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Just watching Benson, I feel pretty confident that this guy is a star. Like a 60+ point guy who also plays really good defense.
He definitely needs to add strength and he might wear down this year as we go along, but he belongs. He is here to stay.
And Levi is the real deal. Maybe he won’t be a top five goalie in the league, but he is going to be solid.
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2 minutes ago, CallawaySabres said:
Ok, all my negativity is officially done. I accept my demise and it’s gonna be another year. Just please get a real coach before my son goes to college, it’s too late for my daughter unfortunately.
Thank goodness. You were making thread impossible to read.
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5 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
No, that's not what I was saying. I think the Coyotes might be better than people expect. They played well. Jersey likely took them too lightly and they also had a little trouble against the Coyotes style.
Jersey is still likely to be up there with Carolina, but they will have a harder time this year than they did last.
I agree. Arizona will probably be a little better. More likely to be an 85 point team than a 65 point team.
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4 hours ago, Buffalonill said:
So he took a discount...
It’s reasonable, but remember that this isn’t a contract covering his prime years. This is covering the back 9 of his career, ages 30-36, it’s not the same as these younger guys signing long term deals that run through the heart of their career prime.
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2 hours ago, Randall Flagg said:
This is dangerous framing. If we aren't a playoff team now, NOTHING is guaranteed about next year.
If we are a playoff team now, nothing is guaranteed about next year. Nothing is ever guaranteed about next year, this year, or any year.
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44 minutes ago, Porous Five Hole said:
I agree with you and I also think the HOF is very hard on goaltenders for some reason.
There's something like 39 goalies in the HOF, with only five being inducted since 2006: Luongo, Brodeur, Vachon, Hasek, and Belfour.I love me some Millsie, but I think he was a tier below the five I just mentioned.
Who is Vachon?
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1 hour ago, #freejame said:
That’s a great accomplishment, but there’s probably a half dozen retired goalies not in the Hall that were better than him and another 3-4 sure things getting to the end of their careers who are all preferred over him.
He was a definitive #1, who for periods of weeks/months at a time was the best goalie in the league. If the Olympics don’t happen in 2010 there’s a good chance he doesn’t have any major awards to go along with zero cups.He won a Vezina to go along with the 2010 Olympics.
I don’t know man. I’m still skeptical. Who do you have as goalies who were better than him but didn’t make the hall?
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8 minutes ago, #freejame said:
I just don’t see Ryan Miller as a Hall of Famer. Put him in the USA Hockey HoF and call it a day.
He is 14th in NHL career wins, 30th in sv%. He was an objectively great goalie.
I think he gets in with ease.
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32 minutes ago, dudacek said:
For a different perspective, Vancouver sportsradio take this morning:
“Owen Power? Oh, yeah, he was the #1 pick a few years ago. I kinda forget about that guy”
“It’s kinda funny with Buffalo. It seems like any time anyone remotely good there gets close to free agency, it’s like LOCK HIM UP! NOW! DONT LET HIM GET AWAY!”
Interesting, honestly. What do these same guys say about how Vancouver has handled their young players? They have bridged most everyone and tried to use the short term savings to improve the roster. Results have been very mixed there.
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10 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:
That's just untrue.
OTOH, I would bet that, after the Russ Brandon debacle, Terry directed his lawyers to have covenants in the contracts for his C-level people that fraternizing with other employees would be grounds for termination.
Ok, maybe you are right. My main point was the stuff you said about it being hypocritical.
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11 minutes ago, inkman said:
Yeah seems pretty GD hypocritical.
1 minute ago, That Aud Smell said:Absent more context, it sure does.
Maybe there was an anti-fraternization policy? That would make the terminations more justifiable, I guess. Even so, such a policy would arguably be just as hypocritical.
Not that I care much about this, but it’s a mistake to judge the events of the past based on today’s social norms.
If there was a policy against romantic relationships between people who are supervisors/reports of eachother, which basically every organization has nowadays, then these two were in the wrong, and their termination was justified, full stop.
Do you know if Terry Pegula’s company had such a policy in 1990ish? I sure don’t.
