OhMyDahlin
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Hell, I'd rather see Seth Appert as the coach...at least the Amerks are fun and exciting.
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3 hours ago, Norcal said:
Lets Go Amerks!! Wonder how Quinn will look tonight? More UPL please! I'm hopeful Samuelson will develop a snarly game but I admit I have no idea if he has it in him. Anybody know about him?
Samuelsson has everything we need and want in a defenseman...unfortunately this organization can't develop a prospect to save their damn life.
And I'm really not counting on Matt Ellis, Mike Weber and Adam Mair to be any type of development gurus here.
(I wish we could bring Derek Plante home from Chicago, he does wonders with those prospects.)1 minute ago, OhMyDahlin said:Samuelsson has everything we need and want in a defenseman...unfortunately this organization can't develop a prospect to save their damn life.
And I'm really not counting on Matt Ellis, Mike Weber and Adam Mair to be any type of development gurus here.
(I wish we could bring Derek Plante home from Chicago, he does wonders with those prospects...also can't believe we missed out on Mike Peca.)-
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On 2/10/2021 at 11:33 PM, inkman said:
Doesn't matter how good Samuelsson looks, that blogger kid will always say he's bad and won't be an NHL defenseman.
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On 1/23/2021 at 3:30 PM, GASabresIUFAN said:
We all know the Sabres are a swimmer in the ocean holding on to a life raft and trying to stay afloat. TP got lucky that the Bills have become excellent because they got the right guys in charge. I just finished an Athletic article on McDermott and what a great hire.
However building a football organization is much easier then building a hockey one. No guaranteed contracts, drafting mature players who you expect to step right in etc....
The question right now is whether this "rebuild" of the Sabres 3.0 is salvageable? I think it is, but I'm not sure KA is up to the task, but he is so raw who knows. He certainly is no Beane experience wise. That doesn't mean he can't succeed, but it makes it that much harder. The team just doesn't have enough talent up front and in goal to win on talent alone. They also don't have a coaching staff or enough experienced players steeped in winning to help them all buy in.
Short-term we need playoff caliber goaltending for the next 3 years. UPL maybe the future or even Portillo, but that is years away. Ullmark is a solid NHL goalie, but his terrible save % on the PK gives me serious pause. I actually want MAF. He is a proven winner and leader. Right now Staal is the only one we have.
We also need to hope that the kids come in and make a difference over the next 2 years. Samuelsson, Johnson, Bryson, Cozens, Quinn, JJP and others step up quicker then expected helping to salvage this mess.
However internal prospects won't be enough. We need the guys to stop being soft and I have the first part of the solution. I'm bucking RK upstairs. His D system has done a great job of suppressing the opponents opportunities, but his special teams and offense are awful. He also has them playing soft. He also is killing Dahlin by to much structure and not enough creativity. As a team, to much perimeter and not enough forechecking. The solution is easy. Hire Mike Grier to coach this team. He isn't soft, has received excellent reviews as an Ast Coach, is part of the Sabres family, and understands how to build a winning environment. If he coaches as he played, relentless, this team will change in a hurry for the positive.
I'm also trading Hall at the deadline to get more depth in the organization up front. I'm not investing another long-term deal in a 30 ish player. Outside Jack, Cozens and maybe Reinhart, are their any true core pieces in our forward group? I'm also taking a page out of the McDermott playbook and deciding to trade away any guys who aren't committed to winning. DR let Ruff and Drury set that new tone. MAF and Grier can change the tone here. So far I've seen only 3 Sabres who have put forth real effort all 5 games; Lazar, McCabe and Risto. That's it.
Identifying who to keep and who to let go is hard and this is where KA's inexperience hurts us. IMHO there are only 4-7 players on this team that I want long-term and a couple I'd be fine with keeping. They are Dahlin, Risto (really), Cozens and Jack. I'm fine with Reinhart and Jokiharju, if he makes progress also, and possibly McCabe. I want to get faster and more physical.
The first step is playing the kids as soon as we are truly out of the playoff picture, which should be soon. R2 and Mitts need a long look see this season to see if we have anything there. I might even throw Quinn in for 6 games or so to see how he does. I'm probably also recalling Bryson and Samuelsson to give them a taste of the NHL and see how they react.
