Dr. Who
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6 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
It's got nothing to do with bitterness over twelve years, but rather the reality of seeing and hearing about 10 team no trade clauses that have the Sabres circled in red (so to speak). Adams has talked about this in vague terms several times. It's a reality. You're not going to find a lot of FAs who will have Buffalo as their first choice landing spot.
There's not that many good FA D men, and there are 32 teams.
I'm all for signing some, I definitely want that, but I don't count on it happening and you shouldn't either.
Why do you think the Sabres have been circled in red so to speak? If it was because they were a losing culture or terrible team, neither is operative now. Do you think the NHL players are too dumb to figure out when a situation changes? If there is another reason, I cannot fathom it. Some players might prefer a bigger city, but I doubt that is as widespread a phenomenon in the hockey world as in other sports.
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30 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
Remember the key here, UFAs have to want to play here, draft picks don't get much choice. Some, but not much.
And you think among the fairly large number of reasonably good FA defensemen available this year that none of them would want to play for the Sabres? Just because some folks can't let go of their bitterness over twelve years of not making the playoffs, I doubt the rest of the league is looking at the current Sabres roster and thinking they're not an up-and-coming team. I expect we will sign one or (gasp) maybe even two FA defensemen. I even expect them to be a higher caliber than marginal players just looking for a spot at the bottom of a roster.
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7 minutes ago, SDS said:
you just re-stated my point. If he doesn’t “answer the bell” then his team is up one nurse while the other team is down one AP. Series tied 2–2. In this case, I think restraint was the better play.
I read your response as questioning whether the Oil would take games 5 and 6 as asserted by Thorny. I did not perceive the further context that you clarified above. Of course, you are correct, though it's probably asking a lot for restraint when the provocation is blatant.
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6 minutes ago, SDS said:
I would say they’re independent of one another.
Alright. But in terms of the effect of Nurse's absence on the game, it would seem to me that if Pieterangelo is not playing for Vegas, the advantage is nullified. Maybe you think different.
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3 minutes ago, SDS said:
So you don’t think the Oilers are going to be significantly hurt in game five with the absence of Nurse?
Not so much if Pietrangelo also gets suspended which he absolutely should.
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I think I prefer Simashev who is pretty variable on the draft boards. There are too many good FA D not to grab at least one without using assets in a trade.
While D makes the most sense and we have to stock the pipeline, I'd be tempted to trade up for Michkov if he falls within range.
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1 minute ago, inkman said:
I’m at a cross roads with my emotions on this. I’m glad the Bills are getting knocked down a peg or two as the fans have become super obnoxious with a winning team. OTOH, fans will probably be equally obnoxious trying to defend their team from the “haters”. I guess I just don’t like fans. 😀
It might be a general people problem.
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4 minutes ago, Curt said:
I would absolutely draft him at 13th overall.
He would join the Sabres team as a mostly developed 21-22 year old for the 2025-26 season on a dirt cheap contract for a couple seasons, and an RFA until he is 27.
Assuming he develops into something close to expected, and the Sabres team continues to progress well, injecting a star winger on an ELC contract at a time when the Sabres salary cap is getting very tight could be immeasurably helpful.
If he's there, you have to take him. Even though GASabresIUFAN gave a somewhat plausible scenario where it could happen, I just doubt he drops to 13.
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It really does feel fixed. Fella revealing the picks even had the Ducks card backwards, adding ridiculous insult to injury. Sabres miss out on McDavid, get the sulky Boston Eichel, and get lambasted for tanking, but it will all be laughs and congratulations for an original six.
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1 hour ago, OverPowerYou said:
I wonder what the Sabres ownership/management must be thinking watching Eichel, Reinhart and the new Seattle Kraken team play in the 2nd round of the playoffs. Meanwhile we haven’t won a playoff series since the Rangers GM was playing center for us
I think they're entirely focused on their own process and feel good about the current rebuild, as they should be. Fans who want them to feel embarrassed or share the bitterness of those angered over twelve years of frustration are missing the forest for the trees. Nothing good can come of that -- as if ownership/management would somehow be more motivated to improve the team by indulging such a frame of reference or that it would be their just deserts to do so.
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None of that negative juju talk. Leafs ought to have lost in the first round. They've already abrogated the natural law. The universe is going to restore order and Florida is just a hammer of Necessity.
