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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.
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4 hours ago, DarthEbriate said:
Granato deserves credit for turning the kid forwards (including Skinner) back around after the Krueger debacle. That job is done and so should his be. And his staff isn't an NHL staff, so purge 'em, Sheevyn. Do it. 80% (estimated, I'm not looking it up) of the roster has played for Team Canada, Team USA, Team Sweden, and Team Finland. They know how to play and can adapt to coaches.
Granato still doesn't have the team ready in the 1st, encourage any physicality or finishing of checks, work on the refs like I work in Star Wars references, design a powerplay beyond setting up TNT for a one-timer, match lines at home, or know when to take a timeout or make a goalie switch (though it appeared he learned these last two late last season and then forgot this year). And more recently, apparently, his practices are slow-paced and players don't break a sweat when they should be faster, more intense, to prepare the team with playoff expectations.
Those forwards have taken a massive step back this year with the Granato. If you think he deserves credit for improvement he deserves the blame for the falling play. DC was a 5 to start last year and maybe got to a seven by end of year. He is at best a five now.
Krueger was right about skinner. We will not make playoffs with him on team taking up ice time and loafing around. As long as he is here players know there is no need to give max effort.
The team has no plan when a game starts. No preparation for the team they are playing. He is terrible at matching lines to the point where i don't think he considers it. Our Dman look like they are not coached at all. No gap control, if there is a defensive zone coverage system, then it changes every shift. Power play is the same thing every game and easy to plan for.
He must go. His replacement must be a disciplinarian type coach.
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1 minute ago, Crusader1969 said:
I like to say I've been very hard on Tuch this year. His unwillingness to stand in front of the net on the PP is my biggest peeve. I would have him off PP1 all together.
And dont get me started on his unwillingness to use his frame to throw a check on a defender.I think it was the last game or two I questioned if he (Tuch) was the most in accurate passer on the team.
Krebs can be easily disposed and doesnt make $9million. Also, I dont think his effort is never questioned as it is the Skinner
Tuch has played... a lot like Skinner. Leaves zone too early, plays on perimeter, not physical etc... We need guys in room holding others accountable. Have given up hope this coach will ever do that.
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7 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
This is why you don't sign everyone to 8yr deals and make all sunshine and rainbows. VERY few NHL players are capable of a consistently high level of play for that long. Samuelsson's contract is laughably bad with how often he gets hurt and how little he contributes. Power should have been bridged. Skinner getting 8 years is another in the long list of Pegula (HAPPY FREAKING BIRTHDAY) *****ups. This team locked everyone in so now they have to figure out how to get everyone TOI that doesn't reduce their skillset to being useless which is BTW, exactly what Krueger did. He used guys in ways that diminished what they could do. Skinner is a goal scorer, put him with guys who pass well and win puck battles. I personally think the claims of his poor backchecking are about has credible is the ppl around here who still claim Reinhart is a bad skater.
he is not a poor back checker, he is a non existent back checker. Our dman struggle with the puck in our zone due to skinner, and others, leaving the zone and not giving options. He is a bad guy, bad player and we have zero chance of making playoffs next year if he is on team. Only thing Kruger got right was Skinner is a dog and should not play.
Worst signing in history of Sabres. Worse than Leino.
Hopefully they have made decision to buy him out and that is why they are dropping him in lineup.
With Quinn back, he should not dress so he does not get hurt and screw up the buyout.
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15 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
What's strange around here is everyone up in arms over Jeff Skinner and his 24g, 21a in 64game season to date but very little around here about Peyton Krebs who in 70 games has 4g, 11a which is 5g and 3a less than 18yr old Zach Benson. Krebs either hits next year or they need to think about moving on from him. Noah Östlund is coming and I'd bet money I can get him to give me 15pts a year so why pay Krebs?
Krebs make little money and plays below avg ice time amount. Skinner is high paid and a negative every time he is on ice. He needs to be bought out after this year. We work under an internal cap anyway and this will not keep us from spending more money.
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12 minutes ago, msw2112 said:
When I first saw this, I immediately thought of former Sabres defenseman "Richie" Dunn. I just looked Richie up and saw that he died in 2016 at the age of 59. I wasn't aware of this. RIP Richie. I looked up Emmett Walsh ("Dickie Dunn" in Slapshot) and I agree with you that he was an excellent supporting actor in many of my favorite films, so RIP to Emmett too.
me too. Sad he passed away. poor one out....
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2 hours ago, DarthEbriate said:
Yup.
It was completely untenable until this season (2022-23 he had the $7.5M roster bonus) and it makes most sense financially after next season in the summer of 2025. The flat cap (and let's be honest, Skinner's goal-scoring last season -- he's a good scorer) also put a bit of a damper on the possibility.
He is a very good player. He's a good 2nd line winger.
He is not a core piece that you build around on any playoff team. He's your... Alexei Kovalev (who is a lot better than anyone remembers, who also happened to play with Lemieux, Jagr, and Koivu. When did he win his Cup? At age 20. [He played in the NHL until age 39]). And I don't want JJP, Quinn, Kulich, or Benson learning from him.
you might be only person outside him family who thinks he is a very good player
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We have all watched him play. No one will trade for him at even 50%. He is deficient in all areas of the game except cheating to score an occasional goal. Bad on power play, cant kill penalties, does not compete, is not tough, never in own zone long enough to be considered bad. He scores when on bad teams and is a bad guy to have around. One of the few things Kruger got right was benching him.
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We will never win with him. Horrible influence on team as he floats around and competes when he feels like.
These numbers are Palatable
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this is a good trade. Was hoping for it. Byrom >>>>> Mitts.
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On 3/3/2024 at 12:31 PM, Brawndo said:
Buffalo has the second hardest strength of schedule remaining including the Western Canadian Road Trip with a stop in Seattle.
I just do not see it happening.
I have a hard time believing that the GM of a team that finished one win out of the playoffs last year, would willingly enter this season with the third most cap space. I still believe GMKA is operating under an internal cap.
I think this is a certainty. As of a couple years ago sabres had lost 300 million since he purchased team. That number has only gone up with no line of sight to either profitability nor winning. Lord help us when he passes away. Not sure there is an angel owner to keep team in buffalo. Not one fortune 500 company HQ'd in Buffalo. Population dropping fast. Taxes going up. Houston Sabres? KC Sabres. Would rather keep sabres than bills...
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the only sabre who is untouchable is Dahlin. Everyone should be on table except him.
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pathetic to lock the skinner thread.
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Baseless Rumormongering: Reports that Terry Pegula is selling ALL teams other than the Bills
in The Aud Club
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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...