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9 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
Cool story broseph
Sabrespace, and the usual disgruntled and bitter summer of snideness, sarcasm and other assorted egomaniacal quips. How wonderful.
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3 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
Everyone on this board knew Larsson's value and even if he wanted to leave, replacing him with Eakin was tantamount to replacing Eichel with Steve Ott.
LOL. That might be the most over stated ridiculous comparison I've ever seen on this board so I had to quote it. Funny though. Did make me smile.
Eakin sucked, that's not a point of contention. Not sure what anyone else would have done though. Seemed like a reasonable 4th line (some felt 3rd) pick up at the time. One has to assume Larsson was NOT going to re sign and his value is kind of over stated. Didn't do much for the Coyotes.
They wanted to improve face offs and PK. Those were a bit better were they not? I think the Girgensens injury was the thing that really cocked up the bottom end plan.
but ya, Adams hasn't actually done anything good yet. Absolutely nothing imo.
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I think only a 35% drop is pretty flattering too. If it wasn't a pandemic you'd probably see even lower numbers. I know I only watched some nights cause I had nowhere else to go anyway. next season it has to be better to get me interested.
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1 hour ago, dudacek said:
You may be right, but it certainly is a fan thing.
That said, the Insiders have listed the Wild among the teams heavily interested in Eichel.
They may be, but as was mentioned, they'd want to dump salary and that's not something we want to be doing. We already have a Skinner anchor on our cap, we don't need more lost space.
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1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:
We currently have 1 star player and no roster depth because we draft like a trash plate that was left in the sun while seagulls pooped on it for a month.
So you're finally conceding that Reinhart is not a star then? Good. About time.
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I have a question. You say the "general feeling" is they need an Eichel/top center to be a true contender but 1. aren't they already a contender? They are looking pretty good at the moment. and 2. Isn't their model entirely based on the opposite idea of a star center? Rather a solid team approach with multiple mid level stars rather than a few superstars? I'm not sure a desire for a top 1C is their goal. I'm thinking that's just a fan thing.
I mean every team wants a great player if you can just pop him in there but gutting your roster/prospect pool to get one guy is a whole other thing.
Relying on a few star players certainly hasn't worked here. There's a lesson in that.
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3 hours ago, Norcal said:
I know. They have to do the work.
I think, because of the expansion draft and cap implications, that this off season will present unique opportunities to acquire players that might not shake loose normally.
I don't know that to be true but it's being reported on more and more so it appears likely.
Now. Can Karamanos and Adams get some of those guys? Idk?
If they do, and fix the goaltending and get continued progression from their younger players, then I could see the Sabres pushing into the playoff discussion.
That's alot of IFs and wishful thinking at this point but that's all I have right now.
It's gonna be a long offseason.
Well one thing we might be able to do is get a goalie from a team that would lose one to the draft maybe. Ullmark is a UFA so unless I have the rules wrong we don't actually have one that we need to protect so there's a space there. Somebody might give one up relatively cheap rather than just lose him for nothing.
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4 hours ago, Norcal said:
Watching the game last night it was obvious both Montreal and Toronto won't beat anyone but each other this year.
Still better than the Sabres right now but, will they be next year?
Well to be fair, at this point there is no reason why we'd be any better next year. We add a goalie (2 goalies?) make some good trades hire the right coach then maybe, but we haven't done anything yet except proclaim it let the kids play time.
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7 hours ago, Crusader1969 said:
Toronto is only a product of a terrible division. Wait till they have to face Boston or Tampa or whomever they get in the semi’s They will get stomped
I’m not impressed with them at all
I'm not impressed with them either, but they're a lot better than us.
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I don't hate Carolina. This team isn't that team. This Carolina was a little lucky tonight though.
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16 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said:
Watching the leafs -Mtl series. I’m feeling confident that if the Sabres make the right moves this offseason they have a chance to finish ahead of both of them next year
Well Staal's really tearing it up for the Habs so idk have to hope he doesn't sign an extension with them 🙂
But really How so? Way I see it, we might end up with Tampa Boston and Toronto in the final 4. That's 3 teams in our division right there. How we going to make the playoffs in that???
