was a good play by CAR.
The Elephant In the Sabres' Room: Fixing the Power Play
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IMO, they over pass because they don’t move their feet. The point man (usually Dahlin/Power) moves with the puck but everyone else is static.
Its like they are waiting for the PKers to just move out of position without giving them a reason. It doesn’t facilitate the half wall one-timer they keep trying.
Move the bumper into a screening position. Shoot low from the point for a deflection. PK collapses to the net. Rebounds deflect to the corner/half walls. With a collapsed PK you have two points and maybe one winger open with space.