PerreaultForever
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Don't get why some of you want to snap up garbage rejects from other teams. We have enough of that on this roster already.
Can we waive Skinner?
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5 hours ago, Curt said:
On the one hand I agree with you, but on the other hand, I think a team needs more leadership than just the guy wearing the C, so I hate to pin it on Eichel, even if he shouldn’t really be the captain.
It's not about laying it on one guy but it does make a difference imo. Eichel just doesn't have the right personality for it and would be better just focusing on scoring and not having to be that guy. ROR should have been given the C. Remember when Eichel got the C there was lots of talk about leading by example on the ice and so forth but clearly that wasn't leadership.
Reinhart should also be a vocal leader at this point, but he's not. You can argue about his skill level and committment, but neither of those core players has leadership skills. We don't have enough leaders imo and that's what we need to address more than anything in terms of trades or free agents.
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6 hours ago, Thorny said:
There’s nothing stopping KO from doing that rallying when Eichel is in the lineup.
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The idea of the “captaincy” is more less antiquated at this point in terms of its comparative relevance to days gone by IMO. Anyone can lead. The C often just goes to the best player nowadays - no sense attributing meaning to it that just doesn’t need to be there
I do not think this is true.
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2 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
KO has obviously read the writing on the wall and is making a case that he isn't done with a 5 game pt streak and 7 points in his last 9 games.
More importantly, if you've noticed, he's acting like a team captain and leading. In the absence of Eichel he's stepped up and you can see him talking to guys, congratulating, rallying them, etc. basically lifting the emotional side and simply leading. Is that perhaps one of things helping this team? I don't know, but maybe.
Said it for a while and stick with it. Eichel's a crap captain and it does make a difference.
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I hope Toronto's stupid enough to take him.
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30 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
Bold statements
1. RK is the worst coach in Sabres history
2. Linus is this team’s MVP and should be re-signed.
3. We are going to look back at this game as the first game in the re-emergence of this franchise. Also the night before we fired RK was the franchise rock bottom.
4. Bryson is the future Captain of this team.
Careful you don't break something when you fall off this bandwagon 🙂
At least wait until the rangers game to see if they play the same way or fall back into the usual with the monkey lifted off.
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3 minutes ago, Thwomp! said:
Will Granato get serious consideration for the permanent job? They do look like a completely different team out there.
This is my fear. Nothing against him personally but a late season rise giving the false impression that everything is okay.
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Well it certainly was nice to see a real hockey game for a change.
I don't know how I feel about winning though. On the one hand yes, glad to see a win, but on the other the mark of futility means a greater likelihood of big changes that I think are still needed. I don't want there to be a thought that maybe it's not so bad and next year it'll be better, just blame it all on Kreuger. I don't want another year of the same.
But this was fun.
One thing to add though, and that's Hall is a complete waste of space (and money). When they all sucked he just blended in as one of the rest but now with many players working and skating his poor play really stands out. So many giveaways and such incredible disinterested ineffectiveness. He was our worst player and I doubt we get a lot for him at the deadline. Get him gone asap.
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It's really odd. We are considerably faster than we were under Kreuger and it's hard to figure out why. I can't imagine Kreuger said "skate slow and don't move your feet" or could he have??? We still make some dumb passes and giveaways but we're definitely faster. Strange very strange.
Then again, the Flyers kind of suck. Vigneault looking like a poor coaching choice.
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2 hours ago, darksabre said:
I don't know how you can watch him play hockey and think he's contributing anything whatsoever.
The only thing Taylor Hall has done this year is get hit in the face with stuff.
More than some of his team mates have done. At least he blocked a shot 🙂
I was amused reading Staal talking about "putting the Buffalo experience behind him" when one of the reasons it was so bad was BECAUSE of him.
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45 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
We win tonight. I feel it.
You should get that checked out.
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Record breaking night. Come on guys you can do it!!!!!!!!!
I mean how can they not. Casey is our #1 centre. He's "seizing the opportunity."
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2 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
lol these reporters love pushing the idea that the Rangers could "restock our cupboards quickly in a trade" when in reality they can't.
