Drag0nDan
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20 hours ago, Night Train said:
You mean the guy who didn't play well in the playoffs ? That guy ?
Yes - the same one who lead the league in wins, GAA, and SV%.
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18 hours ago, B-U-F-F-A-L-O said:
I hope KA doesn’t trade VO before we can replace him…. I think fans underestimate his value…
I mean - he doesn't backcheck at all, not much forecheck, doesn't do much on the walls, isn't a very good passer in neutral zone, and he's streaky as hell. He has a good shot, and the one-timer on the power play can be great - but he's the person most targeted in our power play to pressure since he gives it up more than tage or dahlin. I can do without that player in my bottom 6.
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28 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:
I don't believe it's a failure to recognize Ullmark as a possibility. I do believe Ullmark would not come to Buffalo. He knows he'll be just a couple year filler for Levi, so, for a player clawing to stick as a team's #1 goalie, do people honestly believe Ullmark is just going to accept being a short term mentor grooming a young player to take his job?
I don't believe so. Do any of you?
I mean... are they really trading a (presumed) vezina trophy winner who has 2 years left at 5M per?
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47 minutes ago, Night Train said:
Probably true. Assumption that the PP goals by Victor O need to be replaced but I want players with well rounded games and not to be rushed.
You can always put Skinner over there. His one-timer isn't as effective, but he's better on the walls and harder to take the puck from and a far better skater. You have tage on the one timer side and skinner is more of your, on net from the opposite dot so cozens and tuch can crash. You also have dahlin up top.
Other option is probably mitts? But i think he probably centers PP2 with some combo of greenway, krebs, Quinn, JJP, or Skinner.
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16 hours ago, Thorny said:
Ya I mean he only played 19 regular season games there, total (25 including playoffs). Not even a chance to adjust. And much too small a sample size to draw any sort of convincing statistical argument imo. That’s jumping right in to an existing system, MID season, too: Hellebuyck would have an off-season and then preseason of practice.
I also haven’t seen numbers that suggest Hellebuyck is worse than average at those types of shots, just worst than some other elite goaltenders. I see a goalie that, overall, all situations considered, is statistically elite, year in and year out, that might be simply “very good” if we *didn’t* improve our defensive structure. Considering the rumours the Sabres were asking about Hellebuyck, if we can assume those can be believed, I’d imagine Adams wouldn’t be showing interest unless he thought Hellebuyck was a fit: he has all the data we have and then some
In addition, Hellebuyck has played under numerous systems with multiple coaches over the course of his career and he’s been very good to great year in, year out
If the argument is Saros or Hellebuyck, sure, I get it. But there isn’t a universe in which Hellebuyck isn’t a significant upgrade over what we currently have, so unless there’s some other better option, the idea that a Hellebuyck might not improve upon Comrie and UPL in *every* area by a vast degree, and merely most, doesn’t deter me from being in favour of the addition
Im not signing him to a big extension as part of the deal, before ever seeing how he fits in. I’m merely very interested in the idea of adding what will likely be a great goalie for us, next season, for the risk of merely a 1st round pick. To me that’s worth it, but others have made clear they consider it a “rental” and don’t like it at that cost
If it gets us to the playoffs - its worth it. He would put up better numbers than either of the goalies we had, and if we struggled to score or were out of the playoff picture come playoff time, he's likely to fetch you back something like 70 or 80 cents on the dollar. Maybe you get a top contenders first rounder back for your lottery pick or something.
Assuming he helps end the playoff drought, then it's worth it for the rental.
And to me, Levi is off the table. He's the future in net and I'm not signing a 10M per year goalie to block his path - i do at the same time want to be upgraded for 2023-2024 because he'll be a rookie and its unfair to ask him to carry the team for 50+ starts.
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22 minutes ago, French Collection said:
I don’t know the specifics of Dahlin’s deal yet but if it comes in around $10M for 7 or 8 years that sounds fair.
I know their window to earn money is narrow but there is also the balance of team building in play here.
He would leave more on the table for KA to lock up talent around him.
I know I always bash the Leafs but that is a major problem with the top end guys making so much money. They have to pay 19 players with half the cap.
Leafs have had Rielly on a team friendly deal for pretty much the entire duration of his time there. But depth wise... they have the 3rd and 4th highest paid centers in the league (with like no term left either), 4th highest paid winger in Marner. They have Matthews and Nylander coming up on FA, then Tavares and Marner after that. I'm just hoping Matthews leaves and the team falls apart. Because we all know they're going to overpay some players in FA to keep up and it will go terribly.
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1 hour ago, JoeSchmoe said:
Every thread seems to have Kulich penciled into the Sabres lineup next year. Some even hint at Rosen cracking the lineup. Here's some food for thought.
