sabremike
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All you have to do is look at the goaltending tandem that is being tossed out to see this team is winning fewer than 20 games this season regardless of if every other thing goes right. This has to be the worst goaltending duo any alleged NHL team has iced in the post lockout era.
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5 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:
Do you know how many people went broke thinking like that?
The only way I can see sucker bet is they have inside info on a Jack trade that makes this team at least somewhat competitive.
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To put into perspective how this is essentially free money: to reach this the team would need 30 wins and 8 loser points. Our goalies are a completely washed up Craig Anderson and the Carter Hutton level awful Aaron Dell. This team is highly unlikely to win 20 games.
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16 hours ago, Huckleberry said:
A lot of speculation of Montreal now , and Vegas being the frontrunner.
But Brisson has a lot of players with the avalanche under contract, I would not count them out of this.
What the heck does Montreal even have to offer that they would be willing to part with that we would even want (Caufield is 1,000,000,000,000% off limits so rid yourself of that fantasy)?
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3 hours ago, Archie Lee said:
The thing is, the likely Sabres roster this year might not contain a bunch of kids. It's possible there won't be an outright rookie that makes the roster to start the year. Cozens is young and still inexperienced, for sure. But other young players like Dahlin, Joker, Mitts and Thompson have all been in the NHL for 3 (or parts of 3) seasons. There are other young players that may make the team out of camp like Samuelsson, Ruotsalainen and Luukkonen; but they might just as likely be in Rochester to start the year.
The Sabres have lots of veteran players and even some of their "young" players (Olofsson, Bjork) aren't particularly young.
I think the Sabres are absolutely going to have nights where they are in over their heads against veteran teams that are focused. Some of those nights will get ugly, like the two game set against Boston late last season where we lost 5-2 and 6-2 and were badly overmatched. But so much will depend on how focused Granato can keep the Sabres through the season. The Sabres followed up those 2 losses to the Bruins by beating the Islanders back to back. 82 games is long for every team. There will be nights where we catch good teams off guard. There will be teams that won't be as good as currently expected.
My bet is that this will be the first season we have since the tank where we exceed expectations. I realize that isn't saying much as expectations could not be lower. But I don't mean we are going to finish in 30th place instead of dead last. I think we finish close to our recent traditional spot that sees us pick in the 7-9 range of the draft, only this year it will feel like we are actually progressing.
The Anderson/Dell pairing means they are going to be giving up at least 4-5 goals on an almost nightly basis (and people who say "UPL" are kidding themselves because he isn't close to NHL ready at this point and having him in Buffalo at any point this season other than a late season cup of coffee would be incredibly stupid) and I'd be stunned if they won more than 20 games and didn't have at least two 10+ game winless streaks.
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I am still trying to figure out how tossing a bunch of kids out to get destroyed and humiliated on a nightly basis is going to lead to development? It's just such an anti-logic that I can't wrap my head around it. The lesson about trying to lose should've been learned but very clearly wasn't.
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Name another team in the past 5 seasons that has prostituted multiple home games the way the Pegula Sabres have? Seriously why not just go all the way and sell as many of our "home" games as possible to Boston, Montreal, Philly, NYR ect? The Pegula Sabres aren't just the toilet of pro hockey they are the toilet of all US/Canadian pro sports.
BTW will fans in Hamilton be able to buy tickets to the game using interest free payment plants?
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*Sees new pinned stickied thread at the top of the board*
No complaints.
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Trade him to the Devils for Tyce!!!!!!!!
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3 minutes ago, dudacek said:
Unless it changed in the latest CBA ( @Taro T?) he should become a UFA a few months after his 4th season is complete, so summer 2023.
He's impressed me. He was very young for his draft year and has grown a ton. Poised and a magnificent skater; defensively strong and a breakout machine. I feel pretty strongly that he will be an NHL top 4.
I do think he is a flight risk, particularly because of our depth at LD. In my view, the Sabres need to establish/grow an excellent relationship over this season then give him the Mittelstadt offer: sign him at the end of this college season, promise to let him finish the regular season in Buffalo, and allow him to blow an ELC year.
Right now is the biggest bull market for defensemen in history so I have 100% confidence that the organization will completely botch and misplay the entire situation.
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1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:
We are equating "unknown" with "talentless." That's part of what draws me. Seeing what some of these unknowns can do. Many of them have a Granato connection. Maybe our new analytics guys can find some gems.
