Kruppstahl
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48 minutes ago, pi2000 said:
On a positive note, Bryson looked great again.
His speed, quickness and mobility really stand out. He has the skill package to have a nice career.
Bryson has been a complete breath of fresh air. Skinner is still working hard too and has strung good games together since being benched.
I'm concerned Bryson will start to regress once this organization gets a hold of him.
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3 minutes ago, Marvin, Sabres Fan said:
They listened to "Make a Move on Me" -- right album, wrong song.
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Where was that physical response Ralph called for? I think I missed that.
Hutton made several big stops in the 3rd to keep it at 1-0, and give us a chance to get back in it.
Didn't happen.
Onto the Caps, Devils, and a pair of Bruins games including one with "fans" in the building.
We need to target that Devils game or else it will be 14 losses in a row heading into a Rangers game on March 22.
😂
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58 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
We're going to get physical. Hutton's going to race down the ice and get in a goalie fight. All problems solved.
I would take that in a heartbeat because it would at least be entertaining.
1 hour ago, Weave said:Do we see Sam at center now?
No, don't think so.
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I guess there is no update on Cozens as of this morning (3/13/2021).
Day to day.
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3 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
You CANNOT just bring in a guy to hit things and fight. I yell this into this board constantly because that inevitably because the mythical solution to help the team. It is the Dalton Smith Rule. One physical depth player does not make the team physical. You need to start drafting more players like Cozens and JJ Peterka who have the natural tendency to play a gritty game but also have skill. The more of those players you get, the closer to the critical mass necessary to make your team physical. ROR was a good example but they dumped him away, physical and skilled.
Dedicated fighters don't really exist in the league anymore.
I said the exact same thing several years ago here about 1 or 2 tough guys not making the team tough. I believe I said that in the context of signing Steve Ott.
Totally agree we need gritty, competitive players up and down the lineup.
Traditional Bruins teams are like this. Someone takes a cheap shot at anyone on the ice and the other 4 descend on him instantly like a pack of wild dogs..despite being good, skilled players.
That is the Boston response.
We are a million miles from having that type of lineup.
It just hasn't been in our selection criteria (obviously) for a very long time.
I'm not really sure what is in our selection criteria. We seem to look for slow, soft players who are inherently uncompetitive by nature.
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6 minutes ago, Curt said:
Sounds like this could be the season for Eichel. Maybe if he recovers faster than normal he gets in a few games at the end.
It’s crazy to think about, but there is a non-zero chance that we have already seen his last game as a Sabre.
If Eichel's terrible performance this year has been due to a broken spirit (along with a minor injury) as I have said, and assuming we retain Ralph to the end of the year with predictable results...
...I think this coming off-season is when it all blows up with Eichel, if it is going to.
I.E., public demands to be traded, etc.
If we make it through this offseason and none of that occurs, it probably won't.
5 minutes ago, Thorny said:THAT, would be the franchise low point.
How his time here ended
Reinhart or Eichel (or both) leaving this team is coming. I think it will be Reinhart and it might be as soon as the trade deadline this year. If not, this offseason.
Either way, yes, that will definitely be a lower point than right now.
It can get a lot lower, actually!
And yet this remains the all-time franchise low spot IMO, now.
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10 minutes ago, Torpedo Forecheck said:
He could also be due for 7 ,8 or 9 spot against.
The funny thing is he has a 5-1-0 record in 8 appearances against Pittsburgh, all time...with 2 shutouts and a .940 save percentage!
He's due! For what, I don't know. Maybe to be pulled in the second period.
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If the 8 week number is about right, he would be back pretty darned close to the May 8th season finale anyway.
Just shut the season down already.
They probably have, and just don't want to say it.
Don't look for Jack to be playing any time soon.
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I am in favor of replacing our goalies with Don Edwards and Bob Sauve.
No, that's not a thought experiment. I don't mean go back in time and put young Edwards and Sauve on the current team.
I mean using them right now at their current ages.
It couldn't be worse and it would be fun to cheer for those guys again!