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1 minute ago, Randall Flagg said:
Dahlin was making 6 million per year until after he was a top 10 Norris finalist 5 years into his career, Owen Power has inked a deal with an AAV > 8 mil before I've ever seen him play better than a standard 2nd pairing guy around the league, with plenty of nights where he looked worse than that. It's just so quick haha. Dude has played like 80 games
Again, I understand that this is "what you do"
It’s a risk. Just like the Thompson, Cozens, and Samuelsson contracts were. Could end up a slight overpay, or could end up a bargain. It is quick, but it’s what you have to do if you want to try for those bargain contracts.
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Next trade a package for Elias Pettersson and sign him to a $11M x 8 extension.
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Miller is definitely going to be a hall of gamer, so this who conversation is kind of moot.
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9 minutes ago, Brawndo said:Top two C’s and top three D locked up for next 7 years at a combined $38M AAV. That’s pretty darn good!
I think it’s also significant that each of these guys was signed a year early, before their contracts were up. I think it’s a good sign that both sides are happy with eachother, negotiating in good faith, and really want to continue the project long term. It’s heartening.
Now go make the playoffs!
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Awesome. This is fair for both sides. So glad that this got done and all these guys want to be Sabres long term. Sabres are going to be in good cap shape for a long time.
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8 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
He's also near the top of league in penalties drawn so no, his penalties literally are whatever because they are balanced out the other way.
I think it’s a fair criticism. It’s great that he is near the top of league in penalties drawn, but he should be able to cut down on minor penalties taken too. It’s an area that could use improvement.
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6 minutes ago, bunomatic said:
I’d do it if he sheds the turtleneck. It would be a bad look for the team.😎
He doesn’t wear a turtleneck….
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6 minutes ago, Ducky said:
Not a smart move from managemnt's point of view.
They had put themselves in a bad spot. They managed their cap poorly, spent too much on UFAs. They couldn’t afford to give him the $10M type of deal that he deserved on a long term contract. They needed the $2.5-3M they saved by bridging him. They are going to pay for it now because he is about to have all the leverage and either force his way out or bend them over on this next deal.
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One situation I’ll be keeping an eye on this season is the Elias Pettersson contract situation.
His situation is a parallel of Dahlin’s. Both Swedes drafted the same year, both signed a 3 year bridge that they are about to play the last season of, and both had big star breakouts last season. However, unlike the Sabres and Dahlin, the Canucks and Pettersson have publicly put contract talks on hold. Seems like they are having trouble seeing eye to eye and Pettersson may be unsure if he wants to commit to that organization long term.
If they ever entertain the idea of trading him, I wouldn’t mind the Sabres taking a run at adding him. He can play either C or W, he is a good defensive forward, and a very dynamic offensive player. If the Sabres are going to make a trade packaging several assets to acquire a sure thing upgrade, he is a good candidate.
I’d consider including anyone except Skinner, Thompson, Tuch, Cozens, Dahlin, Power, Samuelsson, Levi, and maybe Benson.
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14 minutes ago, inkman said:
I’d take a goalie of his caliber no matter the contract. Good teams always find ways to navigate the cap.
Haha. This is like a survivor bias kind of thing.
Is it really that all teams with good players figure out how to successfully navigate the cap and be good teams?
Or is it that only the teams that successfully manage their cap actually end up being good teams?
I think that it’s the 2nd one. There are plenty of examples of teams with a group of very good players who bungled their cap and struggled to be good as a result.
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2 hours ago, SABRES 0311 said:
Any line with VO is a buzz kill but it’s not like there are many choices. Unless Benson takes his spot on the second line. That would put VO back with Mitts and that is a hard hell no. I’m already looking forward to Quinn’s return.
You can hope that Savoie takes his spot.
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1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:
Where would the KHL fall in comparison to American leagues? AHL? ECHL?
I would say close to the AHL, but since a lot of the non Russians left in the past couple years it’s probably a step below now. Still with top end talent better than the AHL, but the worst players are worse than AHL level.
Better than the ECHL for sure though.
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23 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:
He outscored Bedard So should Bedard go back to Juniors? Sometimes a player is ready. Right now Benson is ready. Can he handle the riggers of an entire season is to be determined but he has earned the right to start it.
Benson most definitely did NOT outscore Bedard in the WHL. Nowhere near close.
Benson 36 goals 98 points
Bedard 71 goals 143 points
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Yeah, 60+. Somewhere between 60 and 160 points seems about right.