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3 minutes ago, Torpedo Forecheck said:
Take a look at the Florida roster sometime and compare it to the Sabres and ask yourself if the difference in the standings should be what it is?
Hint: It ain't
Maybe. Quenneville certainly gets some of that credit, but Florida also moved a lot of bodies out. Players I think Quenneville decided didn't fit the mold he wanted. That team is now built on more character first and skill second. It's a very different approach to us but you can see how they went from a team that lost but was hard to play against to a team that now wins. Ottawa will be the same.
We need to do that too if we want to build long term success. Coach and GM have to be on the exact same page.
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Well it's not surprising to hear they are "evaluating" and planning options with or without Eichel and so forth. You'd hope they were doing something, but the trick will be in moving from on paper plans/options to actual actions. This is where past GMs have failed to act or made the wrong decisions or panic signings. I'd actually hope they do a detailed in depth analysis (and put extra weight on character!) but if they wait too long, deadline panic might get us next to nada.
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1 hour ago, nfreeman said:
As I mentioned in a different thread, I think if they hire an NCAA coach, it's largely due to wariness about hiring from the old-boy NHL network. I think TP feels like he tried that with TM, DDB and JB, and it failed each time.
I've heard this wariness of the old boy network thing but I have to wonder where it comes from cause they haven't hired people from it.
All our GMs were inexperienced guys. Very inexperienced. Coaches have not been the old guys available either. Quenneville was out there. Sutter. Others. We passed on them all. Murray did try to hire Babcock but we know how that went. If this team had actually looked at old-boys they would have snapped up Lamorello the minute he fell out of favour in Toronto.
I think this thing is Pegula BS. What they really want, what they've always wanted, is people they can control and have influence over. And that's why we are where we are.
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It would be great if nobody actually went. maybe then they'll finally get it.
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9 hours ago, SyrSabreFan said:
He absolutely tried. Staal was a great pickup, on paper. Looks to me like #24 should move to 2C.
Pretty sure Staal was just considered a one season placeholder for Cozens. Adams hoped for a little more from him obviously, but he was here to mentor Cozens and hold the spot for next year.
The real problem oddly is this team was supposed to be stacked on left wing and it has turned out the exact opposite. Lots of money spent and very little return.
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Don't forget we could be even worse if we trade off players at the deadline and most of our opponents will be in the hunt and harder to beat. We haven't even faced Boston or Pittsburgh yet. 10 wins is my guess.
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4 hours ago, inkman said:
Maybe you’re right. He was really hitting his stride in the AHL. Just dominating.
The thing for me is we have too many D men around him who all have really bad habits and I have very little faith in our coaches based on how they've developed Dahlin and Jokiharju. He needs to be paired with a solid physical defender that he can learn from and grow with to be his best.
We're not going to do it though. You can see it already. Since he's looking better than some he will be given too much ice time and not enough coaching. It's a vicious cycle this team is trapped in (at the moment).
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Exactly. Almost zero chance we hire any new coach this season. Just an interim if they decide the timing of the optics is right to fire Ralph before the season's over or not. Just going to play the blame game and make promises for next year as usual.
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12 minutes ago, IKnowPhysics said:
In case anyone thinks these are new, btw, they've been around since summer of 2019.
Repurposed with new meaning then.
I suppose the only reason rival teams aren't using them to mock us is we have no rival teams. Nobody takes us seriously any more.
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5 hours ago, inkman said:
Bryson has NCAA and 2+ years of professional experience.
It's not enough imo. He still needs more work on the defensive side of his game. I don't want him to become another Montour and with his size he really needs a proper pairing to be truly effective.
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8 hours ago, Billznut said:
The Pegulas couldn’t convince anyone worthwhile to take the job after Housley. Even their money meant nothing. That’s how we ended up with Ralph in the first place, no one wanted this job. I don’t see how it’ll be any different this time. And if Eichel is gone, the job is even more daunting to any prospective coach.
Was there any actual evidence of this or is it just speculative?
As far as I know the attitude was just some sort of admiration for the Toronto model of new and forward thinking (which is all bs, but that was and maybe still is their view). I'm not sure they asked any veteran coaches at all.
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13 hours ago, nucci said:
it's pretty simple. Put a winning team on the ice
Ya, that's what I was going to say. Get the job and then all you have to do is submit one piece of paper with "win" on it. Job done.
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51 minutes ago, Billznut said:
I actually think the odds of them getting a “real”, coach in here are extremely low as is. IF they trade Eichel away, I see no conceivable way they attract any seasoned coach here. It will be a first time coach who just wants a chance. More suffering for us.
