GASabresIUFAN
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Mittelstud has an asst tonight so far. Mittelstud to Rem Pitlick
Pitlick is the guy Nash drafted with our Vesey pick.
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If you propel the puck, you've controlled it. At least that's how the NHL defines control.
So a guy who clears a puck is in possession of it? That makes perfect sense.
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Amers sucking also. Down 5-2. Ullmark pulled.
Anyone else know that Fedun had been recalled?
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Jack Eichel = Kelly Leak
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NHL says he had possession and control. If that is possession and control then it is now officially impossible to put yourself off-sides. Might as well just get rid of the bluelines.
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I didn’t think it possible, but this D group is actually worse then last year.
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Exactly. And how many times does a player put HIMSELF offside by dipsy doodling at the blue line? Is that not control? Which is it?
Exactly. We’ll find out tomorrow that they blew the call.
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This team is so bad.
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Control means stick on the puck.
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The Schwartz was with him.
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He didn’t touch the bouncing puck until he was off-sides. A truly awful call.
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I don’t think Jbot likes CHL players.
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Marty says we need more stretch passes to break the trap.
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Jack’s goal is exactly why Kane shouldn’t be on that line.
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We are getting out played, out hit, out shot and out coached by the slowest team in the NHL.
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No faceoffs aren’t important
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Kane made two turnovers in one shift. No wonder he doesn’t pass.
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Pretty sure we can put him on LTIR even if he's not hurt. There's Lupul in the CBA
Are we surprised the Lou L found a Lupul in the CBA?
I wonder if Bogo ever suits up for the Sabres again?
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It's a sad reality, and I too was hoping a system change and a few new guys on D would be a big improvement but from what they have shown, showing some of them the door is looking like the only real solution. Any kind of tinkering and hoping will simply prolong the agony.
I was thinking about what I'd do with the Sabres right now. My instinct is not to do anything major until mid-season. I want to see how Asplund, Guihle, Ullmark, Mittelstadt and Nylander are progressing to help me determine if it will be necessary to keep Kane and Lehner beyond this season. I also want to see how the Sabres themselves are progressing. If the team is still near the bottom of the East, then I'll start moving out players. My first two sales are Lehner and Kane. Someone mentioned trading Kane to LV for Shea Theodore. I'd make that deal in a second. LV has so many NHL D because of expansion, 10 at last count; if I were Jbot, I'd make some move with them.
My hope for next year is that Ullmark, Guhle and Nylander move into the lineup with Asplund and Mittelstadt knocking on the door.
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If Sam doesn't start producing, he'll take what he's offered.
Look what happened this summer:
Sam Bennett is on a $1.9 million deal, Zadorov took $2.1 and Anthony Duclair $1.2 coming off poor seasons
Connor Brown took 2.1 Viktor Arvidsson 4.2 and Connor Sheary 3 coming off good years.
Alex Wennberg signed for $4.9 coming off a 59-point season. Nikolai Ehlers for $6 after posting 64 points.
If Sam wants a sniff at $5 million per, those are the numbers he will have to put up.
Sam is putting up 45 pts this year easily. He gets time on the 1st PP and on 2nd line wing, he'll get his pts.
To paraphrase from Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park on the re-signing of Evander Kane, this board is so preoccupied with whether we could re-sign Kane, you aren't stopping to think if we should.
Lets review Kane and his history in the NHL. Best season was his first contract year. in 2011-12 when he had 30g and 57 pts. He has averaged only 65 games a season in recent years do to injuries. In fact, the most games he has ever played in a season is 74 and that was 2011-12 (also his first contract year). His highest pt total outside the career year is 43. He is a volume shooter who typically doesn't pass the puck to others in better scoring position. This fact is one of the reasons Wowie moved him off Jack's line earlier this year. He is also at the league average 9% shooting % for his career. He'll also be 27 next fall.
Lets say he blows it out this season, stays healthy and has 35 goals w 28 assists. Are you really going to pony up 49 mill for 7 years to keep him when he'll be 33 when the contract expires and you have Mittelstadt, Nylander, Asplund and Pu coming up in the system?
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Here are the numbers.
Forwards (7) 37.2 mill - Jack, ROR, KO, Pommers, Z, Larsson and MOULSON - sending Moulson to the AHL saves only about $1 mill.
