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11 hours ago, Pimlach said:
At the time the Sabres signed Ryan Johnson, Owen Power had 8 NHL games and Byram was not on the team.
Does that matter, or did you look two seasons ahead for this insightful analysis?
Analysis of players we have is obviously as of today.
Wishing we took draft pick was obviously for back when we signed him.
Quite a leap you took there...
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Should have spent year in Rochester. Nothing was shown by him in his callup to think he will be anything but league average defenseman. As we have Dahlin, Byrum and Power, there is no room for a non physical average defender. We need aggression and defense from the other three defenders.
Still wish we would have taken draft pick instead of signing him. He does nothing above average and is deficient as defensive player and lacks physicality.
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was at golf outing where harry neal was speaking. Talked about whenever he crossed border into Canada he had to buy alcohol for Cole at duty free. Believe it was whisky.
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15 hours ago, Alaska John said:
I keep thinking guys Benson's size can't hold up in the NHL. But I just realized Benson (5' 10") is taller than Marchand (5' 9")!
I hate Marchand but I'd love him if he was on the Sabres. He's a pest like Kaleta but has much better skills. And other teams just hate playing against him, and they throw their defensive plans out the window to try to stop him. (I watched the Bruins-Leafs game last night, and Marchand was simply the best player on the ice, better than any of the Leafs. Geez I hate typing that...)
Anyway if someone can convince Benson to find and channel his inner Marchand, that would be great.
comparison with Marchand are tenious except for size. He is not nearly the skater MArchand is. we can hope but....
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19 hours ago, K-9 said:
Might want to review all the game videos because Benson won far more puck battles than he lost this season. He knows how to leverage his stature against bigger opponents and he did that routinely along the boards, the few times he was knocked on his butt notwithstanding.
And the ones he lost were not for lack of compete which is awesome. He is tenacious on the puck.
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I think Benson is a middle six guy for ceiling with best case being second line. His skating is what keeps him from being top line guy. He is a tenacious forechecker that will only get better as he get more years in. Great awareness for a young player. Definately plays how the team should play vs how they play now. Works hard every shift. His weaknesses, outside of skating seem to be experienced/coaching based. Where to be in own zone. Backchecking to wrong place. Being 18 and playing against men lol.
Excited to watch him develop.
When we rank guys on potential it is not where they fit in on Sabres. The best players in the league are the top line guys. Mcdavid, Mathews, Crosby, Mackinon, Panarin, Barkov, Kucherov, Point etc... His potential of being a second line guy is great. Especially at number 13 pick
Sabres have exactly one top player like that on the team in Dahlin.
Sorry if this is stream of consciousness, but I stayed up hours past bed time to watch bills trade back. Woke my wife up with a maniacal laugh when I saw we traded out of 32....
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3x3.5M (1.17M AAV) for a guy who was not in the league till mid year?
I am 52 and out of shape, Can i get 3 for 1.75?
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4 hours ago, SDS said:
Why would you hear this? Who is the person who’s going to divulge this to the media? Kyle? The player he’s talking to?
IT always filters out that so and sao was approached by a team leader. Either because other players are happy it happened or the player who was approached complains about it.
31 minutes ago, Cranky old man said:
Availability is this kid’s downfall. I would not oppose packaging him with a draft pick for an established, reliable player or two. Find a deal Kev.I do wonder how much was coaching. HE needs a ton of coaching to meet his potential
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5 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
The Sabres value increased 5X since Terry bought them.
if they stay in buffalo, there is no way they have appreciated that much. Market is too small... If sold for a higher multiple it is to move them and avoid the franchise fee. They are not worth close to a billion in our market.
Pittsburgh sold for 900 million, and a good chunk of that was the real estate around the new and old rinks. Fenway group was going to walk away without that included.
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16 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
My issue with all of these, they are focused on Granato. "We didn't play well enough for Granato to keep his job. Donny would still be here if we were better" and that isn't the f-ing point. The Sabres missed the playoffs, again. They weren't good enough to make it to the playoffs again. Donny is collateral damage and the fact the players only could focus on that shows their lack of maturity IMPO. That coupled with the idea they all seem to have assumed Granato would just be back next year is interesting.
Only other thing I will say is there was clearly a team meeting of some kind after Granato was let go in which "it is on us" "gotta practice the right way" and "next head coach needs experience" were the talking points because they all spewed the same thing. I am not saying they don't necessarily think or believe it but it was a little too uniform.
They should have made the playoffs. Poor coaching account for more than the difference in us missing out. If we had an average power play we would have made playoffs. Never won 4 games in a row. Woefully unprepared most nights. Each night in NHL you prepare for your opponent. What matchups will work and which will not. What to Watch for in their breakout, in your d zone etc... We were not doing that. If you watched closely at home, granato would not utilize last change. He would change at same time or before the other team. Idiocy. At least make it seem like you are concerned with other team and matchups.
Other teams were prepared for us. Forecheck hard because as soon as d gets possession sabres forwards leave the zone. pressure d into bad pass and watch for d to d behind the net. If you are carrying puck from neutral zone hold it as any backchecking is occurring they go to wrong player and the D will back up into the goalie before they will step up.
