DarthEbriate
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43 minutes ago, Thorny said:
That’s ridiculously disingenuous framing by Vogl and I don’t even like the ROR trade obviously
Completely. If you're going to pull that you could as easily say: "VGK's 2022 1st and 2023 2nd have 0 goals in 0 games. Ryan Johnson has 0 goals in 0 games."
The second sentence should read "Tage Thompson has turned into an NHL center and has 29 goals and 54 points in 141 games, oh, and Sobotka and Berglund had 8 goals and 20 points in their 108 games."
Is the Eichel trade return better than the ROR trade? Obviously. One was given away to avoid paying a $7M bonus (edit: and other off-ice reasons) which let the opposing GM play our team's GM like a fiddle. And now, Thompson is looking great on a freakishly cheap deal, and Johnson is still an asset with a solid future.
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1 minute ago, Eleven said:
Well this was a nice win and a nice surprise.
A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.
2 minutes ago, SDS said:Not a single hat trick. Disgusting.
With 15 minutes to go and 3 plays sitting on 2 goals... trying to win back the fans... Skinner 1 missed shot. Krebs 0 shots. Thompson 1 shot. (Thompson had 2 total shots in the third.) You can't get a hat if you don't shoot the puck.
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3 minutes ago, The Ghost of Yuri said:
I've had the same thought: The Sabres have a plethora of $750k NHLers and the cap space to take a contract back.
It would be fun... but we know the drill. VGK's injured players will be practicing with the team but in non-contact jerseys and not fully ready to come back until the playoffs. And the NHL will let it go because the GMs make up the rules and want that Kucherov-capability for themselves. Eichel will get warmup games going into the playoffs while a couple other veterans are on IR "recovering". They won't have to move anyone until the offseason.
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1 minute ago, PerreaultForever said:
We're playing well, but man, Philly looks like a team in complete meltdown. Risto sends another franchise into teardown rebuild mold..................
This is very enjoyable so far.
The key is for Philly to bottom out next season so that our 2023 2nd from them is at the top of the round.
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7 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
I like Krebs but he's not gonna be a goal scorer per say
The beauty is that if he occasionally shows shot and works on it, he doesn't need to be. The threat of the shot opens the way for his slick passes to Quinn, Olofsson, Tager, Power, Dahlin, JJP, Poltapov, etc.
5 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:Han shot first
I'm an old-schooler who went from VHS to the first DVD with the bad original reprint disc and then into the despecialized cuts. I haven't seen Greedo shoot in years and years (except once on Disney+ to hear the inserted "Maclunkey!" which I found to be fun and silly, no harm/no foul). Han shot. That is all that happened.
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The third period is going to be all about going shopping at the hattery. Or at the millinery because that word looks cooler and it might cause more folks to reach for their dictionary. And ballcaps are unisex anyway. To the millinery! And remember the Death Star! I feel we've forgotten. We've gone into Death Star mode with every two-goal lead recently. Instead, it's time to attack and finish strong.
1 minute ago, PickaPecaPickles said:In case anyone is interested, Amerks down 4-2 after 2; JJ with 2 assists.
In goal: Charles Williams...?
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5 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:
I said so far...
I'm tracking with you -- so far: Krebs/Tuch = 16GP 5-8-13pts; Eichel 0GP 0pts. 😇
And it'll look all the sweeter when VGK trades a good player to be able to bring Eichel onto the roster, then Eichel's Hockey Gods curse causes him another high ankle sprain as well as injuries to his fellow teammates, thereby causing VGK to narrowly miss the playoffs, netting the Sabres a mid-1st pick. (And if it hadn't been lottery protected, then yes, VGK would win the lottery and we'd pick #1 and #6.)
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4 minutes ago, Dreams Burn Down said:
I wouldn't be averse to an early keelhauling on Risto to set some kind of tone for the afternoon.
I'm at work today, but this board is, even more than usual, providing me with much needed comic relief. Thank you.
