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We literally have no idea on the severity and he'll be back one way or the other.
No, but by the looks of the injury this is going to be a long-term recovery. If it's broken ribs that 2 months before the ribs are healed, then add weeks to get back in shape, then if there is lung or blood vessel damage add more recovery time.
FYI: we have 2.288 in cap space, plus 1.5 in LTIR for McCormick. We can probably acquire Fowler now, especially if we demote Franson and get a cap savings of 950K.
The biggest issue I see is will ANA take picks and prospects for him since we are now so short up front.
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Kane's injury won't clear cap space.
Sure it does. He goes on long-term IR and we can over the cap by that number.
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Kane's injury probably creates the cap space needed to acquire Fowler. What will it cost?
This trade is now necessary because the defense against the Habs was horrible. Gorges and Franson are just to slow. At least one of them needs to be on the bench permanently. Fowler is a left handed shot, but I suspect Franson is the one who hits the pine. In addition, we need Fowler's playmaking skills to help drive offense now that we are essentially an entire 1st line is out.
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1) nice avatar Pi. The crutches are a nice touch.
2) isn't almost exactly how Kane got hurt last year?
3) I don't ever want to see Cody Franson in a Sabres uniform again, maybe GMTM will use Kane's LTIR money and get Fowler.
4) Nice Ryan Miller softie by Lehner to truly get the season started off on the right foot.
5) Is it just me, but are the Fates truly against us? First our two big off-season acquisitions are in suits to start the season, then our big acquistion from last year and best player is injured but can't do what he does best and that is take faceoffs, then 8 minutes before the end of training camp our franchise player goes down for at least 8 weeks, then in the first game another key forward acquisition gets injured on a nearly identical play as the year prior in which he also got injured and missed 20 games. I was optimistic yesterday, I thought these guys had some heart, but after watching that travesty of a hockey team especially on D, I'm almost ready to give up and let the Fates have their way. Nolan Patrick here we come.
6) if i'm GMTM I'm wrapping Reinhart and Bogo in bubble wrap.
7) On the bright side Matt Moulson scores on his way to Pi's 30 goal season.
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https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/oreilly-to-play-against-montreal/c-282618216
For tonight
In: ROR(no faceoffs) Fasching and Nelson
Out: Jack, Okposo and Kulikov
It will be interesting to see the D pairings now. Franson/Nelson as the bottom pair?
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https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/oreilly-to-play-against-montreal/c-282618216
Official
In: ROR, Fasching, Nelson
Out: Jack, Okposo, Kulikov
West Coast swing: Okposo likely, Kulikov maybe.
ROR will be limited on faceoffs. According to the article:
ROR will be between Kane and Reinhart
Ennis Larsson Foligno
Moulson Girgensons Fasching
Deslauriers Grant Gionta
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I went and looked at Matthews stats last year and previously and he is basically a Ovie/Stamkos type player. I'd compare McDavid to Crosby with his speed, vision and ability to score but set up teammates. Eichel is kind of in the middle. Mike Modano type. A guy who pots more goals early, but as he spends time in the league he'll become an even better distributor. If I had to compare Eichel to a current player, Toews?
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Wait til Matthews plays a team that actually keys in on him and puts someone like Risto or Kulikov on him all night. He won't have the space he did.
I agree, after watching Ottawa and Toronto last night I feel a great deal better about the Sabres this season even without Jack for 2 months.
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ROROkposoEichelWho's healthy?
Reinhart
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Don't get me wrong, I love bold predictions, but this belief combined with your cynical view of Risto confuses the hell out of me :lol:
Don't be confused. I think Risto is an excellent offensive defenseman. While I believe he'll get better defensively, it won't ever be his strong suit. I don't see him as the no. 1 penalty killer or the guy you give massive D zone starts in critical situations.
On the other hand, I think McCabe grows into those defensive roles, but over the next few years he adds more offense. I see eventually him adding 30 pts of offense to his game to go with excellent defense.
