Broken Ankles
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7 minutes ago, Pimlach said:
Hey man, I traded Eddie Shack for Rene Robert. Traded Joe Daley for Luce and Robitaille. Got Jim Lorentz for a bag of pucks.
Risto has worth. Risto and a #2 for Hall (assuming we agree in contract). Jbot just say this “ Risto has size, strength, low age, lots of experience. Let’s do this deal and play hockey. You need help and so do I. Win win. Right here is the deal. They will laugh at me later, but I’m will to take a chance”.
Punch - I take umbrage that you traded a "bag of pucks" for me. You traded the #21 overall for me. Don't you remember? Just b/c the Rangers used it on Larry Sacharuk does not mean it wasn't high value.
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I'm firmly in the camp that he has done something, only that its mostly to the Defense. Look at all trades in the last 12+ Months. Joki, Miller, Montour, Beaulieu, and Fedun. The only trade on the Forward side is Vesey, and so far that is a fail. This is based on the fact it was only a 3rd. And in terms of Free agency, the Skinner signing fell in the category of Vanek - you had to do it. I don't give credit or blame. Marcus Johansson is a plus. Lazar is replacement level and came with no risk, only potential. Understanding it takes two to tango, I ask what is the real value of our Defense? Scandella, Bogo, McCabe, Risto, or Miller. I've heard rumors on all of these players as tradable assets, but maybe there are offers but JB fears getting swindled again, and this is giving him pause. Meanwhile, Winnipeg whom we all thought would be desperate for a defender and coming to the table with a top six forward in return is 15-9-1 and third in their division with only 2 of last years starting 6 on Defense. So I ask, seriously, after watching Risto play the last week or two, what is his value? It's like my stock in Uber. Over the summer I thought it was a great buy falling to $34. Not feeling that great in late November. I fear we are going to get 2nd and 3rd round picks (or equivalents in prospects) from a top tier team needing a 5-6 depth D for some of these players and how does that help this year or next? I think the only teams serious about trading are teams that have players they are trying to dump. The Preds healthy scratch Turris the last 5 games - and he is an anchor on their cap @ $6M for the next 4+years. Want to take a flier on that? Nope. Can Jason Zucker be had straight up for Risto? I don't think so. Chris Kreider? Another UFA? Pass on another LW Blue Shirt. So unless he is willing to trade a real asset I cannot see how we are going to be realize help in the top 6 this year.
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1 hour ago, PASabreFan said:
The Social Security Administration says I have 27.16 years to live.
If you factor in your Buffalo diet, drinking and the stress of dealing with this franchise an Actuary might say you have less than that. ?
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3 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
Ullmark is in net btw.
Hutton's last 4. Over the next two weeks, how many games does Carter start? How many should he start? I see back to back this weekend and next, so I'm going with 2. Give Linus a load to see if he can carry it.
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2 hours ago, PASabreFan said:
Big crowd tonight? It'll be interesting to see what the fans are like. 1. Drunk and loud and supportive (it's Thanksgiving, screw the negativity) 2. Drunk and loud and nasty if the Sabres are not having a good game 3. Drunk and quiet, somber, depressed
What are you implying here? "Buffalo, a drinking town, with a sports problem".
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4 hours ago, Cascade Youth said:
This is exactly where I'm at. He missed the net like 3 times from 10-15 feet out the other night. He doesn't look to me to be getting any better - he looks like a downright imposter out there, a paperboy dressed up as a hockey player for halloween with fake shoulderpads and everything. I don't see him growing into his frame at all, nor do I see his skills improving - he's a zero. Make him someone else's problem.
Some of Casey #'s according to Hockey Reference. Compared to last year - Giveaways down, Face-off win % up, & Defensive zone starts up. However P.P.G. down (including zero in November), TOI down, Corsi down, and Fenwick down. This was supposed to be his breakout year. He seems to be 'middling'....neither very good nor very bad. And certainly a disappointment at #8 overall.
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3 hours ago, Torpedo Forecheck said:
You need different looks or people adjust you out of commission. The Sabres have shown one model that was successful, do they have anything else? One of the answers to try and work more low to high, and high to low, not stand around hoping Jack can find VO for a onetimer. They actually could be using an option of Sam R handling the puck down low, and leaving Jack on the weakside alone. This would give them another good look IMO, Sam can find Skinner in the slot I believe. Finding Jack for a weakside quick shot from Dahlin is a good idea as well. Wouldn't hurt to have a look like that with VO on the bench and a hoss in front screening (Josh Anderson is my dream).
Agreed. I was thinking what would Tampa do without Stamkos. He was obviously replaced, but the puck movement reflected that. It's not like they had his replacement on the wing waiting for a one-timer the whole time. The Risto PP goal gave me hope. Last nights PP while generating opportunities reflected a regression.
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33 minutes ago, Thorny said:
It also coincides with Marcus Johansson's departure from the line up too. I'd be hard pressed to think the Sabres are not better off without him in the line up, and equally not a fan of Vlad, but you know - causation - correlation. Hard when there are multiple variables.
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6 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
Yes sir
Where is the happy face emoji? I actually like Bogo not playing on a back to back after injury. And I approve your healthy-scratch of McCabe.
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3 hours ago, Sabel79 said:
Someone still can't stop a shootout attempt and is a bit shook about it...
I find joy in this development. I think they call it schadenfreude. Thanks for posting this!
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1 hour ago, Derrico said:
It really is incredible.
Out of those pairings I think I sit Risto and Bogo but tough to do if you’re trying to move Risto.
