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mjd1001

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  1. They finish with about 80 points (give or take a few). I can't seem them catching ANYONE in front of them, and only Montreal has a slight chance of catching the Sabres from below but I don't think that will happen either.
  2. Barring another injury, I think Tage gets at least 50 goals next year.
  3. So he is 26, undrafted , split most of his time between the ECHL and AHL over the last few years, his AHL save percentage is below .900 for his career, doesn't even need to play in Roch now that Levi is there....why would San Jose give up ANYTHING at all for him? I know he is FROM San Jose, but he's a borderline AHL/ECHL guy, why give up anything at all? Not complaining from the Sabres point of view of course...
  4. I always used to care about the draft. If you knew you weren't going to make the playoffs, they why NOT lose a couple more games to get a higher pick, right? I'm not there anymore though, They draft 4th, 7th, 9th? This year it just doesn't really matter much to me and I don't care.
  5. Since 2013, they drafted 8th 4 different times. This would be the 5th time in 12 years. They drafted 7th once, 9th once, they average to 8th..do they count for something?
  6. But you aren't getting more than a 4th for Johnson. My comment was in response to a 4th rounder meaning nothing..it doesn't mean nothing..and it doesn't mean nothing especially in light of what you gave up for it.
  7. Another thing about the Sabres, when was the last time you watched them and said "they play fast". They have had 'fast' players, but they don't play that way. As I said even with Eichel...blazing fast straight line speed but whenever he crossed the blue line, majority of the time he would put the brakes on, slow down and set up the 'half court game'. I really don't know when you can say they played a 'fast game'. Probably have to go back of course, to 05-06.
  8. What year is the 4th rounder? If, IF the Sabres were in contention next year and had an injury in the bottom 6, that 4th can be flipped to a team eliminated to get that player. Also, Imagine its the early 3rd round, you have a guy rated in your top 40 but you are still 3-4 picks away. Flip that 4th to someone to move up a few spots to get the guy you want. A 4th rounder is not likely to turned into a player of value long term, but it can more more worth as a bargaining chip in other moves. Finally, take a goalie. 5 of the 10 top guys in the league in save percentage (played at least 25 games) were taken in the 4th round or later.
  9. Way to bring something positive and constructive for the conversation.
  10. I posted this just before the Sabres game started last night... I'm watching the Devils Blues game, and NJ just got off of a powerplay. They didn't score, not even many great chances...but I noticed they seem to do EVERYTHING on the Powerplay much faster than the Sabres...especially entering the zone. They carry the puck in with speed, and when they pass the puck around it just happens so much faster and more often...its almost like the Sabres PP in comparision is watching them on the first day of practice on the first day of training camp. Maybe its just Jack Hughes is so fast and so skilled he can carry the puck in like that and the Sabres dont' have anyone. Even when they had Eichel, he was fast but he didn't use his speed entering the zone on the PP (he would mostly carry it in and then slow down). I'm not sure if the Sabres have anyone that can play that way....maybe, MAYBE Dahlin is probably the most 'skilled' puck handler on the team...I wonder if there was every a though of letting someone else QB the PP from the blue line..and let Dahlin be one of the guys to not only carry the puck in, but actually play down low instead of up high at the blue-line?
  11. 1.) whatever it is you do later in the season, do it in camp. This team seems like they get ready to play toward the end of the year but aren't at the beginning of the schedule. 2.) new Powerplay. Yes, its SLIGHTLY better lately, but they don't move the puck as fast as other teams, they obviously aren't as effective as many other teams. Even if Tage is hurt and he is back to 'himself' next year, that doesn't fix the underlying problem. Get a new assistant coach? make radical changes to how you operate it, but fix it. 3.) Re-sign Zemgus, but get 2 other new guys for the 4th line. 4.) Greenway is playing well this year, Benson looks good "for a rookie"...but you need to add/find a guy who is going to net you 20-25 goals to ADD to what you have now. Quinn needs to come back too, but i'm talking about adding another scorer in addition to him. 5.) Pray for less injuries to key players. Tage NEEDS to get back at least part of the way to his form of the last 2 years (I bring him up again because he is that important). 6.) I don't think it is REQUIRED, but it would be nice to see a guy who can drop the gloves and be good at it. I don't mean someone who is going to go out there looking for it every game. Not someone who is even going to take a fighting major once per week, but someone who CAN do it well, someone WILLING when the situation arises, and someone skilled enough to be a good 4th liner and maybe sub in temporarily on a higher line. 7.) Sign UPL, expect good play from him, but don't be surprised if he regresses slightly from his current form.
