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9 hours ago, thenow76 said:
The Yankees have the reigning AL MVP and the likely 2023 AL Cy Young winner on their current roster ... they are not rebuilding. And it won't take 3-5 years for them to be good again. I agree that they need some youth on their roster, and this past series vs the Astros showed some of that potential. I don't think Boone gets them a ring, but that's a different matter. I'd be shocked if NY was not in the thick of a division title/wild card hunt by this time next year.
They are not rebuilding, but my point is they should be. They will not in large part because of the investments they've made in Judge and Cole.
Were going to disagree Because I don't agree that they're gonna contend for a World Series title anytime soon. it's possible. I just don't see it.
To me, the best case scenario with this current roster and some moderate tweaking would be to get them back to contending in the division and hopefully making the playoffs. But not being a favorite for the World Series. I think that's the best case scenario.
However, if they were to go through a legitimate rebuild, they could probably be closer to the yankees of the late 90s and early 2000s, where they are year in and year out a favorite, with the assets and the money they have to get to that point.
If I were a hardcore Yankees fan, that is 100% What I want them to do, not just tweaking and moderate changes.
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Stay healthy the whole year, hopefully with his ice time being brought down slightly so he doesn't get injured or wear down at the end of the year, and to play as and be recognized as a top five defensement in the league
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I don't think i'm there yet with him as being as good as others think, at least not yet.
Hes good, he shows signs of being great, but I think hes going to still need a couple of years to elevate to the level of a top 50 D-man in the league.
Specific expectations? Offensive production numbers slightly better than last year, but more importantly, less tentative with the puck when playing elite competition. Last year I thought physically he had the tools, but when playing against the better teams, he was very quick to pass the puck away to someone else... Or just to chip it up on the boards when a better Play may have presented itself with a slight bit more patience.
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On 9/3/2023 at 11:46 AM, Eleven said:
This article makes the case that all three need to improve, and then goes on to suggest that the three might benefit from playing as line mates while the Sabs await Quinn's return: https://thehockeywriters.com/3-sabres-impress-right-away-2023-24/
I don't think I agree, but I found it stimulating enough for off-season discussion.
We really need camp to open and the season to get here. I browse the forums every day really looking for something new to talk about. I read the title of this thread and just ignored it until I found I had nothing to do but finally open it.
As far as the topic, I was OK with the Greenway trade when it happened, but from what I saw of him, his play really just seemed to be the most boring, non-descript, easy to not even notice him of anyone I have seen in a while. I'm hoping it was just a small sample size and he plays much better, but its not even that I have low expectations for him...as a player I really feel nothing at all (no expectations at all, Kinda forgot he was even on the team when thinking of the projected lineup.)
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On 8/23/2023 at 9:51 PM, Eleven said:
The last time the Yankees lost this many in a row, no one knew who Madonna was/is.
I don't follow baseball anymore since it's been wrecked, but this is great.
I was a big Yankees fan growing up, and a big MLB fan overall. I hardly watch any MLB games anymore, i 'casually' follow the season through the standings and highlights, and honestly I really don't care for the Yankees anymore. More of an 'indifference' which I still can't figure out because they used to be my favorite team as a kid.
With that said, this is a time they should strip this down and rebuild. Yes, I know, they have some big name players signed to long term deals. But this team isn't going anywhere, and even when they were in the playoffs over the last 3-5 years I never found them that likeable.
Instead of saying how much money they have, so they don't have to 'rebuild', but 'retool' instead, take the other route. Because of how much money they have, they should be able to get the best/highest paid scouts, they can bid for the best/highest paid development coaches. A full rebuild may not be quicker than anyone else but if they deploy those resources the right way, it should be more of a 'sure thing' than anyone else if they have a fully loaded scouting and coaching staff. I'd find the team more likeable if the majority of the team was YOUNG, and home grown. I never liked trading for or signing the high priced mercenaries.
If it takes 3-5 years before you are good again, so be it. The Yankees and their fans aren't better than anyone else and don't have a birthright to have their rebuilds happen instantly anymore than any other fanbase.
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8-12 goals, one of the, if not the best forward killing penalties. A group of people criticizing him and wishing he would get replaced with a 'young guy' because they don't know, or at least don't appreciate the fact he is, in his all around game, above average for a 4th liner.
