Radim Mrtka, 6'6" RHD drafted 9th overall by Sabres

[PromoTheRobot]

6 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:

This is peak trolling BS. Let’s go back 15 years to find a tall dman who didn’t turn out and post it like it is some comparison in any way, shape or form.

”Don’t draft Mario Lemieux because Jason Bongsinire was a tall RHC that didn’t turn out.”🤣. Some people really need to just go take a walk and get some fresh air.

Bonsigniore was a Rochester kid from the Jr. Amerks. I was playing beer league at Lakeshore Arena when he was there.

[bob_sauve28]

9 minutes ago, ponokasabre said:

I truly think worse case we got Tyler Myers, best case we got Zdeno Chara

Chara had a really long development curve. He wasn't the Chara that was great for a lot of years

[PromoTheRobot]

24 minutes ago, SwampD said:

K

Let's hear your take on locker room culture then.

[LGR4GM]

Listening to adams here... I still greatly dislike how he thinks. It's so narrow and unimaginative. 

[Taro T]

8 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

Chara had a really long development curve. He wasn't the Chara that was great for a lot of years

That's because he was a horrible skater for the 1st 3 years of his time with the Aisles.

1 minute ago, LGR4GM said:

Listening to adams here... I still greatly dislike how he thinks. It's so narrow and unimaginative. 

 

Conversations,  check.

Open, check.

Free square, check.

Challenging, check.

Just need honest and we'll have BINGO!!!

[LGR4GM]

1 minute ago, Taro T said:

That's because he was a horrible skater for the 1st 3 years of his time with the Aisles.

Mrtka has such good lateral mobility and he's not even man strength. 

[Taro T]

And 5-1/2 minutes in, we have honest as well.  BINGO!!!!!!!!  What did we win?

[LGR4GM]

6 minutes ago, Taro T said:

And 5-1/2 minutes in, we have honest as well.  BINGO!!!!!!!!  What did we win?

Listening to him talk about the Utah trade its clear he asked for what he wanted and that's it. There's 0, zilch, nada, killer instinct in Adams. He's a middle aged dad playing GM in a mediocre straight to streaming movie. 

[Taro T]

Interesting.  Spoke with Thompson before making the trade.  Would've figured he'd've spoken with Dahlin prior to it.  Spoke to both?  And Tuch too presumably?

Can you actually bring Byram back after saying explicitly that you'd move him "if the right trade comes along."  How would that not be messing up the room if he comes back?  Even though you said you'd love to keep him (or something to that effect) you've explicitly said you are good with trading him.  Aka, you want him, but not really.

Especially when a couple minutes later you still say we need to get better defensively.  (Which is actually demonstrably true; but to say it 3 mintues after you've explicitly said you are open to trading him, how do you bring him back and not have it be disruptive?)

Quinn is a very honest player.  Read: Quinn realizes just like everybody else that he was awful last year.

[LGR4GM]

3 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Interesting.  Spoke with Thompson before making the trade.  Would've figured he'd've spoken with Dahlin prior to it.  Spoke to both?  And Tuch too presumably?

Can you actually bring Byram back after saying explicitly that you'd move him "if the right trade comes along."  How would that not be messing up the room if he comes back?  Even though you said you'd love to keep him (or something to that effect) you've explicitly said you are good with trading him.  Aka, you want him, but not really.

Especially when a couple minutes later you still say we need to get better defensively.  (Which is actually demonstrably true; but to say it 3 mintues after you've explicitly said you are open to trading him, how do you bring him back and not have it be disruptive?)

Quinn is a very honest player.  Read: Quinn realizes just like everybody else that he was awful last year.

Thompson lives in Arizona during the summer and played with both at Worlds.

[Taro T]

Just now, LGR4GM said:

Thompson lives in Arizona during the summer and played with both at Worlds.

Realize that.  But would expect that expecially in this realm of "open conversations where everybody has a voice" that he'd want the captain's input as well.

[LGR4GM]

Just now, Taro T said:

Realize that.  But would expect that expecially in this realm of "open conversations where everybody has a voice" that he'd want the captain's input as well.

You think Dahlin is taking his calls?!? In the offseason?!? 

Lol I joke

[SwampD]

27 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Let's hear your take on locker room culture then.

I wasn’t disagreeing with you, it just had nothing to do with anything. TP and KA don’t pay people once they get good.

[Turbo44]

9 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

You think Dahlin is taking his calls?!? In the offseason?!? 

Lol I joke

I think Dahlin would actually want to be involved. He seems to care

[bunomatic]

Its hard to get excited with any of this. I want to win now damn it. I don’t hate the pick but how does this help us now ? Not even a little bit. Kevin doesn’t know how to improve the team now nor does he know how to improve the team 4 years from now when this kid may play. Its a shell game and he’s in over his head. I can’t even stand to listen to him. Do something tangible that makes this team cook this season. Use the supposed brains in the er um ‘war room’ and give us something.

