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Just now, PerreaultForever said:
I'm sure that's true, as I'm sure his timeline is a long one. The problem is if you keep losing for another 2 to 3 years before your eventual winning plan comes to fruition you alienate the fans even more, you keep it a no trade clause place, you don't attract free agents, and you risk losing what you're trying to build in this locker room as some of the kids may decide maybe they'd rather go elsewhere as well.
We need to start winning more now to turn all these things around, and we need a 3 to 4 year signed decent goalie to have any chance of doing that.
That would be ideal, but who is out there that fits the parameters and is willing to come here?
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1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:
I give it a B.
I wouldn't have taken Östlund. Given who was left I think I would have taken Ohgren or Gaucher. I don't hate the Östlund pick but how many small centers do we need??? I might have taken Firkus at 28 myself, but Kulich is fine.
I would definitely have taken Warren in the 2nd round and not the goalie. If we'd done that I'd give the draft an A- If we'd landed the goalie with pick 3 after picking Warren I'd have given it an A+
I have no problem with the later picks. They all seem to have upside and potential. That's all you can ask for really with late rounds.
Maybe if they knew Kulich would be there at #28, they go a different route at #16. I don' t think the goalie makes it to their next pick and apparently they would have taken him at #28 if Kulich was not there, so I surmise you would have graded them below a B in that case. Just off the first round alone, they have three skilled players with solid chances to be NHL players. Savoie might be special. I think B is too low.
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9 hours ago, dudacek said:
Only young fella on the stage for the Sabres picks last night was Terry and Kim’s little boy Matt.
There was more than one shooter in Dallas, JFK. Moon landing was faked. C'mon, don't ruin it.
I gather the poster was supposedly in Montreal. He goes dark until after the draft. Did not claim to be on the stage. That is speculation by others. True or not, his takes are interesting to me and he does seem to know something now and again.
Two other regulars over on that site who claim to have occasional inside knowledge, I've no idea if they are spurious, but they don't come off as immediately ridiculous, say that Adams inquired about Gibson, btw, and Gibson refused to bypass his NMC or whatever in his contract allows him to dictate where he can be traded to.
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10 minutes ago, Doohickie said:
See, and I think that icing *is* a key ingredient of a cake.
A cake without icing is definitely not good. It sounds like the fruitcake that gets regifted so many times its practically a fossil -- which is close to Craig Anderson territory.
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Just now, GoPuckYourself said:
How many Jack Hughes are there?
He's a clone.
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There's your goalie . . .
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12 hours ago, Buffalonill said:
He leaked it lol!!
Next to be drafted Trikozov?
Folks on that board make this forum appear on the whole rational optimists. They say the young fella who made that list was on stage in Montreal last night. I dunno. Personally, I like the picks, though I would have been tempted to go Yurov at #16. Maybe we just took the Russians off our board. Here's one review of our draft that was positive. https://theathletic.com/3401481/2022/07/08/nhl-draft-first-round-winners-losers/?amp=1
Personally, I prefer to try and find hope and there's enough here, imo. KA doesn't seem like an idiot, at least, though I don't know what we are going to do at goalie. I don't understand the timeline. I would pay for a decent goalie even if the term is 5 or 6 years. If Levi is any good, he won't be scared of competition and then you have a solid vet backup if a young goalie works out.
Lot of decent value at #41. I'm intrigued enough by Hutson, I won't be upset if he's the choice, sorry . . .
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3 hours ago, Weave said:
1. Depends on your perspective
2. Depends on your tolerance for story telling
3. is a red herring
4. Wants to secede anyway.
None are part of what we celebrate today.
That was mainly a joke response, though I surmise I adhere to a different side of the political spectrum from you. On #2, I don't think there is reality sine glossa. Everyone interprets and everyone tells a story, even the folks who claim they are not telling a story. Happy 4th.
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8 minutes ago, SABRES 0311 said:
How so?
Truth, God, free enterprise, Texas. Irritates some folks.
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10 hours ago, dudacek said:
Embedded video in here.
https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-kevyn-adams-nhl-draft-preview/c-334784336
Lot of goalie stuff before they get to the draft. Curious as to whether your impression is the same as mine: that they are more focused on one or more than they are letting on.
Where's the praying hands emoji?
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Ah, I don't know how to do anything beyond the simplest sort of copy paste. I got Nemec, Kasper, and Beck. I didn't really want to go D at 9, but I couldn't resist. Yurov could very well be the play. Putin has me worried about the Russians.
https://nhlentrydraft.com/mock-draft/117236
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30 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:
Yeah pass Maybe in the 3rd -4th round he's 5'8 .
Buffalo better not waste a 1st on him or I'll legit burn it down .
Well, I copy paste below the comments from that fella I was telling you about at hockeybuzz. He's very high on him. I have no idea what bone age means, btw.