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7 hours ago, Buffalonill said:
How can it be weak when leagues didn't play? And Scouts didn't Do scouting correctly?
Its not a 2015 draft but its close to the 2014 one.
a 3rd -4th rounder could be the next stamkos all we know
Ya, that's what I think. There'll be some gold in the later rounds. This is the year to get lucky.
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1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:
Kassian is useless.
better than Dalton Smith.
44 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:It sucks everything we built is going to be gone.
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The worst franchise in the league? A laughing stock?
I don't know if I should laugh or cry when you talk about what we built.
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11 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
It will definitely have a roof.
Football just gets worse and worse. Just let them play video games and call the whole thing off.
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1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:
I wouldn't. At least Skinner isn't complete dead weight like Bobrovsky
Ya, he is. And he can undermine the coach's authority too so he's a detriment.
Bobrovsky has games where he sucks bad, but he did have a .906 SV% and can play well at times.
Don't get me wrong, I don't want him. I don't want either. But if I'm stuck with one terrible contract I'd rather it was his, and if I'm not wrong it ends sooner. He will still win you a few games. If our 2 goalies were Bobrovsky and Ullmark (or the equivalent) with UPL in Rochester one step or two away nobody would be talking about needing goaltending like they are now.
Skinner is absolutely freaking useless.
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3 hours ago, Thorny said:
No scenario where we keep both?
Not unless you want to keep losing............
I can see Calgary and Vancouver both being interested in Reinhart but the cap will be tricky (especially for Vancouver) and any deal probably has conditional aspects dependent on them signing him longer term.
Not sure if there's an Edmonton deal. They need D help, maybe if we shop Risto with him. I have no issue taking back Zack Kassian as a cap dump from them as proposed above. It's not that much and we need truculence 🙂
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Just don't build a freakin' dome. There aren't enough snow games any more as it is.
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1 hour ago, Hoss said:
Driedger will definitely be in either Seattle or on another team but he’s the only goalie outside of Knight that’s worthwhile. Bob’s contract is atrocious. He’s got five years left at $10M per. I could maybe be convinced to deal for him if Florida took both Skinner and Okposo and gave us value otherwise.
I would swap Skinner for Bobrovski 1 for 1. Skinner won't leave though. I don't think he cares about winning.
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Ya, Spencer Knight was really good. maybe Florida will look to trade a goalie next year?
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I could see Philly exploring this trade more than Winnipeg but I don't see them parting with Coutourier or Provorov. Nolan is an underachiever with a head injury, not sure you want to roll the dice on him. I have no idea how this trade might look. They might want to dump Van Riemsdyck's salary. Farabee is a guy I'd like to see coming our way. Maybe Konecny. In a multi package.
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15 minutes ago, steveoath said:
That was weird. Got up just before 7am and there's still a game on!!! Nice goal to finish. If we got Eakin a false beard do you think we could swap him for Connor without anyone noticing? 😆
Just be glad the Bruins didn't draft him or you'd be really annoyed.........
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4 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
I want to add I took a dive on power Power after March. He really seemed to come into his own as the Ncaa season progressed. I think his size has him slightly over valued but Power brings an interesting skillset.
So you still don't want to draft him?
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On 5/23/2021 at 1:48 PM, Flashsabre said:
Power has looked good in back to back games on a bad team. Hopefully they start to increase his ice time. Just keep him away from Colin Miller😜
Already better than Colin Miller. I still say he's the pick I want us to make.
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1 hour ago, fiftyone said:
I don't think Edmonton would even consider either of those trades.
Well once upon a time they did trade Gretzky so anything is possible, but I'd say the odds of it are all but zero.
They may however, rethink their direction and philosophy of building around him and Draisaitl.
Dahlin, is he good or bad?
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That's it. Like most high draft Sabre defensemen, rushed along and not developed properly. Bad habits stay. His strengths are obvious, and his weaknesses still need a lot of work.