Doohickie
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Yeah, Viola knows less about his team's sport than Jerry Jones does about football. And that's saying something. In short, he thinks Fancystats trumps Hockey Sense and he's demonstrating it (actually disproving it).
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Has anyone else noticed the big improvement in nearly all our college players?
Casey Fitzgerald (BC)2015-16 39gm 4g 23a 27pts
2016-17 18gm 5g 8a 13pts
I'm very excited about the progress of Brown, Hurley, and Fitzgerald.
.69 points per game to .72 points per game is no real improvement at all, is it? (Yes, I see the goals are better.... does that just mean his shots are finding the net versus turning into converted rebounds last year?)
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I might have an aneurysm if I see Grant getting mentioned in the same breath as the our prospects again.
Grant. Grant. Grant. :devil:
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Kulikov is probably a go. Which means Guhle will be on the next plane out if that is the case.
If that's the case, I liked what I saw. Can't wait to see him as a roster regular.
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Too soon?
Yes. And uncalled for.
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Noice.
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Yeah, it's kinda local. Sherman, Texas, is an hour and a half north.
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Yeah, Ugly Pug is solid. Fritz Rahr had a pug dog that lost an eye along the way. The dog depicted on the label is his dog.
I like all their dark beers. The also have Iron Thistle Scotch Ale which is excellent.
And the label on their Blonde lager is interesting. It depticts Fritz Rahr’s mother, Jodell, who was a model in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as the second runner up in the 1952 Miss Universe pageant.
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Makes no sense. Aren't there multiple teams that use the Eagles and the Bulls?
Yes but sometimes the patents get turned down anyway. Fort Worth tried to name the minor league hockey team the Bulls and were turned down. It happens.
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He has good moments, but he loooovvvves to drone on and on and on about pot.
And PA, I like Louie, especially on talk shows. He's excellent on all late night shows.
Louie CK? Yeah. What a mensch.
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This is just Winter Warmer. It's very good.
But soon, the Bourbon Barrel Aged Winter Warmer will be out. It's superb.
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You can't count on the team being 100% healthy.
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Philly-EDM tied 5-5 with 2 minutes left. It's been a very entertaining see-saw game.
And there's Raffl scoring for Philly with 1:29 left. Come on, McJesus.... can you rally your team?
Come on, McJesus.... can you rally your team?
Nope.
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Any comedian that relies just on crude, sexual humor is terrible
I agree. I also understand that lots of women find a woman telling those kinds of jokes to be funny. I think she says a lot of things that other women would like the freedom to say themselves, but just can't bring themselves to do it. But from my perspective? Terrible as a comic.
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Wow, lots of hate being thrown toward Des and Grant. In my opinion, these guys are perfect for the 2 spare forwards every team keeps on their 23-man roster.
BTW, is it just me or has the message board's collective gif game really gone up a notch recently? Well done, pi2000.
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I'm really enjoying the insights here. I won't comment on all of them, but reading your posts I'm nodding a lot and agreeing. I tend to fall into the Reinhart is one of our top guys camp. Yes he still has some growth ahead of him, but he really is one of our best. Our weakness - center - is becoming a strength. Biggest unfilled need is on defense. I think by the time the Sabres get that solved, the forward depth currently in Rochester will be mature and ready for a run.
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Can we please stop referring to Derek Grant as an NHL player. Ugh!
Like it or not, he is. He's tailed off lately, but he's served as a useful "life boat" during injuries to better players. Part of depth is having AHLers that can fill holes in the big club when needed, and Grant has done that very capably.
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I may or may not have a professional association with this...
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I'd say Tier 3 and up is the core (especially if you moved McCabe up a tier, but I can see him as borderline core).
Tiers 6 and 7 I agree are expendable pieces, but if they're going to be moved I want to see their replacement be a clear upgrade (we have to get better, right?)
And I'd probably move Foligno up to Tier 4. He's shown me enough this year that I want to keep him about as much as I do Larsson. (In fact I think those two are a pairing together for the foreseeable future.)
Another layer of the onion might be.... for the lower tiers, what level of player are they, relative to the role they currently fill, as compared to competitive playoff teams. (For instance, Grant, to pick on him some more, is a marginal 4th line center and needs to be upgraded compared to competitive teams' fourth line centers.)
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As in 5 1/4 or 3 1/2? The number of people that call 3 1/2 floppies a "hard disk" (Because it's hard plastic!) rankles me.
When you're my age, you'll appreciate a 3-1/2 hard. :angel:
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I'll take Des and Gorges over any of their replacements, any day. Carrier has a place on this team............ just not right now.
It scares me when I agree with you, but you're spot on.
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With the injuries this year, we've had a peek at what's down on the farm. We've had many, many threads about which players constitute the core of the team going forward, how much to pay them, etc., but a team is much more than 5 or 6 key players.
While most fans would like to see some additions to the current core (maybe a winger and a D or two), I thought it would be interesting to examine what I call the accessories. These are the players that aren't part of the core. If we peel the onion down another layer, which members of the accessories are worth keeping around? Which really need to be upgraded by someone else?
Take for instance Grant. He's been on okay fourth line center. As the Sabres tune the team, can anyone see him as a key part of a contender? He's been effective at times but lately he's caught a lot of flack for mistakes he's made.
Then there's D-Lo. Does he have a place on the Sabres of the future? Is he just another winger whose spot will be filled soon by a prospect, maybe Carrier, maybe Baptiste?
There are also players that might not be quite part of the core, but they are definitely valuable accessories, players like Foligno, Larsson. Valued members of the team perhaps, but not part of the inner sanctum of stars.
Maybe before we get too deep into this discussion, we need to agree which players are members of the core- Eich, O'Reilly, Reinhart, Risto, Okposo, McCabe?
I guess I bring it up because for much of the tank, we've been "top focused," looking at improvements coming from very high draft picks. As the Sabres mature, those high picks will come to an end and improvement will begin to come from incremental "tuning" of the team, in terms of system (coach) and acquisitions. Assuming no blockbuster moves are made, what incremental moves do you see coming down the pipe?
Who's core? Who's a complementary piece? Who needs to be replaced?
Discuss.
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