McCabe has an A, and Risto is being shopped. Only reason that might prevent them from being scratched.
I’m with @woods-racer on the experiment. See what happens. What’s the worst thing that happens? They lose? -
13 minutes ago, dudacek said:
So it’s safe to enter Sabrespace again?
Too modest. Should have been....
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18 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
Dahlin & Bogo
“We’re getting the band back together”. The metrics last year showed them as a good pairing. Ralph needs to try anything to get Rasmus going.
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9 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
If we are bringing Bogo back why is Miller playing and not Joker.
Load Management. Back to back games? Guessing.
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15 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
I don't care that we lost this game. If not for Rask and some bad luck we could have won. If we gave this sort of effort every night we would be a playoff team somewhere around where Florida is right now. Effort, makes a big difference. Where was this against the weak teams over the last stretch that we could have beaten?
Really impressed with Lazar's effort. He doesn't have the skill of some of our guys but I applaud him for going to the net and taking on a pretty tough guy in Wagner. Shows me heart and balls and we need a lot more of that in the lineup. I'd keep him around and hope it spreads.
Krueger also earned some of his money putting Risto in front of the net. The old Scotty Bowman play when your team isn't big enough. I remember the havoc Larry Robinson did there and Risto can do the same. Speaks to a recognition of what I've been saying for years. Reinhart is not physical enough to be the front of the net guy and we need bigger stronger forwards. Until that day, why not Risto? Maybe Bogo. Big bodies to screen the goalie and make his life miserable. Good idea, long over due.
Loss or not, for the first time this month I see a glimmer of hope. Play this way all the time and we will be better.
+1 on Lazar. Sandpaper, grit and compete level are other descriptions of his play. At 1/6 the cost of Kyle, I’m sold.
Agree also on Risto on net front presence. Why did it take so long? Seriously. After the Ducks game I would have thought teams have solved the power play.
Why is Jeff playing 16 1/2 minutes total? I honestly didn’t mind mixing up the PP, but he needs to be back on FL#1 skating 21 minutes a night. Having the same TOI as VO and Ville Vesey (not on Twitter but someone needs to make this a thing) is just wrong.
Glimmer - a faint sign of a feeling. Sounds right. Appreciate the effort but still lacking talent.
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15 minutes ago, CallawaySabres said:
Really needed that save
That save is the key to the period. This team gives way too many under 60 seconds. Mindset in the locker room is way different after going in tied vs down.
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2 hours ago, Torpedo Forecheck said:
AHHHH!!!!!!
Is it wrong that I was disappointed he didn’t fall through the ice? Don’t answer.
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23 minutes ago, Beer said:
Do our trainers poison our players? Are the water bottles spiked? Does rip add concrete to players skates? Do they pump carbon monoxide into the locker room?
They replaced the smelling salts with Chloroform.
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It has been said that “adversity does not build character it reveals it.” It does not get any easier for this team. Only three winnable games in the next 15. If we see a collapse like last year, God help us. Massive changes like GM, Coach and most likely Jack for Tank 3.0.
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1 hour ago, Thorny said:
Totally similar players with equal pedigree, Dahlin and Myers
Exactly. Myers WON the Calder, and Dahlin finished third. So he's close. ?
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3 hours ago, LTS said:
Time for another.. no time to think, just do.
Who plays forward with Okposo out?
https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-recall-tage-thompson-amerks/c-311436640
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4 hours ago, Zamboni said:
I would agree with this general assessment. Hell, a lot of NHLer’s in their Sophomore years regress from their freshman years. Kid is too talented to think it’s gonna really be an issue. He’ll settle in. I’m glad he’s trying to focus on his defensive play. Like you said... simple common growing pains.
I think that was said about Myers too.
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39 minutes ago, ... said:
Asplund and Lazar. I like both of these guys. They seem to have grit and some skill. Amazing you can get both in one player! Someone tell Botterill!
Plus One on this sentiment. I know KO is injured but if either of these two continue to play like that, does he deserve his roster spot back?
@inkman you have watched Asplund in Roch this year, what are your thoughts about his game tonight.
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23 hours ago, Thorny said:
Where did you get this number? lol
https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/sabres
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We have about 25 mil in space coming, but that's assuming we let all of: Sheary, Vesey, Rodrigues, Girgensons, Larsson, Scandella, Sobotka, Bogosian, and Hunwick walk. That's 9 players, 7 of which are skating meaningful minutes for this season's team. Those spots need to be filled.
We also then have to re-sign Reinhart, Mittelstadt, Olofsson, Montour, and Ullmark.
Reinhart probably about a 4-5 mil raise, Mittelstadt about 2-3 mil raise, what'll Montour go for? So a quick guess, maybe around 12 mil to come in raises? So that leaves ~ 13 mil of space, IF we ditch all those players mentioned.
Can we fill those 7 spots with 13 mil? We aren't even into where the upgrades are coming from yet and how much THEY get paid.
It's not a cap bind, really, but it's far from an easy situation to manage, particularly considering the place in the standings we are likely starting from.
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Again, the judgment period for how our GM manages the cap hasn't even begun yet. Interesting times ahead.
According to cap friendly they have $33.6m in projected space, and the Cap will mostly likely go up $3m next season. So $36-37 is close to 40. In addition Casey is a 10.2c RFA. Qualifying offer is all that is required, and is not offer sheet eligible. Montour is still an RFA so unless his deal is long term, his raise will not be that sizable. Ullmark is QO unless he somehow turns into Binnington. Sams’ deal could be big. Depends. After you bury KO in the AHL, you have $20m in space.
Agree on bold. Next summer is huge.
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