40 year old washed up Craig Anderson and Aaron Dell is just about the worst goaltending tandem I could ever remember an alleged NHL team having. It doesn't matter how good the rest of the team is because they are giving up 5+ goals almost every night with those two in net.
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BRING BACK THE WHALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On 8/19/2021 at 2:31 PM, Jerry Jabber said:
Heard they didn’t like this song about them from S.O.D.
SOD at Tuxedo Junction in Danbury in June 1997 was the first real concert I ever went to (and yes it was awesome).
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On 8/15/2021 at 2:04 PM, Weave said:
This afternoon I am officially a Father-In-Law to be.
Knob Creek private selection single barrel 120 proof to celebrate.
And it goes without saying, he's her problem now. 🤣
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3 hours ago, mjd1001 said:
That wouldn't be all that bad, I'm not sure why Columbus gets such a bad reputation.
Have they won anything big? No, But they have made the playoffs 5 of the last 8 seasons which is a LOT better than the Sabres.
The Arena isn't brand new anymore, but its pretty nice ( I have been there twice). And the location "the Arena district" is great also (filled with bars and restaurants) A few blocks away is High street, which is like Chippewa at its best times 3. Its a growing city that is at least double the size of Buffalo. Honestly, as a younger player it is far from the last place you would want to play your career in.
I have been to tons of arenas and Nationwide is by far the nicest I've ever been to.
58 minutes ago, dudacek said:Is anyone else of the opinion that the Rangers first made overtures to Adams last year because 'someone' suggested they should?
Is anyone else of the opinion that a lot of people (and one hockey player in particular) want to see Jack Eichel in New York and a lot of pressure is being exerted on and influence exercised by a lot of parties in order to try and make that happen?
Is anyone else of the opinion that these god-awful offers we have been hearing from New York are the result of a team that arrogantly thinks that Jack is theirs as long as they wait long enough and squeeze hard enough?
I hate the fact that Eichel's agent is also Chris Drury's agent.
And I wish to god that Calgary or Anaheim or Vegas or Minny could or would step up and ignore all of this insidious effort to paint Jack Eichel as broken, high risk, and not really interested in them and make the Sabres a serious offer.
Because I believe that this has become simply a staring contest between the Rangers and Adams that won't end until one blinks.
I say we call OJ and let him take care of things.
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1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:
Ranger fans are the most delusional fanbase of all. They think a Buffalo podcast putting up a billboard means something. The comments are hilarious.
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5 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
If Jack wants out bad enough he should just go and get the surgery. It would violate his contract but what is the worst the Sabres could do to him, void his contract? Ask for some bonus to be returned? From Jack’s point of view that would be a win. He becomes a FA, he gets the surgery he wants and the Sabres get nothing for him.
If he does that the team won't void the contract, they will simply suspend him without pay until he is cleared to return. If the loophole you described really existed they obviously would've already done it.
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2 hours ago, bob_sauve28 said:
Just heard a rumor on Instigators. So I’ll pass it along and add my own totally speculative thoughts.
A ‘NHL source’ said that Boston was calling KA every two weeks about Jack. That sounds unrealistic. I’d swap them Jack for Charlie MacAvoy and a goalie but doubt that happens.
I recall that KA was trying to get a goalie out of Boston when he traded Hall, but Boston would not budge. Which is curious, if Boston liked their young goalies so much why sign Linus? With Rask that gives them four NHL goalies. Did they do that to screw with us and make us want to make a deal for Jack?
Sounds too crazy to be true.
Anyone pushing that is either pulling someone's leg or high on bath salts. The broooinz have the single worst prospect pool in the entire sport AND would be giving Jack his dream move, if you designed a parody of the worst trade partner possible this would be it.
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Some wholesome giraffe content:
Come on little guy, you can do it!
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6 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
It's time for a break. A day even but good god this place is a dumpster fire inside Chernobyl as the sun explodes.
The difference between Chernobyl and the Sabres: Chernobyl was an accident.
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If you are an NHL GM and can't get a team to at least compete for a playoff spot within 2 seasons you suck at your job and need to go work at a Mighty Taco instead.
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Rasmus Dahlin signs 3 years 6 Million AAV Contract with Sabres
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So that moron Kreuger's parting gift was making our idiotic management think Dahlin needs to "prove it" and all but walk him to UFA instead of do what a non stupid organization would've done and make him the franchise cornerstone. Anyone more intelligent than a sea sponge could see the idiocy of Ralph was what was killing him and the second he was fired Dahlin did a complete 180.