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  1. I believe Jack is going to start hot and then cool mid season as teams switch their focus to him (kind of like what happened in the AHL playoffs).  I, personally, believe he's going to eventually be a ppg player in the NHL, but first he is going to need to figure out how to handle the increased physicality.  Hopefully it's a non-issue and he already has learned from last year's AHL playoffs. 

    In terms of point production, I'm going to guess about 50-60 points with a bunch of those points coming from the power play (assuming he stays healthy).  I think he's going to be pretty far in the negative in terms of +/-, but will definitely be a force offensively this first season. 

    edit:  after looking at the poll options and seeing a few rookie of the year comments, I just wanted to say I don't think that is a crazy thing to think.  If he has already learned from his lumps in the AHL playoffs, rookie of the year is definitely in play

  2. Just now, Curt said:

    Players don’t really enter into the NHL draft.  They just become eligible to be selected based on their age and teams pick them if they choose to.

    I don’t believe that they have to actually apply/register for the draft like prospects do for the NBA/NFL drafts.

    Ah, that is interesting.  Thanks for that.  Learn something new every time I come here, cheers 👍

    So, as for the draft process, only prospects that are interested in going to the NHL make themselves eligible for things like the combine?  I'm guessing that inactivity with some of these pre-draft activities is one flag that teams look at to determine who may not want to leave their country?  Although in his case, I'm not sure the combine was held the year he was drafted.

    Did Novikov verbally indicate at some point that he wasn't really interested in the NHL?  

  3. 6 hours ago, Brawndo said:

    The earliest the Sabres Can sign Poltapov is for the 2025-26 Season. 
     

    Neuchev is on record saying that He wants to come to the NHL, He would be eligible to sign next offseason. 
     

    Novikov will be an interesting case. He is eligible to be signed next offseason, but he dropped on Teams Draft Boards as there was concern whether He would actually leave the KHL. Perhaps Lubushkin can help with that. 
     

    The Geopolitical Realities of the world might be the biggest barrier though.

     

     

    Been curious about this fellow since I saw that he played significant minutes in the KHL this past season.  What exactly is the reasoning that led to teams concluding this?  If you have no intention to go the NHL, why enter into the draft?  I feel like I am missing some piece of information here.

  4. I think the Sabre's success this season is likely going to hinge upon how well Comrie plays.  If he plays good, there's a chance at the playoffs.  If he doesn't, well we are probably headed back to the lottery.  Here's hoping for the former and not the latter!  It would appear he has been pretty good the last few seasons in spot duty, so I think there is a fair chance that he looks more like an NHL starter than not. 

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  5. 9 hours ago, Zamboni said:

    Started watching Outer Range starring  Josh Brolin. Two episodes in. Good so far. I have questions galore that I hope get answered in the rest of the episodes 😂

    I finished the entire first season of Outer Range.  I remember coming to the end of the first season and being disappointed with the lack of answers.  There are definitely some answers that are provided, but not as much as I expected.  In the end, I felt like they created more questions than there originally were (there were a lot).  That being said, I really liked the feel of the show and will probably watch season 2 despite it feeling overly "wacky" at times.

     

     

  6. I'd consider myself a casual fan.  I have played for a pretty long time and actually still play in a men's league.  With that being said, there's not much soccer that gets me excited.  I enjoy watching the world cup, will occasionally watch the games like the UEFA champions league finals etc, and infrequently watch the USMNT.  The EPL and all the other leagues like that (la liga, bundesliga, etc) are just too much and it is somewhat hard to follow from the US.

  7. I see a lot of people are down on Quinn after the AHL playoffs.  However, I would be really surprised if Quinn returns to the Amerks next year.  I know he had a rough end of the year, but we're talking about a guy that was the AHL rookie of the year.  The guy can score and probably will be given the chance next year 

  8. 1 hour ago, NJhopelessSabresfan66 said:

    Part of this leaves a bad taste. Is it he just does not want to play for the Amerks now that he got a long taste of the NHL or is he really hurt? He would definitely have helped all of these games.

    As someone that was there, I agree.  It was tough to watch and it felt like a punch to the gut. 

    It's also important to keep perspective though.  We're talking about a bunch of 20ish year old Amerks leading a professional team against a 1st place Comets team filled with both physically developed AHL vets and some younger talent sprinkled in as well.  The Amerks have already advanced past the first round and were a game away from eliminating the Comets.  They still have one more game vs the Comets to try to close out the series.  No matter the final result of game 5, the young Amerks players have shown a ton

  9. Rough game to watch.  Amerks were down a goal before we even got to our seats (granted we were about 10 minutes late).  Was just a poor effort all around.  They were outplayed in every facet of the game.  Ended up leaving before the score was final.  It was 4-0 with ~10 minutes left in the third.  

    Going to need a better effort if they plan on winning in Utica on Thurs

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  10. 42 minutes ago, inkman said:

    you should be going, but I digress

    I am going!  Up in the "nosebleeds" in 226.  Let's go Amerks, close it out.  Pretty pumped for this game. 

    Have we actually seen Matthias on the Amerks yet in the playoffs?

    Just now, freester said:

    Is this game televised? ESPN PLUS?

    You can get it on the AHL's website (AHLtv or something like that).  You can pay for all games in one night or the entire playoffs.  I don't believe it's on ESPN+

  11. 2 hours ago, pastajoe said:

    Glad that’s over. I didn’t think they’d win game 3.

    I don’t give them much of a chance vs Utica, but at least they’ll get playoff experience.

    Thanks for the updates sir.  Was checking in here every 15 minutes or so to see what was happening!

    Likely going to try hit up one of the two games vs Utica in Rochester (15th or 17th).  If Quinn starts rolling and we get Matthias back, I like their chances of advancing vs Utica.  Tough team though, they dropped a few to them this year.  

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  12. On 4/12/2022 at 1:24 PM, inkman said:

    How are we to pronounce your handle?  As of now, I’m going with See-Teeth until I hear otherwise.  😁

    Not the first time I have been asked that!  Adopted the name from a character in a book.  It's actually pronounced kuh-thay according to the author.  

    Anyways, was excited to see Power not look over matched in his first game.  Good things ahead for our young defenseman!

     

     

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