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DG is not an NHL caliber coach. Zero adjustments game to game. We insist on leavingthe zone when our dman down deep get puck while forwards take off to neutral zone. It is making our d look worse than they really are. how many giveaways last night and icings were result of long passes not connecting.
The only guys with any pushback on team are KRebs, Dylan C, Thompson and Dahlin. that is Adams issue. We are soft as marshmallows. Instead of Okposo, girgensons and jost, we needed guys that are physical and hold the team accountable for their play.
Not sure if anyone is mentioning it but Power and Samuelson have taken step backs this year. Not being held accountable for poor play. Part of it is our lack of organization in own zone/coaching other part is they are not playing positionally sound hockey
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Some thoughts:
We are mostly a perimeter team. Thompson is one of the guys that goes hard to net with and without puck.
Dylan has taken a huge step back this year. Let him play center with consistent wingers.
Tuch has taken a step back. He is now a floater like Skinner.
One big issue right now is our defense zone. Our forwards take off far too early leaving the dman in bad spots. puck is thrown up boards and wings are already gone or are in bad position.
We are constantly caught on the wrong side of players positionally in our zone leading to goals. That is coaching and accountability
Dressing 7 dman shows the bad coaching. Other teams do this so a PP specialist can dress and not have to take regular shift. Then they double shift the best forwards to give extra ice time. We do not have PP specialist and the only forward worth extra ice time is Thompson. Playing mittlestad, Skinner and Tuch over 20 minutes a game is crazy. none of them are good enough to warrant that.
We are a soft team. Easy to play against. No snarl. No pushback. For what Vancouver gave up getting zadorov, i wish we would have. He is not the sharpest knife in drawer, but he plays hard and is difficult to play against.
Any team that plays Okposo 15 minutes a night including on PP, will not make the playoffs.
I wish we had a coach like Torterella....
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would love to see more physical players that are tough to play against. We are so easy to play against. perimeter team and soft in our own zone.
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one minute of extra ice time is significant. too small a sample size to make much of it yet. We are still a soft team that is easy to play against....
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exciting time to be a fan of Sabres' prospects!!!! Distract me from crying over the Bills' injuries!!!
OT Did i use the apostrophes correctly in sabres and bills?
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2 hours ago, JoeSchmoe said:
Two comments...
1 Even though I'm happy he's signed, this one may set a precedent amongst the players and the days of us getting team friendly deals like the last 3 big ones might be over.
2 I'm not signing any long term contracts with Power until he shows he can play better defense. Picking up the defensive side of the game can take a few years for a young D, but I wouldn't want to take the risk given what I've seen of him so far. He needs to work on his shot too.
They were not team friendly deals out of players love for buffalo. The players received guaranteed money right now far above what they would receive if they played out ELC to bridge to Arb to FA etc.. It was good for the players and particularly good for the team if players continued to improve. If Samuelson keeps getting hurt, then the deal is not the great deal we hoped it would be.
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Fair contract. Assuming cap keeps rising and he continues his high level of play, it will be good for both sides.
I don't think team friendly deals are possible in NYS. taxes are too high. Places with low/no taxes make those deals possible.
Glad to have this done. On to Power now.
My dream is to somehow trade skinner, but it is a dream lol. What a horrible contract that is.
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yes. The other player is better than you. here are things to work on. You are close but not ready yet. There are a ton of people on this board that think players have soft feelings you need to protect. You don't. Tell them the truth. They know it already or lack self-awareness and people around them being honest. In that case they need to hear it even more.
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i think the Rousek's have it. No reason to rush either of them to NHL.
As my dad would say: We need Kane like a hole in the head.
He is not a good guy and is amongst the laziest players in the league at this point. who do we take off number one PP for him? Tuch? Thompson? Only place he provides value potentially is number one PP.
I assume anyone wanting to sign kane has not seen him play in 4 to 5 years.
On 9/23/2023 at 11:14 PM, GoPuckYourself said:I really think Rosen looks like a different player out there, I really like his game as of now I'd say he'd be the front runner but Kulich is going to be awesome for us next year imo.
he look like he is ready to make a jump. If he can maintain in AHL for half a season this step up he is a good candidate to bring up for injury.
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53 minutes ago, Pimlach said:
Football was my favorite sport for much of my life and the 1970's Sabres were right there with them.
Football is by far the most valuable franchise for a community to have. However, as of the last two seasons I am getting pretty sick of football - the mindless non stop media coverage, the over the top hype, the attitude of many of the players, the bombastic celebrations for making a basic play, the silly rules and the poor quality of the part time officials, the ever lengthening season and the playoff structure. I also think football is fixed. Not gonna delve deep into that, but ?I do.
So, right now I actually follow the Sabres closer than the Bills - even with Allen and Co, I like the Sabres core better with Eichel and Reinhart gone and the new core in place. I like them better than the Bills core.
