JohnRobertEichel
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47 minutes ago, JKB1646 said:
But it’s a Business and they are successful business people. Warren Buffet bought Dairy Queen on the spot for $580 M.....cash deal. Do you think he knows how to mix the Blizzard ? If you go back to Dairy Queen ten times and your blizzard sucks do you whine for new owner ship? I am so tired of all you peeps whining about the owners. If I were the Pegulas I would be embarrassed at the employees I have hired! Rip the C off Jacks jersey! That would be the start!
But in the business of pro hockey, they are clearly not successful business people. They are worst in the league at it. I will also give no credit to a man who made his money by destroying Pennsylvania's environment. I will give even less credit to a woman who earned her position in life by being the billionaire ***** slobber that she is. Their good Christian facade is wearing thin as well. It's not very Christian of Terry and Kim to lay off a bunch of employees during a pandemic instead of reigning in their lavish lifestyle a tiny bit. These are two profoundly stupid and immoral human beings who appear to be completely incapable of self-reflection. There is no hope for the Buffalo Sabres to build success as long as the Pegulas continue to run the hockey organization in the hands-on manner that they do.
What I am advocating for is a massive pressure campaign to separate these two pieces of sh!t from our team. We fans of the Buffalo Sabres can do this by refusing to purchase tickets and merchandise. Make it hurt for them financially to the point that they have no choice but to sell the team. Hopefully to someone who will keep them in Buffalo. If not, well then that would be awful but it's better than supporting a perennial embarrassment like the Buffalo Sabres of the past ten years.
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17 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
Why are we protecting Rasmus Asplund?
Because I needed a 7th forward to protect in my 7F/3D/1G scenario with no prior trades.
6 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:Mitts is 22, Borgen is 23. They are both young and where they were drafted no longer matters. I'd keep Mitts if I can, I like his progress this year but Borgen is higher on my priorities list.
I mention draft pedigree because it illustrates talent and potential. Mitts is seen throughout the league as having more hockey talent than Borgen and having more potential at this point in their young hockey careers.
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1 hour ago, Torpedo Forecheck said:
I totally disagree with letting a 20-21 year old, first round #8 pick, who appears to be starting to find himself as an NHL player to keep a marginal 24 year old defensive defenseman. Glad some of you guys aren't making these decisions for my team, and with good reason.
Could you imagine if we had some of the SabreSpace community members running this team? We'd probably end up with the worst record in the league and with a points earned percentage lower than that during the Tank Year. Or something.
Leaving players like Mitts, Risto, and Joki unprotected in the expansion draft would be poor management of roster resources. At least trade those guys beforehand. If we're not talking trades, then I'd protect Eichel, Reinhart, Olofsson, Skinner, Mitts, Thompson, Asplund, Dahlin, Risto, Joki, and Ullmark. I like Borgen. I'm a big fan of what he brings to the roster. I would consider offering Seattle a draft pick or something to not take Borgen. But you don't protect 3rd line d-men with no offensive skills over young players with top-10 draft pick talent.
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Are we overvaluing Borgen and Samuelsson? Isn't Borgen projected as a 3rd line d-man? Will Samuelsson even make the NHL?
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Nothing fundamentally changes until the fracker and his gold digging wife go bye bye.
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18 minutes ago, Curt said:
Who said honorable? Lol
At this point, the only acceptable response to us Sabres fans would have been livestreaming his seppuku.
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2 hours ago, jad1 said:
If this were true, the NHL would be pressuring half of the owners in the league to sell.
Pegula is worth $5.4 billion. He's not going anywhere.
HUGE difference between being among the bottom half of the teams that don't make the playoffs and what we've seen from the Sabres this year and for most of the past decade. I don't claim to have any credible sources or any special inside information. I'm just guessing that at some point, the rest of the NHL has to look at a franchise that continuously looks like it's fielding an AHL team as a giant ***** stain on their brand.
