Robviously
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The Sabres are 26th in the league in goals/game. I really hope we aren't emphasizing defensive ability when we figure out ice time for forwards.
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He's 22 though. So he's definitely going to fill out over the next few years. He'll never be 200 pounds but he's going to get thicker.
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Kassian was the price. But right now, out of Kassian, McNabb, and Foligno, I'm glad the guy we decided to move was Kassian. Obviously that could change if Kassian puts it all together but Foligno has fit in perfectly starting with his second NHL game and McNabb was basically our "other no.1 prospect" coming into this season with Kassian. Also, Hodgson and Ennis are the same age. Ennis' game has ranged from completely awful to superstar over the course of this season. So he's still figuring it out. Hodgson is in the same boat.
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I was never down on Ehrhoff and I'm still not high on Leino. And on the other end of the spectrum you have Brad Boyes, who seems to suck more each game over a year after we got him. I'm officially worried. The Sabres haven't traded for a guy who came in and scored goals since Briere and Drury. Their list of trades these past 5-6 years is a disaster. Maybe Hodgson is still exhausted from all his travel the past two weeks. Maybe he's still trying to find chemistry with other guys on the team. Maybe he's just a bit off from having to live out of a suitcase and in different hotels. Who knows? I'm not giving up but I haven't seen Hodgson do anything to make me think we "won" that trade yet.
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:lol: :lol: :lol: Perfect.
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He's 34 this season though. I don't think this team is good enough to trade its best prospect for a 34 year old star. We're not 1 guy away. A 34-year-old Jarome Iginla would have been a good addition to the 2006-2007 Sabres, who really were that close. The Sabres had a lot of potential this season that they didn't really live up to (although they're playing better now). They can trade their top prospect for someone else's top prospect. If they traded their top prospect for someone nearing the end of their career, that's a problem.
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Yeah, but Calgary probably would have asked for Kassian or McNabb coming back in that trade.
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Tim Connolly. :ph34r: That's not a slight though. I remember being excited as hell when we brought in Connolly and Pyatt. And Tim looked like he was on the cusp of becoming a superstar when he suffered that concussion against Ottawa in 2006. If not for that concussion, who knows what happens?
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But that's already not what we were hoping for with the "Concept of Zack Kassian." I wanted someone who was ready to fight anyone, anywhere, at any time. And 1-0 or 1-1 early in the game is a fine time to drop the gloves. Why not? If you're tough and going to win the fight anyway, why not get your team pumped up? Not only is Lucic an amazing fighter, I've never seen him decline to fight. (Maybe he has, but I've never seen it.) Not only does he not shy away from trouble, he goes out of his way to start it. He basically challenged every single Sabres player to a fight by blatantly smashing into their star goalie.
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I couldn't disagree with this more. What would it matter to Nashville or any other team if the Sabres were really trying to work out an extension? They either want the player or they don't, and he's either available or he isn't. I don't think his value would increase or decrease based on the Sabres' possibly wanting to keep him. There weren't a ton of great players available and Nashville decided that they wanted Gaustad for their run. We got a #1 for Gaustad because it was a seller's market. Tampa Bay was getting great value for so-so players last week too.
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1. Heart and Toughness are two different things. Drury and Briere both had heart but not "toughness" in the sense that you mean. We lost toughness in moving Kassian but we have toughness on the way with Foligno, McNabb, and Tropp taking on full time roles between now and next fall. 2. Leadership. I don't see how we lost any leadership. Kassian was never talked about for leadership skills. Gaustad was considered a team leader, but that was during the five seasons where the Sabres were horribly inconsistent and couldn't be bothered to show up many nights. Or hold a lead. Hodgson has been praised for his leadership and was the team captain of the last Canadian team to win the WJC. The WJC are a national event in Canada and being named captain of that team is a real honor. At worst, this is a push for leadership and it has the potential to be a huge gain. 3. Centers. We added our best young center since Briere.
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:wallbash: Seriously, Lindy, Ennis the Center has pretty much brought Stafford back from the dead. Let him stay at center. And we didn't trade our best power forward prospect in a generation to land a third line center, so put him between 26 and 29 and see what we have there. Make Roy your no.3 center and roll three scoring lines. We don't have the guys to have a checking line anyway.
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We call this the Steve Bernier Effect.
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I think that would be even more lopsided in favor of Hodgson. Gragnani is better than Sulzer, and younger too.
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Drury was average-sized and Briere was small. Hodgson is average-sized and Ennis is small. It could work. Plus I think I'd rather have big wingers since they're the guys who go into the corners. Smaller guys like Hodgson and Ennis aren't big enough to stand in front of the net and take a beating but they both seem smart enough to find open ice in the offensive zone.
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I'm saying it too. I hope they put him between Vanek and Pominville. Give the kid 20 minutes/game and let's see what he can do with it. The Sabres need to find out how good he is because that's going to affect what the Sabres do this summer.
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It's not nearly as bad though if you add Hodgson and include Ennis as a center: Hodgson Ennis Roy Adam McCormick I assume Roy isn't going to be on the team past next year, but Hodgson and Ennis are both first round picks from 2008 and Adam is a 2nd round pick from 2009. So that's plenty of young talent for our potential 1-3 centers moving forward. Signed but still in juniors: Sundher Still in Juniors and not signed, but will be signed: Catenacci Plus we might use our first draft pick this summer on a center and we'd have another high-end prospect in the mix. Two big things happened this month that suddenly have the Sabres in decent shape at center. They traded for Hodgson and the tried Ennis at center where he's done really well. If Hodgson pans out and Ennis stays at center, that's an awesome 1-2 punch. And I still have high hopes for Adam.
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CoHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO in OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOvertime! /Jeanneret
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"CoHo scores for B-Lo!"
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That doesn't really mesh with Hodgson saying he was "shocked" to be traded though.
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Killer highlight reel of Hodgson:
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Well, not for 7 more months.
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They wanted Myers.
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You're being pretty selective with the traits you're highlighting for each player. Do you think the first two things scouts talk about when Hodgson comes up are that he's "average sized" and "non-physical"? No, I'm pretty sure they'd talk about his skill and ability to put up points. We traded our best power forward prospect for a center prospect with first line potential.
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This is how I feel about Kassian too. I loved him before he ever got here and ended up wanting to love him once we got to see him play.
