MakeSabresGrr8Again
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10 hours ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:
Buffalonians raised over 34k for Oshei hospital after hearing about the loss of Allen's Grandmother, they started a 17$ donation button and reached that overnight. Pretty awesome!
This is now over $100K...awesome.
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10 minutes ago, Eleven said:
3. The vaccine has to be stored at -70C and no one has solved that logistical problem yet;
4. They're only going to be able to provide 50 million doses by the end of the year, which sounds like a lot, but really isn't, since we need ~8 billion.
2doses/person = ~700,000,000
Unless of course you are counting all those entering the country after Jan 20th.
If you're counting the world then it's about 16 billion.
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49 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
He used a poor stat to make his argument which is and continues to be my issue. "'Bust' Sam Bennett is the 14th most productive player from the 2014 draft. 'Smart pick' Alex Tuch is 19th"
This is a terrible use of numbers and it continues to be my major issue with your argument. I explained why. I explained it perfectly fine the first time.
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6 hours ago, pi2000 said:
You're mistaken, the thread asked "who is the better hockey player"... Not "who put up more points" .
There's more to be being a good hockey player than just putting up points.
That said, I'm still waiting for somebody to tell me specifically what makes Sam an elite hockey player.
Jack.
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13 hours ago, Ogre said:
It’s not funny in any universe. In my world wife jokes are way over the line and get you a fat lip.
Well now, I always thought there were aliens living among us, now this proves it.
Start up the starships Luke.
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7 hours ago, SwampD said:
Of course, no team would consider him "high end talent", but he's a prospect. They absolutely would consider him High end talent for a prospect. He's 21 freakin' years old.
I might compare him to Puljujarvi.
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7 hours ago, Zamboni said:
Yea but like ... That’s your opinion man. 😂
The oft repeated stats and proof are gladly ignored by the doubters and haters of Reinhart. Rinse and repeat. Obvious schtick.
Besides that, Skinner and Sam both had garbage C's when away from Jack.
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42 minutes ago, Taro T said:
Doubt it. IMHO, Reinhart is a 60-65 point guy that can elevate when playing in the right circumstances and can drop well below that w/ suboptimal deployment.
Eichel's likely not breaking 90 with Pominville anchored to his side.
Everybody's better w/ better linemates, all else equal.
Not sure what you're referring to.
Other than my last sentence ( which was a joke) I think we agree.
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40 minutes ago, Weave said:
Every player needs elite linemates to hit their plateau. It should be self evident that surrounding even Wayne Gretzky with elite players results in more points for Wayne than surrounding him with lesser players.
But at the same time we've seen players like Crosby elevate player that don't do near as well away from him yet doesn't hurt him when the next guy comes along. Some are not elite either.
However, I do agree with you on your post.
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42 minutes ago, Zamboni said:
A better question is ... can Jack hit 85+ points without Reinhart? The knee jerk answer isn’t necessarily the accurate one....
There’s something to be said for chemistry of a line.
I agree. It's not about one person Or the other.
I would like to think Jack hitting that level is more likely than Sam without Jack.
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6 minutes ago, Taro T said:
Well, my expectation is (assuming all are healthy full season & an 82 game schedule) that Eichel will be at least 90 points, likely 100+, and Hall will be 80+ and very likely 90+.
And if he does hit 70pts?
Does that mean he can hit 70pts away from Jack, as someone suggested? Or does it mean he needs elite linemates to hit that plateau?
I think Jack and Hall could get Sobotka/Frolik to 50pts or Melody Martin to 45pts.
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1 hour ago, msw2112 said:
And I forgot to mention Couzens...And one more parting thought: does this thread mention anywhere that VO was signed? if so, I missed it. This thread was supposed to be about VO (and his trade value), but I didn't see any mention of him signing, which was reported on WGR web site this AM. 2 years, $6.1 M. Seems reasonable and fair for a 20-goal scorer, who may have had quite a few more if he hadn't been sidelined by injury.
There's a separate thread for his signing his contract.