I disagree. I think you can get a seasoned coach, but you'd have to give him 4-5 years and some say in player personnel (i.e. he can decide which slackers he wants off the roster). Coaches have egos and I'm sure there is a few guys who will be sure they can turn it around given time and latitude.
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1 hour ago, Kruppstahl said:
I totally agree he will be here for the balance of the season, and absolutely, there is a solid shot he starts next season too.
We have @ $6 million tied up in his right now for the rest of this season and next, and Pegula is *not* going to eat his K.
This is who we are now; not even entering the legitimate coach search in order to save a few bucks.
Anyone who spends a nickel on this franchise is out of their mind.
Totally agree, Don't see them spending a dime right now. Forget a coach change, we don't even grab people off the waiver wire who could help this team. It's all a ruse they don't care about this season at all any more.
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1 hour ago, Randall Flagg said:
Dahlin is severely broken. I worry about his value as an asset, both on the ice and in the offseason. Is he ever gonna learn how to defend?
This is the third straight time we've done this. For some reason the Sabres, no matter who the coach or GM can't seem to figure out that D men require slow and steady development and aren't ready for big minutes right away. I suppose it comes from being so bad we get desperate and can't wait but it's just dumb.
Borgen is ready now (pity he got injured) but we semi broke Jokiharju too and Bryson will be next. I like what he brings, but he's not ready and I can see it happening again. Such an idiotic organization.
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54 minutes ago, Curt said:
NHL teams always tend to be extremely secretive about injuries. I think it goes way back to being afraid that opponents would target players injuries.
That's true, but given the rumours about him wanting out they could have come out and said Eichel is nursing an upper body injury and left it at that.
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better effort than most of our games. Johanson played well but I think he learned his shoot out skills from Lehner. Not much else to say.
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4 hours ago, inkman said:
He’s been injured all season. If you couldn’t tell, I don’t know what’s left to tell ya.
I can tell his game has been way off, but not that it was because of injury. If it is, then the organization could have avoided a lot of rumours about him by being more forthcoming about it. The secrecy just leads to suspicion.
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4 hours ago, Thorny said:
I suppose but having self confidence and caring about winning are not mutually exclusive.
The wording sticks out to me. Krueger didn't say Jeff measures his "game" on goals, he said he measures his CAREER on goals. Significant, to me.
I agree the wording is specific and has a different meaning, but I wonder if some of these Krueger comments are due to the German in him. It's a very blunt and direct language and German speaking people using English can often come off condescending or more blunt than they intend. It's a cultural thing which leads to that view that Germans have no sense of humour and such. I don't know if Krueger is more Canadian or more German in his thought process or speech patterns but it might explain some of it.
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I don't know if I believe anything coming out of this team these days.
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10 minutes ago, Thorny said:
We don't think Skinner measures his career on wins, too? Come on. Do you think Skinner would say "I measure my career on goals"? Even if he did he wouldn't say it cause it sounds bad, and Krueger knows it. I think it was likely a shot.
I still haven't seen anything to suggest though that Jeff doesn't measure success by his team winning, too.
idk, remember that earlier comment "I guess I'm a pretty good hockey player" or something like that. Made me think Jeff is more about Jeff than anything else.
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Well first, I think it's the players more than the coach so a change won't lead us to the promised land BUT as of now I'd fire Ralph and hire Gallant all the same.
There could be an advantage to an interim however. Tortorella MIGHT be available at the end of the season if Columbus continues to falter.
Whatever the case, I simply want a coach who will demand a work ethic, and then they can ship out anybody who doesn't buy in. This next coach has to be the last coach for a while.
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What I've seen of Philly against other teams hasn't impressed me. Their D is poor, Carter Hart is off and on and not as spectacular as he was last year, and some of their forwards seem to be slacking and lacking (like ours) BUT they coasted to easy shut out victories on us already so no reason to think that'll change.
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16 hours ago, dudacek said:
Not arguing your points at all, however it should be pointed out he did have one off-season success: the special teams.
PK has moved from among the all-time worst to top-10. The PP is top 3.
Faceoff win percentage has moved into top 10 as well.
Generally speaking, Sheahan and Reider and Lazar were good value signings that filled a need.
Small consolation, I know.
I don't really want to defend Kreuger too much, but I have a nagging feeling that it's not all about his ideas/system but more about the players we have. Is it possible that those 3 relatively low skilled players are doing well (again relatively) because they (and a few of the kids) are the only ones actually listening to Kreuger and doing what he asks them to do?
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Not sure that 14 seconds left quit thing matters but ya, they quit.
Goaltending was atrocious tonight.
Sportsnet goes straight to their highlight show after the clock runs out and their first words were "Buffalo Sabres......they stink" and that's pretty much it.