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  1. Jeff Skinner Agrees to waive His NMC for Expansion Draft

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    56 minutes ago, steveoath said:

    Or Beniers 😉

    Or perhaps Rossi. 

    I don’t think that works.

    Skinner can drag down other players with his play style.  Once you pass him the puck, it’s not coming back.  Or if it does, it’s usually an ill timed to placed pass.

    Wennberg has historically been a pass-first player.  And Skinner’s not really dragging him down.

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  2. Jeff Skinner Agrees to waive His NMC for Expansion Draft

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    Skinner reminds me of Geoff Sanderson in a way.  Sanderson played an offensive, transition heavy, shoot first game.  He was at his best with Andrew Cassels, a center who was pass first and also played defense.

    Without a center line Cassels, Sanderson wasn’t that effective.  Lots of effort, but wasn’t great for flow among the five on the ice.  
     

    Skinner plays a more edgy game, but he’s similar in that he’s shoot first, doesn’t help game flow, and is at his best in transition and offensively.  
     

    I’d seriously look into acquiring a player like Wennberg.  He’s got lots of flaws, but if he can be had for a reasonable price, he seems like the pass first, defense conscious center who might get Skinner going.

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  4. Jack Eichel: Trade rumors and speculation

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    1 hour ago, PASabreFan said:

    The 64 gazillion dollar question is — why did Adams start thinking about moving Jack after last season?

    Great question.

    I bet no one calls Edmonton about McDavid without the response being “ not available.”  Just no reason to even listen.

    Adams was clearly listening on Eichel last summer.  I’d think the answer should be the same as it was for McDavid.  But it wasn’t.

    I’d love to know why.

  8. Five things I need to see to validate the Sabres being fully in on analytics

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    Posted this on another site:

     

    There’s a happy medium here. Analytics and visual scouting have to go hand-in-hand. Having worked in a scouting department, there’s plenty analytics can’t determine.

    A player can have elite play driving analytics. But if he’s horrible in the room, a distraction, etc, I don’t want him. And analytics can’t tell you that type of stuff. You need to go see a game, talk to coaches, etc

    Conversely, a player can have intangibles which make Toews look like weak sauce. But if they are getting caved every shift, then they don’t have a place on the team.

    Has to be in balance.

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  12. Terry Pegula wants Owen Power.

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    Hmmm.  Pure speculation, but trying to connect the dots.

    What if the Sabres take Beniers 1st?  And then trade Eichel to Anaheim and get 3OV back?  These reports put Seattle in a weird spot - not that it really effects them.  They could just pick whoever they want.  But it could effect a trade down.

    Reports: the Sabres owner loves Power.  The Sabres have Eklund as the highest rated forward.  Say a team like NJ wants Power, they might now want to trade with Seattle to get him, knowing the Eklund report is likely bunk since the Sabres took Beniers.

    Then the Sabres walk away with Beniers and Eklund as part of the Eichel/Reinhart replacement plan.

    Probably not likely but just some thoughts.

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  13. Stanley Cup Final 2021

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    11 minutes ago, Taro T said:

    Price didn't have his A game.  That therefore, by definition, wasn't the best Moe-ray-all could throw at the Bolts.

    ?

    He got beat once where it was his fault, and that was the misplay on the first goal - and that’s if he even saw it.

    The Coleman goal goes in due to an insane effort.  Price really did t have a chance on that goal.  I just re-watched it on the post game.

    The Palat goal was the defense’s fault.  Price even getting a skate on it was impressive, because he wasn’t even in a stance expecting it.

  16. Terry Pegula wants Owen Power.

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    I’m always skeptical of leaks.

    Dreger today.... where would he hear that?  I’m sure he didn’t get it from Dubas or Burke.  Likely suspect is Bob Murray, trying to drive price down.

    Why the Power, Michigan player leak by Vogl?  Then the Eklund tweet by LL?  Sounds like either deliberate misinformation by the Sabres.  Or Vogl was accurate and LL was putting out counter information.

    Or..... both were from the Sabres.  Why?  Maybe they are shaping teams in the top 5, thinking they’re going to have a second top 5 pick.

    Lots of misinformation going on..... lying season.

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  17. Terry Pegula wants Owen Power.

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    1 hour ago, dudacek said:

    Is anyone else intrigued that a few short weeks after Kevyn Adams telling the world that no one is going to know until the Sabres step up to the mike who the first pick is going to be, we get not one, but two juicy leaks?

    On the same day no less?

    That seem to conflict?

    From what has been an extraordinarily tight ship?

    Reported by Buffalo reporters not known to be insiders?

    Could our rookie GM actually be playing the plant a rumour smokescreen game with the competition as he jockeys to reset his roster while holding the high card in a highly volatile draft and talking trade with a number of teams behind him?

    It’s lying season.

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  18. Terry Pegula wants Owen Power.

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    1 hour ago, Marvin, Sabres Fan said:

    I saw that.  I knew that looked far too familiar.

    As an aside, what if the Sabres drafted Eklund 1st and, say, Beniers 3rd?

    If Terry were the tyrant you claim, then the Bills would have Patrick Mahomes instead of Josh Allen.

    I’d be ok with Beniers and Eklund.  Both are high end talents.

  19. Terry Pegula wants Owen Power.

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    1 hour ago, Buffalonill said:

    Reinhart is looking at cashing in next summer, or this summer if he's traded. He won't sign for more than a year with Buffalo. So he'll be traded.
    - Vogl thinks Reinhart will go to Calgary, Vancouver, or Seattle. Calgary for Monahan might be a good trade for both teams, especially with Reinhart proven as a center.

    - Adams will attempt to trade Ristolainen, but he's been on the block for three years with no takers, so it's not a given he goes. NJ is a possibility and has been for a while.
    -Adams took so long with the head coaching search because he's a new GM, and wanted to talk to as many potential head coaches as he could to gather ideas and perspectives, as well as foster relationships.
    - Expect Adams to add to the scouting staff this summer. He knows he's short.
    - Don't expect a senior VP for hockey operations soon (Rutherford idea).
    - Sabres scouting staff loves the Michigan kids, which is why they are working toward a 2nd high first round pick (Anaheim?).
    - Terry Pegula loves Owen Power
    - The Sabres may trade for a goaltender who can't be protected: Vanecek, Jake Allen, Khudobin (I take all the credit for the Vanecek idea. Vogl's article is from June 23rd, and I said that a long time ago. )
    - Sabres are building around a new youth core (Dahlin, Cozens, Mittelstadt) and the plan is to build around them and add to them as a core.
    - Granato knows his game plan needs to be around a young line-up.
    - Don't expect a new captain right away

    I wrote that on HF Boards!😂

  21. Roster Off-Season Gameplan

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    1 hour ago, sabresparaavida said:

    Yeah, it wasn’t my ACGM, I just thought it was an interesting idea for how to trade Eichel/Reinhart. If KA wanted, he could also unload Fiala for more futures.

    I wonder if GMKA would trade for Rossi.  I don’t think he sees upside in him.

  25. IF the Sabres trade Jack and Sam...

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    I'd move both to the Western Conference, if I could.  Keep the East clear of them.

    Eichel to LA seems to work.  Turcotte would fit in perfectly with the type of team that finished out the season.  Something like Turcotte, Vilardi, Bjornfot, and a 2021 1st.  That's the "4 1sts" Adams reportedly wants for Eichel.

    Reinhart to Vancouver, Calgary, or maybe Seattle post-expansion draft.  See what Seattle picks up.  They won't get anyone as good as Reinhart, for sure, but they might have some nice pieces.

    Projecting, something like Bellows, Kunin, and a 2nd.

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