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26 minutes ago, SwampD said:
I think your Skinner Staal Reinhart number is low. I actually think all your numbers are a little low.
Does anyone realize that VO was on pace for more points than Sam?
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9 hours ago, Curt said:
Also something to consider. What if the top line is Hall-Eichel-Reinhart? What if it’s awesome and they put up points like 85-100-75? Sam would be setting himself up to get PAID in that scenario.
Sam may also just want to see how things go. Maybe he doesn’t want to stick around if they continue to suck. We talk about the worry that Eichel might demand out due to losing, but he isn’t the only one.
I would say...trade Eichel. (Not happening)
Sam increases production by 15pts, LW (Hall) increases by 20pts, yet Eichel only gets an extra 8pts?
'18-'19 Skinner 63pts, Eichel 82pts, Sam 65
'19-'20 VO 64pts, Eichel 92pts, Sam 60pts. (pts/GM projections over 82gm season).
VO's production equalled Skinner's yet Sam's went down slightly and Jack had an uptick.
I can't see Jack's wingers adding 35pts and Jack only getting an 8pt bump. He's a bust, trade the bum.
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1 hour ago, steveoath said:
Nope. The white is sharp. But I have far too many white jerseys and a tendancy to spill food!
Also saw someone on Instagram who had posted that his new Jersey arrived, so looks like the preorders are being shipped now.
Not to worry, alot of us have that problem. Start to worry when you spill your drinks.
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2 hours ago, Scottysabres said:
Here's to hoping Buffalo is that Hub spot. It would be good for the exposure, at least, we all tell ourselves that every time one of these "pick Buffalo, pick Buffalo" scenarios shows up. And it seems nice, until......
Some personality shits all over the city or region in an interview or social platform comments. That's when the angry mom protecting her child syndrome kicks in, or so it seems anyways.
But still, I'd like Buffalo to be a Hub city.
Enter Bon Jovi.
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1 hour ago, JohnC said:
Eliotte Friedman on WGR's the Instigator Show yesterday said that the Blackhawks GM, Bowman, went on on number of media shows and publicly stated that the Hawks were not considering a full blown rebuild which would involve shedding players like Toews and Kane. According to him this was done to reassure the fans and the top two players on the team that the organization was not pursuing a full scale rebuild.
Even with some contract offsetting bringing in Kane with his top tier salary is going to make it difficult for us to manage the cap in the near term future. When you consider there probably will be a desire to retain Hall on a longer contract and the need to deal with Dahlin who will soon have an enhanced contract the cap will be squeezed . And if Reinhart is retained and with Skinner on the roster our cap situation will be even tighter, especially knowing that the Sabres will also have some cap limitations imposed by the owners.
I recognize that Kane is a premier player who still has a few elite years left in his career. For some of the reasons I listed above I still say no to that hypothetical deal. I like what this new regime has been doing in reshaping the roster. They have steadily added pieces and have done it without giving up much or mortgaging the future. My preference is to stay on the same course.
As much as I hate to say it, it's a business and one that hopefully requires winning. It's gonna come down to KO eventually. That's alot of money to be paying for a bottom 6 player who could at any time end his career.
I feel for the guy just as much as anyone but we're getting to a point where we are limited to where on the roster we can work within the budget/cap.
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12 minutes ago, JohnC said:
Kane is still a premier player and his addition to our first line would make it one of the best in the league. But to put things in perspective the Sabres acquired Taylor Hall, a former MVP, and gave up nothing. In order to acquire Kane (if he were actually on the market) we would have to give up a basket of young assets and end up having a straitjacket cap situation because of his bank vault contract that would foreclose a lot of enticing near future options. No thank you.
I honestly think this is wrong. Most of the trade rumors/proposal's I've seen aren't that bad. With the financial environment imposed because of the virus, most say CHI would have to retain money because teams are not willing to spend or have no room.
For ex....one proposal was Kane for Mitts/1st in '21/ and Montour with Chicago retaining 3-4MM. And don't forget that Kane's actual money paid is much less than AAV, I believe he gets 7MM each of the next 3yrs.