I guess I would pick keeping the Bills because I think we could get another hockey team but not another football team. I actually think WNY can continue to support both.
I thought that the Pegula's were insurance that Buffalo would keep both teams for a very long time as his kids could possibly run them or hire someone who can. We should not need Kim to keep things going and actually, her track record in business is not very good.
sabres play 45-50 home games a year downtown so there is tons of ancillary spending. The concerts and other events held downtown in the arena increase the spending. Cant imagine the arena would stay open without Sabres paying bills. Bills play ten or eleven games at home in a good year. Little ancillary spending by fans. For Buffalo I think Sabres have more of an impact.
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If we could keep only one which, would you want?
I am Sabres all the way.
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With krebbs and greenway this would need to be a forechecking/physical line with cycling the puck as key to success. 1/3 of line cannot forecheck or play physical or cycle the puck well. Green and Krebs are at least average skaters. Olo is below average skater. Can't do much of anything but shoot.
On 9/4/2023 at 6:53 PM, Curt said:Fitness (as in an inability to be be in proper shape) wasn’t an issue. His issue was that he was recovering from a shoulder injury.
it was a fitness issue. He came back in October 2022. he could not hit but certainly could work hard on fitness for at least a month before that. By the end of the season he certainly should have been in good shape. I think Granato mentioned lack of fitness as issue. That is a big deal for him to criticize a player like that.
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23 hours ago, MBD said:
Those are recent developments and you could be right. But it doesn't matter now since the team won't be leaving Buffalo anytime soon.
why are you confident they wont move?
I wish we were building a great downtown hockey rink instead of the bills stadium. I think we will end up with only 1 pro team in next ten years. With the money sunk into stadium bills are not going anywhere. Buffalo cannot support two pro teams anymore. I would vote for sabres over bills. 50 games a year with playoffs. I am being optimist i know. Bills are maybe 10 games that we care about if they get a couple home playoff games.
Would you all rather have Bills or Sabres? I am definitely Sabres all the way
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Elite players: Sabres have at least two, Dahlin, Thompson with two others on upswing in Cozens and Power. Tuch is very good but i hesitate to call him elite yet. Sabres also have several players going into second NHL years ready to take a step up.
Ottawa has one in Stultze and Tkchuck is coming on strong.
Detroit has zero.
Sabres have great young depth of players ready to contribute at nhl level.
Ottawa has some but are younger. The trade for debrincat hurt them.
Detroit signed some players who are second line at best and traded for debrincat. They have no elite level players.
51 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:Goals For and Goals Against
Buffalo: 296gf, 300ga
Detroit: 240gf, 279ga
Ottawa: 261gf, 271ga
This is where I would be the most concerned for Detroit. Yes, they added DeBrincat and that will help but does it really bring them up by at minimum 21goals? They also lost Kubalik's 20g. Detroit's biggest issue is that Stevie Y has prioritized high floor lower (not low but lower) ceiling players in his drafts. He seems to really like 50pt-60pt guys over say a more flawed but possible 90pt guy. Danielson and Raymond are probably the most dynamic forwards he's drafted and they would both need to hit their ceiling. Idk, I worry about Detroit.
DeBrincat will help on PP. Other than that he is not helpful.
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43 minutes ago, MBD said:
You would think Buffalo wouldn't matter. And yes Jacobs is arguably the most powerful/influential owner in the NHL. I have no doubt that he being born in Buffalo changes how the NHL would otherwise view a small market like them.
The organization that replaced his company for concessions with a competitor will see no loyalty from Jacobs. If it will increase league revenue and bring in a franchise movement fee he will be OK with it.
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Separating everything is part of him trying to sell team. He has told people he has lost 300 million, this was a couple of years ago so more now, since he purchased Sabres. There is not a path to breaking even in the long term right now. Even if rink is renovated or new one built he will not be able to raise prices high enough to pay for it. The lack of Corporations in Buffalo removes a huge revenue stream most other teams have. Buffalo has amongst the lowest per game revenue in the league.
With Kim out of picture he might want to reduce his responsibilities to just the Bills and sell the Sabres.
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1 hour ago, mjd1001 said:
He very well could hurt the team. First of all, what position is he going to be taking? Is he really going to be THAT much better of a scorer than one of the young guys/wingers? His production has been dropping over the past couple years, he's going to be 35 years old the next time he skates in an NHL game (with a LOT of miles even for a 35 year old). And he is coming off of a major injury/surgery. Over the past few seasons, he has turned into about a 25 goal per 82 game guy, and now he is a year older with that surgery and major injury so I think there is a good chance he won't even be that 25 goal guy. So you are getting a guy who would likely be outscored by Victor Olofsson.
