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My own view of the captain problem is that in this league, your captain has to be one of the better players on your team. Gionta may have been a good captain once, but when his play dropped off it was likely hard for him to get the respect of the young talented players who all saw themselves as better than him. Jack's immaturity was likely why they held off on naming him captain, but now that he is signed for eternity at big money it's sink or swim with him as the lead dog. If he isn't mature enough to be a solid captain we are screwed.
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I have a feeling, probably based on wish fulfillment, that they simply let Lehner walk after failing in trying to trade him. Khudobin SEEMS like an underrated goalie but I wonder if he might fall apart and his weaknesses exposed if he wasn't behind that solid D that Boston puts in front of him. Bernier might be a good stop gap guy but I doubt we sign him, he will probably resign where he is.
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I was all for trading him before but I really like the fact that he went to the Worlds. Might not be a popular view, but players who willingly sign up for the Worlds all get thumbs up from me. Speaks to character. competitiveness and a simple love of playing hockey.
Jack on the other hand.........
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I think it's a bit silly to assume that in a "broken locker room" adding an 18 year old to the mix is going to change that culture, if anything, players may resent a young pup who hasn't earned anything stepping in as a "star" in that vein, no, unless we have significant changes, one player does not change us enough to be compared to a playoff team.
Exactly. If we don't overhaul it and change the culture, he'll catch the same "disease".
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that forward group is a last place team forward group. No doubt in my mind.
That is highly possible - for one more year. But it should get the attitude changed, should provide Eichel the opportunity to become the leader, and should let them grow together as a team. I think it can create a culture shift and the trajectory will be positive.
If you can show me a better way to change this deep rooted culture of losing and quitting I am all ears. If not, a youth oriented reset is the only way.
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D men almost never get the Calder.
3rd season all star as mentioned seems reasonable.
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I agree that the D has the POTENTIAL to be better than theirs, but we are not close in the forward department. Not yet.
and they have a goalie, all we have is a hope.
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What players are you referring to here?
From this season's loser roster I would be willing to trade anyone for the right price but really most of the veterans with the possible exception of Scandella.
Because it is both unrealistic and idiotic to attempt and completely wipe this team down to the studs without making us wait 4 more years
No, you wait 4 more years if you think you can change a deep rooted culture of losing by switching around half a dozen bodies.
Roster I'd like to see:
Eichel, Reinhart, Girgensens (the latter preferrably replaced by a young stud we get for ROR, like trade him for a pick and draft Tcachuk)
Mittelstadt, Nylander and ?
ERod, Bailey, Baptiste
4th line, dunno, best of whatever young talent we have left
D:
Scandella, Risto, Dahlin, ? , Guhle, and best of the crap maybe it's McCabe, maybe it's Nelson until the newly signed (maybe) Swede is ready or whoever else we draft/sign.
Ullmark and ? (Hammond? Khubodin?)
Something like that.
Realistically stuck with guys like Okposo and Pomminstein, maybe that's your 4th line but I'd rather they were all gone.
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Can't believe so many people want to keep players we've been losing with.
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Give him another year or two to see if he rebounds. If he doesn't we can always bribe Seattle to take him off our hands.
Sure, give them all another year or two, maybe then we can win some more draft lotteries.
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The reason I brought it up is because I talked to Rob Ray for a while yesterday and asked him....how the hell do they fix this team?
He said besides adding speed, the locker room is shot. He said the losing has taken its toll and they can't shake it. To me, that tells me Housley can't break through with this group.
See my comment in the 2018-19 thread. It is the only answer. Housley should be the right coach for Dahlin.
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ask the question again in 3 years when he's the highest scoring D man in the league and we are in the playoffs.
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I truly think this is a watershed moment and I hope they don't blow it. If they just tinker now and stand pat on things it'll be a huge mistake.
I think what you have to do is take this as the reset moment (the one we all hoped we had after the tank but didn't get). You take this as the dawn of a new day and build the entire team around Eichel, Dahlin and youth. Some of it won't work right away, but you have to begin the process and the uphill climb.
so:
1. draft Dahlin.
2. ditch/trade/buy out whatever it takes as many albatross contracts as possible. Marginalize the role of whatever you're stuck with.
3. trade or ditch ANYONE and EVERYONE who they have (presumably) identified as lacking a work ethic or has a so so attitude, quits, etc. No more country club.
4. do not bring in a bunch of money hungry, lazy or has been veterans to fill the gaps, use the kids instead.
5. change the assistant coaches or add more to make sure we have good teachers on staff
6. build a new young line up with fast kids and younger talent.
Sure, they'll make mistakes and they'll need to grow, but hopefully then they do it as a GROUP and they do it by playing the system and with desire and we start to move up in the standings and in a few years are a force to be reckoned with.
If we just swap a few bodies, it'll be same old same old, I'm old enough to have seen it all before.
Come on Sabres, it's time for a NEW ERA to begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Lets pump the breaks a little bit here, even after "winning" Eichel, they still are coming in last. They still need ALOT more to get back to being mediocre
Unless the league allows TP to build a new science lab at the arena that would have the best scientists working 24-7 to clone Dahlin 5 more times.........
BUT it's an upward trajectory from here on in.
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We should forget everything that has been. The new era begins today (or with the draft of Dahlin if you want to be picky).
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Dahlin changes everything. Time to believe again.
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FINALLY!!!!!!!!! Dahlin changes EVERYTHING.
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Nonsense.
The dude is always tops in the league in takeaways and plays the most minutes in the league, while scoring a good amount and taking TWO penalty minutes all season. That is the literal epitome of the award.
It's not that you don't want Lady Byng guys on the team, but I think it's not what you want from your leaders. If ROR can step out of the expectation and is allowed to be a quiet reliable face off winning second line guy he's what you want. If you want a leader you want someone with a little more grit, will and competitiveness.
Like Risto, the expectation is too high, because the roster as a whole is too thin. Risto could flourish on a lot of teams as a 2nd pairing guy getting less minutes than here and the same for ROR.
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Dahlin would move the needle.
But if he is our only major roster change, I am going to seriously doubt JBott's ability to get it done.
I have decided that if this team is basically the same team as this year I am cancelling my tv package for the first time in a long long time. I cannot take another season of the same.
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Say what you want about Boston's draft mistakes, they have a lot of drafted (and found) players in their line-up, but most of all what that team has is leadership. They are a TEAM and play like one. If we get soem actual leadership and draft as well as them we'll be alright in a year or three.
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Perfect. Hope he wins it. Should up his trade value.
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Bostons defense is so much better than our defense that they might as well be playing in different leagues
McAvoy, we could have had him.
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Is it just me, or is the playoff hockey really dull this year? Lack of hitting, lack of emotion. Just not what it used to be.
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Why can't I make a list of ex-members of an NHL organization? That's exactly what OP did. I'm not claiming that Boston is wrong and horrible, though some of the players listed should not have been shed for what they were. My point is that the exercise is probably the same for any team that involves itself in trading regularly, and doesn't mean much about your current standing, as evidenced by an ex-cup-contender group that could contend for a cup themselves.
Well you can, but it didn't seem right putting a line together with Kessel AND Seguin on it since they were in essence traded for each other. You get one or the other not both :)
Trade Speculation and Rumors 2018-19
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i could see Calgary being interested in taking a chance on Reinhart so if Hamilton is available some sort of multiple player deal might be possible. The idea that since we have Dahlin we don't need D is wrong imo. Taking D from a weakness to a strength is a solid idea. Why not a top 4 of Dahlin, Risto, Hamilton and Scandella. Certainly it fits Housley's system.