WildCard Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 This just in, Johan Larsson ###### sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Two best players on the team are Wilson and ERod. Who knew? and Gorges is our best Dman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Two best players on the team are Wilson and ERod. Who knew? and Gorges is our best Dman. Not quite how that works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Not quite how that works They're furthest away from the line in the GOOD direction. Come on, do you believe fancy stats or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samson's Flow Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Not quite how that works Wilson and ERod are only the best in that cart because they have a sample size of less than 5 games. I would ignore any of the new guys until they get enough games to normalize. They have been relatively good comparatively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Wilson and ERod are only the best in that cart because they have a sample size of less than 5 games. I would ignore any of the new guys until they get enough games to normalize. They have been relatively good comparatively. Forget it, I'm trolling. :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 @BuffNewsVogl Taking part in Sabres’ optional: Rodrigues, Fasching, Josefson, Beaulieu, Eichel, O’Reilly, Larsson, Antipin, Nolan, Reinhart, Girgensons, Wilson, Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 When Josefson is back, what gives? Send Fasching back down? I'm pretty pleased with Rodrigues at the moment and I think he might become a mainstay going forward. Make Rodrigues and Josefson the bottom six Cs and this team looks a hella lot better. I'm looking forward to that. Ignoring the fancy stats and going by my nekkid eye, Erod looks like their 3rd best forward right now. Good on him but does that scream at how pitiful O'Reilly, Okposo, Reinhart, Larsson and Girgensons have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Fasching goes down. Benefits the most from Rochester. Like to see ERod help the Amerks on a playoff run, but he’s one of our oldest prospects. And he looks like an NHL player right now and we don’t have enough of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 This just in, Johan Larsson ###### sucks :lol: Eye-test confirms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Larsson is one of those guys I think the speed of the game has hurt. I think he has some legitimate defensive chops, but his legs hold him back now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Larsson is one of those guys I think the speed of the game has hurt. I think he has some legitimate defensive chops, but his legs hold him back now. I'd agree with this. It's not really him, but in effect he's not the same player anymore. He can't make the same plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Larsson is one of those guys I think the speed of the game has hurt. I think he has some legitimate defensive chops, but his legs hold him back now. Probably yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3putt Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Larsson is one of those guys I think the speed of the game has hurt. I think he has some legitimate defensive chops, but his legs hold him back now. Legs and hands. Especially hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Ignoring the fancy stats and going by my nekkid eye, Erod looks like their 3rd best forward right now. Good on him but does that scream at how pitiful O'Reilly, Okposo, Reinhart, Larsson and Girgensons have been. Fair enough. I think there will be a purge next year similar to this year's. Hard to say which of those you named will still be here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Legs and hands. Especially hands. Disagree on hands. He could carve out a nice depth role if he were fleeter of foot. Obviously, hands would be needed for a bigger role than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Disagree on hands. He could carve out a nice depth role if he were fleeter of foot. Obviously, hands would be needed for a bigger role than that. Sounds like a garbage version of Okposo. If Okposo could be any more garbage right now that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 What really sucks is remembering watching what pedigreed prospects like Larsson, Girgensons and Reinhart were in their second seasons and expecting them to blossom in year three and four, like players traditionally do. Instead, they’ve regressed. The point of the tank was to acquire young talent, but it don’t mean a thing if it’s not developed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 What really sucks is remembering watching what pedigreed prospects like Larsson, Girgensons and Reinhart were in their second seasons and expecting them to blossom in year three and four, like players traditionally do. Instead, they’ve regressed. The point of the tank was to acquire young talent, but it don’t mean a thing if it’s not developed. Reinhart has easily been the most disappointing, relative to what we were hoping for. I'm torn between wanting to be patient with him in the hopes he gets back on track, and wanting to trade him ASAP to maximize the value he still has. I'm just not sure he fits the type of team that management wants to put together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erickompositör72 Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Reinhart has easily been the most disappointing, relative to what we were hoping for. I'm torn between wanting to be patient with him in the hopes he gets back on track, and wanting to trade him ASAP to maximize the value he still has. I'm just not sure he fits the type of team that management wants to put together. I strongly believe he will become a reliable top 6 forward who plays through his prime on lines 1 & 2. I don't know on what team that will be, though. Either we're patient with him, or GMBot finds a trade partner who sees this in him and is willing to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 I strongly believe he will become a reliable top 6 forward who plays through his prime on lines 1 & 2. I don't know on what team that will be, though. Either we're patient with him, or GMBot finds a trade partner who sees this in him and is willing to pay. I just don't think he has the speed necessary to play the top 6 roll Botterill envisions. I'm not a "Reinhart is slow" guy. But he only has average speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) I still think Sam can think the game at a very high level of speed and that’s why his skills are maximized with highly skilled players. Those one-touch across the grain passes that I loved most about his game have completely dried up. He seems like such a laid-back dude, but I under the surface his confidence must be battered. Other than that brief nine-game stint in 2014 he’s never had a stretch like this in his life where the offence has completely dried up. Other than his brief stretch with Kane and Eichel, these will be the best line mates he’s had this year. Interested to see if there is any spark. Edited December 12, 2017 by Mick O’Manly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 I still think Sam can think the game at a very high level of speed and that’s why his skills are maximized with highly skilled players. Those one-touch across the grain passes that I loved most about his game have completely dried up. He seems like such a laid-back dude, but I under the surface his confidence must be battered. Other than that brief nine-game stint in 2014 he’s never had a stretch like this in his left where the offence has completely dried up. Other than his brief stretch with Kane and Eichel, these will be the best line mates he’s had this year. Interested to see if there is any spark. This is such a great point. Sometimes I forget that Reinhart dominated during his journey to the NHL. He also dominated at the WJC. Leading the tournament in scoring, on a team with McDavid. And he scored 23 goals as a freaking rookie. That's pretty good. There's no chance the thoughts some have had of him being potentially not worth the 2nd overall pick, or maybe even a disappointment, ever enter/entered his head. He'd view himself as a top guy. A season like this really would be confidence rattling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 This is such a great point. Sometimes I forget that Reinhart dominated during his journey to the NHL. He also dominated at the WJC. Leading the tournament in scoring, on a team with McDavid. And he scored 23 goals as a freaking rookie. That's pretty good. There's no chance the thoughts some have had of him being potentially not worth the 2nd overall pick, or maybe even a disappointment, ever enter/entered his head. He'd view himself as a top guy. A season like this really would be confidence rattling. Regular, talented linemates would help. I don't have any faith it will last but Erod and Kane are by far the best he's had without Eichel. O'Reilly has been JAG this season and it's maddening. He's crushing this team's morale. He's supposed to be their rock. Steady, predictable force. Yet most nights he's MIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted December 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 Interesting result tonight. Housley seperated Kane and Jack 5 on 5, but left them togehter on the PP. Result: PP goal by Kane, Pouliot scores on Jack's line and KO scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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