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20 goals, 65-70 total points. I want/expect a little more progression in his game and if he shows that I think that is where he ends up.
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Just now, Zamboni said:
I just heard that spectrum is blacking out ESPN right now.
I haven’t had a chance to check my TV to verify,
They sure are.
Got up and wanted to watch the F1 practice from Monza and no Espn. Or espn2, O or FX, or about a dozen other channels owned by disney.
For me they have until 7am Sunday morning to get this fixed, or else we are canceling. I don't really need to resubscribe to the ESPN/Hulu Bundle either, we just dropped that after the price increases last month. I'll live without ESPN. I'm not a big fan of college football, so the games I do watch I'll watch over the air.
Wife and I talk about this often. 95% of what we watch is done on a streaming network. And as the prices go up, we just rotate which ones we subscribe to. The vast majority of the content we want we can 'pick and choose' and not get cable. Even news now and highlights from most sports we can find online or a streaming option.
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5 hours ago, spndnchz said:
The Thursday thread has been unlocked all day
I looked two pages deep on the thread listing until I found it and it definitely was locked when I checked today.
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On 8/29/2023 at 6:01 PM, SwampD said:
Also, I hate big, obnoxious scoreboards. For me, they only detract from the game. At the Rock in NJ, you can’t even talk to the people you are with because that thing never stops screaming at you.
Also, KBC is not small. I just don’t get that complaint.
Interesting point. While I think 'entertainment' at a game helps, it can be overdone.
I want some highlights on the scoreboard. I want some music between periods. The songs between faceoffs can be fun. Would LOVE gathering areas between periods or more activity in the Arena between periods...etc, etc. All that stuff is good. But it CAN be overdone. Volume shouldn't be so high that you can't talk to the person next to you, and having a few minutes of 'down time' of noise coming from the speaker can be good.
Entertainment outside of the game is good. But please, don't feel the need that you need to blast something out of the speakers if you have so much as 60 seconds of down-time.
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Right now I would put Ottawa a tiny bit ahead of the Sabres, with Detroit 3rd. Of course I'm hoping the Sabres are better than Ottawa, but I can see Ottawa as having a similar year this year to what NJ did last year.
Long term I would swap Buffalo and Ottawa (I think the Sabres ceiling of the current roster is a bit ahead of Ottawa) but Detroit is still 3rd long term.
Detroit is built to win now, they have a lot of vets on the Roster. Debrincat will help, so they should compete for the playoffs but just don't have much high end to compete with the best of the best teams in the playoffs. Detroit won't be bad, but I just don't see the amount of young talent there as Ott and Buf have.
I could engage in a seperate thread about Detroit, I just think they are so overrated long term. They have enough vets now that they might be a good team and their 'floor' isn't that low, they will be competitve just about every night, but I don't see the upside? Raymond did not take the step forward people were expecting. Seider MIGHT be an all star D-man eventually but he is no-where near that yet. Edvinsson and Kasper aren't even ready to make the team, and they are good prospects but probably won't be elite. They really have nothing else in the system that looks to be impact players.
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4 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
I guess I understand. For me it just is a odd way to word it if that makes sense. Basically you are saying Buffalo has a higher ceiling and Detroit has a lower ceiling which they are rapidly approaching? Buffalo's floor has already surpassed Detroit's which is why I find the "behind them" part of this confusing terminology.
Its hard to sometimes say what we mean when using words in the forum. I am guilty of thinking I am getting a point across when maybe I'm not.
Maybe I should have started with "The Sabres have more potential devleopment of young guys left/still to go compared to Detroit and Ottawa" instead of saying the other teams are ahead of them.
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16 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
The Sabres top 2 scorers are Tage and Skinner, both seasoned vets. They also have Tuch who's Debrincat in this scenario.
Cozens is already better than Copp or Compher. Mitts is comparable.
Yup their defense is old. But Dahlin is a veteran and so are Clifton and Johnson.
They have built the team to... be a bubble team now and in the future.
I just don't see how a team that finished behind us is further ahead.
