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1 hour ago, Claude Balls said:
So does everyone else outside of Beantown. ***** them.
Sorry but if you watch any of their road games you will see they have the largest fan contingent at games of any NHL team (aside from when Leaf or Hab fans attend Sabres games.
I even run into Bruins fans out here in BC all the time and they are public enemy number one after the 2011 cup. I have yet to see a Sabres jersey anywhere in the lower mainland. . maybe they are hiding.
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4 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:
I personally like Yakemchuk over Dickinson for D.
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7 hours ago, SwampD said:
These guys are super human. Pretty sure I’d be in the hospital for a week if I took that abuse. McDavid will play next game,… I hope.
Soucy's been an understated key signing Vancouver made. You can see how Seattle goofed on that one and he just quietly gets the job done (and now not so quietly :))
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8 minutes ago, nfreeman said:
No sir. They are about to reward your patience.
Well, I hope you're right, but I will believe it when I see it.
The history, and the patterns you can see repeating say otherwise. Faith or belief is something I do not have in this group at all.
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Yes, this all does suggest they believe firmly that they know better and they believe in themselves and their view (and that's Pegula on down). No outsiders with differing views allowed and definitely no outside experienced people who might actually vehemently disagree with them.
The more I think about this the more I dislike it so I'm going to stop thinking about it.
So did Rochester have a good PP that made sense?
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Well the optimism I had gained with the Ruff hiring just took a dip down (and mostly over the Appert in 2 years idea which ya, might happen). It's not that he's going to be a horrible assistant or anything, it's just that too much of it looks the same. I was hoping for a little change in direction with a McKee hiring or Peca back or something else new that signaled real change.
Now they just have to do next to nothing in free agency, draft a speedy Euro forward with that first pick and then name Dahlin captain and then I can cancel my sportsnet subscription for real.
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Third string little Latvian goalie getting it done. Who saw that coming?
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1 hour ago, JohnC said:
If Skinner can be a 25-30 goal scorer on a third line, that would be terrific. I'm assuming he would get PP time in order to get into that scoring range as a third line player. How Ruff handles Skinner is an intriguing issue. As is how Skinner adapts to Ruff and what he expects from his new coach. As you point out, he is more of a lone ranger player than someone who blends in well with his line mates. But there is great utility in having a goal scorer who doesn't play on either of the top two lines.
Lone ranger? He's not even Tonto.
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1 hour ago, stinky finger said:
Somehow I can't seem to muster up any empathy for the Bruins or Marchand. No bigger prick in the game.
Of course. Totally understandable on a Sabres site. Doesn't change the facts though.
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Bruins were screwed by the refs but that's hockey. Florida is a dirty team but they are a smart dirty team. Maurice coaches them that way (think back, Winnipeg was dirty under him too), If you guys saw the Canadian broadcast they showed Bennet sucker punching Nies last year exactly the same way he took out Marchand. It's dirty as hell and if it was the Sabres you'd all be in uproar but because it's Marchand it's fine. Two years in a row you'd think the league with all their concussion nonsense would suspend for sucker punches to the head but no, Bennet can do what he wants. Okay, whatever.
If the Bruins had more scoring talent and made it 3-0 early this might have gone differently anyway but they don't. Florida is the more talented team and would win regardless over 7. Now, with the refs help it'll be 5.
Unless the Bruins perform free agency miracles, next season is the moment Sabres can take their place (and then get beaten up by Bennet lol)
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6 hours ago, Archie Lee said:
None taken. But you are not speaking for me when you conclude that Krebs, Joker and #11 (+) are unwanted.
It's not that they would be totally unwanted, but you through Kadri in there and he's way above that. You want Kadri you're going to have to throw 2 1sts and more in the package.
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In general coaches get 2-3 years and GMs get 4-5 but it depends on the expectation level of the franchise and the level of success these people achieve of course.
Prior to Adams, Pegula has given our GMs less time than this which would seem to indicate a level of impatience and expectation, but his decision to never turn the franchise management over to an experienced GM indicates his desire to control them. I personally think experienced candidates have said no thanks to that owner meddling situation. I could be wrong.
I am hoping that both Adams and Pegula respect Ruff enough to allow him to be the loudest voice in the room on major decisions going forward. In that way (to some extent) we will finally have an experienced veteran "in charge".
One can hope.
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6 minutes ago, Archie Lee said:
I could be wrong, but I think Laughton is a guy who maybe gets a late 1st or early 2nd, but I don’t think he is worth #11. As for who the Sabres could move the pick for, I really don’t know. It’s hard to come up with a good one for one (pick for player) example.
See, it's not easy is it? The hypothetical "Sabres should" argument is easy. A concrete actual possibility is much harder. Is Laughton really worth a low first or a second, quite possibly, but a higher first might actually get him on your team.
6 minutes ago, Archie Lee said:A lot of the ideas I come up with, seem that they might be laughable to some. Would Calgary do Andersson and Kadri (with say a $1 million retention) for Joker, Krebs and #11? Maybe we need to add something else? We would need to buyout Skinner to make it work.
No offense, but that's just ridiculous. Fans are always coming up with these ideas where we toss away what we don't want and get quality players back. It's just not happening. Adams is not going to "win" these trades if he actually wants to make this team better now, but losing these trades and making this team win is a net win.
It's time for action. (Getting rid of Skinner would be a good start)
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13 hours ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:
The Avs/Stars series to me feels boring, no retribution for the Benn hit, seems to be some sloppy passing and just not cutting it for 2nd round entertainment purposes.
Stars play D first shutdown hockey, which is why they were such a good road team all year. It's not pretty, but it wins.
