Flashsabre

Seattle and Coyotes tied in the 3rd. Could Arizona get it’s first win of the season? Poor Johan, goes from years of losing in Buffalo to the dumpster fire of the West. Hopefully he gets traded at the deadline to a playoff team.

Rosen and Kisakov were similar picks. Electric skating/skills but are longer term pay offs because they have to put on man weight and strength.

Just listened to the latest After the Whistle podcast with Peters, Rivet and Friedman talking about the Jack Eichel deal. Worth the listen but this quote from Craig Rivet stood out like a sore thumb: "He was a hart candidate on the ice and the exact opposite off the ice. The way he treated people around the rink, in the dressing room, and around the city wasn't a positive thing." That's pretty damning from Craig Rivet. I think we have known all along but Rivet is dialed right in. Peters followed up and said that Eichel said that if he had the surgery he would come back and play for the Sabres to drive up his price but they didn’t want him anywhere near the dressing room.

They don’t have a ton of talent. Mitts, Joker, Olafsson, Tuch being out hurts. That is their top line and top pairing D (yes I know Tuch hasn’t played yet.) My biggest takeaway is that Asplund and Tage are turning into real productive NHL players, guys that will be helpful when the young talent arrives. I don’ t expect a ton this year but getting those injured guys back will be important. If Mitts can come back and continue how he finished last year then having Mitts, Tage and Asplund develop will be big.

Constantini is Coming on strong at ND. A lot of the prospects are off to really good starts which is nice with it looking like another long year in Buffalo.

My God his name is even longer!😀 Apparently a 6’4 centre with a terrific motor all over the ice. 18 points in 15 junior games in Sweden.

Von Barenkow seems to be racking up points. Any one got info on what kind of player he is?

I broke down and got the AHL TV deal. I thought UPL was solid I love Krebs compete/grit/throwing his body into players. He is a player Sabres fans will love. Awesome that Peca is going to mentor him. How Malone missed that I will never know Hope Quinn is OK. What a ridiculous play by Fitzgerald there

This team just doesn’t have enough talent. I mean Tage is driving the bus offensively. They are not going to rush the young guys. I would say development year. They aren’t trying to lose but they aren’t going to do anything for a short term solution. They want to properly develop the young kids a way from the NHL.

Is Nelson that talented? 5’8 dmen don’t usually go first round. The Sabres are going to get plenty of views of Jack Hughes playing with Levi.

I can’t read the article. Stick out how, as a target, overrated, underrated? I like his offensive game, great creativity and wheels. Gives me some Briere vibes. My only concern is he has taken two massive hits alread in his young career, he has to find a way to be more aware and avoid those.

We look lottery bound again. If we snag one of the top C prospects then we will be in good shape. Actually C, C, RHD would be a good 1st round haul to set this team up.

I mean the only time this team is creating any offense is when Tage is on the ice. Take that in for a moment. When Mitts and Olofsson get back I think Cozens should go to Rochester. Let him get some confidence. Rumors of the Sabres being out of the Shane Wright sweepstakes we’re greatly exaggerated.

It was thought up by an assistant GM. It doesn’t mean anything, it was just a fun read.

https://hockeybuzz.com/blog/Eklund/Kevin-Thursdays-25-thoughts-What-an-algorithm-says-about-Eichel-deal/1/114381 Algorithm says Sabres won the deal😜😁

Tuch was always stuck behind the big guns in Vegas. A motivated Tuch leading his hometown team with top line minutes and big PP time should be exciting to watch.

This isn’t football, you can’t rework deals. The cap hit is $6 million but the actual money owed is l think $1.2 million and part is covered by insurance so Buffalo is only paying like $500,000. This gives the leeway. Say a team called and wanted Colin Miller and offer a prospect or pick the Sabres liked. Miller makes about $3.3 million I believe. Before they would have to take on money or find it somewhere to stay above the floor and be compliant. Now they could move Miller and not worry about the cap floor. It gives them more flexibility to make deals.

The NRD guy said all the rumours in the summer were coming straight from Fish to insiders. Once Brisson took over all the info stopped being passed along.

https://thechargingbuffalo.net/2021/11/04/goodbye-jack/ Nice article on the deal with some good video of Krebs in the AHL.

Average skater? Yikes Pronman

Could you imagine if Vegas announced they don’t approve of ADR?🤣

What a breath of fresh air to hear that from this team. And please Peterka Krebs Quinn!!!

I didn’t mean Jack individually, I meant there were characters issues in that room that he identified and he has made moves to change the culture. Overall talent and coaching has always been the problem and I am hoping that they have figured that out with Granato and all the young pieces and picks coming into the lineup.

Nobody needs to dump on Eichel. He was a world class talent but it didn’t work here. A lot of it was out of his control but I think behind closed doors he had a hand in this mess too. Let him move on. The NHL is a better place with a healthy Eichel playing. I like the return and I like the way this team is being built.

https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1456251443153940490?s=20 Dreger reporting Tuch could be good to go in about a month.