Adams: we have an elite D corps

[Brawndo]

10 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

I don't even understand why Bryson was signed. 

Adams: 

[shrader]

1 hour ago, Brawndo said:

Adams: 

But he very clearly had a plan. 

[GASabresIUFAN]

Samuelsson injured already.  Good thing we kept him for this season.  

[French Collection]

Just now, GASabresIUFAN said:

Samuelsson injured already.  Good thing we kept him for this season.  

He’s great in the dressing room.

[TheAud]

5 hours ago, French Collection said:

He’s great in the dressing room.

Provides on-ice toughness with his size...wait...strike that. Yes, he's great in the dressing room. 

[inkman]

5 hours ago, French Collection said:

He’s great in the dressing room.

 

21 minutes ago, TheAud said:

Provides on-ice toughness with his size...wait...strike that. Yes, he's great in the dressing room. 

Do they call it the dressing room?  Sounds like where I bring my salad for accouterments.  

[triumph_communes]

On 9/25/2025 at 10:00 AM, dudacek said:

Athletic analytics model has an interesting take on this in terms of the depth chart and where the Sabres rank in terms of other guys in those slots around the league

1) Dahlin 82nd percentile

2) Power 31

3) Kesselring 55

4) Byram 64

5) Timmins 83

6) Samuelsson 93

Model says Mule/Timmins is an elite 3rd pair and Power is the only weak link standing in the way of the unit actually being elite.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6655759/2025/09/25/buffalo-sabres-2025-26-season-preview/

I think it’s fair that Power is all potential and he has been showing sub par performance for the minutes he gets 

[shrader]

2 minutes ago, triumph_communes said:

I think it’s fair that Power is all potential and he has been showing sub par performance for the minutes he gets 

And is only 22

[Weave]

26 minutes ago, inkman said:

 

Do they call it the dressing room?  Sounds like where I bring my salad for accouterments.  

4 syllables?

[inkman]

16 minutes ago, Weave said:

4 syllables?

I’m pretty fecking dumb but I remember big words and an impeccable speller even without stupid ass autocorrect.  

[7+6=13]

'I don't want to hear, my bad"

[GASabresIUFAN]

Adams' "elite" D group

Dahlin Byram

Power Kesselring

Samuelsson Timmins

 

Adams current healthy D group

Dahlin Kesselring

Johnson Timmins

Bryson Mtrka (R)

Samuelsson (Week to Week), Byram (day to day), Power (day to day).  

 

Edited yesterday at 02:45 AM by GASabresIUFAN

[Pimlach]

On 9/26/2025 at 5:38 PM, shrader said:

And is only 22

And the AHL wouldn’t have helped him.  

[shrader]

12 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

And the AHL wouldn’t have helped him.  

I can’t remember if this was a sarcastic conversation but AHL time would probably have been great for him. He falls dead center of the couple draft classes that lost significant development time to COVID. 

[GASabresIUFAN]

Adams speaking about our elite D group.

 

[Pimlach]

12 hours ago, shrader said:

I can’t remember if this was a sarcastic conversation but AHL time would probably have been great for him. He falls dead center of the couple draft classes that lost significant development time to COVID. 

It’s sarcasm.  He needed a year in the AHL. He would have to stayed in NCAA if the Sabres had a decent roster.  

[shrader]

2 hours ago, Pimlach said:

It’s sarcasm.  He needed a year in the AHL. He would have to stayed in NCAA if the Sabres had a decent roster.  

He did stay at Michigan for a year after being drafted. 

[Pimlach]

10 hours ago, shrader said:

He did stay at Michigan for a year after being drafted. 

Clearly needed 2. He was not up to physical part of being an nhl defenseman.   I hoping that this year he is.  

[LGR4GM]

1 hour ago, Pimlach said:

Clearly needed 2. He was not up to physical part of being an nhl defenseman.   I hoping that this year he is.  