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2 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:
And it worked well for much of the season. We're not taking about a last place team here. Tied for 1st in division . 7th best record in the AHL. 17-5-2-2 since March 1.
As for Syracuse, they played the Amerks 17 times and won 9. Two teams that were dead even all season that came down to one game.
Oh no that's all fair, but the point that matters to me is that the "full cupboard" can't get it done so I question how good that full cupboard is. That's all. No more no less.
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4 hours ago, Archie Lee said:
Are you suggesting we trade #11 for Laughton? Or that he is the quality of player we could get for #11?
I would hope we could do better than that. I would prefer to give Laughton's $3 million salary to Teddy Blueger or Kevin Stenlund in free agency and keep the pick.
I'm suggesting that he's a potential player that MIGHT be available on a team that MIGHT be enticed by a draft pick. The thread is a hypothetical idea but I didn't see anybody making a viable suggestion so I asked the question.
Is Laughton a first round pick in value? No, but it might take a first round pick to pry him away from his team. Added to the Sabres current roster we instantly become a better team as Krebs can be 4C where he belongs (if in the NHL at all).
So I ask you, trade the pick so for who? Who would want to make that deal and who will give you what you want for it? Who?
I'd offer that pick to Boston for Trent Frederic but I very much doubt Boston would be interested.
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3 hours ago, OverPowerYou said:
I don’t like listening to Kenny Albert do hockey games. It reminds me watching a random NFC game on fox. I don’t like it
I think he's AI generated.
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The only one I can up with myself (possibly) is Scott Laughton. The Flyers are rebuild/compete, can't quite figure out which or trying to do both and his name was mentioned as available last year. 2way 3C. They might not want to make that deal any more.
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I'm curious but what/who do people think we can get for this 11th pick? Which team(s) do you think have what we need and would want this pick in exchange?
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Just now, Thorny said:
Is this post from 2019?
Could easily be. I may have said something similar back then. It does often feel like we are going in circles and things repeat. The names change, the results don't.
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30 minutes ago, Thorny said:
Teams with low payrolls make the playoffs all the time. Making the playoffs isn’t hard
This isn’t just something I/we say. I say it cause it’s true.
Washington was ASS this year
Making the playoffs isn't hard? Well if that's true then I guess the Sabres aren't just a sh*tshow, they are a colossal sh%tshow.
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5 hours ago, dudacek said:
He really is very much a "trust the process" man.
If I'm honest with myself, I think I am too, and that's why probably why I'm willing to give him every opportunity to play this out.
I think by and large his strategy is the correct one given this market and the crater that has been built in it.
But just because the strategy is correct, that doesn't mean the execution is correct.
That's where I tend to see things differently than @PerreaultForever a lot. I think Adams actually is trying to do a lot of the things he complains about in terms of culture and building from within.
It's the execution where the two of them differ: Adams went speed and skill first over grit and defence, and force-feeding youth responsibility early rather than shielding them behind a collection of Pat Maroons and Brian Giontas.
Given where we started in the summer of '21, I personally think we'd be in about the same place right now, had we followed the Maroon/Gionta path: a playoff bubble team, crossing our fingers that the youth was about to break out. But we will never know.
What we will find out over the next 12 months is whether Adams did indeed blow it, and a Lindy-led core of Thompson/Tuch/Cozens/Quinn/Peterka/Bryum/Dahlin/Power/UP/Levi - developed the way he has chosen to develop it - has the right stuff.
Because that is what Adams has built, entirely by design, and that is where he will sink or swim.
That's valid. Optimistic and a little bit in the realm of "hope and pray" but valid. That is sort of how we differ for sure. I'm just more of a burned out cynic after all these years. I don't doubt that Adams is "trying to do" it but I don't see it happening and question how it can happen the way he's doing it. How do you teach kids to be leaders when they aren't surrounded by leaders who teach them and hold them accountable? There's too much faith in some sort of organic process where it all just magically comes together. I will believe it when I see it.
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6 hours ago, Thorny said:
People are saying his messaging has been on point this offseason, and I can kinda see it at times, but if you watch that there still seems an incredible resistance to simply uttering the words “playoffs are the goal.”
the overall tone here was one imo more so of defensiveness: “if you remember 4 years ago, I said it would take time and patience. Well, you got it. Plan continues.”
And he started out by carefully highlighting that it was his 5th year of GM. At first I was impressed: ok, he’s saying year 5, he’s saying it’s been a long time now and it’s go time.
But he actually brought up year 5 to separate himself from the “13 years” frank led off with
Haha
That's all fine, and I said it should be "go time" when we ended last season but he wanted another year of futility so okay, now it's "go time" so what is he going to do to make it "go time"? Stay the course? Just hire Ruff? I will believe it actually is different, and it is "go time" when I see the roster improvement through free agency and/or trades.
Until then it's just the same old bs.
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7 hours ago, thewookie1 said:
That in of itself is sort of a catch-22; when your team is good the AHL team will naturally become storage for extra players. When your team is building up or tearing down you'll have an influx of youth needing a spot to play and Top 6 AHLers won't sign because they feel they should play on your NHL squad.
I agree with this part; but also feel there's a limit on how much a player can gain from playing in lesser leagues and due to our prospect numbers it creates a bit of a crunch.
True, but the catch 22 comes from the NHL team constantly rebuilding. We don't incrementally improve, we keep tearing down and starting over and changing directions constantly. This is what I'm saying in the other thread. We trade Mitts and now need a 3C (or 2C). We get Byram who is a lesser version of Montour who we already had. It's a constant cycle that gets us nowhere.
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2024 NHL Playoffs - ROUND TWO
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Rempe.