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Tkachuk traded to Florida for for Huberdeau, Weegar, Cole Schwindt and a first
signed for 8 years x $9.5
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/flames-trade-star-matthew-tkachuk-to-the-panthers/
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11 minutes ago, SwampD said:
Simple question. Will the Sabres make the playoffs this season? That wouldn’t even mean that they are good, just not bottom half of the league.
I can’t say with any certainty and that’s kinda sad.
Hope is not a strategy.
Sorry I couldn't resist.
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7 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
Was this bad asset management? The kid is close to being an NHLer. AZ, Chi and Mon among others all need cheap depth. Could he have been traded to someone for a late pick where he’d have a better opportunity?
Yes I agree. It doesn't bother me that R2 decided to leave (given his spot on the depth chart) but I agree that he should be able to win a spot on some NHL team or at least on a team with a clearer path to some playing time for him.
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6 hours ago, DarthEbriate said:
I like Levi even more. (And still hope Portillo signs.)
Note -- Levi is just modeling his meditative stance after Qui-Gon, not his entire game. Qui-Gon's game is morally dubious and marked with questionable decisions: placing wagers on a child's family situation (staying with mother, or being forcibly adopted by Qui-Gon), cheating in a
dicechance cube game, promoting children racing in excess of 500 mph, betting on said children, stealing a child from his mother while leaving the mother in slavery, intentionally taking a child into an active battlefield, then abandoning said child on said active battlefield. In summary, keep Qui-Guy away from your children!Here's the passage in full:
"Condon said people always text him wondering what Levi is doing. Most coaches don’t bother to ask, knowing better than to mess with a goalie’s routine. But Levi’s routine is one borne out of his wisdom and molded by his childlike joy. He said it is derived from his and his father’s shared love of “Star Wars”. There is a scene in which Qui Gon is dueling Darth Maul. A force field appears around Qui Gon, and he sits down, closes his eyes, and starts meditating.
“My dad loves that scene and he kind of got me on it and I thought it was pretty cool,” Levi said. “There’s nothing else to do during a TV timeout that will stop the puck in the next shift, so might as well take it as an opportunity to recenter and focus. "
Yeah but Qui Gon gets killed after that scene and Obi Wan has to rush in and finish the job when he gets the chance ..................so I'm assuming that means we do need to sign both Levi and Portillo to complete the Star Wars analogy with Portillo taking over in the Cup final for the Sabres win. 😏
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I chose Mittlestadt and Cozens. Both should be ready to take a real step this season. I hope that the team is blessed with great health this season. It would be nice to see.
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Here's my suggestion. Still see Cozens and Mittelstadt as 2nd line centers and sometime this season we'll see which lines work together. I like Krebs and Cozens together (maybe even switching at center from time to time or game). With what's available right now on the roster I see Peterka pushing Asplund and Hinostroza for playing time.
Skinner Thompson Tuch
Krebs Cozens Quinn
Asplund Mittelstadt Olofsson
Hinostroza Girgensons Okposo
Peterka
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I think Mittelstadt and Cozens fight it out as 2nd line centers 2A / 2B. I like the idea of him playing with Krebs and Quinn or Peterka.
Mittelstadt with Olofsson and Peterka or Quinn.
Hopefully the boys all stay healthy this year. Lots of potential on all the lines.
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Where's Aaron Huglen for the 3 on 3 games? I thought Peca mentioned him during his interview (but the sound was poor for the reporter asking questions). Perhaps he's hurt?
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With all the talk of the Chicago Blackhawks rebuilding isn't the biggest remaining question Seth Jones? They paid a big price to get him (July 2021) and signed him to a long term deal to 2027-28 ($9.5M Cap Hit) with NMC. That's the big contract on the books as both Kane and Toews contracts end after this upcoming season. Jones can't be happy with the latest developments. What a difference a year makes.
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I agree that Levi had the best interview of our 3 college guys aiming to return to school. Levi has well thought out answers, high character young man. Great attitude.
That being said I did not hear anything bad from Ryan Johnson or Erik Portillo's interviews. Maybe they are a bit less polished but I still have hopes for both to sign with the Sabres. From all accounts the Development Camp is going well and they are all getting a chance to see what kind of group they can join and develop with.