The Kings and Rangers are always being mentioned but I think that's just speculative. Both of those teams seem like they are already on an ascendency back to competing for the playoffs and have lots of young talent waiting so the only way they toss that aside is if they can fleece us for Eichel and we presumably aren't giving him away................hopefully.
I could see a Boston trade if we accept mostly draft picks as they are desperate to rebuild offense and Krejci's just about done and they love Boston guys but that isn't likely either.
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6 hours ago, Hoss said:
This is silly. He’s worth more than Staal regardless of his performance this season. Also, he hasn’t been bad dating back to his trade to Arizona. He’s been bad here but he was fine in Arizona. 10-17-27 in 35 games. That’s a 23-40-63 pace.
hockeywriters piece was reading had LeBrun saying Buffalo wanted a 2nd for Staal but nobody offered it so they took the 3rd and 5th. Also says they are looking for a 1st for Hall but he doubts we get it as it's a buyer's market.
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4 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
Unless we start drafting and developing better none of this will matter.
Of course. Cornerstone of any successful franchise. I mean look at the Bruins. great solid organization but they've laid an egg in a few big drafts and as a result are starting to fade as the core ages. Happens to any team that fails in the draft.
But you want to build a solid building you need a strong foundation first. That's what this new management could help bring us.
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Bringing back the lunch bucket work hard philosophy that went with them would be a good start to a proper rebuild.
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24 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
Hiring Rutherford and Karmanos will help the organizational issues and perception.
I think this is the key. If the organization does a visible reset and you have credible people on top and a new and clear vision/direction then there will be players who want to be part of that. Maybe at first mostly guys looking for a new start but it won't take long to be attractive again with the right type of leadership.
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3 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Then ppl should say that and stop saying "we gotta get bigger!" We gotta get more tenacity.
I think maybe you're nitpicking semantics. We all mean the same basic thing in that regard.
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1 hour ago, Shootica said:
Worst case is you waive him later, nobody bites, and you have to eat his cap hit for two seasons. And if we're at the point where we're waiving him later this year, I think it's fairly likely nobody takes the bait.
We're eating enough cap hits already. Philly has a horrible D, he is the worst. He might be worse than Montour. We could pick him up, but it would signal there's going to be no change in direction or philosophy here and we will keep losing just swapping out one bad player (Montour) for another. I'd rather they spent that money elsewhere.
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21 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Tell me the average height and weight of the Sabres and compare it to league average. Seriously go do that and then come back.
It's not about size only it's about heart. It's about playing big not necessarily being big.
Contrast then and now. Mike Peca, Tage Thompson. Need I say more (and I didn't even use the extreme of Danny Briere :))
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1 hour ago, SwampD said:
I see no fire in Dahlin. All I see is "I skate pretty."
The reason the Sabres suck is that they continue to trade the "players who have value" and keep the ones who don't.
It's true, but there is nobody on the team leading and showing the fire for him to catch.
Oddly the no value players generally give more than the so called star value who aren't doing much to earn their money.
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Eichel and the Sabres at this point is like a bad marriage. Maybe even an abusive one. You can keep hoping he will change (or she if you prefer) but it won't happen. Won't help to stay together for the sake of the kids either. They will pick up on the hostility and the depression.
You can choose which (Sabres or Eichel) is the he or she. It really doesn't matter.
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10 hours ago, dudacek said:
Everybody loves him. I want to re-sign him.
But he is a pending UFA. What do you do if he says he's going to test the market?
Unilke Staal, and Hall, and Montour, Linus has been really good. He will — hands down — be the best goalie on the market if we make him available.
Should he be traded? Will he be traded? What kind of return is worth more to the team than him playing out the string and walking to UFA?
You trade ALL the UFAs from this s@#tshow. You can tell him you'd be interested in signing him next year and you can (if he's interested) and if he's not interested he would have left anyway. Better to get something and give him some playoff experience.
Trade all the UFAs and the core stars. ALL of them.
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Olafsson can be really weak on the puck at times........
It's nice to see that (to some extent) we seem to be losing our fear of the blue paint. Progress.
I really like Fogerty. Not that skilled but plays hard and goes to the net. Love it.
I really hate Taylor Hall. Giveaway giveaway after giveawy.
I really hate Taylor Hall.
One last thing. I really hate Taylor Hall.