JoeSchmoe
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Sadly, that's the end of the season. It'll be interesting to see what kind of false hope the organization can give me going into next year.
Right now, I have no hope. Only dejection.
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3 minutes ago, Sabres Fan in NS said:
A young man dies by suicide.
Does it really matter the underlying issues that lead to him taking his life?
Not to me.
We as a society need to do better.
RIP.
If we can accurately assess what the underlying issues are we can do better as a society to prevent future players from taking their own lives.
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13 minutes ago, Archie Lee said:
I’m not sure what you mean when you say “if” we saw the same phenomenon in football. We do see lots of CTE in football. Maybe not across all positions, but you seem to equate the number of head shots that an NHL enforcer would take over a career to that of an average NFL player. Maybe this is true, but I don’t think you have evidence of this. It could be significantly more.
I'm saying both NHL and NFL players have well documented CTE post career. If CTE was the cause of the struggles with hockey players, then we'd see the same in football.
Maybe you're thinking the level of CTE is different between the two sports... It's possible but still a stretch I think compared to the lifestyle.
Anecdotal I know, but guys like John Scott (Mechanical Engineering Major) and George Parros (Princeton Economics Major) are doing very well post career. Closer to home our very own Rob Ray has practically rewritten the English dictionary on his own throughout his illustrious broadcasting career.
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6 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:
So are you paying for this?
It opened for me. Try incognito maybe?
Essentially it said his problem with alcohol started when he was 16 playing in the OHL and partying with the 20yo players in the big city (Ottawa).
It did say he cleaned up under Ted Nolan's supervision and was 9 years sober when the article was written. Arguably CTE could have caused him to fall off the wagon, though many career players struggle outside the structure of playing on a hockey team.
In any case the long story short is he was prone to party lifestyle without the head injuries.
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43 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:
You do realize they have Evidence that he "did what he did " because of CTE the family painted the damn Picture
You have to let this one go
Evidence?
This article from 2000, before the media madness on CTE said that at age 19, Chris Simon was drinking his way out of hockey.
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16 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:
But CTE Led to those problems correct ?
I call BS on that. Hockey culture led to those problems. If we saw the same phenomenon in football, I'd say it was the CTE.
On a side note, I know a couple of hockey players that both had a cup of coffee in the NHL. They're some of the biggest drinkers I know. None of them have concussion issues though.
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1 hour ago, Weave said:
You are minimizing the idea that the concussions and eventual CTE are driving the drug and alcohol abuse. This is something that a number of the players have commented on.
I would argue the drug and alcohol culture precedes the CTE. The Bob Probert story documented this pretty well for him. Hockey players like their ❄️
On a personal note, I sometimes get some pretty good bouts of anxiety after tying one on 🍺. It can last for several days after the other hangover effects have cleared up.
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3 hours ago, pi2000 said:
But he's a reall really really nice guy who everyone likes.
If I'm an NHL coach, first thing I'm doing is making it crystal clear that you're getting paid millions of dollars per year to play a game. It's a great privilege to be here, and if you aren't cutting it you'll be sitting whether you're 18 or 36.
No guaranteed spots no matter how good you are in the dressing room.
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1 hour ago, Buffalonill said:
I mean, football is a totally different sport. You use your head for everything
You're making my point for me. NHL enforcers and NFL players are both prone to CTE. It's just the NHL enforcers that seem to be dying young... Likely not because of CTE, but due to the drug and alcohol culture.
Probert
Belak
Rypien
Kordic
Boogaard
Ewen
now Simon
I'm sure there are others I'm missing. Montador wasn't an enforcer so I purposely left him off the list, but he also has CTE issues.
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48 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:
Just very sad news We all love fights But you can't deny what's happening. They should ban it completely I'm sorry
I said in the NHL thread... Until I see football players going at the same rate as NHL enforcers, I'll be convinced it's primarily the drugs and alcohol and not the CTE.
NHL enforcers have historically been party boys and it sounds like Simon was no different. No question the CTE doesn't help and would be responsible for a lot of other long term health impacts, but we're seriously kidding ourselves if we think it's not the drugs and alcohol ultimately knocking these guys off.
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1 hour ago, msw2112 said:
Another way to look at this: because of UPL's stellar play and him taking the crease, Comrie has been sitting on the bench for a long time and has seen very little game action. He's not mentally sharp and ready to jump in during meaningful games. Levi, on the other hand, has been playing a ton in Rochester and is playing well. He's in better "game shape" than Comrie right now, physically and mentally.
I'm certainly not going to argue that Comrie is a great goalie or is more talented than Levi - he's not - but the way the rotation has developed, he's just not playing, so he's ice cold, and it's too risky to insert him into an extremely important game. He might be more "NHL-ready" than Levi if he were playing on a regular basis, but he's not.
Levi played pretty well last night. I don't think the first goal would have been scored if UPL was in net - he's just a bigger, stronger guy, so his leg would not be so easily be pushed into the net. That said, Levi got the team into the final minutes having only given up 2 goals to one of the top teams in the league, so he did his job. Unfortunately, with only 17 shots on goal (or whatever it was), the Sabres offense did not do theirs.
Us ticket buying fans paid Comrie $3.6mill over the last 2 years. He and his 1-7 record can rot on the bench and in the press box for all I care.
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13 hours ago, JoeSchmoe said:
Sorry if I wasn't clear.
The high death rate amongst NHL enforcers is commonly connected by the media to their CTE issues. The reality is the vast majority of these guys have long histories of drug and alcohol abuse going back to their playing days.