Other then the core guys mentioned earlier, I'm done with most everyone else including VO. I'm buying out KO after this season. I'm trading Hall as I mentioned earlier, unless I can find a taker for Skinner. I'm hoping (giving them an incentive) Seattle takes Miller off our hands. I'm extending Risto because we need a physical presence and his improvement over the last season plus is remarkable. I may extend McCabe, because we have no else like him and he meshes well with Risto. I'm keeping Ullmark for now to learn from MAF and also to balance PT. Everyone else, trade or let walk. I'm also only taking FAs if I can from winning organizations. I know this doesn't guarantee anything (see Conor Sheary), but at least they understand the buy in to succeed.
The truth is this season is probably no longer about a playoff birth. It's about KA evaluating the organization top to bottom, from RK down to the 4th liners in Rochester. If he is honest with himself, he'll probably see what I see, a few good pieces that need to be kept and taught to win and the rest that can be flushed away.
There is a reason that there are no Bills drafted players on the Bills that weren't drafted by McDermott, that there are 12 ex Panthers on this team and that Jerry Hughes is the only holdover from the previous administration.
You said so yourself, it's A LOT easier to build a good football team than it is to build a good hockey team.
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Remember Jesper Olofsson...what happened to that guy?
He wasn't in camp and he's not on the roster.
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Hopefully Aatu Raty continues his fall down the rankings and he's available when the Sabres pick.
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10 minutes ago, Shootica said:
I'm with ya. And it would work out in everyone's favor, because I think Arizona would rather keep the younger cheap guy anyway and get some value out of Raanta in a trade. The fact that we (or anyone else) can claim Hill is just the push for them to trade one of the other two.
Here's to hoping it all works itself out, as far as the goalies are concerned! 🍻
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16 hours ago, chloewoj said:
my biggest problem with the mittelstadt pick is that the sabres watched him fail miserably at the combine. they watched his no pull up performance and they knew he finished in the bottom for virtually every test but they still selected him. makes no sense to me.
Who cares? Brendan Guhle crushed (CRUSHED) the combine and what's that done for him so far? These are hockey players, not body-builders.
Combines are worthless.
The problem was not a lack of pull-ups, it was a lack of time...they should have left him in college for another year, at least.
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25 minutes ago, Shootica said:
I went through the same exercise, and Arizona is the only answer I came up with.
The Coyotes have to make a move in net. If they don't, we can just claim Adin Hill on his way through waivers and answer the goalie question just like that.
I get your point, but we need more than Adin Hill. He's a fine young goalie, but I want more. Kuemper would be a dream, but I'll take Raanta.}
All I know is they cannot go into the season with Carter Hutton as one of their two NHL goalies.-
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On 10/16/2020 at 2:18 PM, The Jokeman said:
Package Miller, Mitty, Hutton and maybe a prospect for a better goalie to split time with Ullmark.
But who, is the question? I've looked at every roster and there are not many goalies I'd assume are available.
Columbus is keeping both their young goalies, so that leaves Arizona as the only real possible trade partner.
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I think Reinhart is going to get Domi money...something along the lines of 2 years at $5.3M a year.
I think Olofsson will get Kubalik money...something like 2 years at $3.7M.
I think Ullmark will get Georgiev money....something like 2 years at $2.4M.
If that happens, with where our roster is now, that would leave us with around $1.5M in salary cap space (according to CapFriendly).
Ristolainen, Miller or Montour need to be traded to open up some cap space, if any other moves are expected.-
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On 10/14/2020 at 3:36 PM, dudacek said:
I remember when Adams was talking about Rochester being a place for development and some of us were wondering exactly what prospects we had that could be developing.
- A centre spine of: Casey, Arttu and Asplund.
- Laaksonen, Bryson, Fitzpatrick, Samuelsson and maybe Borgen on defence
- Pekar, Murray plus those two college FA kids (Biro and Dipietro) we signed on the wings (along with Oglevie and CJ Smith, if they still count)
- And Johansson and Luukkonnen in goal.
I wouldn't call that stacked, but that's actually a lot more prospect heavy than I was expecting. Add Dalton Smith, JS Dea and Brandon Davidson already signed for veteran help and we're probably looking at most of the Roster
I agree, I think they're going to have a pretty solid team...it will all come down to coaching.
