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7 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:
Why do they keep saying Loaned what the f*** does that even mean
Because that’s literally what they are doing. Kulich’s contract is with the Buffalo Sabres, not Rochester. The Sabres loan his contract to Rochester.
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3 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:
I find it incredulous that any agent of a player in his twilight would refuse money on the table.
Unless it’s what the player wants. Kane may have preferred a 1 yr deal. It gives him more flexibility.
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11 minutes ago, SDS said:
Quoting things like this just makes it harder to clean up.
True true. My bad.
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1 hour ago, Crusader1969 said:
I know we always want to bring back guys who wore a Sabres jersey BUT wouldn't Reinhart be exactly the vet that the Sabres should sign in the offseason ? 3rd line, Stanley cup experience, isn't allergic to the dirty area in front of the opposing teams net and immediately upgrades the PP
I think I’d take Elias Lindholm if I had the choice of any UFA forward.
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8 minutes ago, Norcal said:
It's retroactive to 11/2.
It says for cap reasons in the tweet.
Fox is being activated and they can't afford to have him on the active roster or they'd be over the cap.
Am I missing something?
I get that its cap Olympics and all teams do it, I just don't think it should be allowed.
It wasn't in 2006.
Different CBA. Different rules.
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6 hours ago, Norcal said:
Yes but still healthy parking a player on LTIR
But that’s not what they are doing. He has been out 3 and a half weeks and just started skating again 3-4 days ago. They are probably applying the LTIR retroactively and maybe he’ll be out a little longer
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Awesome. I was skeptical that they would do it. It’s probably the right move.
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59 minutes ago, Doohickie said:
Outside of the Detroit area, LC is a small step above gas station pizza.
Why is it better in the Detroit area?
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Interesting. So probably either no real contender wanted him or would pay him a comparable amount.
I know he is a big name and has had a great career, so it’s newsworthy, but I’m pretty skeptical that he is going to make a difference. Maybe he can help a power play, but I doubt he is helpful at even strength.
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1 hour ago, Sabres Fan in NS said:
The no tax in Florida myth has been debunked.
44 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:Oh okay, but how so? My understanding is players are making more take home money there than in a lot of other states and definitely more than in Canada (which is where people were suggesting he'd end up after this year).
Not sure what was meant by debunked.
My understanding is that it’s not as significant a difference as a normal person, because road games are taxed at the rate of the area they are played in. It’s still a relatively large amount of savings if you play for a team in a no tax state. For someone like Reinhart, he will be saving something in the range of 250k-500k per year by playing in Florida versus Canada. This a very rough explanation as I’ve forgotten the details and am not willing to look them up right now.
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3 hours ago, inkman said:
Nobody is talking about this?
That should be a suspension somewhere between 10 and 40 games.
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1 hour ago, TheAud said:
What is "Relative Expected Goals %"? Is it telling me that Dahlin is the Sabres 5th best defenseman? Because if it is, it's BS.
There is no one statistic that will tell you definitively who is better than who. This stat, just like any other, is one piece of a big puzzle.
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3 hours ago, Night Train said:
Clifton has tipped in 3 goals for the bad guys. I also view games where he's doing OK.
Power and Samuelson have achieved deity status with some but not with me. They have a LONG way to go before I start handing out gratuities to either. Coughing up the puck and watching opponents stuff home goals in our crease seems to be their hobby.
Handing out gratuities to players? Thats a new one!
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Krebs again put it on his linemate’s stick 6 ft in front of the goalie.
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Power needs to get rid of that Austin Matthews mustache.
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4 minutes ago, Gatorman0519 said:
Okposo had it gift wrapped and he missed. Ugh.
Who says Krebs doesn’t generate any offense?
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12 minutes ago, Marvin said:
.900 is the current standard for mediocre goaltending. That is not even average.
.900 is right around league average. .902 as of yesterday.
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3 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
Do you honestly think that is going to happen? He isn't being returned to Jrs. He is here for the duration of this season and therefore next season as well.
Tuch, Skinner, Cozens, Mitts, TNT, JJP, and Quinn are the top forwards on this team when healthy. That leaves two slots for other forwards in the top 9 and KA is clearly committing to Benson for one of those slots. It's really that simple.
I think that some combination of Benson struggling, Thompson and Quinn coming back, and maybe Kane signing, could definitely result in Benson being returned to the WHL.
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4 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
You are missing the bigger point. This decision today is a two-year commitment to keeping Benson on the Sabres because of his age. He will become a UFA significantly earlier because of this decision. It's incredibly stupid asset management with only marginal benefit to the Sabres this season.
I don’t see how it’s a two year commitment. He could still be sent back to juniors if he starts struggling later.
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5 hours ago, Believer said:
Powers has shown no evidence he can play with snarl… At 6’6” and age 22… kid plays like a wuss for a big D-man…
Imagine a 22 year old Benson at 6’6”… Kid is fearless.
Both Power and Samuelson should be embarrassed at their lack of physical play…
Embarrassed.
Power is 21 years and 2 days old. He is not a physically aggressive player. Maybe he can grow into it a bit like Dahlin did.
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1 hour ago, Porous Five Hole said:
Sign Phil Kessel. Probably has as much in the tank that P Kane would have on one hip.
Possibly zero hips
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2 minutes ago, Zamboni said:
Multiple federal agencies are now backtracking what they originally said and released to the press. And multiple press sources were repeating and confirming the reports just two hours ago.
Now the latest is a car tried turning around after going through the inspection booth and lost control as they did a U-turn and crashed into a booth or building there and caught on fire.
The back tracking is delicious… This is getting interesting lolIt was an incident/accident where a couple people died and a couple others got hurt. Basking in the warm glow of the fear, confusion and changing reports is kind of perverse.
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29 minutes ago, JoeSchmoe said:
I agree with this... Mitts and Thompson struggled but were never as useless as Krebs is right now. Both benefitted greatly though by going down to Rochester.
I was thinking about it some more... Has there every been a non-tough guy who started the season with as many minutes with as little to show for it as Krebs?
For significant stretches of their early career, Mitts and Thompson were as useless as anyone you could name. You can cite the points if you like, but whatever production they had, they more than gave back on the defensive end. They were both horrendous for stretches.
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17 minutes ago, Thorny said:
Agree. I come into these discussions a lot with my initial instinct being “look his production is literally replacement level maybe we should replace him” but then when the discussion turns to who and we hear the endless parade of usual suspect rookies, because that’s the sole mode KA fitted the team with of supplementing the roster, it’s just like…why bother lol
If we are just going to get even younger by replacing him, I’d rather have Krebs
Need to make another Greenway type deal.
Who else played for Granato at the US Development Program? Only half joking.
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Supporting evidence. A compilation of final rankings from the 2014 draft
https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2014/06/24/bob-mckenzies-2014-nhl-draft-rankings/