Dr. Who
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Happy Terry Pegula weekend.
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9 minutes ago, triumph_communes said:
They’re being too cute with these heavy formations that don’t breakaway into enough big plays to make them worthwhile
we don’t have the receivers to do anything else
then turnovers from frustration
The margins for error are too narrow. The WR room is a joke, and criminally neglected by Beane. Neither coordinator is good. Brady's ceiling is competent. Babich is bad. McDermott's scheme is tired and decoded. If the owner wasn't the sort of chap he is, there would be consequences.
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6 minutes ago, Taro T said:
Know that analytics says pull the goalie early. But, THIS team is NOT going to keep the puck in the other team's end for 3 minutes straight. They occassionally can do it for a minute, minute & a half.
So, how about we account for the players we actually have and pull the goalie at the 1st chance AFTER there's only 100 seconds left in the 3rd when you're only down by 1 goal. Get it that if they're down by 2 they'll need to pull the goalie sooner and hope; but please DON'T continue to pull him so early when you're only down by 1.
From the players to the coaching to the GM to the dim owner, count on lack of rational response to any concrete situation. Prudence is a virtue that has learned wisdom to the point that there is a natural "feel" for the proper response to the particulars of a situation. You'd think there'd be some of that with Ruff, but the pervasive fog of imbecility seems nearly invincible.
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7 hours ago, Pimlach said:
Terrible news on Benson.
Why all the banter on Rosen or who they call up? No one in Rochester is replacing Benson.
It’s time for the big guns to step up and not let things slip away.
You know they sure as hell won't.
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Just now, PerreaultForever said:
lol, you can't be serious equating Norris and Kesselring to Barkov and Tkachuk in terms of importance/value are you? You have to be joking.
And don't forget we had the advantage of losing Bryson early.
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10 minutes ago, mansquito said:
Why?
Because he's a Sabres' fan, God help him?
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The roster construction is not good. Beane has missed a lot, and his FA acquistions generally are misses as well. McDermott's scheme is tired and exposed. The WR room is terrible. Josh Allen is now pressing and getting beat up, because there aren't any easy buttons. We win when we don't turn it over at all and the defense gets timely take aways. It's not Sabres' bad, of course, but in the world of sports, what is?
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Just now, Pimlach said:
The scary thing is that the plan was thought to possibly be: promote Adams/Lindy once their contract ends, bring in Jarmo and Appert, etc , ...
Its only two games but it sure seems like the players might be trying to influence another outcome.
Good for them, if so. But does anyone have any reason to think that even by random change the chucklehead silent owner would luck into smart hockey folks? The dim leading the dim isn't working, and Captain Yacht doesn't want anyone who will tell him he's a dunce.
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5 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
No, I don't think they care about win/lose. All he cares about is franchise value and that's what the owners care about as well. It's all tv contracts and revenue streams for Bettman. Who wins is irrelevant. They can pivot the narrative quickly if someone surprises.
All the same, no one is as predictable as a dead man. And investors like predictable. The Sabres are a sure thing that way. Even the fans of the Sabres are more and more like ghosts who are forced to think about events decades in the past if they want to recall a time when the team had a semblance of hope.
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17 minutes ago, Weave said:
Maybe I wasn’t as clear as I hoped. What if UPL is out awhile and we have a system in place that benefits UPLs strengths?
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6 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:
I think everything lays on Lyon’s shoulders.
UPL can’t stay healthy and is dicey when he is, Georgiev inspires no confidence and Levi is in Rochester.
Look at any sport. The teams that are routinely bad have bad ownership. Everything Pegula does is wing-and-a-prayer combined with obtuse stubbornness. Imagine going into year fifteen of not making the playoffs in a league where it shouldn't be that hard, and relying on this combo in goal.
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45 minutes ago, RochesterExpat said:
How many pre-existing camp conditions can one team have?
I think it's called being a Buffalo Sabre.
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12 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
We can say anything we want and we're not right or wrong because we are just making it up as we go.
I suppose, but particular judgments will be proven more or less correct or not by how the future plays out. So far, the bleak side is on a fourteen year winning streak. Let's hope the ridiculous odds for even a badly run team missing the playoffs that length of time finally tilt in favor of the long-suffering fans. (Unless, of course, one secretly blames the fans, and believe they deserve it. There are the odd sadists out there who think like that.)
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5 minutes ago, 7+6=13 said:
So then you disagree with PF that the comparison is losing JJ for Kesselring.
Sometimes it is semantics. I think Kesselring was the main piece in the trade, but I don't think Doan was a throw in, and positionally, Peterka is a RW subtraction and Doan is an addition, though obviously not of equal value.