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Interesting to look back on the Poll now that Victor Olofsson signed.
The leading vote was 4 years @ $4.5M. Actual 2 years @ $4.75M.
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I'm happy with the signing of Eric Comrie. I hope that he stays healthy and gives us some good games this season. I agree that he has some upside.
With all the talk about analytics being at play with this signing, I do wonder if our analytic guys were on vacation last year when we signed Aaron Dell. 😏
With this signing we are not blocking UPL (because he can come to camp and win a spot). We are not giving UPL a spot (because he needs to beat out Comrie). The combo of Anderson and Comrie will most likely require someone to come up from Rochester to play some games (and I hope that UPL is ready when he gets his chance). We keep a spot for Levi / Portillo because Anderson will be done playing after this season. An opening will be there in Rochester too.
My prediction is Anderson plays for 25 games, Comrie plays for 35 games, UPL plays 19 games, Subban 2 games, and we need to sign Houser to play at least 1 game (emergency call up from the ECHL). Total is 82 games. I think we improve but miss out on the playoffs. Baby steps forward.
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12 hours ago, apuszczalowski said:
ithink this happened in another similar case where a players contract was with one team, but since they were 'retired' they went to work for their old team
Chris Pronger is the one that I remember as being an eye opener from a few years back (link below).
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2226616-why-the-nhl-made-the-wrong-move-by-hiring-chris-pronger
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7 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
Serious question. If you were Johnson would you sign with the Sabres? I’m not sure I would.
Looking at our depth chart of LHD
1) Dahlin (RD/LD)
2) Power
3) Samuelsson
4) Bryson (RD/LD)
It’s possible he will probably beat Bryson out for the 3rd LHD job, but that’s most likely the ceiling in Buffalo unless the Sabres decide to play Power and Dahlin together.
I think he’ll have better opportunities elsewhere. I’d really like to see KA trade him for a RHD in a similar circumstance.
I don't know but here's my thoughts about Ryan Johnson signing with us. Looking at our depth chart I would think that he can eventually beat out Bryson (and no offence to Bryson intended). I would really love to hear a player share his true thoughts (instead of our assumptions) about the pros and cons of signing with a team. First he needs to sign a contract then he needs to win a job in the NHL immediately out of camp to have to worry about who he's beating out on the current roster. It's more likely that he needs to play in the AHL for a season or part of a season before earning a spot in the NHL. Rosters can change quickly for all kinds of reasons (injuries, salary cap, trades, etc.). Predicting any NHL team's roster spot opening is pretty short sighted. He should first focus on making a NHL team and then his play will determine his future. The development camp should give him good exposure to the Sabres improved culture and talent level. If I were him I would have confidence in my abilities and would buy into the vision and want to be a part of the team.
Same goes for Portillo in my opinion. Have confidence in your abilities, be humble, work hard and win your spot.
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57 minutes ago, shrader said:
I’m happy with the 28 year old Subban in that role over 32 year old Tokarski. There’s at least a small amount of potential for growth there, no matter how minuscule it may be.
I'm not surprised at the signing of Subban but I don't agree that he's a better option than Tokarski for Rochester. Tokarski exceeded expectations for sure. It's a good thing too or we would have had to endure more of Dell last season. Tokarski wasn't expected to be the backup last season, he won the job over the competition (Dell and UPL) who were not ready. I wish Toker all the best with his next team (and yes it goes without say that we need an adequate goalie to play with Anderson).
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22 minutes ago, Doohickie said:
tbh I'd rather have Skinner. His commitment to the team and his chemistry with the coaches and players is a known quantity.
He had a good bounce back year last season but I'll check back in 2026. I'm not convinced his contract will age well.
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14 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:
The last two years he played on a very strong Caps team and his sv% was .902 last year and .896 this season. Word out of Washington is he has maturity and attitude issues. No thanks
Anderson was with Washington before coming to the Sabres. He should be able to provide some insight on Samsonov's attitude and character but I agree he has a better name than his stats.
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Patrick Kane had a really good year last season stats wise. 26 G, 66 A, 92 Pts.