Quinn and Peterka's AHL season before making the big club:
Quinn: 61pt in 45gp
Peterka: 68pt in 70gp
Kulich and Rosen this year:
Kulich: 46pt in 62gp
Rosen: 37pt in 66gp
Peterka (and even Quinn) struggled at times this year coming off a ppg season in ROC. Clearly the latter are a step or two behind being nowhere near ppg.
Given his age, Kulich looks to like he'll be an impact player... Just give him another year to marinate and work on his 200ft game. Next year in the A I could see him putting up Peterka or maybe even Quinn-like numbers.
Rosen in my long standing opinion isn't tracking to be an NHL player of any significance. Even after potentially another year or two of putting on some size and gaining skill, I question whether we'll need more of his style of play in the lineup. I'd be packaging him pretty hard this offseason.
I think rosen is fairly ahead of most of the other wingers drafted around his position - Most are playing in juniors. Having come from a different type of game I would actually say he's adjusted quite well to a narrower patch of ice.
I'm not opposed to trading him, as pieces will have to be moved if you want to bring in any new players through trades.
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On 4/17/2023 at 5:06 PM, PerreaultForever said:
But who's to say Cozens won't be our #1 center next year and so a line with Thompson Cozens would be our #1 line.
I honestly don't think a non playoff team should consider ANY line or pairing as a guarantee for the next season. Anything is possible.
Not wrong there - I just think Thompson is still growing as a center and wouldn't want to move him from his position to accommodate mittelstadt.
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On 4/15/2023 at 8:15 PM, PerreaultForever said:
Depends on who (if anybody) we add in the off season.
When I knocked Krebs a few weeks back a bunch of people told me all about his great vision, hockey IQ, passing ability and so forth so if all of that is true, he's your #3 center with Quinn and Peterka isn't he?
Mitts is now Sabres #1 center (although arguably the top 2 lines are equal) and I really think they will try to keep the two top lines you saw at the end of the year as the season starting lines. That's Skinner-Mitts-Tuch and Thompson-Cozens-Greenway. Line 3 is Peterka-Krebs-Quinn and 4 if they re-sign is Girgensens-Jost-Okposo. If Kulich, Rousek, or somebody else supplants a veteran players will bump up or down that line up as appropriate.
That's what'll happen if he doesn't sign any FA forwards that is. But it might be the way it is. I suspect (fear?) that management may think, well, if we'd had Levi all year we'd be in the playoffs so we're good, just keep drafting and developing internally.
I don't see knocking a healthy thompson off line 1 (he's our best scorer), and out of position (he's our best center). They seemed to do it out of necessity to avoid hits. I like what Mitts was doing there at the end of the year, and he was playing with more confidence for sure. Just not playing with olofsson seemed to help him at times earlier in the year though.
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26 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:
It was a rookie year they were adjusting.
I"ll tell you what dont be surprised when quinn hits 40g and JJ hitting 30.
Those 2 are going to explode next year
Quinn sees the ice a lot better than i thought, and has a pretty nice shot. Good enough skater right now, and
JJP is fast as hell and drives to the net. He needs work on the all-around game, but i can't say i wasn't impressed with him.
This is like... year 1 - of them learning the NHL game. They disappeared for stretches, need to work on conditioning for backskating to help break up some of the easy crap we give up in the high slot. But thats honestly an issue for all 4 lines.
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22 hours ago, sabresouth said:
Exactly. What's the total salary for the team? We could have dished out an extra 3-4 million over Comrie's salary and gotten someone better over the last 2-3 years and we would be in the playoffs now. This is KA's last shot at it. Surely 3-4 million would have been worth being in the playoffs.
For next season, Levi is till a rookie and very young. I'm not sure he can handle the #1 spot right out of the gate for the entire season. I also want no part of UPL or Comrie. They haven't hardly shown they are backup worthy. Get someone to compliment Levi effectively (a1-b1) and even with no other changes to the lineup we make the playoffs. Hopefully there are a couple other upgrades to the roster.
I'm sure goalies were just lining up to play for Buffalo...
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15 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:
I would like to see Levi get the net. The other two have had all year to show us who they are.
I wonder if Tage plays or sits.
As ineffective as he was, i still liked watching him play more than olofsson.
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2 minutes ago, pi2000 said:
Sure they keep hope alive if they win tomorrow.
That said, even if they do win, their chances are still slim... IMO it's not that big of a game.
Their next game is always the biggest.
They're the "in the hunt" team at like 7-8 with 2 games left in the NFL. They need to win both, and some stuff to happen to get there, but its not out of the realm of possibility.
I think winning 7 straight, and 9 straight overall is not going to happen. Pittsburgh winning 5 straight is also very unlikely, especially for a sub .500 team on the road with 3 road games left. Florida's streaky, and the islanders are really dependent on solid goaltending and getting ahead early.
