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Part of it is the language that you used in your earlier post. āWe mighta blown that oneā really comes off as he might be a bust. As a reader, it definitely a lot closer to Quinn being a possible bust than āat this point he might not be the best choiceā. In the NHL draft, you canāt expect a GM to pick the best remaining player on the board. There are great players that fall every year, some going in the 3rd-7th and in a redraft years later would end up top 5, but that doesnāt mean that the good players picked before them are āblown picksā. Back to your actual points, I am still very content with the selection of Quinn. He had .51 PPG last year, which is a solid rookie season. Along with that, the history of his development has always been a moderate first year in the league, and an explosive second year. Hard to say that would continue in the NHL, but I still would have expected an uptick in production pre-injury. Iām not expecting a ton this year, but I have confidence heāll be better than 3/4 of those players next year.
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One thing here: hockey players typically have quicker returns from Archilles injuries, as the skating boot gives a lot of support so that there is less chance of a re-injury, and cuts down on the strain.
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GDT November 30th Sabres @ Blues 8pm MSG, ESPN+
sabresparaavida replied to Shoot da Puck's topic in The Aud Club
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I disagree here, while that line did play well together, I think the lineup is better served with Mitts and Benson on different lines. Both Mitts and Benson, while they do have goal-scoring ability, their passing and set up ability are their biggest threat. They are the closest the Sabres have to pure playmakers among the forwards. Thompson, Skinner, Cozens, Tuch, Quinn and Peterka all range somewhere between balanced (passing vs shooting), and more on the goal scoring side. I think their abilities would be better suited separate, to set up our various goal scorers.
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Expected goal percentage is the ratio between the expected goals for and against while a player is on the ice. Team relative expected goal percentage is standardizing that based on the team average. expected goals for/against are calculated by taking past data on how likely shots of different types (slap shot, clean breakaway, wrister, etc.) from different areas of the ice are to be goals. So if thereās a 20% chance of a clean slot shot going in, a slot shot would give an expected goal of 0.2. Adding up the expected goals of each shot over the course of a game would give your expected goals.
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Iād assume Tage to IR.
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GDT: Bruins @ Sabres - Nov 14, 2023 - 7:00pm, MSG/ESPN+šŗWGRš»
sabresparaavida replied to LGR4GM's topic in The Aud Club
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Toronto didnāt have the prospect pool that the Sabres have. they have enough talent coming up to have three skilled scoring lines in the future. If one of the young players (Quinn or Peterka) breaks out to where you canāt afford him, do a Kevin Fiala style trade to reload the prospect pool and keep depth. And we may not even need to move one of them, with Skinner coming off the books shortly after they need their next contracts. This would also be locking them up early with a rising cap. At the time of the Tavares signing, Matthews and Tavares accounted for 27% of the cap. With projections for next year, Mitts at 7 mil, Thompson and Cozens would be ~24% of the cap at the time of signing for 3 players which is significantly better.
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It is difficult to have 3 top level centers, easier if you have 2 for 14 mil. If you can lock up Mitts at 7 mil, you do it IMO. Itās not as if any of them will be a typical 3C, theyāre all going to be getting top 6 minutes, and it gives us a chance of having 3 effective scoring lines. We have plenty of young talented wingers in the system that wonāt be breaking the bank for the next handful of years (Quinn, Peterka, Savoie, Rosen, Kulich, Benson). And all 3 of Thompson, Cozens and Mitts can play wing. Toronto has had Matthews and Tavares together at a more expensive rate than Thompson, Cozens and Mitts would be (if he signed the Cozens contract).
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Theoretically, What does a McDavid trade look like?
sabresparaavida replied to elijah's topic in The Aud Club
No, a non āhockey tradeā would mean the Sabres are trying to go for a cup, not rebuild. It would be moving futures for the best player in the league, instead of moving Dahlin and Tage for McDavid and Kane (which would be closer to the hockey trade) -
The Elephant In the Sabres' Room: Fixing the Power Play
sabresparaavida replied to bob_sauve28's topic in The Aud Club
In my opinion, thatās not the main issue with the powerplay. The zone entries need a lot of work, they have been having a lot of trouble establishing possession in the Ozone. When we have gotten established, we often get good chances. Get better at entries at the shots will come. -
Ryan Johnson called up; Mattias Samuelsson placed on IR
sabresparaavida replied to Brawndo's topic in The Aud Club
Er is also a somewhat common addition -
Haha thanks for this. My Momās side is Polish, so Iāve had it quite a bit, was going to look it up to see if it was āGwum-Keeā as Iāve never seen it spelled out.
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Makar is undoubtedly a superstar, just beat Bobby Oreās record for being the fastest defenseman in NHL history to 250 points.
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He did miss a few games in the preseason due to āsorenessā
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GDT: Flames @ Sabres, Oct. 19, 2023 - 7pm EDT, MSG šŗ WGR š»
sabresparaavida replied to LGR4GM's topic in The Aud Club
One thing that really impressed me last night was Mittsā backchecking. I know that line got caught on the ice too long a couple times last night, but Mitts made some good plays hounding the puck in our own zone. -
GDT: Flames @ Sabres, Oct. 19, 2023 - 7pm EDT, MSG šŗ WGR š»
sabresparaavida replied to LGR4GM's topic in The Aud Club
That was some good puck movement by a lot of the lineup leading up to that. -
GDT - 10/18/23 Rochester @ Laval 7pm AHLTV
sabresparaavida replied to inkman's topic in The Aud Club
Goal stood, it was put in by an amerk so the play didnāt stop.