He's 33, I wonder if our analytics guys can predict his future production or expected decline? I'm assuming a 2 or 3 year deal would be reasonable to expect him to stay productive.
But I do wonder about having both Kane and Skinner on the team as our two top paid wingers long term. Next season not a problem.
Since we're in fantasy trade land. How about trading for Kane and signing him to a new 3 year deal. No salary retained by Chicago (for next season). But Buffalo sends back Skinner to Chicago retaining $3M of Skinner's salary. So Skinner becomes a $6M player for Chicago. Buffalo gets the better player and a guy with playoff experience in Kane.
The stop is that Skinner would have to agree to the trade because he has a no move clause (NMC) and it's doubtful he would.
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53 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
Ok be honest, Who else had to Google Taylor Lautner
Yes I had to Google him too. I found it funny that Taylor Lautner does look like him and is the same height 5'9".
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24 minutes ago, Taro T said:
He was considered a scrub? Really? He was the best goalie in the 3rd best league in the world for 1/2 a decade. His stats were near the top in every league he ever played in including those NA ones he finally got to play in after the Iron Curtain fell.
That he was considered expendable by the team he was on when that team had a 2nd year goalie who'd set team & league records as a rookie & got the majority of the starts on a run to the Final when there was an expassion draft & teams could only keep 1 goalie did NOT make him a scrub. (Without the expansion draft, Winnipeg isn't desperate to protect Beauregard & Chicago & Buffalo don't work out that deal.)
Muckler being too dumb to realize what he lucked into isn't a knock on Dom either. That's squarely on Muckler and still chafes to this day. What useful pieces could Puppa, Andreychuck, & a 1st turned into that could've helped the Sabres past the Habs rather than another goalie?
Really doubt Subban will be anything more than a tweener/ poor team's backup goalie. Too bad for him because he seems like a really good team guy.
I agree that Promo could have chosen a better example than Hasek to make his point.
I always remember this save by Hasek on Mario in the playoffs, traded to the Sabres in the off season. Unfortunately too many GM's thought he had no style before he got his chance. Absolutely agree on not needing the Fuhr trade for what could have been.
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32 minutes ago, Radar said:
Maybe Husso wanted Detroit and not us. We can't just assume Adams wasn't looking at Husso.
Maybe?
But I was answering your post about free agent goalies "any goalkeeper that would upgrade what we have have not been interested in coming here" . Comparing Detroit and Buffalo we are in a similar state of re-build. I believe we should be better than Detroit next season if we get the goal tending figured out. Husso would have been a good signing.
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42 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
Because goalies, especially, go up and down. You can count on one hand the NHL goalies who are consistently elite. The vast majority get hot then fade and maybe get hot again before fading again. Remember Dominic Hasek was considered a scrub before his trade to Buffalo.
Hopefully Buffalo's analytics and coaching staffs can spot a guy who has the tools and the potential to get hot. Is that Subban?
I thought Subban was a good gamble last year but he didn't look good in the limited time he played before injury (so why re-sign him). I do believe Tokarski is ahead of him in my opinion assuming he'll sign again as an insurance guy.................but still need a goalie vastly better than both for the Sabres to play with Anderson.
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I said this in another thread but I'm not sure why any of us care about Subban. His stats are poor and he doesn't look like he's going to make it in the NHL.
I would rather sign Tokarski again as a player for Rochester and call up for the Sabres along with UPL (because we have had so many injuries in the past 2 seasons).
Still need a viable option for playing 50 games with the Sabres to play with Anderson.
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7 hours ago, Radar said:
In spite of the frustration I think to this point any goalkeeper that would upgrade what we have have not been interested in coming here. That's not our GM's fault. It's probably the past mishandling of the franchise. There are still a few goalies out there that are possibilities.
Detroit just traded for Husso and then gave him a contract despite the fact that they drafted a goalie high in the first round last year in Cossa (so not concerned about blocking just looking to win and improve this year). Last season they traded for Nedeljkovic. We can argue about the quality of those goaltenders but at least GM Yzerman has done a better job than Adams two years in a row improving the goaltender position on a team in a similar spot in the rebuild process.
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Agreed. I always liked Huberdeau so I think Calgary has done okay. Weegar too.