That is his recent offensive production. Defense? If people think Olofsson is bad, take a look at Kane. He is next level bad. Someone posted some advanced stats last year that showed he wasn't good at all. Basic stats show despite all his offensive production, he is a -48 over the last 3 seasons and he hasn't even been a plus 10 more for 7 seasons. And watch him play. I am not a coach and I don't know where people should or should not be on the ice but the 10 or so games per year I see him play I watch him and the eye test? it is really really bad in terms of his effort, positioning, and effectiveness of backchecking or winning battles (when that even occurs).
So he won't hurt the team? I disagree with that. An aging, injured, declining production player who doesn't have the skill nor the ability to play much defense can for sure hurt your team if he takes that spot away from even the youngest of your prospects who could be there.
you are dead on. He is king of changing instead of backchecking. He put up stats on an awful team where he was focal point. He would be an awful signing. Thankfully, all of KA moves are around building a cohesive team not catering to a malcontent like Kane. He will be a cancer wherever he ends up.
Also if you look at our biggest needs, they are face offs and penalty killing. he brings neither. And did i mention he is a horrendous defensive player 🙂
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19 hours ago, Eleven said:
He has lawyers for that.
good one. he plays zero defense. never has
37 minutes ago, MattPie said:Would it be fair to say that Patrick Kane = (Eric Johnson + baggage)? Similar points in their careers, successful in the past. I'm not sure EJ was ever as highly regarded as PK though.
no. terrible comparison.
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23 hours ago, sweetlou said:
It's just not click bait, but until he signs sometime in the next four months, I will hold out and think it would be a shrewd move by management, as long as Kane would agree.
So hear me out.
Kane is coming off an injury and many teams won't have cap space. Kane could come to Buffalo play on the 2nd or 3rd line and 2nd PP, and try and help get his home team to the playoffs. I would rather have Kane than Olofsson. If the plan is failing miserably and there is no hope for the playoffs, Sabres could still move him to a team at the deadline, and get some future picks.
The revenue from ticket and jersey sales would far outweigh a 1 year $5 million contract.
Let's debate as he does his rehab, until he signs a contract.
Kanes major value at this point is on PP. He is awful on defense, just does not care and his physical ailments took away his speed and quickness. the question is not kane or olofson it is olofson or one of the younger players. Kane is not a great guy in locker room either. gets pissy when he is not playing enough.
16 hours ago, thewookie1 said:As I said in a different thread; you sign Kane if we run into injuries in January/February and/or Quinn needs more than those months to recover fully.
Unless his surgery has magically repaired his skating entirely he’s only be a good 3rd line scoring threat at this point.
He still wowed 2 years ago, last year he was dealing with a serious hip injury. So I wouldn’t consider him washed up; only over the hill at this stage of his career
he did not wow, he played a ton on an awful team and put up some stats. He is allergic to defense and not a great teammate. We have no place for him to play. Thank god.
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7 hours ago, mjd1001 said:
I don't agree with the near universal view that Cale Makar is the best defenseman in the league.
Top ten sure, top five probably/maybe. I also realize that many of the people making a list like this watch him play more than I do, but when I watch him play, he is average defensively. Not awful, but he often leaves his position early to set himself up offensively.
I certainly don't watch every game he plays but I watch every time he plays Buffalo, and a handful of other games plus the playoffs, and I just don't see a universal consensus number one guy in the league.
He is incredible and the best d in the league. Other teams game plan around trying to stop him. His power play QBing is enough, but he is the full package. His edge work is as good as anyone in league.
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What a silly topic that has been talked to death. SB automatic 1 week suspension for posting this
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16 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
The Sabres as a team need to accomplish this goal.
True, but irrelevant to this thread. Topic: is Thompson a top 10 center?
His inability to win draws rules him out as a top ten. Hopefully he is figuring out a new strategy and doing constant drills to improve.
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In order to be considered with the top centers, he needs to improve his faceoffs. he is abysmal. you need someone else to take important draws.
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23 hours ago, Weave said:
Does Kane need Buffalo more than Buffalo needs Kane?
It would be damned nice if that is accurate.
Kane needs to learn where his own zone is. he has been awful for at least two years now. he is the king of making a change instead of backchecking
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Are the Forwards good enough ?
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We are so easy to play against. Forecheck aggressively and take away long passes. No physicality outside of Dahlin and sometimes Clifton to worry about. Our forwards do not backcheck so push odd man rushes. If they have puck in sabres zone just keep moving and finding open guys. Our coverage is such that players pop open all the time. Crash the net on every shot as Sabres will not physically keep you out and are usually out of position.
Greenway is really a bad player. 6'5" and he is a perimeter player. needs to spend his time going to net and forechecking physically. He plays like a high skill guy.
Skinner is such a bad player in total. He hurts this team in so many ways. Zero defense, stupid passes and he is never held accountable. Goes out next shift and hangs at red line. What a terrible signing. Gave him NMC, and 9 million while bidding against ourselves.