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4 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
I think he is saying from a development standpoint.
From that point, I would still put Cozens ahead of Dahlin IMO. I'm excited to see what the kid brings.
That's not to discount Dahlin's progress.
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46 minutes ago, Zamboni said:
I was piggybacking off of the “I have my doubts” part. I didn’t assume you thought Kane would definitely want to come here or can come here.
Sorry about the backlash. My response about the doubt was meant in a couple of ways...most of which you covered. All I was doing was responding with what I read.
I also hadn't had my coffee yet. Lol
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45 minutes ago, Zamboni said:
And just because he was squirted out in Buffalo, doesn’t necessarily mean that Kane wants to come back home and play for the Buffalo Sabres. It’s assuming an awful lot that Kane definitely without a doubt without question wants to play here. I’m not saying he doesn’t… But I think it’s dumb to assume he definitely does just because he has family and friends here.
Want to know what's really dumb...your assuming that I said any of what you referred to. In fact, I said " I have my doubts".
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3 hours ago, Flashsabre said:
So who does your source say we are moving to Chicago for a disgruntled Patrick Kane?😜
I saw an article on I believe Fansided(?) That discussed this. I think they suggested it would take Mitts, our 1st on '21, and Montour. They also said CHI might retain some salary.
They said it could work with/without retaining salary.
I have my doubts.
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6 minutes ago, Curt said:
I believe that this is completely untrue, and a really bad way to evaluate drafting.
I understand that the draft lacks much certainly after the first 2-3 picks. Drafting is hard.
However, there are teams that can semi regularly draft NHL caliber, and occasionally star, players in rounds 2-7. Do you believe that this is simply because these teams are very lucky? Do you believe that they are exhibiting some skill in drafting? Do you believe that there is such a thing as being good at drafting, or is it just luck after the top-3? top-10? 1st round?
I think you left out the player development part. This is where I think the most difference is between teams.
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18 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
I think an important starting point to this discussion is to understand that one side is heavily biased and not using the best science. Further they are trying to re-write history in order to help an ideology. We know for facts that the lockdown helped slow the spread and bought us time. Going back now and claiming it wasn't needed and that everything can just open again and go back to normal is not based in science.
They said in the GBD "leading to greater excess mortality in years to come" was a result of lockdown yet they completely fail to acknowledge the completely unknown long term effects of COVID 19. They say this, without evidence " Indeed, for children, COVID-19 is less dangerous than many other harms, including influenza." Which is funny because it is parroting a talking point. Let me just break this one piece of garbage down.
In the 2019 Flu Season there were 477 deaths due to influenza for 0-17 year olds according to the CDC. That is out of 6.4 million medical visit cases (so cases where they had to go to the doctor or hospital).
Now let us look at COVID. There were 448 deaths due to COVID alone (age range 0-24, sorry the range is 15-24 so we go over here), that is without influenza or pneumonia playing a part. Okay so hey they are right then! NO they are not because that is in just roughly 1 million cases. So we have almost the same amount of death in 6 times less cases. So when someone yells that the lockdown was bad and that we can just return to normal, I shake my head. Let's scale this up, 6.4million cases of COVID in the same population and you get what? Almost 3,000 deaths in children, CHILDREN. I have a big problem with the type of irresponsible declaration going on and the fact it is being used as a political prop.
We are talking about a disease that in 8.2 million cases is magnitudes more deadly than the common flu. 68k total deaths from Influenza last year in 70 million cases compared to 215k deaths in 8.2million cases to date. So ***** the GBD and their ***** regurgitated talking points.
I agree with most of what you posted but...
One thing NOT in the stats when comparing it to the flu is that with the flu you had 68k deaths WITH millions of people getting a flu shot prior to it's season. There was no vaccine prior to Covid so more deaths could be expected. We could drop in death to compatible levels of the flu once we have that vaccine.
Hopefully even less as no deaths are except able.
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It's called a 4-6 week "total" shutdown of the country being discussed by president-elects "scientist's".