RochesterExpat
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29 minutes ago, inkman said:
Doesn’t this org have enough soft skill players? I guess you could jump start the rebuild and ship out Savoie / Kulich. I want to bring in guys like Goodrow, Hathaway, Jeannout, Bennet, etc. ***** that drive other teams nuts. Not more soft players that are victims to those players ice.
Frankly, we need to bring in both types of players. We proved we have a lack of depth in scoring this year between injuries and slumps. We have four roster spots open next year as of right now: Mitts, VO, Girgs, and KO. Two of those need to be players who are relentless after pucks. The third needs to be able to score (ideally that third guy can play the 3C role at a more appropriate cap hit so we can replace Mittelstadt and not have to slot Krebs in there). The fourth should be a capable finisher as well (in my opinion) because the loss of Quinn really impacted this roster.
Funny enough, from your post, Kulich is more of a dual threat (he actually goes to the boards) and he had his second ELC slide this year, so we get him for three years on his ELC starting next season. From a cap standpoint, he's worth keeping. It's the Rosen and Savoie players we should be moving. Even Östlund who I would give preference to keeping over both Rosen and Savoie should be on the block.
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We've managed to lower the average age even further at this trade deadline and bring in two more left shot Defensemen. I'd say it's a success.
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6 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
You can ask for the world, that doesn't mean you'll get it. I would give them 3 good assets for him, such as our 1 in 2024, Rosen or Savoie and Ryan Johnson.
I agree with the first part, but Montreal media got excited a few weeks back at the possibility after it was leaked they inquired about him. The supposed offer beats that by a bit. But, again, rumor mill is about as trustworthy as a politician.
5 minutes ago, Mr. Allen said:Ah. Gen Z. But whatever. He’s soft. Just wants to score goals. I’m currently hoping we get rid of a player like that in skinner.
Gen Z is soft because Millennials won too many trophies as kids because Generation X grew up after WW2 and never understood what it means to actually struggle in life. Or is that too much generalizing?
For the record, the aforementioned Skinner is not Gen Z--he's a millennial. As is Olofsson and six others. As one would expect, notoriously soft player, Jordan Greenway, is Gen Z.
Also, the biggest issue for Buffalo right now is scoring goals. It's why I think @GASabresIUFAN is on the right track with his keyboard GM thinking, even if I disagree in this particular instance. Players like Zegras are important pieces. Reality is, Buffalo needs to add both more players who drive to the net (the Greenway type) with players who are capable finishers and top tier playmakers (the Zegras type). The Sabres have tons of talent, but it's too concentrated. They need players who can step up when some players slump or are injured. We can't fill Jack Quinn's spot with Jordan Greenway and we can't fill Jordan Greenway's sport with Victor Olofsson. It's about depth and balance (sorry, been watching too much Food Network).
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6 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
He'll be 23 in may and has two 60 pt plus seasons already under his belt. He would be an upgrade over Mitts at a locked in cheaper price.
He's 23 in March. Not that it matters.
Why would the Ducks want to trade him? If you were the Anaheim GM, you are looking at yet another rebuild and he's not out of the age band for being a key piece in that. I haven't heard that he is asking for a trade either. That suggests to me that Anaheim is only hearing offers because they think they're selling high.
That leads me to the next point: the asking price. Have you seen the supposed ask? It's insane. There's no way he's worth 2 1st round picks, a 'top' prospect, and a 'young NHL player' in return.
I like the idea on paper, but I don't like the idea when everything is taken into consideration. I'd rather take a flyer on the far less expensive Kaapo Kakko than give up a bunch of assets on Zegras. I realize we're asset strong, but we shouldn't spend them all on one player unless he's a bona fide gamebreaker--and Zegras isn't.
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1 hour ago, Shoot da Puck said:
The guy basically know nothing about Granoto's defense.
In fairness, neither does Granato.
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15 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:
It all makes sense now
You said you wanted to see Buffalo bring in someone with experience. It says a lot when they apparently found leadership and experience come in a 22 year old.
And what that that says isn’t a positive for the management.
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Hang the banner!
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14 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:
I wish they would have traded for a Vet defenseman for this Casey deal
In fairness, of the current 25 man roster in Buffalo, Bowen Byram is 4th on the team in playoff experience.