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I wonder if Jack's injury changes a few votes?
My top 3 right now after camp and based on Jack's injury are Reinhart, McCabe and Fasching. I think Reinhart and Fasching get the most opportunities to pick up the slack and I think McCabe is going to be this team's best all around D by season's end.
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The hockey gods must really hate us. We traded Kassian for Coho. Somehow Kassian is still in the NHL and now finds himself playing in Edm with Connor McDavid who just set him up for a very pretty goal. Geez!
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DD said his pairings for tomorrow are as follows:
Gorges Ristolainen
McCabe Bogosian
Kulikov Franson
I can see DD's logic for putting a puck mover on each line with a stay at home player and dividing his two slow skaters, but I'm not thrilled.
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4 goals by Matthews. Amazing! Toronto still losing. Priceless!
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Let's see him do it again. Against a team other than Ottawa.
Feel free to toss this back at me if AM is indeed new Gretzkey or Ottawa are not a complete tire fire. I have a feeling neither is true...
Agree, but it is a really impressive debut.
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https://www.nhl.com/news/carey-price-out-for-canadiens-opener-with-flu/c-282580442
He is going to miss the opener! Maybe the hockey gods and giving us a break?
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So that's it huh? Was a nice look back in Sabres history.
Really enjoyed this thread! thanks Flagg.
No, need Marty Biron and his 00 for tomorrow.
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I was thinking about Pommers and also Stafford's arrivals in the NHL. Like Fasching, Stafford played 3 years in college before going pro. Drew demolished the AHL with 22 goals in 34 games before joining the Sabres and adding 13 goals in 41 games. I don't see any reason why Fasching can't be at least that effective.
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The deal is not excercising it say on a bike. What I remember taking the longest to heal was that lateral muscle/ligament you need to really push off when skating. After initial shock didnt hurt much to stand but. any kinda side to side motion hurt almost like the side of my calf was messing with me and that took the longest to come around.No the xray/MRI results.
That goes to ankle stability and that is the real issue. Lehner couldn't push off and that was the problem. Hoepfully Jack's will be less severe.
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FYI: depending on the stablitiy of the ankle, Jack could be back in the exercise room in a week and then back skating in 3 weeks from today. I'd therefore say that he could be back playing in as little as a month. My expectation is 6-8 weeks.
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Back to a positive spin.
Lets say Jack is out for half the season. I expected Jack to score 30 goals this season. So his numbers gets reduced in half. I also expected this team to score at least 230 goals. With this injury and to reach the goal, we need the other 20 skaters to score 1 extra goal.
Is that really to much to ask? I don't think so. Reinhart's role will expand giving him more opportunity to score. Also Fasching will probably go from a bottom 6 role to a top 6 role giving substantially more opportunity to score and he has the size and hands to do it. It could also mean more opportunity for Moulson and Girgensons to step up. Personally I think this is the chance Big Z has been looking for. (And no he wasn't trying to hurt Jack.)
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Just think of all the housework Reinhart is going to have to do with Eichel injured. That house is going to be a mess.
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What Should GMTM Do Now?
in The Aud Club
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Is this thread premature? Maybe, but the structure of this team for this season has been permanently altered by the injuries to Jack and Kane. Add in the lack of ability of Franson and Gorges to play at the pace of today's NHL and we have a real problem on our hands if GMTM wants this team to progress in the standings this season.
So what is GMTM to do to fix this team or at least keep it afloat for the next 8 weeks? We have discussed adding Fowler and I think this is the first move. We need to drive O from our D and he is a great available upgrade. Girgensons and picks is probably the cost. I do think that adding Fowler probably means that this is Kulikov's only year here.
Is there anything we can do up front? I think the first thing is to move Sam back to center. The next move would be to get pick up another cheap vet or two. Maybe even Legwand or a Tomas Fleischmann.
Thoughts?