That Aud Smell

Saging down this thread. Vibes reset.

it’s not fair on my part. I know it isn’t. But my guy is just the king of derp looks. Shave that melon down, Kevyn. ‘Vyn Diesel.

I mean this with sincerity: It’s posts like these that make me so grateful for this board. Stick taps for @SDS

JAG not qualified. ’K.

They’re irrelevant to each other, yeah? The Sabres as a vehicle fleet: They ate a bunch of money in order to move on from an unreliable Maserati (sp?) and elsewhere acquired a pickup that appears totally unremarkable (at best) but will reportedly perform better if used and maintained properly.

Hear, hear. I also think the lows could be mitigated by watching them in the context of the highs.

Man, one of the first things i’m gonna do in retirement is get an air bnb in some eastern mountain range and watch every Coen Brothers movie over the course of a week.

I hit a sad emoji for the idea of Helenius making the team as a draft year rookie, but I won’t hit a sad emoji for Krebs being beaten out of one of the 4 centre positions (and a roster spot?). The guy is too far into his career to be JAG on a mediocre team. Maybe he takes a step forward this season? Or maybe he loses his spot to an 18 year old. That’d make him, what, this season’s Olofsson? It’s a sad state of affairs that - between no trade and no movement obstacles and how UFAs view the Sabres - the franchise might be looking to solve its 3C problem with a 14th overall pick.

And let’s keep in mind: They have way fancier stats than we do. Plus, they good ol’ fashioned pro personnel scouts. (At least I think they do?)

It is an inescapable inference. No idea what that signifies. And I told you to close out those nerd tabs for a bit.

The overpayment talk is starting to strike me as spreadsheet fandom. I therefore suggest you stay off the analytic sites for a couple days. (Lol.) As for this piece: I don’t think this move is intended to dress the wound you have in mind.

This is such a good point. It feels a bit like there’s a camp of people saying “another 1st round forward prospect? where can he even fit?” and also a camp of “Adams overpaid.” Maybe those are different people? I don’t care a bit if this is an overpayment (within reason). Mangiapane was clearly not coming here. All I care about: Is this guy a useful NHLer? I sure hope so.

If we’re talking about Skinner in the bottom 6, I tend to agree. His role as a top-6 LW had been taken by players who were rostered last season (principally Peterka, I think?).

Glad to confirm that you’re not sad to see Skinny go.

I'd take a Derek Roy on this team in a heartbeat. The problem the Sabres encountered with Roy - towards the end - is that he was being expected to do too much. Still a very nice player, when he was in the correct role.

Team Storm Cloud? Team … Rainbows and Kittens, was it?

And look at how that turned out

Those are distortions of my post. I'm not calling anyone names. And I'm not stumping for some sort of hockey dystopia. If you're legitimately sad to see Skinner go, then there's probably no point in our discussing the matter. Dude's got edge work for days, can be tenacious in the o-zone, and has a knack for getting open and finding the back of the net. He's also a freelancing floater who doesn't know how to effectively be part of something bigger than himself. One thousand regular season games is a sufficient sample size.

The who now?

Appreciate that. I'm also here to say: Nothing is guaranteed! A Sabres team without Skinner next season might be worse. But there was/is no sense carrying on with things substantially as they have been. Sheeyit - I'd even embrace a trade of one on their top young players. Why the funk not?