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Just now, Crusader1969 said:
Interesting that they will pair Byram and Dahlin
Hopefully they have chemistry. Will be a fun duo
One of Samuelsson or Joker has to be on way out.
what's better
Power - Samuelsson
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Power - Jokiharju???
Well Joki had a breakout year and finally looks like a top 4 D (in my opinion) so it’s probably him going out. Sammy was injured and regressed. Makes sense to keep him.
How is my GMKA impression?
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On 2/27/2024 at 2:12 PM, Buffalonill said:
I would move any prospect some get to Attached to these kids Half these guys just end up Average players or nothing
Hell matthew savoie could just be another peyton Krebs
I'd move Savoie for an average player, frankly. He's not helping the Sabres right now and I'm not even convinced he'll hit the same number of NHL games played that Krebs will. I don't think his game will translate to the NHL. I'd love to be wrong, but I just don't see it.
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30 minutes ago, thewookie1 said:
No thank you.
Tremendous player but his future contract in addition to the cost to acquire makes its a non-starter.
This whole contract saga with Vancouver doesn't exactly sit right with me; he demanded they try to win this year and Vancouver has practically moved heaven and earth to achieve an incredible record this season. And yet with a supposed 12 mil contract on the table he still refuses to sign it. To me that either strikes me as him being selfish and not a team player or someone with unrealistic expectations.
He was asked in the off-season if he was going to sign a new contract and he stated he would not sign a contract during the season (which was interpreted as him wanting to see the team produce results, but could just be personal for him for whatever reason). It's possible he declined the reported offer out of principle? We don't know what's going through his head and a lot of the media tends to paint things as more dramatic than they really are. The latter is the real issue. We don't know what's really running through his head.
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Just now, inkman said:
I don’t think Casey has the rep outside of Buffalo he has here (budding star player). What’s he to the rest of the league? A 60 point guy? Maybe he has enough of a resume to be the centerpiece. I’d think it would have to be Tage, Dylan, Rasmus or Owen.
In my eyes Casey is the forward going back to Vancouver who can play in the lineup and the centerpiece has to be Power (1OA pedigree, etc). Add to it the Vancouver contract situation next season with their defense basically all on expiring contracts (except Hughes--Hronek is an RFA) and it makes sense.
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They're not going to move him during a contending season. Rutherford even said they weren't making anymore "big" trades when the team is playing well. If he gets traded, it's either during the draft or whenever qualifying offers are due before the 7/1 date when teams could theoretically (they won't) offer sheet.
If he really did decline an 8 year / $96m offer, two of Tage, Cozens, Mitts, Sammy, or Power need to be going to Vancouver. Not to mention whatever other picks/prospects it's going to take.
I like Pettersson and I think he would be a franchise changing trade, but I'm not sure adding a $12+m / yr player is really worth it considering the percentage of cap allocation. I don't know. That's a difficult one.
Pettersson is lethal on the power play, but if you trade Tage for him, we'll run into the same one-trick pony power play we currently have. Cozens and Mitts going to Vancouver destroys the center depth. A forward and a D makes sense to me--especially since five of seven active D contracts on the Canucks expire at the end of this season--but we're already weak on defensive depth. So now you're going to need to game plan for the free agency or find another trade.
Eh. It's a fun thought experiment, but it'll never happen.
Pettersson + Pettersson for Mittelstadt + Power + Rosen + 2025 2nd.
EDIT: Maybe they'll throw in Josh Bloom so the people who were upset we traded him for Stillman can find peace.
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21 minutes ago, ExWNYer said:
I did but now it's covered in soy sauce and oil. Thanks for that.
It needs siracha for the added magic.
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I found out because I got an automated text message from my Sheriff's office this morning letting me know they're aware that AT&T is having an outage.
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31 minutes ago, Believer said:
Hmm… Was under the impression UPL has a rigorous off season program… Seem to recall reading or hearing it earlier this season.
You may be thinking of last season. Going back to the 2022-23 offseason, UPL trained in Finland with KHL coaches and that was considered rigorous, but it was also his first off-season in like 3 years where he wasn't recovering from an injury.
This season he did not enter camp prepared. That was an observation made by numerous people including Marty.