Today Risto is going to look like Bogo's first game with the Sabres. On the stat sheet he could outhit our entire D-corps. Of course, if we have patience (and talent), we should be able to draw him out of position a handful of times to make said hits and turn those into grade A scoring chances.
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Playing like the parent club --- Amerks outshot 12-5 in the second and 12-4 thus far in the third. Close it out, kid-Sabres!
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13 minutes ago, woods-racer said:
I was trying to compare size wise in height and weight. Tuch plays big and is big. Murray plays tentatively and is big.
I believe Murray has more skill and has the same speed as Hayden and is bigger, yet I like Hayden's game better. I just think Murray has so much potential and would love to seem him succeed.
Agreed. Murray is another not-very-aggressive Sabre who's happier to wave his stick at the opponent (allowing the player a free pass/release up the ice), rather than take the player into the boards (even softly) and thereby preventing them from joining the play immediately, or forcing them to make a bad pass because they're about to get collided with. Checks don't have to be hits or put people through the boards, but they should impact the play. Murray is another Sabre non-checker.
(And every once in awhile, it would be nice to see a Sabre put someone through the boards, just to keep them honest. Maybe even start a fight because of retaliation for a clean hit. Help bring the team together.)
But as others have said, the aggression has to be part of your makeup.
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5 minutes ago, woods-racer said:
That's to bad. I was hoping for Tuch like play. May not be a fighter but just relentless and a true pain to play against.
Murray does not have the speed to play Tuch's game. There's a reason Tuch was drafted 18th overall and Murray was drafted 99th.
2 hours ago, Curt said:Yay for Craig Anderson. Hope to see him back on the ice this season. Not just for the Sabres’ sake, you also like to see guys be able to leave the game on their own terms. I know he is old and just about done, but still hate to see guys forced out by injury.
Also -- let's hope that Anderson's return doesn't coincide with another goalie getting injured and out week-to-week. (Even Dell!) Rochester needs a goalie back, too.
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Mitts is almost back! Will Quinn play on Mitts' wing? No. Sadly, no.
37 minutes ago, Hawerchuk said:From the ATHLETIC today:
Second most in the league behind Montreal this season. JUST BRUTAL!
And that's with half a season left to go.
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That stinks. It also explains why Quinn didn't look as a strong in the 3rd and wasn't on the ice for the game-tying goal attempt.
++You don't believe in the Hockey Gods, do you?
--Kid, I've skated from one side of this league to the other. I've seen a lot of strange injuries, but I've never seen anything to make me believe there's one all-powerful force demanding injury retribution for constant "tanking" and "resetting". There's no mystical energy field that controls my injury list.... But, that doesn't mean I'm not building a shrine to make sacrifices for promoting player health going forward.
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Just now, HumanSlinky39 said:
Didn't allow an empty netter, so that's nice.
And look at those dominant +/- numbers. 😇
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Just cannot keep a lead.
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1 minute ago, Thorny said:
This film has a pacing problem
We had the splashy exciting open. Then the opening credits... Now we have to establish things like plot. And character! Boring!
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The electric start has turned into a series of icings.
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1 minute ago, The Ghost of Yuri said:
The Stars "need some speed bumps at neutral ice" according to Daryl Reaugh.
Their defense makes our defense look downright dead puckish.
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QUINNNNNNERRRRRRRR!
Just now, Carmel Corn said:It's too bad it didn't go it, otherwise we could say "Great shot, kid, that was one in a million!"
But that one was.
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Alright... time to get the new-look PP firing on target.
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Lovely feed from Thompson to Quinn. Close for the kid.
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Pysyk banked it off the boards... right around his teammate and right to the Stars... and immediate re-entry into our zone. Sloppy there.
Jack Eichel and 2023 3rd Traded to Vegas for F Alex Tuch, C Peyton Krebs, 2022 1st Top Ten Protected and 2023 2nd
in The Aud Club
Posted · Edited by DarthEbriate
He gave us cap space to sign Hall, which won us Power! It's all coming together....
Edit: I just checked. Berglund would be in the final year of his contract this year. So I said is true from a certain point of view.