  12. My biggest complaint about Granato above all else.....usage of Dahlin. He tailed off big time at the end of last year and looked gassed every game at the end of the season. Yet, last night he played over 27 minutes, overtime game. Tough travel day...and over 26 minutes tonight? Hey, you may think you need him to win but you aren't winning by playing him that much, how about not riding him into the ground?
  13. I'm watching the Devils Blues game, and NJ just got off of a powerplay. They didn't score, not even many great chances...but I noticed they seem to do EVERYTHING on the Powerplay much faster than the Sabres...especially entering the zone. They carry the puck in with speed, and when they pass the puck around it just happens so much faster and more often...its almost like the Sabres PP in comparision is watching them on the first day of practice on the first day of training camp. Maybe its just Jack Hughes is so fast and so skilled he can carry the puck in like that and the Sabres dont' have anyone. Even when they had Eichel, he was fast but he didn't use his speed entering the zone on the PP (he would mostly carry it in and then slow down). I'm not sure if the Sabres have anyone that can play that way....maybe, MAYBE Dahlin is probably the most 'skilled' puck handler on the team...I wonder if there was every a though of letting someone else QB the PP from the blue line..and let Dahlin be one of the guys to not only carry the puck in, but actually play down low instead of up high at the blue-line?
  14. Its the way of the board these days. The Sabres as a franchise have earned people being frustrated with them, but unless the Sabres do almost exactly what every individual fan would do, we are going to be flooding this board wth complaints. Negativity has taken over.
  15. No, I'm saying if Sabres players dive, I'm all for them getting fines for it too.
  16. This should happen more often. And if Sabres players do it, I'm all for it here too.
  17. Until you are sure someone who replaces him is going to give you 25-30 goals, or you are sure Skinner's production is going to drop 40-50%, I don't get rid of him. I can agree that he isn't great in his own zone, but I still do not hardly EVER see him making mistakes that cause goals against, or him being out of postion frequently, or turning the puck over in the neutral zone leading to goals against. I get it, he's not physical, he doesn't rush to the boards to win battles. But he DOES score you about 30 goals per year and I simply do not see him causing issues that lead to major goals against. I have looked. I have watched him on the ice. I have looked at replays of goals allowed. He is not a positive without the puck, but I don't see him as a negative and he is most times literally the only player (along with Zemgus) that will go to the front of the net on the offensive zone.
  18. My point is the entire forum seems to be not much but complaints so we can just change the topic of this thread and put all the sabres talk in here.
  19. My complaint today is that no one has changed the title of this thread from 'complaint thursday' to 'general buffalo Sabres posts', or 'comment about anything the Sabres do', as they are becoming one and the same.
  20. This is a weird game for me. Approaching the end of the 2nd, and I have zero feel for it. Is Buffalo playing well or not? Lots of shots but it doesn't seem like many good chances. They are shutting down Toronto buy Nylander is doing whatever he wants. Just strange. If Buffalo wins this 5-1, loses it 5-1, or it goes to a shootout, nothing would surprise me at this point.
  21. Remember the old NHL commercial with Ovechkin...a hat trick of hat tricks (9 goals), an Ovechtrick.
  22. True, Buffalo's new 'top 4' has career 855 games played. Florida: 2526 Vancouver: 2577 Boston: 2131 Winnipeg: 2413 Rangers: 1667 Vegas: 3014
  23. I don't put much value in 'hits' as a stat (how accurate are they?) but I looked at Byram....3.3 hits per 60 minutes this year. How does that compare to the current Sabres this year? -Clifton, 9.3 -Erik Johnson, 8.1 -Samuelsson, 7.6 -Dahlin, 5.3 -Jokiharju, 4.0 -Bryson, 2.0 -Power, 1.6
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