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  1. On 11/16/2020 at 7:55 PM, LGR4GM said:

    Oh idk about a lot better. Hmm this is hard because I have more info on Cozens than Quinn but they exist on the same level or tier talent wise. I think right now Cozens is better but Quinn is an anomaly in so many ways. 

    Id be curious to hear @chloewoj take

    cozens will be better...just an all round better player in my opinion. goal scoring ability goes to quinn but every other aspect goes to cozens. i could be saying this just because i have watched so much film on cozens and know his game so much better than i know quinn's. cozens will be better but not by a super wide margin though. 

  2. 2 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

    Who's spot will he take... well, he'll take Cozens spot as Cozens becomes a center and the lines get juggled without Staal here. My guess is that means 3rd line rw behind olofsson and Reinhart to start. 

    That's if he makes the team and doesn't go to the AHL first. 

    wouldn't be surprised if they threw him to the big dogs right away and played him with eichel

  3. the second episode was absolutely masterful. we should be kissing the ground that coach walks on because he's the reason taylor hall is a buffalo sabre. that pitch he gave to hall during the conference call gave me chills. so good to see the amount of emotion kevyn adams has. you could just tell that he was so nervous, in a very good way, when he was waiting for the call back from hall's agent. adams eats sleeps and breathes the buffalo sabres. this team is gonna be good. 

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  4. 1 minute ago, Taro T said:

    Belated welcome to the board Chloe.

    Please forgive the following rant.  

    For the love of all that's good and holy, can we PLEASE stop listing Irwin as the 5th RD?!?!?  He's making this squad and is either the 3rd or 4th LD.  He's an LH shot and has played both sides.

    hahaha i didn't change around the positions i just kept it as what capfriendly automatically generates...and i agree with you, he'll most likely be the 4th LD

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  5. 41 minutes ago, JohnC said:

    As you point out by loading up the top 2 lines instead of spreading some of the talent down line you are playing your most prolific players the most minutes. It's been a long time since our second line was deemed to be a credible second line. It seems that it is now. What is most interesting is seeing how Krueger is going to construct the third line? He has some young pieces to work with. Are players like Cozens and Tage ready? I'm hoping that Kahun can be brought back into the fold and added to the mix after he scans the market. 

    cozens and thompson are ready. cozens was far and away one of the most dominant players in the WHL last season with lethbridge and he should be able to translate that into the NHL smoothly. before his injury, thompson was showing glimpses of NHL readiness and he has make significant strides in his game. if kahun can be brought back to the sabres (i really hope he is) then the third line is set. kahun - thompson - cozens. i know many people, including myself, don't love thompson at center because he likes to play the game more forced to the outside and down along the boards but it'll just have to work for now (or until cozens is ready to shift from wing to center). 

  6. 6 minutes ago, Zamboni said:

    Don’t act like ALL teams didn’t have Reinhart as the #1 forward to pick in 2014. Spoiler alert... they did.

    Don’t act like Zadorov is a better all around D man than Risto. Spoiler alert ... he’s not.

    Pysyk has made a nice career for himself. No issue with that pick.

    Most, teams and draft boards had Mitts right where we drafted him. It was absolutely not an off the wall crazy pick by any means. Yes, the Sabres rushed him. And his development has suffered. But that has absolutely nothing to do with the spot he was drafted at.

    my biggest problem with the mittelstadt pick is that the sabres watched him fail miserably at the combine. they watched his no pull up performance and they knew he finished in the bottom for virtually every test but they still selected him. makes no sense to me. 