The rumors for the past year or more have been that the Pegulas are cutting corners throughout the organization to save money. If money isn't an issue, then why all the recent cuts to staff? Why so few hockey scouts? If enough fans boycott next season, wouldn't that make their financial situation much worse? This could be the leverage us fans need to get these piece of sh!t owners to sell. If the Pegulas aren't going anywhere no matter what the ticket sales are, then we're truly ***** because they've proven themselves to be too ***** stupid and stubborn to hire proven hockey people to run the team and then get out of the way.
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7 hours ago, Radar said:
I'm doubting they can find such people to come here with our owners. They've lost that much credibility probably.
Exactly. Their reputation around the league is ruined. I'm sure Bettman and other NHL execs want to maintain basic standards of competition, so the Pegulas may already be feeling the pressure behind the scenes to sell. Ticket sales will continue to plummet too, so they're going to lose a lot of money in the near future. The best solution for all parties involved is to sell the franchise to someone willing to keep them in Buffalo. Does such an ownership group exist?
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1 minute ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
If he can’t he becomes the 13th forward for my calculations.
At this point, I believe Thompson has squeezed everything he can out of the AHL experience and is ready for a full-time bottom-6 NHL forward role.
What do people think about an Okposo contract buyout? We're currently stuck with him for 3 more years at $6 million each. A contract buyout would instead mean 6 more years at $2 million each. Is he tradable? Must he count as a protected player for the Seattle expansion draft?
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3 minutes ago, Taro T said:
As long as Krueger is the HC, would expect Ristolainen & Jokiharju are here for the duration. But would expect Miller traded out before Montour was. (Even though Montour brings back a larger haul & still believe Risto has more value than any of those 4. Really think Risto needs to be part of the 2C package to get a guy that adequately fills that hole.)
If neither Montour nor Risto brings back a 2C in return, then Miller is likely to be traded since we would already have our top 3 RHD's (Jokiharju, Risto, Montour).
In that case, Dahlin, Jokiharju, and Montour are the 3 protected d-men for the Seattle draft because I doubt Seattle would select Risto with his 1-year $5.4 million contract.
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59 minutes ago, dudacek said:
I agree with your take on the top prospects, what gets interesting is that we are towards the end of the consensus tier; will there be someone we have ranked in that tier that most teams don’t? Jarvis being a prime example this year, a guy like Newhook maybe last year.
The consensus top tier seems to feature exactly 8 players: Lafreniere, Byfield, Stutzle, Perfetti, Raymond, and Rossi at forward plus Drysdale and Sanderson at defense. I'm not sure I would be comfortable seeing the Sabres take a Holtz or Lundell or Jarvis over any of these 8 guys, including Sanderson. I want the best NHL player available at #8. I don't care what position he plays.
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On 7/7/2020 at 11:59 AM, GASabresIUFAN said:
From those stats it looks to me like
Skinner should be paired with Jack and Samson should run the 2nd line from the RW slot.
If this works, it probably lessens are need to get a star 2C for now.
Skinner Jack Kahun
VO 2C Reinhart
I really like this lineup for our top-5 forwards. Excluding all UFA's and potential trades and 2020 draft picks, what's our most ideal 4 lines at the moment? Here's what I have:
Skinner - Eichel - Kahun
Olofsson - Cozens - Reinhart
Mittelstadt - Johansson - Thompson
Asplund - Lazar - Okposo
This could work in theory. I don't like forcing Cozens as the 2C so early any more than the rest of you do, but maybe he's a fast learner and will at least have the benefit of playing with two high quality second line wingers. I don't know if there's any internal way around the glaring roster hole weakness at 2C.
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On 7/4/2020 at 12:23 AM, Andrew Amerk said:
I watch a lot of Amerks games.
No, he doesn’t have it. Just my opinion based on what I’ve seen.