Again, I'm not talking about who is better right now, or was last year. I am talking about how much development is left for who you project to be on your team going forward. The Sabres have a lot of young guys that may/might/should be part of this team going forward that still have a lot of development in the future. Savoie, Levi, Kulich, Rosen, Östlund, Kozak, Kisikov are all guys that have a ceiling that could be very good NHL players. On the roster you have Power, Quinn, Peterka also that have ceilings to be potential NHL players/goodplayers.
They ALL have more 'development' in front of them than they do behind them. Neither Detroit nor Ottawa have as many players with ceilings that high in their pipeline that have more development in front of them than behind them. That is exactly how I am judging that the Sabres are 'behind' them in terms of development. Its not a bad thing...but it has zero to do with who is better now..it is just how much room there is between where the young players are and where their ceiling is..and just how many you have in that category.
17 hours ago, thewookie1 said:Incorrect you are young Jedi
Detroit has more vets, but doesn’t make them better than us. Arguably they are still worse in general while also dealing with far less of a timeframe to reach a higher level due to their advanced ages. Young players have potential to get better, older players almost never improve and thus are what they are. None of their players exactly scare me. Debrincat, Larkin and Raymond are their core 3 forwards. Very good players but after that you have a hodgepodge of ok players and nothing dynamic on offense.
The Sens are more or less snapping at our heels much like they did the whole past season. Dahlin > Chabot, Power > Sanderson thus automatically giving us an advantage on defense. Offensively they have similar skill levels to our guys but not quite the general depth of skill. The only place they may have us beat is in net, but Levi can still beat Korpisalo with a solid rookie campaign.
See my immediate above post. I am not incorrect. YOU are incorrect in that you probably don't see the direction I am coming from or that I view 'development' a bit different than others.
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3 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Im not sure how you get Ottawa or Detroit in front of Buffalo in terms of development.
I think they are farther ahead as a team overall. Detroit's top 2 scorers were Larkin and Perron, both are there this year, and both are already seasoned vets. Debrincat is already going into his 7th season. Outside of Seider, their top 6 D-men are all close to or over 30 years of age. Compher and Copp are going to probably all get top-2 line minutes. This is a veteran team. They have built the team to do well now, there are a lot fewer players left for development here than on the Sabres. More vets with big roles (especially on the back end). I'm not sure how you can NOT say the Red wings are ahead of us when they have so many more vets in key roles.
Ottawa is closer to Buffalo than Detroit, but again, I think Buffalo has more players they are expecting to play key roles in the future that still 'aren't there yet' than Ottawa does. Stutzle turned into a star last year, so while he can still get better he's already where he needs to be. Jake Sanderson played a lot, but he would fit into a role like Power has with the Sabres (one year down in the NHL, many more to go). But the rest of their roster isn't littered with 'top prospects' that you are waiting to mature. They too are trying to win now and really don't have several first round picks in the development pipeline like the Sabres do looking for their spot in the organizations. So again, The Seeing how many more young/high draft pick players the Sabres are 'waiting on' compared to Ottawa, I'm also not sure how you can't say the Sens aren't ahead of us.
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As far as Beane goes, my opinion is he his "OK". Don't love him, don't hate him. But as far as judging him by his drafting record.....I always had the impression since he got here that the draft was as much McDermott as it was Beane. Yes, Beane is the GM, but I don't think a pick gets made without McDermott signing off on it...and if it came down to a difference of opinion I think McDermott wins out.
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13 minutes ago, #freejame said:
Looks like I’ll be maxing out at 74 games this year. Oh well. Still better than the Bills schedule.
At the moment, I'm the opposite of you. We have the streaming services to get all those national games, but I haven't decided to spring for the expensive cable package or MSG plus subscription. That might/probably will change, but maybe I'll give it a month or so (of watching games at a friends house or restaurant/bar) before deciding to go all-in.
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1 hour ago, JohnC said:
You're like a gambler who wants to place a bet after the contest has been played. In that way you can claim that you were right. That's not how it works.
You stated that Jersey is way ahead of us in their team rebuild. I strenuously disagree. I believe they are a year or at most two years ahead of us in team development. In many ways their model is the same model we are following i.e. mostly relying on drafting and developing. This is a strong argument to stay the course. And that's exactly what we are doing.
