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41 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:
Only 2?
On further review, it's 3. And there were 4 penalties committed to Benson that were not called, they were called on him.
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59 minutes ago, nucci said:
it was dumb to switch to home team wearing colors instead of whites. The original reason was to see the different colors of each team when you play them at home....now it's road teams wearing white. it needs to go back
Agree. And I like white jerseys better anyway.
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14 minutes ago, nfreeman said:
Well, with a week going by since DG's termination, I'm inclined to think that KA's first choice isn't one of the guys who is currently available (i.e. Lindy, Gallant, Berube) -- although it's certainly possible that KA called one or more of them and got turned down.
Still, it seems more likely that his first choice is someone who is currently coaching in the playoffs, and he needs to wait for that guy's team to get bounced.
It would sure be nice if someone in WNY sports media had some info for us.
Still too early to make that determination.
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Most of them were fabricated crap calls. Maybe 2 were legit.
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1 hour ago, SabresVet said:
McDermott's "Trust the Process" mantra from day 1 was designed to win over a veteran locker room without having the credibility as a NFL coach. It was thin and those first two seasons were an example of what not to do. He learned on the job a lot those years, notably doing a mea culpa with some QB decisions in 2017.
The Sabres being clearly younger require more than that for a HC. Someone who is an effective motivator that puts them into a position to succeed. And the GM who is in overall control (unlike with the Bills) has to adapt to the situation.
It was so “thin” he made the playoffs the first year, while starting a rebuild, and with Tyrod Taylor at QB.
You could easily put a positive spin on his work. He ended a 17 year drought and helped turn Buffalo into a perennial contender and a place where players want to play.
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2 hours ago, Ctaeth said:
The comments to me about the new coach are kind of revealing. To me, it seems that they are actually being the opposite of accountable by blaming Donnie indirectly by talking about needing accountability and needing to be pushed harder by the coach. This, in essence, is blaming it on the coach and not actually holding yourself accountable.
Yes. If Adams was going to tell them anything, it should have been that they were partly responsible and they need to learn from this and get more serious about practice and pre game preparation.
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2 hours ago, inkman said:
And by Sabres you mean Adams because I don’t see many of the current lot laying out anyone ever. Clifton, Benson (sad), sometimes Cozens, super infrequently Samuelsson who seemingly can’t play that way without breaking himself. That’s about it. Novikov is on the way but he’s probably a season away. Adams needs to bring in 3-4 guys that’ll smack ya. I know I’m hoping for a miracle here.
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just watched the Avs - Peg highlights.
Well executed white out, but they wore road team colors.
Mitts with a dirty goal.
I honestly cannot see our team not being embarrassed in a game like this one. These games are at a level our boys have not seen yet, even our veteran players.
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11 hours ago, PASabreFan said:
Hope Eleven is OK. And Taro.
If I had to guess the season was especially hard for Taro because his expectations were so high. I gave him a hard time about it and shouldn't have. Low hanging fruit and all.
That's why my policy is to wait and watch before drawing conclusions. No way am I predicting a breakout season... Or DFL.
So you’re the reason @Taro Tis gone ?
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10 hours ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said:
Eleven, as you know, has been living in semi-seclusion in Northern Quebec ever since the unfortunate Denny Pratt tragedy.
Chicoutimi?
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2 hours ago, Brawndo said:
I thought it was interesting who did not speak with media, Zemgus.
I wonder if he talked to Adams and decided to not be interviewed.
I am ready to move on from #28.
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6 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:
That whole situation may mean that the "core" here is tainted and we may need another tear down. I don't want it to be true, but it's hard for them to come back,to me, personally anyways.
I sure hope not. Bring in a McDermott kind of Coach/Leader.
I know McD is not a perfect coach, and I don't need a litany of responses on his game day errors, but he did fix a bad culture and a bad perception throughout the league. That is not an easy task as we are PAINFULLY aware.
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2 hours ago, Kristian said:
All I hear are the same excuses I’ve heard since 2007.
They flipped the middle finger at the fans when they wanted Granato gone, and now that he IS gone, they can’t wait to throw him under the bus.
Somehow, I feel even more indifferent towards this team now…
Clearly the group lacks maturity and does not get the right leadership. We can only hope a few of them actually know better and will take over.
On the fans booing and calling for DG to be fired - they should have been told to simmer down and do better. Fans pay the bills. Coaches get fired. Life is not fair either.
On DG's firing - the only help Adams should have provided was for to tell them to take responsibility for their part in the firing, otherwise say little or nothing. The stuff about harder practices and needing to be pushed all sounds like whinny excuses, even if they are true.
I blame Adams for their robotic and scripted comments.
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Not to single out Samuelsson but his quote, like many of the the others, is a big part of Adams talking points.
Why didn't Adams step in? He is learning his job on the fly too.
Practice harder? That is on the coaches first and foremost, but this is why you need those guys that never want to leave the ice after practice. Need a few that call out the one that are not getting it.
Until the right leadership emerges within the players, the coach has to do more to instill leadership.
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3 hours ago, JustOneParade said:
I thought the exact same thing as I started listening. What I found funny was that the reporters could see he was ready to cut loose so they kept feeding him the same type questions until he did. Entertainment value aside, I would love to know how he addressed those top players who he felt were not competing enough.