A lot to happen but id say for buffalo to have any semblance of a chance, we need at least 5 wins and probably 11 points - with the Florida one being extra since we're chasing them. Even with all that happening it'd still be very much a long shot.
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I mean it truly is not that hard to back-check. But the 2 on 1s, the turnovers... its just so frustrating to watch. I watch a d-man go pressure a guy at the blue line and its like you are literally surrendering a 2x1. The thing is, they were doing this before too, the goalies were just occasionally making some saves.
The last few games the goaltending has just been absolutely pathetic.
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23 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said:
It really sucks that two years of cap leverage in a covid cap crunch was completely wasted and not used to help the team one ounce
There's a few reasons though...
- Anyone whos worth a DAMN in the NHL has some level of no trade clause. So now you're limited on who you can even get.
- When you know you are going to be bad, why be both expensive and bad?
- Season ticket sales are low
- Single game ticket sales are low - the product was devalued for years that people expect to be able to go to a game for 10-20 dollars
- The balance sheet has been red for years, and they're trying to be at least somewhat profitable.
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1 hour ago, steveoat87 said:
I am relatively new to this but not sure why the Pegulas are so reluctant to spend money on the Sabres, especially since they appear to be showing some positive signs. I am a big Bills fans and certainly don't see any reluctance to spend there.
I thought Terry was a big hockey fan and was dying to buy the Sabres. Even if they have shown a losing past, why not put money into the team to improve it?
Didn't they just extend tage and cozens? Taylor Hall before that
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20 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
Samuelsson has 102 NHL games under his belt.
Dahlin is our most experienced blueliner @ 342 games. Bush is second at 266, Joki 3rd at 260, Bryson 4th at 164, and Stillman 5th at 148. Next is Mattias at 102, followed by Clague (88 games) and Power.
Not exactly a heaping load of experience. Bush is the only one with playoff experience totaling 7 games.
I counted his AHL games as... "pro" but yeah. LOT of minutes for a young group.
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On 3/11/2023 at 12:25 PM, dudacek said:
Dahlin is a true one now, but he certainly wasn’t two years ago.
I said this before, but this board glosses over the flaws of Samuelsson and Power in their slots in a way it does not with Jokiharju and Lyubushkin.
Mule and Owen flash being good 2/3s but they are not yet good, consistent ones.
Power is 20, and a rookie. Muel is 23 with about 150 starts. Their best hockey is likely in front of them. I agree - should not pencil them into spots and limit what you're doing with the roster because you want Muel on the first pairing - etc.
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On 3/17/2023 at 9:26 PM, apuszczalowski said:
Having played Non-Professional Co-Ed Beer league level hockey as a goalie for many years, I can honestly say those kinds of break away type shots are the worst to try and defend. Coming in so slowly like that and up close, you try to wait them out and stay up, but because they are coming in so slow, if you start to make your move and they see it they can just hang on and fake you out. The only ones I hate more are the shots when you fully expect them to shoot high and the plucks just seems like it was glued to the ice and slides in
Just put a big clock on the ice and set a timer. Start it when the player touches the puck. Pucks gotta be in the back of the net by... i dunno 5 seconds?
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3 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
Put him out there for shootouts! He can't be worse than UPL right?
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2 hours ago, Sabel79 said:
Bought tickets to the Cure in Tampa. The well-documented and ongoing Robert Smith vs. Ticketmaster brawl has been entertaining.
Glad they refused to do dynamic pricing, Depeche Mode (good) seats currently in the low to mid four digits, which is a crime. Gonna wait on those to see if they drop. Not holding my breath.
I like Depeche mode but their tickets are insane! they're like the most expensive one out there save maybe taylor swift.
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1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:
I get what you're saying but "borderline" and "legitimate" seem to sort of cancel each other out. He has looked better than he was, but I would say he's a legitimate 5-6 and a borderline 4.
Ideally, I'd like to see a better (solid, stable, reliable and preferably physical) partner for Power who would also allow Power to be a little more offensively aggressive and pair Jokiharju in the 3rd pairing.
I think the challenge is... we need to stop some of the bleeding on PKs. Some of that is cleaned up with better goaltending, but a lot of that is defensemen.
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2 hours ago, Mustache of God said:
START HIM VS BOSTON.
I love the idea of starting a player in his first professional start - against the best team in the league, and one of the best regular season teams ever assembled.
It's like a guaranteed win.
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28 minutes ago, Pimlach said:
Maybe you go Andy tonight and do everything to get the 2 points?
I'm texting anderson every game day morning from here on out...
"how ya feeeeeeelin?"
54 minutes ago, CallawaySabres said:2 points are a must with Bruins on Sunday. I would go UPL tonight with Anderson at home for the Bs.
Gotta have this one. And honestly - they might need to win on sunday.
Well we now know who GMTM was trying to trade all 3 Second Picks in 2014 for.
in The Aud Club
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He's also not very good at Hockey.