Edited Saturday at 03:56 PM by bunomatic

[PromoTheRobot]

35 minutes ago, SwampD said:

I wasn’t disagreeing with you, it just had nothing to do with anything. TP and KA don’t pay people once they get good.

They usually do that before they are proven. 

[PromoTheRobot]

20 minutes ago, bunomatic said:

Its hard to get excited with any of this. I want to win now damn it. I don’t hate the pick but how does this help us now ? Not even a little bit. Kevin doesn’t know how to improve the team now nor does he know how to improve the team 4 years from now when this kid may play. Its a shell game and he’s in over his head. I can’t even stand to listen to him. Do something tangible that makes this team cook this season. Use the supposed brains in the er um ‘war room’ and give us something.

Attendance is not mandatory. Go for a swim or something.

[Two or less]

The best comparison ive seen about this kid is Dougie Hamilton. I think next season will be very telling about what kind of player he is. First year he didnt know english and coming from euro game to a NA game is a huge adjustment. He needs to use his body more, he even said himself during the combine few weeks ago that he needed to be more physical and aggressive. 

[PromoTheRobot]

49 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Interesting.  Spoke with Thompson before making the trade.  Would've figured he'd've spoken with Dahlin prior to it.  Spoke to both?  And Tuch too presumably?

Can you actually bring Byram back after saying explicitly that you'd move him "if the right trade comes along."  How would that not be messing up the room if he comes back?  Even though you said you'd love to keep him (or something to that effect) you've explicitly said you are good with trading him.  Aka, you want him, but not really.

Especially when a couple minutes later you still say we need to get better defensively.  (Which is actually demonstrably true; but to say it 3 mintues after you've explicitly said you are open to trading him, how do you bring him back and not have it be disruptive?)

Quinn is a very honest player.  Read: Quinn realizes just like everybody else that he was awful last year.

You'd think grown men understand this is business, not high school. If the Sabres sign him to a bridge deal with a nice raise, he'll be motivated to win and raise his value for his next deal.

[CallawaySabres]

3 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

My goodness, what a joke this is turning into. A worn out lazy joke.

I can’t help it, I’m stuck, and I can’t get out.

[shrader]

31 minutes ago, bunomatic said:

Its hard to get excited with any of this. I want to win now damn it. I don’t hate the pick but how does this help us now ? Not even a little bit. Kevin doesn’t know how to improve the team now nor does he know how to improve the team 4 years from now when this kid may play. Its a shell game and he’s in over his head. I can’t even stand to listen to him. Do something tangible that makes this team cook this season. Use the supposed brains in the er um ‘war room’ and give us something.

There was, what, one player trade yesterday? You’re watching the wrong event for help today. 

[DarthEbriate]

1 hour ago, Flashsabre said:

This is peak trolling BS. Let’s go back 15 years to find a tall dman who didn’t turn out and post it like it is some comparison in any way, shape or form.

”Don’t draft Mario Lemieux because Jason Bongsinire was a tall RHC that didn’t turn out.”🤣. Some people really need to just go take a walk and get some fresh air.

He's had a ton of injuries, but if he'd been healthy, Gudbranson would already be over 1000 games played and typically 2nd pair & nearly all D-zone starts -- though admittedly, mostly on poor teams. Gudbranson is not a PP guy (and Mrtka won't get PP time until Dahlin/Power are off the roster, which if they do finally make the playoffs and become good, neither is going anywhere). He's had a solid career as a defensive d-man, not a bust. I hope this is Mrtka's floor.

[Mango]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

Listening to adams here... I still greatly dislike how he thinks. It's so narrow and unimaginative. 

There's something about his head movements that make me want to bounce his face off a table.

The weird head bobble back and forth, and I particularly hate the chin tuck, deep breath, look dook down, lower voice move he does.

He's so smug, but small and afraid at the same time.

[Mango]

1 hour ago, Taro T said:

That's because he was a horrible skater for the 1st 3 years of his time with the Aisles.

 

Conversations,  check.

Open, check.

Free square, check.

Challenging, check.

Just need honest and we'll have BINGO!!!

 

The constant "great conversations" rhetoric is grating.

Also, if you're going to talk JJP, nobody at the presser linking JJP refusing to stay with the fact that that goes against the entire ethos of Adams plan here is cowardly and and borderline unforgivable.

It's the elephant in the room.

[Weave]

17 minutes ago, Mango said:

 

The constant "great conversations" rhetoric is grating.

Also, if you're going to talk JJP, nobody at the presser linking JJP refusing to stay with the fact that that goes against the entire ethos of Adams plan here is cowardly and and borderline unforgivable.

It's the elephant in the room.

There are a number of elephants in that particular room.