That's a crying shame. So much of this roster depended on him being a quality 2C. This is a playoff roster if Mitts became what J-Not envisioned when he made the O'Reilly trade:
Olofsson-Eichel-Reinhart
Skinner-Mittelstadt-Cozens
Johansson-Kahun-Thompson
Girgensons-Larsson-Okposo
Jokiharju-Dahlin
Ristolainen-McCabe
Montour-Miller
Ullmark
Hutton
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On 6/26/2020 at 12:12 PM, inkman said:
Not that it means a heck of a lot but Tage looked a lot closer to Olofsson in Rochester than any prospect of recent memory. Dominant.
Mittlestadt looked like Nylander. Thompson may never become much but if my life depending on one of these guys making it, Tage is gonna be my guy.
I see the on ice desire and passion from Tage (wish he'd be more physical but I digress)
You seem to watch a lot of Amerks games as well as Sabres games. So do you think it's time to give up on Casey? Can he still work himself into a second-line NHL winger or third-line center? He'll be 22 in November, has played 114 NHL games, and 36 AHL games. Give him 1 more year maybe?
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16 hours ago, Weave said:
I hate that you can't see a user's name history anymore.
2 hours ago, New Scotland (NS) said:So, I checked your profile, as did many others ... who in the blazes are you?
And, the Sabres need a lot. Cozens I think will be a keeper, probably will become a good NHL winger, possibly first line, second line on a good Sabre team.
Apologies for the secrecy! I was known as Marchand's Nose in my former life during the pre-pandemic era.
I'm looking through the extended Sabres roster, including the prospects with any real NHL potential. Here's what I have:
G : Hutton, Ullmark, Luukkonen, Johansson, Portillo
LD : Dahlin, McCabe, Johnson, Samuelsson
RD : Jokiharju, Ristolainen, Montour, Miller, Borgen, Laaksonen
LW : Skinner, Olofsson, Johansson, Girgensons, Davidsson
C : Eichel, Cozens, Mittelstadt, Larsson, Asplund, Pekar
RW : Reinhart, Thompson, Okposo, Kahun, Lazar
I count 7 for my New Core: Eichel, Dahlin, Reinhart, Skinner, Olofsson, Jokiharju, Cozens. Eichel and Dahlin, of course, are the only 2 in my Super Core. When putting together this list, one thing I noticed is that the Sabres have a glaring need for quality veteran leadership. I think Okposo, Hutton, and Johansson are the only vets older than 27. This could be a big part of the team’s problem. We need guys who actually know how to win in the NHL. Guys with playoff experience would be nice!
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19 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:
I think the team is fine, add another goalie, fix the PP, get Skinner going and hope the prospects pan out, draft well, and go!
This is already a good team. We literally had a goalie last season that couldn’t track the puck.
This team badly needs a second line center and a second line winger as well. You can't rely on Mitts and Cozens this season. Anyone know of any good free agents for the second line?
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9 hours ago, dudacek said:
He took over a team that was 27th
He guided them to 31st, 27th and 25th
Whoa there!! Slow down, Mr. Botterill. Rome wasn't built in a day. We're pacing to make the playoffs for 2022-23 and win the Presidents' Trophy for 2027-28.
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2 hours ago, darksabre said:
Imagine the Sabres getting into the playoffs and going on an epic Cup run so that we have to spend the rest of our lives getting chirped for winning it on the back of a global pandemic.
I could handle it.
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Unreal. Threads like these are why I feel completely indifferent to the NHL returning from COVID-19. The Sabres are wasting almost $10 million per year alone on the Skinner and Okposo contracts.
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3 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
Following the draft and FA signing, I think the Bills roster is close to set assuming most of the Vet FAs make the team and all the draft picks, except the kicker.
There isn't going to be much room for the returning bottom of the roster guys.
I also think there will only be 2 or 3 new starters.
Allen, Singletary, Diggs (new), Brown, Beasley, Knox, Ford, Dawkins, Spain, Morse and Felicano are the starting offense
Hughes, Oliver, Lotulelei, Edmunds, Milano, Wallace, White, Hyde, and Poyer are certain to return as starters
Does AJ Klein takeover for Alexander? Are there any other legit candidates?
