bottlecap Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Dobbs is one of the best....pretty insightful stuff here. Sabres Pay Large for Zubrus! Written by Darryl Dobbs Tuesday, 27 February 2007 The Buffalo Sabres made a couple of moves to solidify their defense and to cover off their slew of injuries. Ironically, they will get their injury help from a Band-aid Boy - Dainius Zubrus. Buffalo: They had been suffering from a pile of injuries to their forward ranks and it is truly ironic that they turned to Dainius Zubrus for help. They paid a big price - Jiri Novotny and a first round pick. The Sabres also remember their struggles last season with injuries to the defense corps so they added Mikko Lehtonen from Nashville to be their No. 7 rearguard. Prospect Timo Heibling from Washington fills their pipeline on the blueline where they were weak. Washington: Novotny can play center or right wing, which is right where they need a player. He will eventually settle in on the second line. A first-round pick doesn't hurt either. Fantasy Players Impacted: Zubrus may have been moved to a high-scoring team but he is no longer on Ovechkin's line so his value plummets. He is an injury-prone 55-point player without Ovechkin. With Ovechkin, he could have had 70-75 points. Novotny has struck gold. He can see his full 65-point potential in Washington. He could never have done that in Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetweenThePipes00 Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Where's the great insight? Zubrus has played at least 60 games in every season but one, and the Sabres only need him healthy for a couple months. Novotny can't seem to shake an ankle injury, and he had a bunch of better prospects breathing down his neck. And picking up Philly's top pick in round 2 means they basically moved down few spots at most, and added much-needed healthy body who can score, for a guy who was leaving for nothing (Biron) and a guy who was about to get lapped by Stafford and Paille anyway (Novotny). I guess the fantasy analysis is nice but ... whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickshaw Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Let's summarize our deals from yesterday We gave up Biron, Novotny and a first round pick (or 30th overall pick) and a 5th rounder (approx 150th overall) In return we got a Philly's second round pick (31st overall pick) and Danius Zubrus. If all players are gone in the summer we basically dealt the 150th pick in the draft on trade deadline day. Yea, that's terrible! Sarcasm here. Of course I didn't include the 2 other minor deals but how can one say we didn't do well yesterday? Zubrus WILL play, Biron wouldn't have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 He also thinks Lehtonen will be our 7th defenseman, omitting Nathan Paetsch. He doesn't seem familiar with the Sabres (past and present) at all. Novotny a 65 point potential? He's a nice player but I don't see him ever showing up on the score sheet like this guy thinks he will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor32 Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I'm starting to get annoyed by this line of thought...no we do not have Ovechkin, BUT whoever we line Zubrus up with will be a pretty damn good offensive player, so his numbers should not drop off that significantly..plus, we got him for his size, strength and experience - not necessarily to be a go-to guy offensively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardSauve Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Why do we care what Zubrus' Fantasy Value is? Not to state the obvious, but fantasy stats don't win hockey games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnkirishone Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 well i care about his fantasy stats.... i got him in one of my leagues dammit lol and I gotta say i like the idea of him coming to the highest scoring team in the nhl ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I'm annoyed by the prevalent line of thinking among national folks that we overpaid for Zubrus. If Zubrus was Canadian they'd be calling it a steal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 So Zubrus played with Ovechkin? Nice, that means he was constantly matched up again the oppositions checking-line, and getting the majority of attention. Anyone think that'll ever happen now that he's with The Sabres? Me neither. The one thing that frustrates other teams more than anything about The Sabres is this - We don't have a scoring line, we have 3, sometimes 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james duncan Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 For what it's worth, just heard Wayne Fish, a writer down here in Philly, name Bflo and Detroit as the winners of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Balls Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Novotny has struck gold. How is going from a contender to a pretender "striking gold". Even with Ovechkin, the Caps are eons away from a cup run. I would say Zuuuuuubrusss is the one who struck gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 How is going from a contender to a pretender "striking gold". Even with Ovechkin, the Caps are eons away from a cup run. I would say Zuuuuuubrusss is the one who struck gold. I actually think this is the best situation for Novotny. He'll get lot's of ice time in the last 20 games as a skill player. I liken him to Pyatt a little. He may have the chance to blossom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffalOhio Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I would say Zuuuuuubrusss is the one who struck gold. Actually I hope he strikes silver. You know, that big shiny thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Balls Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I actually think this is the best situation for Novotny. He'll get lot's of ice time in the last 20 games as a skill player. I liken him to Pyatt a little. He may have the chance to blossom. Call me a homer, but I'll take the legitimate shot at a Stanley Cup over personal stats anyday. Maybe he'll get a chance someday, but probably not in Washington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Why do we care what Zubrus' Fantasy Value is? Not to state the obvious, but fantasy stats don't win hockey games. Precisely. Darryl Dobbs is nothing but a chump fantasy hockey analyst for THN. It's extraodinarily inciteful that a center playing next to a Richard contender will not have as many points in another team's third line. Seriously, a monkey could figure that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two or less Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Darryl Dobbs lost all credibility when he said Novotny can now score 65 points.... riiiiight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Call me a homer, but I'll take the legitimate shot at a Stanley Cup over personal stats anyday. Maybe he'll get a chance someday, but probably not in Washington. I'm not saying he is going to put up huge numbers, just with the emergence of Stafford and Paille, I could see Novotny getting scratched out of any cup run if he had stayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 So Zubrus played with Ovechkin? Nice, that means he was constantly matched up again the oppositions checking-line, and getting the majority of attention. Anyone think that'll ever happen now that he's with The Sabres? Me neither. The one thing that frustrates other teams more than anything about The Sabres is this - We don't have a scoring line, we have 3, sometimes 4. Excellent observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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