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On 5/2/2023 at 11:24 AM, French Collection said:
Ultimately it is up to him to decide. If he is confident the SHL team will give him a fair amount of ice time that would be important. Generally ice time is earned so he may struggle vs established veterans.
If it is Skelleftea that signs him, it is a long way from his hometown of Stockholm, almost a 9 hour drive. Rochester might be better, especially with a few Swedes on the team. He has played with Rosen, his feedback may sway the decision.
The fella who is supposedly related to KA hinting on another site that Östlund may be in Rochester next year if I am interpreting his rather vague statement correctly.
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33 minutes ago, Carmel Corn said:
Go Panthers! I simply can never cheer for the Leafs....unless Hell freezes over.
That's no excuse.
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I tried searching for a particular comment, but I'm not terribly adept at such and can't find it. Or maybe I'm imagining this, but I recall someone stating they thought the Flames would be less inclined to take a deal that would include VO as part of a package for Hanifin if Sutter was the coach. Whether true or not (and I suppose we'll have to wait and see who replaces Sutter), I am curious what players become available on the Flames roster.
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Sweet, sweet Boston tears.
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5 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
For you. Not me. It's a Bobby Orr thing. (yes, I'm that old). Childhood. Team colours (same as my hometown and first sports team the Hamilton Tiger Cats). I've gone over this in older threads. French Connection turned me into a Sabres fan, although Gare, Schoenfeld and Dudley were actually my favourite players from that era. What an era that was!!!
Bruins winning has helped keep me (semi)sane during this horrible Sabres decade. I honestly don't know how many of you don't lose your love for hockey watching only the Sabres. It must be truly horrible to live like that and watch the playoffs every year without them. That to me seems "gross".
Ya, that's a BIG disagreement. I think he is a horrible defenseman. He can survive as a bottom pairing guy if paired with a solid defensively responsible guy but I'd rather he was just made obsolete. He holds back Power's development imo.
Love Bobby Orr. Hate the Bruins.
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Bryson is the one that simply can't be on the roster. If he's there, KA has failed the off-season because it means he hasn't brought in enough quality veteran D. Olofsson next. He should have some trade value, more I think than some folks imagine. I don't think you have to include Anderson. He's done and it would be just mean to kick a fella on the way out. I'd like Okposo to retire, but if he wants to stay he's going to get the year. I agree that Clague is good enough to have a place in the organization.
I thought this thread was going to be about posters. Though I mainly just lurk, I had a list . . .
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Living in Philly explains a lot.
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4 minutes ago, Thorny said:
My current guess for how it unfolds, notably sans Olofsson:
Skinner - Thompson - Tuch
Peterka - Cozens - Quinn
Mittelstadt - Krebs - Greenway
Girgensons - Jost/FA/Trade - FA/Trade
New Rookie/Rousek
Samuelsson - DahlinPower - Jokiharju
Stillman - Lyubushkin/FA/Trade
FA/Trade
LeviUPL
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I likely see 1, maybe 2 depth, role-player adds to the bottom of the F unit. Probably a RW replacement for KO. I don’t see the Rookie I listed as the actual 13th man: if that listed rookie option makes the team after a 9-ish game tryout, we probably see at most 1 new outside depth F addition and possibly as few as 0.
As to the D, I think we see one, 6/7 type add, for sure, and certainly not zero, but very likely not more than 1.
Goaltending, the more I’ve thought about it probably gets run back (from the end of the season).
It’ll be a quiet offseason. We likely make all of our picks, and add a couple with VO (look for KA to add a 3rd for this year to further replace our own (though we do have the Kings 3rd, currently) and perhaps a 5th to replace next season’s), and the addition of another Jost and another Lyubushkin level player to their respective positions. I think KA would be open to additions slightly better than the mentioned 4th liner and 6th/7th d-man, but that no betrayal of his valuation will take place: he won’t overpay slightly to get a solidly 3rd line, middle pair D player. If we can get that instead, great, but he’ll sooner add the 2 depth pieces with metrics to the tune of them presumably thinking they can unlock that “one line UP” level, with those players, internally/through system fit.That's in line with another fella here who prognosticates the same kind of approach. Why wouldn't you bring in a FA like Ryan Graves, especially when one knows Mule plays a game that accrues injuries and the difference in record when he is missing? It doesn't take much to make this team much harder to play against, but it's more than this scenario. I think Savoie is very likely to make the team, and probably Rousek as well.