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26 minutes ago, Gatorman0519 said:
Double digit losing streak coming. How does RK survive?
Presumably the same way he has survived through two seasons and a .447 win percentage: financially strapped, clueless ownership. LOL
On a bright note, Hutton is 0 for his last 5 starts with a .874 save % and 17 goals against.
He's DUE !!!
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So now Bruins fans are snatching up the tickets Sabres fans don't want.
This game a week from tomorrow is shaping up to be really interesting. It may force Pegula's hand.
Keep an eye on this one.
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1 hour ago, 7+6=13 said:
Maybe they are sick of paying coaches to not work for them - or that the players like Ralph and have expressed they want more time to play better for him - maybe they know exactly what they're going to do and we just don't yet - maybe they've talked to an experienced coach and he doesn't think it's beneficial to come in now but he'll closely watch the team.
This is hilariously ridiculous. Are you 13 years old?
Your comments suggest that.
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5 hours ago, dudacek said:
Maybe it's about giving the fans a reason to buy tickets...?
I knew this was coming. Pick the one that fits your agenda.
Agenda? Get a clue.
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8 minutes ago, BuffalOhio said:
I agree. Cozens is learning a tough lesson that he must always protect himself. There should have at least been a boarding call. Tough hit and I hope the kid is OK.
I see him as our Jonathan Toews - he shows all the qualities so far.
The kids these days put themselves in vulnerable positions all the time because they have grown up playing hockey without opponents trying to cut them in half. So they have not had to learn the skills to avoid being cut in half.
It's a different game now with way less emphasis on physicality, and all the poorer for it, too.
I didn't have that much of a problem with the hit on Cozens.
Ruhwedel's knee/knee on Dahlin was pretty bad however.
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33 minutes ago, 7+6=13 said:
I want Ralph fired as much as any fan but I also think there's more to it than we know.
What do you mean by that? Tell us more.
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I agree Staal will be moved. He's the most likely player on the team to be shipped off at the deadline IMO.
Friedman said he fetches a 2; Dreger says 3 or 4.
I bet it's a 3, but I'd be happy to be wrong if we can get a 2nd for him.
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Darren Dreger says he is hearing Carolina has interest in bringing back Staal; could be the trade partner.
Says a second round pick seems high (I agree) and is thinking a 3rd or 4th is more likely.
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Today Darren Dreger said that he talked with his Buffalo sources last night, and that as of that time, they did not have any "big concerns with Eichel's health" but they still supported the second opinion.
As far as he knows, the specialist (in Colorado?) still has not gotten the results into the Sabres; they are still waiting on that.
I find it interesting that the team wasn't overly concerned about Eichel's situation.
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22 minutes ago, Let's Go B-Lo said:
If I were there I'd go just to lose my voice booing this crap in person
I hope a lot of people who do go feel exactly the same way.
1 minute ago, Norcal said:Welcome, Bruins fans
No doubt.
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Darren Dreger was on the Instigators today.
He said firing Ralph is a card that Adams doesn't want to play, right now.
But he can see it coming in the future if things don't improve, along with player movement...
...but harder to execute a trade in the current environment than you think.
(That assumes firing Ralph is a card Adams *can* play; I'm not sure that's the case).
Dreger seems to think it is.
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Darren Dreger was on the Instigators today.
He says the league isn't doing anything with the Cozens hit.
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6 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
Well it was him or Dalton Smith. Choices had to be made.
Can't believe we're bullied by the Pittsburgh Penguins. So sad.
Funny you write this. If there is any single franchise that embodies the hitless, soft, modern NHL, it's the Pittsburgh Penguins. They've been that type of franchise for years.
And now they are bullying us.
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Ralph Krueger needs to go - like yesterday.
in The Aud Club
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Don't confuse Pegula's personal net worth with the financial health of one of the entities he owns.
Those are 2 different things and they want the Sabres to be self-sustaining.
Just the other day, Elliott Friedman suggested very clearly that Pegula likely will not eat the cost of Krueger's K while paying for another, new coach's K at the same time.
As a policy, he is done doing that IMO and there is good evidence to support that assertion.