He has potential to hit 1-2 more inches but that shouldn't stop teams he has pretty much destroyed every obstacle that has been tossed at him
If people are looking for the closest thing to Makar he's it ..
buffalo has the ability to slow cook him till he's ready so there's absolutely no rush to bring him into the NHL for 3 -4 years .
Mark my words he will be greatJust remember his bone age is delayed compared to his biological age once he hits his Growth spurt teams are definitely going to regret not taking him.
Was 2nd all time in points for a defenseman at the NTDP
Let's not forget he finished above players like Fox, Hughes, Hughes, Sanderson, and McAvoy.
This is definitely a player you take at 28 and hit the lottery-
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1 hour ago, SDS said:
I feel like the episode where Elaine‘s coworker sidled up next to her at the office. Welcome back.
I was legit worried about the fella.
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Just now, Buffalonill said:
What's next resigning Subban?
Starting national anthem singer and cardboard cutout netminder.
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5 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
https://www.nhl.com/bluejackets/news/blue-jackets-2022-nhl-draft-consensus-poll-rankings/c-334744042
Let’s hope that the draft goes according to this consensus list. Getting Gauthier at 9 and Kasper at 16 would be assume.
I'm too old for cartwheels, but I'd be tempted.
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10 hours ago, Buffalonill said:
Someone should recruit that kid over on this board but ban that avatar ha.
I think I sent him a pm a couple years ago advising him that this was a better venue. My memory is fuzzy, so maybe I only thought about doing so, but now I don't want to try again and come across as a fella with Alzheimer's . . .
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15 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:
I apologize if I was coming off rude btw.
Thank you
No, you're fine. Handle the young fella uses is gerbe75pts. Annoying juvenile avatar, but he's had it for years. Predicts Sabres are interested in/ or maybe just he thinks they should be interested in Elias Salomonsson at pick #41, btw.
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4 hours ago, Buffalonill said:
Only thing I see is he got lucky with the devon Levi trade.
Did he get anything else ?
Fella I am talking about doesn't usually signal signings or trades that I can recollect. He usually talks about future plans and what the front office thinks about individual players. I think his draft evaluations have been reasonably accurate, though he misses like everyone else. It's possible he's blowing smoke about the connection the the Sabres. He comes across as plausible to me and he seems to have pretty good credibility over on that forum. I just lurk there, because some of the regulars tend to devolve into competitive recrimination and sophomoric nastiness about politics and the like.
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3 hours ago, Flashsabre said:
I guarantee that is not the Sabres list. Even if he had insight to the Sabres he wouldn’t dare post their list in a chat forum.
He's a young fella who has disappeared for a span on that forum before because he "let the cat out of the bag" apparently, but I am supposing this is his personal list, not any kind of official Sabres' draft board.
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There's a young fella that posts over at the hockeybuzz site. I don't much care for the tone of conversation over there, but occasionally you hear something interesting. In any event, this fella claims to be close to the Pegulas and some have speculated in the past that he is Kevyn Adams' son. I don't know, but his hockey acument is pretty good from my purely amateur perspective. In any event, he posted I surmise his top ten at the moment which I thought interesting enough to share.
1.Juraj Slafkovsky
2.Shane Wright
3.Matthew Savoie
4.simon nemec
5 .Logan Cooley
6.Jiri Kulich
7.Danila Yurov
8.Jimmy Snuggerud
9.Frank Nazar
10. Gleb TrikozovSavoie at three, Yurov at seven, and Snuggerud at eight surprise me. I don't know again, if this reflects in any way where the Sabres value on them is, but I like those three. Ohgren is another fella I'm personally getting more interested in at 16 . . .
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7 minutes ago, Sabres Fan in NS said:
@dudacek didn't get any for Father's Day.
I was going to thank him for the fine contributions to discussion, but yours is better.
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3 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
I really hope we land McGroarty. Looking at final rankings around I doubt it though. Probably fall between our 2 later picks. Gauthier would be fine at 9.
If we landed Gauthier, Ohgren and McGroarty with the 3 picks I'd be ecstatic.
I like those players. Kasper and Nazar are two more I like. And I can't stop thinking about Mintyukov, though a lot of folks want Bichsel if we go defense.
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4 hours ago, Happy Days said:
Should the Sabres trade up from 9 to 5 to get one of the top 2 rhd Nemac or Jiricek? I see them possibly have to give up pick #9, their 2nd rounder, a 3rd, and maybe a young player as Bryson? What do you think they may have to give up to get to 5? Is it worth it?
NHL doesn't usually see teams trading out of the top of the draft, so it's probably an academic exercise.
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24 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:
McGroarty seems to have “Process” written all over him. He is working with one of the best skating coaches in the world to improve his skating mechanics. I wouldn’t be surprised if he is very high on Sabres board.
I'd love to get Nazar at 9 and McGroarty at 16.
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James Bond Movies
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Like most Bond films, it's too long, but I think it is actually underrated. Diana Rigg was terrific. The ending was sixties cool tragic. Lazenby, alas, was really a miss, but not as bad as folks say.