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Rags are diving all over while doing the be so dirty the refs won’t call it all technique. Disgusting favoritism. Make examples
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Diggs wasn’t being doubled. He wasn’t doing what he needed to be doing with his salary regardless of whether he caught it or not
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I agree completely with Adam’s current narrative. The problem has been coaching and leadership. The talent is now there. Yes we need some vet depth but we don’t need no key talent piece.
I thought this was obvious two years ago and am mad he took this long to fire Granato, but I believe he has the right assessment on things.
I see I’m a minority here
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On 5/3/2024 at 8:34 PM, LGR4GM said:
I don't believe the Sabres under Kevyn Adams will make any move to improve the top 6. In fact I think they will assume their top 6 is actually in better shape this offseason with jjp and Quinn both growing and Benson emerging. I also believe they think both Skinner and Cozens will rebound. I also think they'll give Krebs ample opportunity to be 3 C.
They may add 2 or 3 bottom 6 types but that's it. Adams doesn't seem to understand when and how to ruthlessly improve the team and shows far too much loyalty to his favorite players. We need leaders though and I don't see anyone with enough heart, maybe Dahlin.
I was fine until the end. I don’t think this is fair to a guy who traded away Eichel and Reinhart. Sure they weren’t his draft picks, but I’m sure they would have been at the time. It’s in Lindy to dictate playtime to play hardball and then the GM moves a player who doesn’t buy in. That’s not on the GM to do in the absence of a coach unless it’s a toxic situation.
on that note I don’t think it’s fair to say Kevyn is the fiercely loyal one- it was the coach who only knew how to develop players to want to do what he was comfortable with.
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Cozens is a solid 2C everyone had suppressed numbers this year
They will look to UFA for a 3C. Ruff wants his veteran Gaustad. We have the cap to overpay for whoever this ends up being
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watching Coleman’s all targets he definitely dropped more than 2, a lot of bad passes his way but that was a bit generous.
he didn’t really come successfully away with the jump balls like scouts sold.
He did get held quite a bit though and was wide open with separation plenty. His successful hurdle was pretty. His unsuccessful one still was funny.
I still think he has a chance to be a better Gabe, but he isn’t as sure hands as I’d hope. Still some pretty catches we haven’t really seen from our receivers the last handful of years though.
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31 minutes ago, Demoted said:
The only people saying reset are the ones that don't like what the Bills did b.c it wasn't what they wanted.
They’re constrained by the cap. The way they’re doing it it’s just one bad year on the cap instead of continuing pushing the can down the road. It just is what it is. At least they plugged nearly all the holes in a draft.
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KC just won during a “reset”, it’s Abbott getting hot when it counts.
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I still think it’s coaching and execution that will make the difference. The coaching is evolving on offense and we can’t really do worse on injuries. The new guys have a reputation of being smart players that are clutch, not athletic tools you have to teach the game to and hope they pick up the instinct (ignoring the international guy)
a receiver might break free come trade deadline from some team that isn’t hacking it
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Beyond a bonafide stud receiver what is the team missing? This draft plugged a bunch of holes everywhere that would’ve added up in cap if we tried to do it with aging vets
and I still don’t think a stud receiver is absolutely necessary with Josh. He’s always spread out the touches and we’ve replaced a bunch of guys over the last few years who didn’t have a reputation for actually catching the ball with guys who do
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Every pick fills a hole. Rookies for cheap to fill it out. At least it’s all guys with great character and not some athletic freak with character issue gambles like other teams will make
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Another hole filled with a second rounder most say is ready to start right away. Glad we’re run well
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10 minutes ago, ... said:
Are we happy with this pick?
A receiver who played basketball at MSU earlier on is going to be that athlete our coaches love. Sound like a high floor pick even if the ceiling isn’t the moon
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Guy simply doesn’t drop the ball. All he has to do is fill in for Gabe’s routes, which Gabe never freaking won anyway and dropped the ball if it came his way.
Fills the hole, about all you can ask for
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He wasn’t just 18yo. He was also an underweight under 6’ player. And he had more craft out there and didn’t let the physicality cause him to cower. A couple of years and he’s going to be a menace.
