Marvin
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3 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:
If only we could play the worst teams in the league every night
The Sabres have, um, underperformed against the lower half of the league this season.
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Just now, Wyldnwoody44 said:
Dumb question. Didn't 5 min boarding penalties come with game misconduct?
I thought it did.
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That was dangerous.
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People here remember that Jim Schoenfeld was considered injury prone, right? When you play the game the way Samuelsson does, you just get injured more often unless you are a freak or nature like Mike Ramsey.
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18 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
Clearly, we should beat Chicago, we should be rested and ready to go, but with this team who knows?
I sure as heck don't.
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Not Peterka-Mittlestadt-Quinn as the 2nd line? Odd.
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1 minute ago, Thorny said:
So what does the line-up for tonight look like?
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One. We want two.
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22 hours ago, inkman said:
BB is a bad GM and a below average head coach with a HOF QB.
When you have a HOF QB, you only really need a passable OC, be a good DC, and be a not awful head coach. I think that BB qualifies.
IMHO, this is an indictment of how QB driven the league is now. As a fan of both airing it out and Ground Chuck Knox, I miss the clash of philosophies and play selection for offences.
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Good luck to him.
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22 minutes ago, SDS said:
Blame Lindy Ruff.
Wasn't that to cover up the the injuries in 2006?
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10 minutes ago, Thorny said:
The gall to suggest a guy who led the playoffs in scoring, and a guy who won the Smythe, wouldn’t have made the team better had we built around them is a little much, no?
What do we think is more likely? That two players who proved themselves capable of being the very best in the world at the most important stretch of hockey in the universe, combined, WOULD have provided a solid base to winning, or WOULDN’T?
The same people who preach patience are ready to write off the combo because we saw them together on a disfunctional roster under disfunctional coaching and management, immediately after burning the roster to the ground and salting the earth, during Jack’s 18-20, *elc* seasons when he hadn’t even learned to play 2 way yet
what do we feel is more representative of their abilities to be built around? The fact they won cups? Or what the worst franchise in hockey history did with them? Seriously, answer the question, what’s the better marker? What the Sabres did with them? Or what competent franchises did with them?
A shred of Occam’s razor reveals the answer blindingly
4 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:They were a bad team with him here, they were a bad team after he was traded. I didn't see them getting better with him on the roster. End the story all I need.
Just as much as my argument is incomprehensible to you, Yours is to me. I didn't see them turning the corner and turning into a playoff or cup contender with him here. So how could trading him away... Were you got arguably a top 10-20 scorer in the league in return.... Be awful? I don't get it.
The problems with the O'Reilly-Eichel-Reinhart teams were: the lack of quality in much of the defence; lack of overall depth due to The Tank and trades; the lack of professionalism from some of XGMTM's acquisitions; and the mediocre coaching. Eichel and Reinhart had the problem of falling in with the wrong teammates. None of those teams' problems truly had much else to do with those three. Those teams should have been coached better and should have been built better.
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8 hours ago, K-9 said:
Does this mean I can’t call Devon Levi “E2V2?”
Help me, O2B2I2WAN2KE, you're my only hope!
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Man, do we over pursue in the defencive zone.
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1 hour ago, French Collection said:
Fasching scored that soccer goal vs the Sabres last year, still haunting us.
Don't remind me.
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17 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
Honestly, I would try Krebs between Benson and Greenway and Girgensons between Robinson and Okposo.
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15 minutes ago, tennessee dan said:
Nobody wants our spare parts and 4th line players. They want our prospects. They should dump the entire fourth line for a bag of pucks or just waive them. Bring up prospects for a 4th line and development. A veteran, hard ass coach is the first move.
Welcome to the board!
People will trade expensive spare parts for our cheaper spare parts for cap reasons. We can expect our 4th liners to return late round pick. An actual hockey trade, however, is unlikely without our prospects.
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It is hard to beat the return for Hasek under "worst trade ever."
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56 minutes ago, Sabres Fan in NS said:
Another point of fact .. they traded every Captain before him too. That is how 11 became captain. They traded Gare.
Actually, the first captain (Smith) retired and became coach.
Schoenfeld was asked to give up the captaincy so that Marcel Pronovost could select a captain. He chose Gare. Both were infamously traded simultaneously to Detroit.
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1 hour ago, gilbert11 said:
Some of you just don’t get that Okposo is the captain and leader of this team. I don’t think management would want to trade him.
Welcome back!
Point of fact: the Sabres have traded every captain since Gil Perreault.
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We will know Adams is serious about the playoffs for an upcoming new season when he trades a prospect for a current established player.
Therefore, Girgensons, Okposo, and Eric Johnson are useful for teams needing playoff depth. Olofsson is useful to a team with a weak power play and with the defencive depth to cover for his liabilities. (To be fair, he has improved on that this season.)
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Thought of the day: the last time the Sabres were in the playoffs, Tyler Myers was out #1D.
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1 minute ago, DarthEbriate said:
The Canucks are an interesting case because although they probably should have tanked (and fans begged them to), they didn't. Instead, they went into a slow downward spiral as they hung onto the Sedins through to retirement. They drafted 5th (Juolevi), 5th (Pettersson), and 7th (Quinn) at their worst.
Oddly, they brought in lots of veterans (some with silly contracts by UFA or trade): Loui Eriksson, Jay Beagle, OEL) to remain competitive even as they failed. Also, lots of ex-Sabres wound their way through: Miller, Vanek, and Myers notably. Justin Bailey, Tim Schaller, and Curtis Lazar less so.
Their changes from last season (in addition to continued growth from their home run picks of Pettersson, Q Hughes, and Demko) are:
- Hronek (instead of OEL) - via trade
- The really engaged version of JT Miller (as opposed to just worrying about points)
- Healthy Demko
- Unheralded UFA pickups like Pius Suter and Sam Lafferty to help solidify the bottom 6.
- Remaking the D-corps: Soucy, Zadorov (in a 3rd pair role), and finally Hronek again
Hronek's acquisition can not be underestimated. Imagine if Power, Dahlin, and Samuelsson had had proper partners.
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How do I change the title to week-to-week? I can't find the link needed to update it on my cell.
Greenway on the market ?
in The Aud Club
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Before calling something a rumour that came from an article, read the article first.
In this case, this was a fan of another team, erm, journalist who was musing that Greenway might be available. Hockey talking heads make the days go by with endless musings, speculation, and other dross that, because of their supposed profession, they masquerade as rumours. I give this as much credibility as fan trade suggestions on HFBoards.