I can tell you some of his top players are very young and they cried in the locker room interviews when he was fired. They knew they let him down but the reality is they lost a lot of really good players (and leadership) from the Cup team and they need to rebuild. Young guys like Thomas and Kyrou are very good, but they cannot carry the team like the veterans did without some help.
Which is why I am concerned about Adams' rebuild from within using his prospects almost exclusively. They could get in, but will not have a playoff team makeup to go very far in the playoffs. When that finally happens Adams will have to do what Yzerman is trying to do right now, mix your home grown talent with the right vets. Yzerman is now one point closer than we were last year, but still not there.
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4 minutes ago, bunomatic said:
Unfortunately it all starts with Terry. Until he changes or gets out of the way nothing will change with this team.
Yes. Terry needs to change AND get out of the way.
Maybe the change is coming now? He agreed to fire DG and eat the contract extension. Now he has to allow Adams to increase his cap position and break away from the EEE policies.
They need fans in the seats that root for the home team.
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On 4/19/2024 at 11:15 AM, WhenWillItEnd66 said:
I think we have better talent than all 3 of those teams overall. Not to mention a ton better prospect pool.
Really? The Devils were a playoff team and set a team record for points two season ago. They just need a goalie
The Blues have a winning tradition and sell out every game.
Ottawa and Buffalo are about the same. Buffalo has the Pegula factor which is not good.
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9 minutes ago, Archie Lee said:
I understand the sentiment, but here we are and Berube is looking for a job and the Blues are out of the playoffs. I will be very happy if we hire Berube or McLellan or Evason or any available veteran coach with a reputation for structure and holding players accountable. It is the one thing we have not tried, in the head coach role, since Ruff left. But it is worth noting that all the available veteran coaches that we are discussing are available because the same conclusion was made about them as was made about Granato: they were failing to get it done.
Pretty much every coach gets fired. Berube wins a cup, eventually they can’t sign everyone, they make moves but the team weakens. Coach gets fired to wake up the players. Happens all the time.
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On 4/19/2024 at 10:04 AM, PASabreFan said:
A mini opening to express my view that a new coach should always come in with his own trainers, equipment people, medical staff etc. I am not convinced a part of the toxic, losing atmosphere with the Sabres doesn't reside in all those people who are in the ears of the players. I'd toss broadcasters, team media people, alumni in that mix.
Make a clean sweep, Berube.
Frank Christie and Rip Simoniak would disagree. Medical people knowing the players is a good thing.
Could you imaging replacing Ted Darling and RJ because they fired Punch or Scotty Bowman?
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1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:
The catch is I don't think they account for shooting talent. Meaning a Krebs shot is worth a Tage shot in xgf because it's based on league average. Maybe team models do? That's why you need a data engineer in your analytics team.
That is why I asked about Kucherov vs Robinson as shooters. There is a case to not consider shooting ability and call it an expected goal for all. Then you compare xgf and actual goals to find who gets chances but does not finish and work on that.
You can get this information other ways, but plotting it on a map of the ice surface give the coaches and players hard data to work with.
Way back in the 70’s, I did shot charts for our school basketball team. I marked who shot and from where on pages with the court layout on it, I circled the ones that went in. The coach used the data and kept the sheets in a big binder. Of course, was at the mercy of the charters for accuracy. No PCs and spreadsheets to compile the data, no statistical analysis tools at that time, but he figured out what he wanted from it. He had students tracking and charting assists and rebounds too. He was a fantastic history teacher and our basketball coach. Great guy. He recruited the charters from his classes. This conversation takes me back to a good place. -
12 hours ago, dudacek said:
After that flashy start, Byram wasn’t very good.
Not sure his play was much different than it was earlier in the year in Denver though.
More than most, I thought his interview was safe and calculated.
The closest you got to real was when he talked about how disappointed he was in his own year.
He’s right there with his buddies Cozens and Krebs at a crossroads of his career.
Lot of skill there. More than most, he needs a big summer and the right coach.
Yea. Mitts was a sure thing solid player. Now we need to replace him.
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Leaves 4th line contributing in a klunker.
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2 hours ago, mjd1001 said:
Interesting to me on both sides of the trade....contract.
Byram. He is signed just for next year. Do you try to extend him? If so, for how much how long?
Mitts. He's an RFA for Colorado this summer. His production, and ice time, went down with Colorado. He finished the regular season (combined) with 18 goals and 39 assists.
I'm interested to see what happens to both sides of this trade in the offseason.
I have posted this fifty times. Are we gonna pay this guy? Why and how much? I don’t get the trade. I don’t think he brings what we really need.
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15 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
They look it shot data from around the league. So if 100 players take a wrist shot from spot X on the ice and 5 go in, then wrist shots on that spot have a .05 chance of being a goal or a 0.05 expected goal. So you add all the shots in a game up. The more advanced models can take into account things like puck movement before the shot and player in front of the net but you still get a percentage.
Awesome. They build a data base and assign a weighting to shot position, adding in the other factors like screens is really cool. Over time and with enough data, this should give reasonable results.
Who will be the next Head Coach of the Buffalo Sabres?
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Gallant is known as a hard ass and as a players coach.