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1 hour ago, mjd1001 said:
Ok, I ran some numbers, 'back of the napkin calculations' so to speak, on how Lindy Coached teams have done in each period.
For his coaching CAREER (1165 games as head coach), his teams goal differential by period is:
1st: +59 (+4.15 per 82 games)
2nd: +51 (+3.59 per 82 games)
3rd: +69 (+4.85 per 82 games)
And those are totals, again, over 1165 games. I think it would be harder to find stats that close over that many games. Basically, his teams, at least in terms of goal differential, are pretty much the same each period.
For comparison, the Sabres this past season over 82 games were:
1st: -30
2nd: +7
3rd: +25
Correct this for empty netters?
lindy was always an early lead then hold the fort coach
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Power doesn’t have an active stick. That’ll change quick with Ruff
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Lindy: your system is set before the start of training camp and doesn’t really change throughout season. It’s all about developing muscle memory from day 1.
breath of fresh air Christ
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Lindy Ruff is the guy who made this happen. Our team full of Nordic kids are in for trouble
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4 minutes ago, dudacek said:
I think reality might be closer to your original thought.
Coach contracts are typically one year longer than their leash because owners are typically OK with eating one year if they have to. It’s almost like the last year is at the owner’s option. The summer before the last year is often a time to talk extensions.
Most coaches get 3-year deals with the idea that they will get 2 years to prove themselves. Shorter contracts aren’t typically a consideration for coaches with Lindy’s resume.
To me it’s unusual and it does seem to indicate playoffs or bust.
The devils are paying for the next two years unless he signed for a higher dollar amount. So it’s his way to bridge the leftover Granato contract and be cheap too
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38 minutes ago, inkman said:
And my point was more to TP yet again not understanding life and fumbling all over him self to the media. I like Thorny’s response. A whimsical quip to subtly tell your boss you are speaking out of your depths.
I heard a Billionaire fan who cares but doesn’t want to give up control being happy to be able to make amends to the guy he had fired in the first place before everything went to ***** for a decade.
KA is a yes man he is never going to do that. He only has the job because he has no issue being a lap dog to Terry
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3 minutes ago, inkman said:
NFW I’m watching that video. Did Pegula really mention injuries as the reason they lost to Carolina in 2006 whilst standing next to his GM, a player on said winning team?
They both acknowledged it yes
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22 minutes ago, dudacek said:
Adams has publicly graduated firmly to the “time is now” mindset. Unequivocally repeated it’s about winning. (I’m so happy for so many of you @Thorny, @PerreaultForever, @PASabreFan…😜)
Lindy very much seemed to believe in the talent. And you know he’s going to believe in his own ability to unleash it.
Really broad brush here, but I feel positive his presence is going to resonate with our growing Western Canadian group: Krebs, Cozens, Byram and Benson.
And you know he’s going to challenge Power. Very interested in seeing the response.
Power is definitely going to be an interesting case with Lindy. I don’t think he’s been worked that hard before.
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34 minutes ago, Mango said:
I think the ineptitude of Terry Pegula makes Lindy a good candidate for this team. This team is dysfunctional at the owner and GM level. More than a coach we need somebody with the trust of the owner to separate him from hockey meetings.
Berube and Gallant may be better coaches, but they would but heads with the organization dysfunction just like every other person who has come into the KBC.
I am not psyched about Lindy the coach. I am psyched because he might literally be the only person on the planet to provide a long term solution to the biggest plague for the Sabres and that is Pegula.
EDIT: Other orgs don't have to save the on ice product from ownership. The Sabres do. So while this may not solve coaching, it could very well solve for ownership.Craig Rivet basically made the same argument. Lindy is the only guy out there who realistically can get KA to do his job correctly and not just fantasize the owner
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Off-season Game Plan 2024
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UFA fails when you try to turn a tweener into a top 6 or you take a passenger paired with an all star and expect him to drive the play on his own. For the bottom 6 and role players it works out great as those guys are common cap casualties. And that’s all we’re looking for.