SDS Posted April 16, 2023 Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said: Physique and skating will do wonders for his rebound control 🙄 6 minutes ago, kas23 said: Yeah, when I think about great goalies, their skating ability is always on the top of my mind. They need to be ripped too, just like the Dominator. /s He a competitor. Sabres would literally have to kidnap him to prevent him from competing. I’ve never met a goalie or someone who was extensively involved in hockey who hasn’t said something to the effect that your goalie should be the best skater on the team. 3 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman0519 Posted April 16, 2023 Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 These guys were beat up. So much of your run depends on luck with injuries. That’s one thing that killed the Bills season. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimlach Posted April 16, 2023 Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said: Physique and skating will do wonders for his rebound control 🙄 Yes, absolutely. Physique - meaning added strength (for faster and more exact movements and pushing post to post), improving stamina. Skating - meaning getting in position faster, getting up and repositioning better, maintaining better balance All of this work could improve his rebound control. Some rebounds happen because he gets in position late, so being stronger and better on his skates could help. Improve that and it helps a lot. He is a big guy with lots to move so he should work on those two things. He has more potential than given credit for. Still only 23. He could probably learn from Levi, especially the mental side of the game. 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabresouth Posted April 16, 2023 Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 7 hours ago, Brawndo said: Improve physique and skating? How about improving stopping the puck. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Amerk Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 5 hours ago, sabresouth said: Improve physique and skating? How about improving stopping the puck. Those two things directly impact the ability to stop a puck. Are you serious with this post? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 Attached is a link from WGR where Paul Hamilton talks about the locker cleanout. It is a 20 min segment. In the beginning of the segment, he talks about the injuries. It was very extensive. Samuelsson and Tage were playing with a number of injuries. https://www.audacy.com/wgr550/authors/howard-and-jeremy-show 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalonill Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 17 minutes ago, JohnC said: Attached is a link from WGR where Paul Hamilton talks about the locker cleanout. It is a 20 min segment. In the beginning of the segment, he talks about the injuries. It was very extensive. Samuelsson and Tage were playing with a number of injuries. https://www.audacy.com/wgr550/authors/howard-and-jeremy-show Paul Hamilton Looked pretty foolish with some of those questions and some of those players looked at him like he was a Idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 48 minutes ago, Buffalonill said: Paul Hamilton Looked pretty foolish with some of those questions and some of those players looked at him like he was a Idiot. “I’m going to tell you what I think in a way I will pretend is a question and hope it leads you to agree with me.” Classic PHam. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Buffalonill said: Paul Hamilton Looked pretty foolish with some of those questions and some of those players looked at him like he was a Idiot. “I’m going to tell you what I think in a way I will pretend is a question and hope it leads you to agree with me.” Classic PHam. I will say, the players are starting to become comfortable with the media in a way I haven’t seen in a while. Ras is a little goofy and genuine, Casey has an aw shucks thing going, Tage is very focused and analytical, Tuch has them eating out his hands, and Kyle is as thoughtful and articulate as any player we’ve ever seen in front of a mike in that room. Yes, I know the circumstances have changed and that is largely why. But it certainly adds to the likability quotient these guys are building. Edited April 17, 2023 by dudacek 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 1 hour ago, dudacek said: “I’m going to tell you what I think in a way I will pretend is a question and hope it leads you to agree with me.” Classic PHam. He does seem to be the Andrea Kramer of the hockey world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAF Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 The UPL interview was the most interesting of the ones I watched. He seemed very emotional. I think he knows that his future with this team is very much up in the air. I really hope Levi coming in fuels him to be a better player as opposed to him requesting a trade or something. Having a Levi 1A and UPL 1B tandem in the future like Ullmark and Swayman would be great. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashsabre Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 3 hours ago, dudacek said: “I’m going to tell you what I think in a way I will pretend is a question and hope it leads you to agree with me.” Classic PHam. Usually he sets it up for a couple days on radio hits/interviews. He states his opinion on a player or a situation involving the player. Then he asks the player the question in a way they will validate what he has been saying for 2 or 3 days. It never seems to work out quite as well as he thinks it will in his mind. Everyone sees it coming a mile away now.😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 6 hours ago, NAF said: The UPL interview was the most interesting of the ones I watched. He seemed very emotional. I think he knows that his future with this team is very much up in the air. I really hope Levi coming in fuels him to be a better player as opposed to him requesting a trade or something. Having a Levi 1A and UPL 1B tandem in the future like Ullmark and Swayman would be great. I've never seen a goalie, at the NHL level, struggle to catch the puck as much as UPL. Pucks not only bounce out of his glove like it's spring loaded, he also struggles at covering his high glove side. As the season wore on teams began to exploit this weakness and it showed. He's still relatively young for a goalie, but he's got lots and lots of work to do... rebound control, recovery, awareness, tracking pucks, anticipation, etc... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, pi2000 said: I've never seen a goalie, at the NHL level, struggle to catch the puck as much as UPL. Pucks not only bounce out of his glove like it's spring loaded, he also struggles at covering his high glove side. As the season wore on teams began to exploit this weakness and it showed. He's still relatively young for a goalie, but he's got lots and lots of work to do... rebound control, recovery, awareness, tracking pucks, anticipation, etc... Fix the 2 A's above and most of the rest will be fixed as a result. (Easier said than done.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 On 4/15/2023 at 1:39 PM, Brawndo said: "Every game matters. Every game means a lot." THAT's the takeaway from this season. That fact that he recognizes that is big. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) "He's always at the right spot, at the right time. Barely do any mistakes. He never gets tired of playing that way. He looks like he's floating around there, but he's so smart, he's always at the right spot." Rasmus Dahlin on Nick Lidstrom (just kidding... on Owen Power, but that was Lidstrom's game as well) Edited April 18, 2023 by Doohickie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewookie1 Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Doohickie said: "He's always at the right spot, at the right time. Barely do any mistakes. He never gets tire of playing that way. He looks like he's floating around there, but he's so smart, he's always at the right spot." Rasmus Dahlin on Nick Lidstrom (just kidding... on Owen Power, but that was Lidstrom's game as well) Ironic how Power looks more like a traditional Swedish defenseman in style and Dahlin looks more like a Canadian in style 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader1969 Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Doohickie said: "He's always at the right spot, at the right time. Barely do any mistakes. He never gets tire of playing that way. He looks like he's floating around there, but he's so smart, he's always at the right spot." Rasmus Dahlin on Nick Lidstrom (just kidding... on Owen Power, but that was Lidstrom's game as well) People will complain about Power not being physica enough but I honestly don’t mind We saw first hand the injuries to the guys that play a rugged style. Samuelsson , Lyubushkin, Stillman and to an extent Dahlin As they say the best ability is availability Let him do his thing and let the others worry about the rough stuff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Collection Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 hour ago, thewookie1 said: Ironic how Power looks more like a traditional Swedish defenseman in style and Dahlin looks more like a Canadian in style Power is more like Lidstrom than Dahlin that’s for sure. Dahlin has way more snarl while Power is more cerebral. One thing Dahlin has copied from Sweden is the Forsberg reverse hit, which I love. Some scouts said he was like Potvin during his draft year, he is looking more like that as he gets stronger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 On 4/15/2023 at 2:25 PM, Brawndo said: I love what he said about missing the playoffs. Similar to what Rasmus said. They're both hungry which is what this team needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 12 hours ago, Doohickie said: "Every game matters. Every game means a lot." THAT's the takeaway from this season. That fact that he recognizes that is big. He's brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 11 hours ago, Crusader1969 said: People will complain about Power not being physica enough but I honestly don’t mind We saw first hand the injuries to the guys that play a rugged style. Samuelsson , Lyubushkin, Stillman and to an extent Dahlin As they say the best ability is availability Let him do his thing and let the others worry about the rough stuff I was living in Detroit when Nick Lidstrom was young. He never seemed to get too physical, never got hurt, was never out of position... right from the start. Very similar to Power. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmel Corn Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Doohickie said: I was living in Detroit when Nick Lidstrom was young. He never seemed to get too physical, never got hurt, was never out of position... right from the start. Very similar to Power. Having a modern day version of Lidstrom, who (Power) BTW just happens to have the reach of a 6-5" frame sounds pretty outstanding to me. Just pair him with a stay at home type partner who can take care of the more physical duties in our own zone and we're golden. Edited April 18, 2023 by Carmel Corn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 On 4/16/2023 at 2:40 PM, Pimlach said: Yes, absolutely. Physique - meaning added strength (for faster and more exact movements and pushing post to post), improving stamina. Skating - meaning getting in position faster, getting up and repositioning better, maintaining better balance All of this work could improve his rebound control. Some rebounds happen because he gets in position late, so being stronger and better on his skates could help. Improve that and it helps a lot. He is a big guy with lots to move so he should work on those two things. He has more potential than given credit for. Still only 23. He could probably learn from Levi, especially the mental side of the game. Upl is 24. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader1969 Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) 49 minutes ago, LGR4GM said: Upl is 24. still goalies are funny. Look at the Senators prior to last season they trade Filip Gustavsson (who is also 24) to the Wild for Cam Talbot I'm going to guess that most people on here were jealous of the Sens making that trade and not the Sabres Now Talbot won't be resigned by the Sens after a rocky season and Gustavsson went from a 3.55 / .892 Goalie in 21/22 to a 2.50 / .915 goalie this past season I won't be jumping off any bridges if they start the season with a tandem of Levi and UPL. Edited April 18, 2023 by Crusader1969 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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