Ok, I'm gonna say it one more time. Owen Power is never ever gonna be up to the physical part. He wasn't in college and he's not in the NHL. He's a passive defender with a good stick and skating. He has good passing. He's always gonna get his ***** pushed in because he plays passive defense. 

So either we are good with a 6'6" offensive defender who isn't physical but takes up space and gets you 40pts or we should move him. 

[dudacek]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

Ok, I'm gonna say it one more time. Owen Power is never ever gonna be up to the physical part. He wasn't in college and he's not in the NHL. He's a passive defender with a good stick and skating. He has good passing. He's always gonna get his ***** pushed in because he plays passive defense. 

So either we are good with a 6'6" offensive defender who isn't physical but takes up space and gets you 40pts or we should move him. 

In 2006, Hank Tallinder had 43 hits, Teppo Numminen had 10.

The following year Teppo had 37 and Hank 26 (in 47 games)

Nick Lidstrom routinely put up 40-something hits a year.

Teams need physical defencemen, but idea you need to be physical to play good defence is utter fallacy.

Owen Power doesn’t need to punish anybody, he needs to use that reach, those feet and that vision to kill plays.

[DarthEbriate]

23 minutes ago, dudacek said:

In 2006, Hank Tallinder had 43 hits, Teppo Numminen had 10.

The following year Teppo had 37 and Hank 26 (in 47 games)

Nick Lidstrom routinely put up 40-something hits a year.

Teams need physical defencemen, but idea you need to be physical to play good defence is utter fallacy.

Owen Power doesn’t need to punish anybody, he needs to use that reach, those feet and that vision to kill plays.

But, he needs to be OK with physical contact. He needs to push people out of the way so his goalies have clear view of shooting lanes. He needs to use his size to pin people to the boards, rather than let them loop around to the front of the net and set up easy 2 on 1 opportunities, and he needs to grab people after the whistle. Those are all things accomplished by the players you listed, even Teppo.

And it wouldn't hurt to end up with over 1100 points, +450, with 4 Cups and 260+ career playoff GP --- all with the same franchise.

[LGR4GM]

47 minutes ago, dudacek said:

In 2006, Hank Tallinder had 43 hits, Teppo Numminen had 10.

The following year Teppo had 37 and Hank 26 (in 47 games)

Nick Lidstrom routinely put up 40-something hits a year.

Teams need physical defencemen, but idea you need to be physical to play good defence is utter fallacy.

Owen Power doesn’t need to punish anybody, he needs to use that reach, those feet and that vision to kill plays.

To be blunt, you don't understand. I'm not concerned with Power having x number of hits. He does not play hockey with aggression which is something Lidström certainly did. He's passive, it's a huge problem unless you're good with him being a mediocre defender with 40-50pt upside. 

Edited 4 hours ago by LGR4GM

[dudacek]

39 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

To be blunt, you don't understand. I'm not concerned with Power having x number of hits. He does not play hockey with aggression which is something Lidström certainly did. He's passive, it's a huge problem unless you're good with him being a mediocre defender with 40-50pt upside. 

To be blunt, I don’t think you understand. I was supporting your point, not debating it.

[Pimlach]

3 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

Ok, I'm gonna say it one more time. Owen Power is never ever gonna be up to the physical part. He wasn't in college and he's not in the NHL. He's a passive defender with a good stick and skating. He has good passing. He's always gonna get his ***** pushed in because he plays passive defense. 

So either we are good with a 6'6" offensive defender who isn't physical but takes up space and gets you 40pts or we should move him. 

With age comes increased strength.  Hoping the strength, and age, and experience, and confidence breeds some physical edge to him.  If he never, ever, will play with more physical presence then I would move him.  But he is 22 and we don't know yet.  

Dahlin provides more offense and is physical and tough.   Byram provides just as much offense and is more physical than Power. 

[Weave]

1 hour ago, dudacek said:

To be blunt, I don’t think you understand. I was supporting your point, not debating it.