Defense (6) 19.2 - Risto, Scandella, Baloo, Bogo, McCabe and Tennyson -
Goal (1) 750K - Ullmark
14 players - 57.15 - with 2 players we need to part with somehow (Moulson and Bogo).
That means 8-9 players for 19 mill.
I think we can only afford 2 of Reinhart, Kane and Lehner. That said buying out Bogo saves 4 mill each of the next two seasons.
The math gets much easier if Guhle and Nylander can make the jump to the NHL. They’d cost only 1.6 for both.
If we banish Moulson and buyout Bogo, we’d be at 52.15 for 12 players. Add in Bailey 650k plus Guhle and Nylander and you’re at 15 players for 54.4, with 8 forwards, 6 D and a G. I agree on a bridge deal for Sam, say 2 for 8 or 3 for 13. That would being us to 58-59 for 16 players. That leaves substantial money for mostly depth players. We could afford to keep Kane, but I’m not sure he is a long-term core piece. If you sign him you are committing to him as part of the core.
At this point, I’d re-sign Johnson, even at 2.5, for another season as Ullmarks’ 30 game backup. This brings us to 61.5 max with 17 players and looking for 1 D, 4 F with 15 mill to spend.
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Found this at USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2017/09/22/nhl-draft-2018-potential-first-round-american-crop-loaded-sons-former-players/694491001/
We actually need Tkachuk. We need the physical PF who can skate, especially if we let Kane walk.
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I watched a lot of UD hockey last year. My cable package includes all these fox sports channels and they often had good college hockey games. In fact, a week from Friday UND plays Minn on Fox. Anyway, I just loved what I saw from Butcher. His leadership on the ice, and smart plays with the made him look a step ahead of his opponents. For the Avs to draft a local kid who played college hockey locally and then simply throw him to the curb was amongst the dumbest management decisions I've seen in years.
I think we had an avatar bet, but who cares. I wish not only had I been rigth, but that he signed here. We could use the puck skills. I do agree with you that he won't keep up the current pace. Kane won't either, but I'll be surprised with the improved team in NJ that he doesn't put up 35-40 pts.
By the way: Saw an interview with Nauseting Kadri of the Loafs and he said that HCMB has them play 5 game blocks. That's 16 blocks. If you can win 12 of the 16 blocks then you are a playoff contender. It also is a great way to put a bad stretch behind you.
The Sabres went 0-4-1 in block 1, but are 1-0-1 in block 2 with crappy Van next.
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There is a very solid potential core of the following, with only ROR and maybe Scandella being acquired players. Look at the ages (age at next Bday w date if soon)
Jack (21 - 10/28)
Sam (22 - 11/5)
Ristolainen (23 - 10/27)
Nylander (19)
Asplund (20 - 12/3)
Mittelstud (19 - 11/22)
ROR (26)
Girgensons (23)
Scandella (27)McCabe (24)
Guhle (20)
Ullmark (24)
Pu (19)
Bailey (22)
Girgensons Eichel Nylander
Mittelstadt ROR Reinhart
Bailey Asplund Pu
Scandella Guhle
McCabe Ristolainen
Ullmark
Why shouldn't we be able to get 6-8 years of real quality hockey from that group? The success of this rebuild will ultimately hinge on the top players from the 2016 and 2017 draft classes. Assuming they succeed, then all we need is a 3rd D pair, a backup goalie and depth forwards. If guys like Baloo (24) or Antipin (24) work out and we get some surprises from later rd picks like Borgen or Hagel, almost the entire team will be home grown or cheaply acquired in the end.
So what is Jbot’s plan for the Sabres?
in The Aud Club
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We did everything but that. Thank you TM. Now Jbot is going to have to do it right. By season’s end Lehner and Kane should be traded. Bogo and Moulson should be banished/bought out/released or traded. Ullmark, Nylander, Baptiste, Smith and Fasching should all be in the NHL with at least 30 games to go to see if they can make it. Possibly Guhle also.
This is all we have left at this point. Wowie and Jbot aren’t going anywhere. We have no choice if we are going to remain Sabres fans but to see this through and hope Jbot does it right.
I also think is incumbent on Housley to adjust his coaching to make the best out of what he has. I know he wants us to be Nashville, but we don’t have the talent. We may need to take a page out of Van’s playbook and play to our strengths whatever they may be.
That said; I’m sending Griffith down, putting Nolan in the pressbox and releasing Pouliot. I’m bringing up Redmond and CJ Smith.