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43 minutes ago, Night Train said:
Could care less about others " patience " . Who are you trying to impress here ? LOL. See your Dr.
KA could be anything but he basically took over a bombed out franchise 2 years back with 10 dry years. We all get that. Eichel and Reinhart leave and the trade return turns out to be pretty good. Improvement is real. Now get some more help and make a good showing next year with the playoffs being expected. Mindset.
I prescribe, as I invariably do, a pint of Guinness, listening to relaxing music, and contemplative prayer which allows one to properly gauge the importance of various aspects of life. The last is the most important and the least followed, but the first is pretty easy to pull off.
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Jack Eichel is not worth long ethical disputes. It's fun to make fun of him until one has to provide moral justification for frivolous umbrage.
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1 minute ago, PASabreFan said:
Hardliner. OK. How bout radical extremist postseason terrorist?
Not sure why some of you gag at the p-word.
Coach sure didn't want to touch it. He even bizarrely laid out things that could derail the playoffs again next year... Injuries, youth, conference competition, even a statistical anomaly that will make Taro's head explode: missing the playoffs with 110 points.
I understand his hesitancy to be more forceful. Same goes for KA. They are very, very lucky to have the jobs they have.
But what's worse is voicing the very definition of a losing culture... Reminding us unnecessarily that only one team wins the Cup. Where have we heard that before?
Well, the West owes more to Athens than Sparta. I agree though that the Klingons are a more robust culture than the milquetoast Federation and all their boring peace talk.
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4 minutes ago, Taro T said:
Question for those that think the Sabres will bring back the 3 headed goalie monster AND Kyle Okposo (at least for 16 games and presumably the whole season). Presumably Savoie will be on the roster to start the season and IMHO there isn't a spot for Olofsson (his spot likely goes to Savoie). 1st off, for those that expect Kyle and 3 G's, do you agree that is most likely what happens with Savoie?
Still also expect the Sabres to go after a Graves or an Orlov or Hannifan, so the Sabres should have the top 4 D set, at least on paper with solid 3rd pairing guys behing them; 1 of which Granato often played 20+ minutes per game this past season. Should the Sabres land another power forward like a Tom Wilson or a true 4C; it would seem that with 3 goalies, and Okposo that something will have to give. Either Girgensons doesn't get a new contract (but personally expect he will get an offer) or they have to do something truly off the board to have room for Okposo and the 3HGM. Would the Sabres be crazy enough to try to run with only 5 D (4 of which would get close to 25 minutes/game and the other 20) and dress 13 F's? They'd pretty much need either Lybushkin or Stillman to start the year on IR as whichever one wasn't the spare 6th D would almost definitely get claimed off waivers.
Not expecting them to be that crazy. But really don't see how they make the 3HGM and bringing Okposo back work without doing something wild like that.
Thoughts?
There's no way to rationally make it work. They are either lying or deceiving themselves. The three goalie thing is intrinsically a bad idea. They need to get off it. It's alright to bring back either Girgensons or Okposo; it shouldn't be both. They need to trust that the vibe in the locker room that they love so much can absorb some change, because more of it is coming down the line.
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17 minutes ago, ... said:
Sorry, missed this.
I almost would rather not say, but whatevers...I know there are successful shorter-statured players in the league however I think every one to come through the Sabres over the last 15 years or so have been well over-sold. From what I see of him, and this is only stats and YooTube videos, I get the same impression that this guy is being over-sold as well.
I think my record on being open to changing my mind - the most recent case being Mitts - speaks for itself and I hope that's the case with this guy but for now I'm not boarding the hype train.
I'm pretty old. When I was a kid, one of my favorite players was Yvan Cournoyer, and then we had Danny Gare, and later Daniel Briere, so I am perhaps biased in the other direction. I'm excited about Savoie, in any event. Let's hope he's one of the genuinely good ones.
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The Sabres Should Be Drafting A Defenseman! (Defensemen)
in The Aud Club
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I kind of think it would be shabby of Reinhart and Montour, but I suppose that is possible. The regime under KA is clearly better and I surmise that gets whispered about, too. I guess we'll see. I will be surprised if they are as limited as you believe, but if they don't sign any higher level free agents I'll begin to wonder if it is process related or the continuing stigma you suggest.