I'm certain CTE doesn't help, but the drugs and alcohol would be the prime drivers of the suicides and other physical health related issues. If it were otherwise, football players and boxers would also be dying at similar rates.
Here's a prime example of a media hack blaming Simon's death on fighting.
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I just tuned into the 2nd. I'm not sensing a lack of effort so much as I'm sensing getting beat by a better team.
Van looks really good.
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11 minutes ago, Archie Lee said:
I don’t understand the connection you are making. What does the “lifestyle” of NHL enforcers have to do with the high number of football players and boxers who get CTE. Not trying to be cute, I’m just not sure what you are indicating?
Sorry if I wasn't clear.
The high death rate amongst NHL enforcers is commonly connected by the media to their CTE issues. The reality is the vast majority of these guys have long histories of drug and alcohol abuse going back to their playing days.
I'm certain CTE doesn't help, but the drugs and alcohol would be the prime drivers of the suicides and other physical health related issues. If it were otherwise, football players and boxers would also be dying at similar rates.
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1 hour ago, inkman said:
Sad. A year younger than me. Maybe he was doing something unhealthy that led to this but the rate at which NHL enforcers leave us early is harrowing.
Given the high number of football players and boxers to also experience CTE, I strongly believe the comparably high death rate among NHL enforcers is more attributable to lifestyle than the brain trauma.
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With the Wash win last night, it looks like we might actually be chasing the Flyers and not the Caps. Chasing down Torts and the Flyers makes this more interesting to me.
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We're for sure #1, but I'd put the Oilers at #2. Having the stars they have, with their lack of success would be pretty stressful. Knowing McDavid's likely bolting when he's a UFA would hang over your head pretty badly.
Edit: I just read the criteria closer and I guess they're only looking at variances in goal differential across periods. Looks like that's just another stressor to throw on the pile. In the grand scheme of things, this rates pretty low in terms of what stresses a Sabres fan.
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3 hours ago, Sidc3000 said:
😂. That wasn’t just a bad game, they basically gave up for two periods. It wasn’t even close.
Amazing that two players kept this team back. if Okposo was soooooo toxic to this team, please explain last season? You know when many of these players played well beyond their expectations?
I'm more focused on Eric Johnson. He was the guy they brought in to show how to win since he was a bit player when the Avalanche won. It was a terrible idea. He was a net negative player on the Avalanche, when he had a Stanley Cup Champion forward group in front of him, and he was a net negative player here.
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14 minutes ago, Sidc3000 said:
Explain yesterday’s debacle if the only problem with this team was the “vets” they got rid of.
Explanation:
No team will ever go 82-0. Yesterday they 💩 the bed like even the best teams do once in a while. Unfortunately, we're so far back thanks to our 💩 vets that we can't afford to 💩 the bed this late in the season.
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4 minutes ago, Pimlach said:
I want better.
In addition to 4D ...
Bring in a 3C and make Krebs battle for the 3C or 4C slot. Nothing I see tells me he is a 3C. Maybe the fancy stats show something but goals and assists do not.
Bring in another power forward.
Trade Skinner (dreaming)
Redo the 4th line and bring in a tough guy that can also play.
Moving Krebs for a better 3C would be key. If we're dreaming, we can get a guy who'll battle for 1 or 2C, to keep TT and Cozens honest in the offseason.
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33 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
To both points, perhaps, but it depends on Comrie's relationship with his teammates, and if your back up isn't good enough to play 1 out of every 4 games or so, then he shouldn't be your back up. That's on KA. Show me one other team that has a back up who never plays and calls up a rookie for 1 road game instead. It's absurd.
He's trying to get the rookie more game reps, while at the same time trying to make the playoffs.
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Were they out drinking last night? This is not a team that knows they have to win in regulation.
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1 hour ago, Pimlach said:
Very narrow assessment. EJ was past his prime and his game tailed off in the end, but the Sabres players themselves have said they learned a lot from him.
Learning how to play defense are what coaches are for. Not washed up veterans that can't play in the NHL anymore.
Did you expect the players to say he sucked and we're better with him gone?
We win more games with RJ vs EJ.
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Do we have a single prospect that will be any good next year?
in The Aud Club
Posted · Edited by JoeSchmoe
If you use Peterka and Quinn as benchmarks to how prospects from the AHL graduate into the NHL, it can tell us something.
JJP was basically a ppg in his Draft+1 AHL season. Quinn was 1.35ppg. Both struggled with their 200ft game in their rookie NHL seasons.
Kulich is 0.78ppg at the same age, Rosen is 0.64 and he's a year older. Neither one are close to JJP or JQ trajectory. How do we expect they are going to be much help next year. Is there something else in their games that doesn't show up on the scoresheet? As of right now (not going into the 23-24 season) do either one of the project out to be 1st or 2nd line players? If not, we need to move them.
Noah Ostland is 0.6ppg in the SHL. It's a low scoring league, but that still sounds too low to be able to make the jump to the NHL, especially with him being small. Is that right?
The only hope I have is Savoie. He's pretty much at the top of the WHL for ppg. My concern though is he's too small to be very impactful next year. I'm thinking he's probably a Benson 2.0 level player. Thoughts? I think it might take a while, but he could still have top 1 or 2 line potential.
Long story short though is we need to start trading some of these guys for NHL ready players in the offseason. Otherwise, I don't have much hope in breaking the non-playoff streak next year.