Does Trent Murphy stay a starter, does he make the roster or does he get cut? How do Addison and Epenesa fit in?
If I had to guess loses his job and gets cut by the Bills. Addisons join Hughes, Oliver and Lotulelei as the D line with Epenesa and Harrison Phillips getting a ton of reps. Klein wins the starting 3rd LB job.
If I had to guess, Vosean Joseph (LB) is a camp surprise on defense.
I count up to 6 potential new starters: Diggs at WR, Daryl Williams over Ford at RT, Butler over Lotulelei at 1-tech DT, Epenesa over Murphy at LDE, Joseph or Klein at Sam LB, and Norman over Wallace at CB.
I'll add 4 more specialty positions: Bass over Hauschka at K, Vedvik over Bojorquez at P, Gilliam over DiMarco at FB, and Davis over Foster at special teams gunner.
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1 hour ago, Eleven said:
I'm very OK with this for a second round pick. I do think he's going to "play some shifts" at OLB, and I'm fine with that, too. Glad that the team is finally at the point where it can draft for positional need rather than best player available. And very glad that it wasn't a running back. Let's see an OL or TE in the next round, I hope.
I would argue that the Bills did both tonight with Epenesa and Moss. This is shaping up to be yet another excellent draft from Beane, especially when you factor in Diggs.
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5 hours ago, E4 ... Ke2 said:
Just got word from my sisters that the materials for the study I had volunteered for were diverted to NYC. They obviously have more COVID-19 resistant people there and can get samples turned around locally faster.
The concerning piece of information was the infection rate per capital was much larger than all but the worst estimates. They are more in line with Europe before any lockdowns, which implies that either:
1. The Communist Chinese have a greater resistance or tolerance to the virus for either environmental or genetic reasons;
2. The Communist Chinese have grossly understated their numbers across-the-board.
It could also be:
3. The Communist Chinese have done an excellent job at pandemic quarantining.
But I'm going with reason #2.
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12 hours ago, Lanny said:
That's really not that high of a bar to clear. Darnold and Mayfield are other viable competition for that spot? I'm sure Browns and Jets fans might think differently but I think he's got that spot going into the year - unless I'm forgetting someone.
KC - Mahomes
Den - Lock
Oak - Carr
LA - Tyrod
Cin - Burrows?
Cle - Mayfield
Pit - Roethlisberger
Bal - Jackson
Mia - Tua?
NYJ -Darnold
Buf - Allen
NE - Hoyer/Stidham?
Jax - Minshew
Ind - Rivers
Hou - Watson
Tenn - Tannehill
Yes, thank you. This is exactly my point. I'm assuming Mahomes and Jackson and Watson will keep doing their thing, Tannehill will regress toward career baseline, Darnold and Mayfield will stall due to organizational incompetence, Rivers and Roethlisberger will be making their retirement plans, Tua and Burrow will play like QB rookies, etc... 4th best AFC QB is a perfectly reasonable prediction. To quantify it a bit, I am expecting a jump in Allen's QB rating from 85 to 95. My reasons: third year of experience in Daboll's system, OL returning intact plus Darryl Williams, finally a true #1 WR with Diggs, and an expected north-south RB upgrade to Gore somewhere in the draft.
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53 minutes ago, triumph_communes said:
It all comes down to Allen. The rest of the team is built pretty well and he has his #1WR. Could he use a more reliable TE? Sure. But it all comes down to Allen
Agreed. And I have a fair level of confidence that Allen will perform like the 4th most valuable QB in the AFC behind Mahomes, Jackson, and Watson.
GDT: Sabres at Pens 3-25-2021. 7PM MSG
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A lot of the Sabres players are probably thinking that they can't wait to get away from this mess. What they fail to realize is that GM's and scouts from around the league are watching game film of these losers. They are noticing the poor effort, the poor hockey fundamentals, and the poor talent. Half of the current roster has already played themselves out of the league for next season. Good riddance. I have no tolerance for entitled millionaires.