That Aud Smell Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Credit where credit is due: Harrington’s write-up on Sobotka/RaKru is far more contextual than the click bait Tweet from Vogl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, That Aud Smell said: Credit where credit is due: Harrington’s write-up on Sobotka/RaKru is far more contextual than the click bait Tweet from Vogl. Harrington is a good writer. He is was an *****, but he's a good hockey columnist. So much better than the dark days of the Gleason regime. Actually, he's been working on the ***** part, and seems to have mostly overcome it. So a correction is due. Edited September 28, 2019 by Eleven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 2 hours ago, That Aud Smell said: Credit where credit is due: Harrington’s write-up on Sobotka/RaKru is far more contextual than the click bait Tweet from Vogl. 57 minutes ago, Eleven said: Harrington is a good writer. He is was an *****, but he's a good hockey columnist. So much better than the dark days of the Gleason regime. Actually, he's been working on the ***** part, and seems to have mostly overcome it. So a correction is due. Well, I'm not feeling quite as generous as 11 is on this, but I did read the article based on you gents' recommendations, and it was pretty good. So give MH credit for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 True story: I’m back to reading Harrington (but not following him on Twitter). The pendulum started to swing for me when The Athletic dudes (led by Graham) were dog piling on the rabbit with MH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 12 hours ago, Thorny said: No, I think he was saying that objective views rank Ristolainen more highly than I do. You're right, Thorny, and I hate to say that. I should not have said objective. Instead I believe or it's my opinion more people have a higher regard for Risto as a defenseman than you seem to. Could I be wrong? I most certainly could be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 On 9/27/2019 at 7:20 PM, Eleven said: Matt Ellis is the Matt Ellis of hockey players. This might be my favorite post of all time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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darksabre Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 They must be screaming for Dustin to decide if he still loves hockey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 At this point, who are we willing to give up? I'd give them Bogo but that doesn't help them now. Do we still want to give up Risto? Is Gilmour a suitable replacement for Risto as McCabe's partner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 How far away is Montour? If it's only another two or three weeks I would trade Risto IF it dramatically upgrades our top 6. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallawaySabres Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 8 minutes ago, Derrico said: How far away is Montour? If it's only another two or three weeks I would trade Risto IF it dramatically upgrades our top 6. I would only trade Risto for a winger on the top 3....and I would still have to be convinced. Yup, I love me some Risto for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 I'm a big fan myself. We need a RW much more than a LW but I would still be into a Risto for Ehlers swap. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted October 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 28 minutes ago, Derrico said: How far away is Montour? If it's only another two or three weeks I would trade Risto IF it dramatically upgrades our top 6. Three weeks per Sabres PR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 We have enough depth the cover three weeks. But I’ll say again what I’ve said all summer, only make that trade if it substantially upgrades the top 6. Don’t be moving him for the sake of it or a third liner coming back. Toughness is overrated until you don’t have it imo. He and McCabe are the only two bringing that element (I guess bogo too once he’s back but he’s useless). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabills Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 30 minutes ago, Derrico said: We have enough depth the cover three weeks. But I’ll say again what I’ve said all summer, only make that trade if it substantially upgrades the top 6. Don’t be moving him for the sake of it or a third liner coming back. Toughness is overrated until you don’t have it imo. He and McCabe are the only two bringing that element (I guess bogo too once he’s back but he’s useless). Personally I think ERod is a huge upgrade to the top-6 over Sobotka, but what do I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 39 minutes ago, Derrico said: We have enough depth the cover three weeks. But I’ll say again what I’ve said all summer, only make that trade if it substantially upgrades the top 6. Don’t be moving him for the sake of it or a third liner coming back. Toughness is overrated until you don’t have it imo. He and McCabe are the only two bringing that element (I guess bogo too once he’s back but he’s useless). One could certainly make an argument over the legitimacy of Risto's toughness. Does he hit people? Sure. Is anyone scared to play against him. Not even a little. I'll bet most skill guys lick their chops seeing him climb over the boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kas23 Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 2 hours ago, WildCard said: They can give us Ehlers for Risto. Otherwise they can bugger off, I don’t feel sorry for their situation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoath Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 4 minutes ago, kas23 said: They can give us Ehlers for Risto. Otherwise they can bugger off, I don’t feel sorry for their situation. Exactly, I'm hoping the days of the Sabres doing other teams a Solid, by taking their trash, are over. And if wpg want him before Montour is fit id want pick(s) as well as ehlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 44 minutes ago, sabills said: Personally I think ERod is a huge upgrade to the top-6 over Sobotka, but what do I know. Meh. I wouldn't call ERod a huge upgrade. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 Just now, Derrico said: Meh. I wouldn't call ERod a huge upgrade. Over Sobotka he is 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 The obvious move is sending Jokiharju down when Motour returns. They don't need to trade anybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, WildCard said: Over Sobotka he is Meh. Erod is a third liner at best imo. Maybe a slight upgrade but huge is not what I would describe that as. He's not a top 6 player today. Neither are. Hence why I would consider a Risto deal. Edited October 8, 2019 by Derrico 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 Just now, Derrico said: Meh. Erod is a third liner at best imo. Maybe a slight upgrade but huge is not what I would describe that as. He's not a top 6 player today. It's not so much as Erod is incredible as Sobotka is...Sobotka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 That's just because he's the whipping boy around here. I'm not going to sit here and defend Sobotka. Not gonna happen. But Erod is not dramatically improving that top 6 from what we iced the first three games. He's not. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 1 minute ago, Derrico said: That's just because he's the whipping boy around here. I'm not going to sit here and defend Sobotka. Not gonna happen. But Erod is not dramatically improving that top 6 from what we iced the first three games. He's not. He's not a whipping boy he's just bad. Every metric and eye test says he is. Erod takes as from bad to solid/even good. Improving your 2nd line like that is a great improvement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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