Thorny
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"We just think he can fit well within our group of dynamic players such as Jack Eichel, Ryan O’Reilly and Sam Reinhart within the next couple years." - Jason Botterill in the Buffalo News
Well, at least our GM thinks Sam is dynamic.
In all honesty, it made me happy to read this quote.
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Don't worry, on Sportsnet, they only talk about Leaf picks anyway
Troof.
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Day 2 is only on NHL Network. BAH! :angry:
do you not get Sportsnet there? They have it on up here in Canada at 10PM
Oh Canada!
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Jesus. He added muscle this past season? What was he before - a spaceship extra in Wall-E?
:lol:
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Private lessons on what?
A great many things, I've heard.
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So they're the first team to win back to back cups in over a decade, and they're thought is to completely change their style of play? After Crosby has had 4 concussions?
Bowman and Rutherford had better have been high today
It's just one goon, dude.
Although I hear Reaves is giving Sid private lessons.
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So..... nobody that we know can actually play the position at a high level.
Seems like a good idea.
I don't want to trade Kane.
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Future Consideration: "A smart, quick and highly skilled center…has a tremendous first-step jump, change of pace and ability to make defenders miss…though not the biggest or strongest player on the ice, he finds success in loose puck battles by using his smarts and insane ability to shield the puck from defenders…never takes a shift off, and has added noticeable muscle and speed this season…will finish chances with a quick release on a wrister or powerful snap shot…puckhandling skills are excellent and he is able to create scoring chances in almost all of his offensive-zone shifts using his great vision and understanding of the game"
Our best prospect, no?
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Make no mistake, we need immediate improvements to defense. But unless you're taking generational talent, that draft choice won't improve your D the first year.
Take the best player available, fill up the pipeline in later rounds, and address your immediate needs in FA and trades.
As long as the pipeline is addressed in the later rounds, as you say, that's gotta be the approach.
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Nylander.
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And in '87 the 'Nucks had Super Mario on Wayne's wing vs the Russkies. The team was better for moving their 2nd best C to W so their 2 best players could be on the ice together.
Not sure if the best lineup for Buffalo is 3C's, Sam on Jack's wing,or running O'Reichel. Definitely willing to give Jack & Ryan a look together & also looking at Sam on 3rd line (& 2nd). Sooooo miffed that Goober never let us see how those might work. So, let's experiment now.
Good post.
It took Sedin until he was 25 to have a season in which he scored as many points as Sam did this year. Sedin was not fast, Sedin was cerebral.
No reason to trade Sam at 21, and no reason to not let him play a LOT of time at center to see if he can figure it out, while he's still 21.
Twenty one.
Agreed.
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There are fans on the Sabres' facebook page claiming to terminate their lifetime fanhood over this pick :lol:
Yeesh, perspective.
Besides. It was a good pick.
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Sadly, or maybe awesomely ;), my wife made essentially that exact same joke when she heard about that deal.
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We got the 3rd ranked NA skater by CSS. Can't be a bad thing.
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We should have seen this coming anyways. Botterill drafts Americans and NCAA commits.
I'm think I'm good with the pick.
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I don't think it says anything about his hockey ability necessarily. But I'll give you that it's pretty ridonkulous that a 17 year old kid athlete can't do a pull-up.He's going NCAA which means the Sabres can lose his rights very easily.
He can't do a ###### pull-up which means he might never play in the NHL.
I'm guessing, I don't speak for Saratoga, but I'm guessing these are the ways he got to that place.
But again, don't think it affects his hockey future one way or another
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Excellent. Now that that's out of the way, we can move on to bigger and better things...like panicking over Mittelstadt leaving as a UFA.
(We all know it's coming from someone, somewhere, and sooner than later)
What did he say about Sam?
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Also take into account that if Reinhart is centering line 3, he's going to be getting favourable matchups, necessitating less skill on the wings than if he played, say, second line.
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Take your medicine now, let him go through that development cocoon, to emerge as that beautiful butterfly.
Sam Reinhart does have a non-zero chance of developing into a better player than ROR.
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You haven't said why at all. You have said move Sam to 2nd center, which means ROR moves to wing (I assume). I am asking why you would move the better center to wing.
Short term pain for long term gain. The idea that Sam Reinhart, a guy drafted #2 overall and led the WJC in points, on a team with the likes of McDavid, has the ability to develop into a better offensive centre than ROR.
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Get the wingers and I'm open. you can't do it in a vacuum though.
Cliff Pu! Maybe.
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The Sabres unfortunately are heavy in LW with not much on the right. Unless they can flip Kane for a competent right winger, they are going to have to make do. It does not change that the Sabres are waisting time by continuing to jam O'Reilley and Reinhardt into the wrong positions.
We are stronger organizationally on the right.
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Holy hell.Per Washington Post
Caps re-sign T.J. Oshie for eight years. AAV of $5.75 million.
On the plus side for the Caps, "Skin Irritation" is written into the 5th year of his deal.
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If I could remove the notion that all skill players need to be crammed into a top-6 from everybody's brain and throw it into the abyss, I would. We have three centers. Why not run three centers?
Slow clap.
Sabres Pick #37 Marcus Davidsson
in The Aud Club
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All the centres!