Other teams easily pushed us around and when that happened team disappeared. There was one game I think against Pittsburgh where we started off great and had a lead. Pittsburgh started getting involved after whistle and pushing sabres around. Game was over then. We wilted.
Can we please put to bed the idea Okposo was some great leader? He has barely seen the playoffs in his career. He was a mediocre player his entire run in buffalo. You never heard anything about him taking players aside and letting them know play was unacceptable.
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10 hours ago, Doohickie said:
And I'm not saying he's the next captain or anything. I just thought what he said was interesting.
I mean everyone's busting on the team because other players said they need to be pushed harder. Now Muel says, no, we need to do it for ourselves and when I post it I get panned for it.
Some days you just can't win.
the evidence says otherwise.
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there is no question Pegula wants to sell the Sabres. Rink falling apart, minimized expenses at every level, broke apart integration with Bills, complained to multiple sources how he lost 300 million the first ten years he owned Sabres, shows little interest in team, hires unqualified people etc...
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8 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Doesn't matter because it isn't happening. Peca fits almost none of the criteria that Adams laid out at his press conference.
Dont crush my dream that fast!!!!!!!!
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what a lot of us were saying for Granato era. Players need to be held accountable by coaches and teammates. That is pro sports. Once people are not held accountable things go downhill.
It is not even making specific mistakes specifically. It is finishing checks, forechecking hard, playing responsible defense etc...
Rewarding players that do that is also part of accountability.
I have, what i think, is an irrational desire to have peca as next coach. Combine him with solid NHL veteran asst coaches.
Am I crazy for thinking that? I concede i am in general crazy 🙂
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20 minutes ago, Weave said:
This is somewhat revisionist. Ruff was the coach during the Miller - Lucic incident and the “fragile little children” comments by Miller. Ruff is not a panacea.
You nailed it. Ruff is not a great coach. He is average coach. Always struggled with in game management and match ups. He will always be overrated due to Hasek.
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1 hour ago, ska-T Chitown said:
I will also 100% accept this as a birthday present from the team! Thanks, GMKA!
Happy Birthday?
What does everyone think about PECA as potential candidate?
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On 4/14/2024 at 2:14 PM, Weave said:
I don’t think it is a slam dunk that our core is the right core. Legit concerns regarding Thompson and Cozens as your 1-2 center punch.
I’m not really concerned about the defense.
I think Thompson is not a center. The draws are a problem enough but he is so out of position in our own zone. Could be coaching like rest of our defensive effort, but jury is still out on if TT is a center. Cozens might be. again the coaching is an issue, but feel better that he might be a center. We need to sign a good center this offseason who can actually win draws.
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also leads league in fewest hits per minute played. Tied for 2nd for softest defenseman in front of own net.
He has taken massive step back this year.
3 hours ago, inkman said:I like Power more than Dahlin.
if you are being serious, no take you ever make going forward can be taken seriously
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Sabres rated number one. Boston last. Would love to see specifics around sabres prospects. I can share Athletic specifics later tonight
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5 minutes ago, Goldseatsaud said:
I heard the GR interview as well. I just think Don is a decent coach he seems to laidback and coddling for me.
all evidence points to him being a poor coach. Why do you think he is decent?
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If only....
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we need four new players that are tough to play against and hold their teammates accountable. we are soft as marshmallows. Agree with most of OP. Power needs some coaching. All our D does. We have no plan in d zone.
Power needs fewer minutes and a concentration on D zone. With RD and BB now, he will not see the PP.
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13 hours ago, Cranky old man said:
Murray and Botterall both came the Sens and Pens respectively. While neither was a GM at the time of hire, they were considered up and comers. Their coaches—-Dan Bylsma and Ted Nolan both won the Jack Adams Award before they were hired or re-hired in Nolan’s case. How many of us cheered when Nolan was rehired? I did. Krueger and Housley were not poorly regarded hires. Their team performances were terrible. By that time Pegs was reactive. He started over with someone he knew KA. Am I mad ? Yes pissed about another playoff blank. But let’s not reinvent history here.
Murray was not considered up and comer. Somehow dazzled in interview. He was alcoholic as well. If any investigation was done that would have come up... When i asked a scout about him in Tampa when he was hired he said he drinks. A lot.
Botts hired Kruger and never overcame that.
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The amount of money lost as owner of sabres leaves him not caring. That is the heart of the matter. Losing 10 to 20 million, or more, a year before COVID hit.
I don't think he is bad guy, he is just tired of losing that much money.
He has received terrible advice over the years that he has chosen to follow. He has hired awful hockey executives who have made the team worse year after year. He needs an experienced hockey person good at organizational building as president of sabres. Revamp all the facets of hockey department.
Instead he hired a COO for bills/sabres who cannot help the products.
I fear for future of Sabres. Not sure how they stay long term. Economics of Buffalo are bad, and population is dropping. People not attending games for good reason.
Ryan Johnson, how a coaching staff screwed up by wasting a good a player
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good grief. reading comprehension. Was not implying time travel solution.
There is nothing in his play that implies he will ever be ready for big nhl minutes. He has no above average tools and is below average in physical play and aggression. Bryson type guy.