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Doohickie

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  1. Krebs doesn't body check that much, but he is a harrier on the puck carrier, relentlessly pursuing. On the offensive side, though, he's still learning how to deal with that from the other team. He is still growing.
  2. I think it's kinda cool. I mean except for the logo on it and all. But the idea of getting two jersey looks for the price of one is clever.
  3. Oh I know. Same with Houser. But geez, why don't the Sabres see what they've got in these guys who are playing small sample sizes really well?
  4. I seem to remember that when he found out he was being traded to the Sabres he cited his Juniors experience including his contribution to turning the team around and was looking forward to doing the same in Buffalo. I think in Vegas he was buried in the depth chart and sees nothing but opportunity in the Sabres org.
  5. Point of reference: This season I think a couple things to consider: For 52 games the Sabres have had goalies that are .904+ What do we need to be competitive? .910? .915? I think a decent SV% is probably somewhere in that range. Of the goalies used this year, Anderson seems to be the "goald standard" (see what I did there?); he's the one that everyone seems to think is our best goalie (when healthy). Three goalies are actually better than him, in terms of SV%: Toker, UPL and Houser. For the life of me, considering the problems the Sabres have had at goalie, I don't know why Houser didn't get a better look. He was okay last year and absolutely studly this year, albeit both were a very small sample size. But okay, let's throw him out because everyone seems to think what he's shown at the NHL level is an aberration. Especially if the Sabres continue to win down the stretch, it may turn out that the problem wasn't with the goalies, it was with team defense. Maybe the goalie corps we have is good enough for a bubble team. Sure everyone wants better, but depending on how far off Levi and Portillo really are, you're probably most interested in a goalie with one, maybe two years of term. Who can the Sabres trade for or sign with that term who is an improvement over Anderson/UPL? I expect Kevyn to look around some, but I wouldn't be surprised if he holds steady with some combination of Anderson, Toker and UPL. And I'm not sure that would be a problem.
  6. I think I heard Kevyn say, "Hold my beer."
  7. Brodeur played until he was nearly 42.
  8. Depends who they get to fill their spots I guess.
  9. Cozens has worked on that cagey/hard-to-play-against mantra this year too. I like putting Krebs and Cozens together with a speedy guy like Hinostroza or Asplund in a traditional "energy line." They might not score a ton of goals but they can put the other team on their heals and set up the next shift. That's the line that should go out when a goal is scored, not the Eakin line.
  10. I compared him to John Scott in another thread. Everyone knew that John was not very good but he did a few things and did them well.... mostly thuggish play, but he was there for you. In the dressing room he provided comic relief by photobombing interviews and other light antics that most of us never really knew. That kind of stuff had zero to do with his play on the ice and a lot to do with the kind of person he is. I think it's the same thing with Cody Eakin. He knows he's on the backside of his career, he knows his role and the limits to it. He's never going to be a 20-goal/40-point guy again; he's just there to win faceoffs and disrupt the other team's offense. Any points he produces is a bonus. I don't think he takes himself too seriously as a player at this point (not that he doesn't work hard but he knows he's not a top line guy). In the locker room he's a "work hard but have fun" kind of guy I think. On an established team with solid culture, they probably already have the role filled and the culture is well established anyway. A top team is probably better at faceoffs in general. So his contributions to the Sabres: Veteran work ethic, winning faceoffs, comic relief, are more important to the nascent Sabres than they are to any established playoff team. It doesn't mean he wouldn't contribute to another team, it's just that his contributions are more significant to the Sabres than they are to other teams. If you look at every veteran on this team, I think they all take their role seriously, have a good work ethic, but don't take themselves too seriously. I think that's a welcome shift from the recent and not-so-recent past when the veterans we brought in weren't model citizens. I don't think keeping Cody Eakin or Colin Miller or any of the other vets around is going to damage the psyche of the young players.
  11. He is very quick on the backcheck. When the puck goes the other way he seeks to stop the rush asap.
  12. He is not Truly Known until he's answered the Colbert Questionert
  13. I guess I can just picture Kevyn deciding he still doesn't want to block the defensive talent coming in by bringing in another premier D man. If we sign Pysyk and keep Anderson in some capacity (goalie or coach), they could cover that "on the bench" aspect. But I can totally see the value in bringing in an actual "full time" mentor for Power.
  14. I think Cozens is bringing that kind of play lately.
  15. Yep. He's got some good wheels though and I think his strengths may be a good complement to Power's.
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