(They also have Olofsson's brother, which I totally forgot about...he could be a very good veteran for the team.)-
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Here's another video of it...
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Carolina just signed Jeremy Bracco...I was hoping the Sabres would sign him and give him an opportunity on the top line with Mittelstadt in Rochester.
I think this could end up as a smart signing, by a smart team.
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1 hour ago, Curt said:
I’m hopeful that contracts are agreed to before the hearings.
I think this is because if a player and team are unable to come to terms and are forced to go to an arbitration hearing it indicates that the two parties have a fundamental disagreement about the value of the player. That’s not likely to resolve itself at the end of the 1-2 year arbitration awarded contract, so it’s best to move on before it’s time to negotiate another contract.
I really hope you're right...losing one of those kids would create a massive hole in the top-6.
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I didn't know where to ask this, so I figured I would do it here...
Does anyone remember an article from The Athletic last year about how most players that go to salary arbitration end up getting traded?
It was a great article, but I've been thinking about it lately and how it worries me about them trading Reinhart and/or Olofsson to save money.I've looked everywhere for it and cannot find the article.
(It did end up happening with Rodrigues.)
EDIT: I found it! Lol.
https://theathletic.com/1085655/2019/07/19/if-a-player-makes-it-to-an-arbitration-hearing-history-suggests-hes-likely-a-goner/ -
The lineup is basically set at this point (although I'd like a better 3C, allowing Eakin to move to 4C)...
Hall - Eichel - OlofssonSkinner - Staal - Reinhart
Thompson - Eakin - Cozens
Girgensons - Lazar - Okposo
I just don't see where he fits...I think a year in Rochester, playing on the top-line with Mittelstadt, would do both of them wonders. -
1 minute ago, Curt said:
Only counterpoint here is: what if Buffalo wants him, but isn’t one of the teams he would accept a trade to? Then claiming him from waivers would be the only way to get him, no?
Yeah, they would have to find a way to get him to waive it.
I'd just hate to see them do such a huge favor for a division rival and not get compensated for it.2 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said:When they sober up from their Cup celebrations they have been having they laugh at you and come up with another way to get themselves some more cap space.
Then they're going to be stuck with him, it's as simple as that.
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It's stupid to do them the favor of claiming him...any team that claims him is not very smart.
You tell them you'll take him for a 7th round draft pick, but they need to throw you a 3rd round pick in return.
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1 hour ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
Considering that Pekar was our only RW in the system beside Thompson, is it really a surprise we drafted 2 RWs.
Why do people keep saying this? Literally everywhere has him listed as a C/LW.
But this is only a surprise because they are clearly drafting for need and not BPA, like they said they would.1 hour ago, dudacek said:Sorry, but what does Kevin know about analytics, specifically the analytics the Sabres use?
He thinks Johan Larsson is the second-coming of Patrice Bergeron.
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Too early for Luke Tuch?
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8 hours ago, pi2000 said:
NHL comparables... Jason Pominville, Casey MIttlestadt, TJ Oshie, Alex Nylander, Brock Boeser.
I saw Kyle Palmieri and Jake Guentzel.
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28 minutes ago, dudacek said:
Adams does a good job of making it sound like he is engaged without ever giving much in the way of direct information.
- I think they might be considering moving pick 8, but he didn't really say that.
- I think they might be considering not issuing some qualifying offers, but he didn't really say that.
- I think Johan Larsson is gone, but he didn't really say that.
- I think he has an internal budget but the cap on it is soft, but he didn't really say that.
Pretty much the case for whatever he was asked. The reporters need to adjust and simplify their questions, because no matter how conversational Adams makes it sound, they aren't really having a conversation with him. He responds to some escape hatch aspect of the question, but not the heart of it, and Zoom doesn't allow follow ups.
I'm going to need to see what he actually does, then reflect back to this presser to see if there were any tells.
I will say one thing: our GM has a brain.
He sounds like Brandon Beane, if I'm being honest...let's hope he ends up being as good as Beane has been.
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Alexander Holtz will be the third best player in this draft class...and the Sabres will pass him up for a kid with a 3rd line ceiling (Lundell).
Fixing the Sabres Long-Term - Can it be done?
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People are still blaming Tim Murray? He's the only GM we have had who brought in any talent.
If Tim Murray was given more time, we'd be a playoff team right now.