And this is going outside this specific question, but while I agree that the overall performance of the team is ultimately what matters, that is almost axiomatic, I still think there is value in analyzing the parts. In terms of the latter, I think positional comparison the more straight forward. If others find other ways of analysis more helpful or interesting, naturally, that is an individual prerogative.
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34 minutes ago, 7+6=13 said:
We already experienced not having Cozens and the metrics that I saw show we got better. His removal has already been at min partially consumed. We wouldn't have to attach Norris to his play from last year. It's much more logical and clean to compare Norris being added, to the loss of Peterka. It's the clearer one for one.
Well, Cozens and Norris are both centers. If one looks at positional symmetry, Josh Doan is the replacement for Peterka, though he isn't a top six.
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7 minutes ago, 7+6=13 said:
You've been arguing against the very thing you just posted. Last years roster didn't include Norris, so let's factor that in with the loss of Pererka's production, etc.
I knew you would agree in the end.
I think the Cozens Norris comparison is a more logical and cleaner one. Regardless, the holdover with subpar coaching is the constant that is hard to explain in terms that do not reflect badly on ownership. Ostensibly, an upgrade on the blue line at the cost of gambling you can replace Peterka's offense with the growth of young players is less favorable if the fella coaching the D is terrible at his job.
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48 minutes ago, thewookie1 said:
Not interested in playing the OS game; we need our 26 1st for any semblance of safety if things go belly up again.
I don’t feel McTavish will give a boost this season to assure us a playoff berth or that he might ever reach his contract level.
I wouldn't offer sheet him, but there is at least the rumor that he is available in trade. I'd spend some futures currency to get him.
Agree you need to hold onto the 26 1st, because there's a very real chance that is a reasonable lottery ticket for McKenna.
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3 hours ago, Mr. MVP said:
Surprised Luke Hughes isn’t signed yet. Would it likely take four 1sts to offer sheet him?
And I’m starting to think offer sheeting Mason McTavish might be worth it. It won’t be the highest tier. Reading that the Ducks want to bridge him so maybe he’ll be more inclined to accept a long term deal and shoot, maybe the Ducks won’t like the long term deal and refuse to match it. I just think McTavish is just what we need for this year and the next 10. He’s a future star.Unfortunately, you know we lack the creativity, intelligence, or will to make such a move.
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1 hour ago, Pimlach said:
The idea of the gif was to say his value is not much, not trade him for money.
Metaphor requires a certain distance from literalism. Ah, well. I think your intent was clear enough.
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18 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
Here the AI generated transcript
Well, It was obviously before the 2 year deal for Byram, but anticipated he'd be walked right up to FA. There's not much encouraging there. Great if the league puts some pressure on Pegula, because the unhappiness of the fans doesn't seem to move the needle for him.
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2 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:
First let me ask how bad do you want him! And if you add him, where does he play and who does he knock off the roster?
Ideally you offer that Sabre plus a pick or a non-A level prospect. Does Chinakhov replace Krebs? Offer Krebs. But you are not getting anything for a low prospect and a 2nd.
If Chinakhov is basically a slightly lesser Quinn, the price that would make acquiring him worth it had better be no greater than a combination that comes out to a slightly lesser Quinn. Personally, if they're going to make a genuine swing for a player, I'd like to make a play for Mason McTavish. Most don't trust KA to make a smart big move (and I can't recall him ever implementing a significant trade that wasn't predicated on a good player demanding out). You can point to small prudential moves along the edges that have yet to result in a substantial difference in team success. That's the frustration, but it doesn't mean a lot of folks here just want the Sabres to take any old swing just to do something.
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On 7/14/2025 at 11:54 AM, inkman said:
I think Doan is going to play higher in the lineup than most of us predict. For better or worse, what he brings the Sabres have an absolute dearth of. Tenacious forechecker, solid D, net front presence.
Tuch and Benson are the only guys on the roster that resemble it even a little. Put Doan in the top 6, watch the wins unfold right before our eyes. Or something like that.
I pray this optimistic forecast is true. Doan will have to come close to it in order for the trade to be potentially balanced. It is correct that he brings a skill set that is sadly lacking.
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9 minutes ago, Thorny said:
A minor F add might get the F group back to even if you squint at Doan
Then at least we have the Kesselring improvement.
not enough but something
Exceedingly modest improvement, but it amounts to an ambitious leap for the dim crowd running the franchise.
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43 minutes ago, dudacek said:
Not seeing that myself, other than Montreal.
Other than that, this was the summer of shuffling deck chairs.
Yep, but ours are on the Titanic.
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GDT: 11/12 Sabres @ Mammoth 9PM ET on ESPN+/MSG
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I liked the kachina sweaters.
Given the relentless injury and sickness news, it sure would be sweet if some of the young fellas stepped up and kept the season from spiralling into the pit. Lot of folks wrote this guy off as an AHL ceiling player. Maybe not.