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  7. 1 minute ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

    You forgot they should have taken Draisaitl over Reinhart.

    hahaha i said "drai and pasta were still on the board" but you're right...reinhart may be a solid player that has been beyond consistent for the sabres but he's just another draft miss by this sad team 

  8. lets review the past 10 years of sabres first round draft picks

    2010: mark pysyk (125 games played with the sabres , out of the organization now)

    2011: joel armia (1 game played with the sabres , out of the organization now)

    2012: mikhail grigorenko (68 games played with the sabres , out of the organization) / zemgus girgensons (still in the org but never lived up to the hype and never will)

    2013: rasmus ristolainen (most of us hate him and want him gone asap) / nikita zadorov (67 games played with the sabres , out of the organization)

    2014: sam reinhart (drai and pasta still on the board)

    2015: jack eichel (perfect but obvious pick)

    2016: alex nylander (19 games played for the sabres , out of the organization)

    2017: casey mittelstadt (so close to having the bust tag put on him)

    2018: rasmus dahlin (perfect but obvious choice)

    2019: dylan cozens (perfect pick) / ryan johnson (so many other players on the board still that were so much better)

    2020: jack quinn (marco rossi was still on the board)

     

    there is something SERIOUSLY wrong with this team and drafting. 

  9. 1 hour ago, Thorny said:

    Welcome new poster!

    I've read it suggested that, if Cozens shows himself capable of playing wing man to Skinner and Staal, that maybe we could run a balanced set up where Reinhart plays RW on the third line with Eakin and Thompson - two players who may very much be in need of the help - but yet two players potentially better than the last two, the last time Sam was asked to carry a line.

    Thoughts? I'm more a fan of loading up the top 6, but it's not unheard of Cozens that could be ready, and Sam on the third line would be a matchup nightmare for other teams. Just thought it an interesting idea, like others have said I totally agree with you that Sam can drive a line.

    i'm 100% a fan of loading up the top 6...i love the idea of putting out 2 lines loaded up with big dogs and giving them big minutes so there's a constant scoring threat on the ice. then again, adding reinhart to the third line could transform this roster from 2 solid lines to 3 solid lines (and honestly it could be 4 solid lines if the 4th line continues to dominate). both are very good options for the sabres. if i had to speculate on what krueger will do though, i would have to say loading up on the top 6.

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  10. 15 minutes ago, JohnC said:

    Excellent point! As you made clear whether he is playing on the first line with Jack or the second line with another composition he is enhancing the line he is on. I don't consider him as a player capable of driving one of the top two lines but what he does do is brings cohesion to the line he is playing on. And that attribute in itself is a valuable asset. 

    most people would disagree with this but i feel like sam could drive his own line. the sabres just need to give him a chance to do so. people feel like he can't because he has been sheltered by eichel for pretty much his entire career and we really haven't seen him away from jack. sam has the skills to drive his own line. he knows how to generate plays off the rush, he has the passing ability that can set players up, and he knows how to finish. if you put sam at center and gave him two solid wingers (olofsson, cozens, skinner, etc) he would be able to drive that line to high point production. 

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  11. 24 minutes ago, I-90 W said:

    We have to do something in net. I can realistically see MAF getting us 30 wins the next two seasons. We haven’t had that from a goalie since who, Miller? It would be easier to replace Sam’s point output IMO.

    Goaltending is the pressing need. Might be time to say goodbye to Sam anyhow. We can’t keep banking on him taking bridge deals. 

    kelly mccrimmon has made it very clear that MAF is not being traded 

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  12. 10 hours ago, sweetlou said:

    Given the circumstances of this off season, KA should tell Sam we are going to give you one year at $5.5 AAV.  See where he fits in when the team has other talented players. 

    Either trade him next off season or sign him to a longer contract.  

    it doesn't matter how many good players kevyn adams brings in, sam reinhart will always fit in with the top 6. sam will always play with the most talented players on the team (eichel, skinner, ror, etc). if sam doesn't play with eichel and hall next year then he'll play with skinner and staal. sam will basically fit in the same way he fit in last year even though this year's team will have more talented players. 

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  13. this is the question you have to ask yourself...do you want a feel good moment or a playoff caliber team?? i think everyone is going to choose a playoff caliber team. ryan miller would only provide a feel good moment for sabres fans, he's not the goalie that will help linus ullmark and the rest of the team get to the playoffs. you wanna bring in a goalie that will make them a playoff team? antti raanta should be that guy. 

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