PerreaultForever

This is without a doubt the silliest topic/idea I've ever read on here.

I don't think I said it was for no one, just that most of the players on the roster wouldn't be too heartbroken if they went elsewhere. I would bet anything that if you looked at all the modified no trade clauses in the league, the 10 teams and all that, you'd find Buffalo listed on almost all of them. I doubt there are many teams that fare worse. maybe Arizona.

Honestly I didn't see enough of Shehands to know if he's better. I just know that Krebs hasn't been very good and he should be sent down and somebody should replace him. I guess that's Jost right now. Balcers would have been better. idk why they signed SheRa. I really don't.

I'm often misunderstood. It really doesn't matter. Call them what you want, they're not veterans. They're kids.

Lessons in losing. As I predicted they ran the goalie. I honestly can't remember a Tampa Buffalo game where they didn't run the goalie at least once. At least this time there was a little bit of a response, even if it wasn't adequate (imo). They didn't play badly, and Tampa almost fell into the trap (game) but the PK was no match for their PP and as they always do against us they often owned the front. Yes we need better goaltending, but this game was not the goalie's fault. It was funny listening to the announcers talk about Elliot like he was some sort of all star problem for the Sabres and not as the washed up has been veteran back up he is. Jost love should stop too. He made some good plays, but also gave the puck away a lot and I can see why he got waived. Not a smart player. The rookie line was pretty good though. Or the ELC line for those who prefer a more rigid definition of rookie 🙂

I think it could be, but I think the close to home thing is less important these days for most players than it used to be. These guys are so rich they just fly home any time or fly their parents to them. They get around and travel so they are fine to play all over. Most would prefer big cities or states with good tax laws if they had a choice. Calling players ELC players just doesn't sound right. I'm sticking with rookies.

That's a long and difficult argument but I don't think so. If your NHL team focus is on winning you do that, and when rookies aren't your best option you send them down where they get more ice time and personal coaching attention (presumably, if you have a good organization).

A rookie is a player on his rookie contract. How is that made up???

Don't know where they live, but maybe she didn't like driving through the snow to get to Rochester. idk, it's been decades since I've been there but is Rochester a hole? I know it went downhill with the Kodak plant closure era but all I really remember about Rochester was House Of Guitars and The Chesterfield Kings.

This would be the point of contention for me though. Krebs and his development. imo he's not there and needs to go back down to the AHL much like Mitts did and Thompson. Let him go down and play big minutes there. Re-evaluate later in the season. He's not NHL ready . My point on that is going with youth is fine as an idea, but no necessarily a way to win hockey games.

This is a true trap game for them so if we can't beat them in this one we simply can't beat them. Hopefully we bring it hard fast and early before they even wake up. UPL starting because he's more likely to withstanding getting run into by Maroon or Perry than Anderson is. 🙂 Somebody, anybody, run into Kucherov for once though okay?

Back it up? Which part? The living across the border thing is obvious. That's laws and taxes and dollar values. Times have changed. The other part, well you have the lack of free agent signings and the 10 team no trade issues that crop up. It seems kind of obvious.

Burakovsky 21 pts in 21 games, Peterka 10 pts in 21 games. Adding a player like Burakovsky also means JJ can be played further down the line up as he develops. If you are saying that signing Burakovsky in free agency would not have made us a better team than we are I think you need to see somebody about that recent head injury you suffered. Seriously, just look at Seattle's improvement over ours. It's not that complicated. Rookies, I use the term loosely for young players that aren't proven yet. Players on rookie contracts. Until he fully proves himself Cozens is still a rookie to me as well.

Wife obviously thinks he's a better player than some of the people the Sabres are playing. She's pretty enough, maybe she's an "influencer" 🙂

The border thing was a draw in the early days. I do remember a lot of the 1970s Sabres lived across the border. A lot of that was about tax laws and citizenship, but that has all changed. Dollar value, the level of their wealth. Most of these guys nowadays buy condos where they play and live wherever they want. It's not the same. So nobody is saying they'd absolutely hate going to the snowy lands of western NY but the idea that there's a lot of people who would choose it is wishful thinking. Not to mention that the winning culture of Buffalo is so far in the past most players these days can't believe it ever existed as they've never seen it.

Balance. So a bit of both. A mix that has veteran leadership and solid role players supporting the rookies and not making rookies take on too much too soon. Having enough depth that you don't struggle as badly when a few D men go down. Example. Beniers was coming in to Seattle. They paid Burakovsky to play on his wing. Working out pretty good. You telling me we wouldn't be a lot better with Burakovsky on Cozen's wing? New Jersey kept people like Miles Wood. Added Hamilton. Added a goalie. It's not just about rookies and youth there. We went too far into the all rookie team imo.

the part you are ignoring is they also added and kept veterans in the mix to create a more balanced line up and most important of all they got a goalie.

That is definitely one way to look at it. I seem to have caused quite the uproar over Riley Sheahan (whose name I couldn't even spell). A solid tempest in a teapot. Let's hope Jost actually is better . So far so good.

There's nothing they are supposed to do. They should never have signed him if they were not going to give him any real chance of making the roster. If Krebs was outplaying him there'd be no argument, but he's not. Hence he feels he isn't get a real fair shot so he wants out. He's not wrong and there is nothing the Sabres can do. So how are you going to improve the depth of the roster if you only play rookies? Makes it harder to sign players, even scrubs.

I haven't argued anything differently than your second sentence. My point is only about the organization and the optics around it. As for McDavid, that was an odd sentence to place here but since you did, out of curiosity, if Edmonton decided to start over and trade him, what would you give them off this roster? Everyone?

Rangers and Panthers currently sitting out of the playoffs. Who'd have thunk it?

They were actually commenting on that during the Kraken Vegas game. Apparently Cassidy is not happy with it either so we will see how long their love affair lasts. Cassidy is notorious for calling out players in front of their team mates and I doubt that'd sit well with Jack and his ego.

I've gone over this many times in earlier threads. My problem is too many rookies at once and a failure to fill the gaping holes with veterans to create a solid team that can win now and build a winning culture around that so that the youngsters coming in can add to that and compete to be part of that and are not necessarily expected to be the saviors. Like getting a goalie and building out from there. The current plan is too extreme and thus too slow. Years from now it might pan out, but I'm tired of waiting. In other words more like what New Jersey has done.

cause the Sabres signed him.

Surprising? Guys like Jack Eichel and Phil Kessel taking a night off, I think I've seen that before.