JoeSchmoe

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What have you seen of him that I haven't? For a guy as light on talent as he is, you'd think he'd be giving it all to stay in the league by using his size. If he won't do that, give his spot to someone that actually cares.

If we're being completely honest with ourselves, we'll have at least 3 or 4 F's not playing opening night that are far better hockey players than Greenway. Nearly every rush his line took ended on his stick.

Step aside UPL, it's Comrie's spot on the door this season.

I've watched more baseball than this Leafs Amerks game, but from what little I've seen, Johnson hasn't looked anywhere near NHL ready.

Literally?

17 years?!?? Have you thought about changing your handle to PTSD?

Doesn't seem like the type of guy Adams is after.

My first ever GDT.

Always happy to be wrong if it means the Sabres are better for it. I'm just questioning if he's the answer for us to score more goals than get scored against, which in hockey, trumps "physicality" 10 times out of 10. If physicality leads to more goals, then sign me up... but in BOS, that was not the case for him.

Based on what I'm reading here, most people think he was brought in to be a number 4D. I would want my number 4D to be responsible for creating more scoring chances than they give up. Maybe you think it's a BS stat, but it's not like he has a long track record of being an effective defenseman in years before last year either.

It's a percentage of expected goals for vs goals against, meaning he gave up more scoring chances than he created. He was one of the worst on the team, and one of the only ones below 50%.

He had a sub-50% expected goal % on one the best regular season teams of all time. Why does everyone have him penciled into the top 4?

Sell high! Did he put on the weight everyone wanted, or is it just the lack of talent on the ice? He does look really good... really engaged.

Thanks. Was curious to see the SOG. Sabres seemed to control the play... was wondering what the shots were. Sorry... Just saw your post now... 28-21 thanks

Is there a box score anywhere for this? Thought the MTL goalie made some good saves, and kept the score closer that it could have been. It'd be nice to see the shots.

Agreed. Eye test wise was not great defensively last year. All young defensemen struggle early on, but 8x8 suggests he's already shown a lot of promise offensively and defensively, and he just hasn't.

I think you gotta get it done, but his defense this year gives me pause for thought.

Do you say this because you think a better coach would get a lot more designed run plays in for him... which in turn will open up his passing game? If so, I agree that Josh Allen, at least for a short time, can be one of the best QBs in the league. If you think better coaching can turn him into a pure-passing franchise QB that plays well into his 30s... I haven't seen a lot of evidence to suggest he's got those tools (other than his rocket arm).

I wouldn't trade him, but it's not that stupid. Will Allen ever be a true pocket QB? He isn't yet. If they're going to protect him and try to make him something he's not instead of running the 💩 out of him, we may find the window is already closed.

JA is only an elite QB when he's a consistent run threat on every play. There has yet to be a running QB that hasn't regressed after a few years of getting banged up and injured.

Josh Allen = Cam Newton

$75 schmill guaranteed 🤣

I haven't read this entire thread, but... -Connor Clifton had a 48.4% expected goal % on a team that had a goal differential that was almost double the 2nd place team (+128BOS +67DAL). -His stats prior to being on last year's all-time great regular season team have been pretty abysmal. Why has he been crowned the #4 spot?

With the small s in UBs, and not knowing the name of the Isle's arena, I thought you meant University at Buffalo's arena... which I didn't think existed.