There are so many ways to look at it. Overall New Jersey seems to be 1-2 years ahead of us in my opinion, but they are doing it a different way (by choice or necessity) 2 #1 overall picks (both forwards), and a #2 and a #4 overall pick (both D-men, both yet to make an impact.) They have the Sabres beat in 'top 5' picks. Buffalo is doing their forward ranks with talent that, from an outsiders view, is slightly less 'ultra-high-end' but with more depth.
And as far as Ottawa and Detroit. I think Detroit is a year (or two) ahead of us in terms of development, but I just don't think their ceiling is that high. Ottawa I think is slightly ahead of the Sabres in terms of their timetable also, but they have a higher ceiling than Detroit. Where teams are in their development can be viewed from so many different ways because of timing, depth, individual development, starting point, potential ending point (ceiling), etc.
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Slightly better overall than last year. High teens for goals, 40 points or a bit more. Stretches where he starts to show even more than that. His overall stats, however, will depend on his usage. If he gets more ice time and more PP time, he could get into the 20's for goals.
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I'm hopeful for him to have a bounce-back season. He is what, only 24 or 25? D-men take longer to develop than forwards usually. Guys who turn into NHL caliber guys who are not early first round picks often take until their late 20's before they reach their potential. Does that guarantee he will be great? No, it sure doesn't. But he has talent, skating ability, and he still has a chance to improve.
I don't know if it is an 'expectation', but more a strong hope he will be an improved 6/7 guy with the ability to jump up the lineup in case of injuries and be more effective than last year.
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On 8/28/2023 at 9:45 AM, Ctaeth said:
People are always so concerned about the Bills backup QB. The Bills, like any other team with an elite QB, are screwed if the starter QB goes down, regardless of who is the backup QB. Imagine the Chiefs without Mahomes, Bengals without Burrow, etc. Any one of these teams is screwed without the QB. When such a huge percentage of your salary goes towards paying one elite player, if they go down.. things aren't going to go well. The only meaningful contribution the backup QB is going to have is helping prepare Allen. You can find exceptions where backup QBs have stepped in and have been great, but in general.. your QB goes down you are screwed. The Bills season revolves around Josh Allen staying healthy
I agree. If Allen is done for the year, so likely are the Bills. The key to a good back up is if Allen gets hurt for 6 games-or-so. A good backup you hope can get you 3, maybe 4 games (depending on the schedule), a bad backup might not....and that can be the difference between making the playoffs or not.
Overall though, I'm not worried about the backup QB. Every week that has gone by I am more and more worried about the secondary. Poyer and Hyde are the glue you think will hold things back together there, but every clip I have seen of both of them I worry more and more they are sliding quickly down on their already average athleticism, and that I think will be a big issue (at least bigger than many are thinking now.)
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He's in the prime of his career. We should have expectations that are high for him. Production at about the same level as last year (if not slightly more) and a tealder/top 5 player on the team.
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I have no expectations for him this year with the Sabres. That doesn't mean he will do 'nothing' but I think the club has enough experience ahead of him that this year isn't the year for him to make an impact on the club.
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6 hours ago, Eleven said:
Good. It's large enough as it is. And it's the least of the problems.
It was pretty awesome when the scoreboards were in the corners and you could see clear across the arena.
I'm not a huge scoreboard type of person. I agree.
I think there are major issues in the Arena. Its 'good enough' to watch a game, but it is miles behind other new (and renovated arenas.) As has been brought up many times here, the Atrium could be better utilized, the concessions are bad (food quality and how they are setup). Restrooms can be in issue. Seats are in bad shape with many broken, more/better entertainment could be available besides the game...etc, etc. However of all those things I agree with, I never looked up and said "we need a newer/better scoreboard with better video".
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6 hours ago, pastajoe said:
At 6’3” sitting in the seats is a painful experience. I have to turn my legs to the side to fit.
I know where you are coming from...but its actually better than some other places. Try going to a show/concert at Sheas...or take in a game at Fenway park. If you are over 6'0", they can actually be painful.
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Annual expectations thread 2023/24: #25 Owen Power
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Maybe that is his overall strength, and possibly why it was so apparent when he deviated from it. In games I watched against Edmonton, Toronto, and Boston that I remember, he wasn't as patient as usual. As I said in my original post, he seemed to get rid of the puck quickly and often blindly throw it around the boards in ways he didn't do in games against 'lesser' teams.