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On 2/20/2024 at 12:42 PM, GASabresIUFAN said:
There are positives that bode well for the future.
1. UPL - This is the biggest shock. I honestly thought he was going to play himself out of the NHL and back to Europe. Outside of yesterday, he has looked like a completely different goalie. If Adams says he saw this coming he’s not telling the truth. If Marty Biron, a good NHL goalie and a very good analyst, didn’t see this coming, no way Adams did.
The UPL development has allowed Levi to develop properly in Rochester and turned goaltending from a weakness to a strength.
I don't want to rain on the parade, but UPL was the bottom of three goalies on the depth chart at the start of the season. He came in unprepared from the offseason. He was not ready. This isn't revisionist view or some kind of "hot take" on what transpired. Marty himself noted that UPL looked unprepared during camp and preseason. He did not play well until a third of the way through this season.
What's to say this isn't the same situation next season? I don't question UPL's talent. I question whether he has a professional mindset.
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7 hours ago, DarthEbriate said:
And Vancouver will add some patchwork/depth pieces at the deadline, too.
This is the best sign you, as a GM, did your job well. You’re a contender and we’re not sitting here saying what obvious needs you need to fill at the deadline.
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7 minutes ago, Believer said:
With help from his teammates.
It's a team sport after all.
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UPL regressing to the mean.
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37 minutes ago, Weave said:
I’m ok with the story dying out. It happened. It stopped happening. Fans reacted. Lets move on.
Yeah, we should let this story die out. Just like the stories about the misspelled alumni names or wearing Chinese knock-off jerseys. Or the stories about coaches not working players during practice. Stories about players in the locker room not preparing during the offseason or doing any kind of pregame warm up.
No one is held accountable in this organization from Terry Pegula down.
From this team's entry into the NHL in 1970 until 2011, the team missed the playoffs a total of 11 times. This is going to be the 13th consecutive season the team has missed the playoffs. Those are the 13 full seasons since Pegula became the owner. The same owner who said the Sabres "reason for existence will be to win the Stanley Cup."
It's been 13 years and the Sabres haven't even come close to sniffing at a cup. The only consolation is that we missed the playoffs by one point last year. Not some 'we dropped game 7 of a hard fought playoff series.' Not some 'our star player was hurt in the conference finals and the team just couldn't pull it together without him.' Just a simple: 'look at how close to squeaking into the playoffs we were!'
***** that. If no one is going to hold the organization accountable, let the few hundred (at the most) fans who were chanting to fire the coach do it. If the players want to skirt accountability that bad by rallying around a coach who can't figure out how to fix a power play or get his players motivated to play the first 20 minutes of the game every night, then ***** the players too. The players should want to win more than anything else. If they think the issue is the fans and not the coaching or their own attitudes, ***** them.
But most of all, ***** Terry Pegula and the absolute embarrassment of a sports franchise that he created. How someone can own a business and not hold those under him accountable is beyond me. Especially not when it's as simple as a sports franchise where you have one clear goal: winning. These are the people who represent him. We should be concerned that Pegula is apparently comfortable with this being his representation.
Thirteen years. 965 games and counting. Not a single playoff game. Just a decade of incompetence and embarrassment.
Thirteen years with no accountability.
So, yeah, we should let bygones be bygones and permit this story to die out too. Just like all the others. I'm sure the Buffalo Media will happily let it die and then we'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming of Brian 'Baghdad Bob' Duffer telling us how great he is for quitting twitter and how young and talented the team is.
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You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nhl/news/the-leafs-didnt-salute-their-fans-last-night-so-thats-a-thing-now
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2 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:
Why do they like Donny so much anyway?
Because he doesn’t yell at them enough.
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Vasilevsky has let in 9 tonight so far.
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Is the Sabres biggest issue upfront the lack of an elite forward?
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I hate the term grit, but Buffalo does need to add players who are more aggressive pursuing pucks. They switched from a transition team to a dump and chase team and have the lowest successful puck retrieval rate in the entire league. You can't play dump and chase hockey if no one chases.
Vegas made it to the Cup Final the first year off of offensive depth, exceptional defense, and exceptional goaltending. During the playoffs, MAF was the gamebreaker for that team. I guess one could argue they didn't win the cup, but they still made it further than the majority of the teams on your list.