Location: Alright Sigfreid, Lets Go Roy... Eye of the freaking Tiger!!!, AK Joined: 07.13.2011
Aug 7 @ 9:49 AM ET
in an effort to increase his sick trade value, Sekera shows off his goaltending skills and shows his glove had is better than Ryan Miller - SabresFaninIndiana
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i hear the banana was learking in here while i was gone... did he do or say anything stupid.. such as offer a bet about the # of Sabres playoff victories leading towards an unspeakable act with a well endowed "actor"
First off, Hodgsons' production rate with the Sabres is only 2 points off of what he paced with Vancouver, and even though the stat does not do much to help my later argument, I would like to point out how stupid it is that writers act as if he had a huge drop-off with the Sabres. This isn't the first time I have seen this, others have said the same. It simply isn't a large enough sample, and even so, it is 2 points off of his production rate with Vancouver, which while integrating into a new system, is not bad.
I will be disappointed if Hodgson scores less than 60 points this upcoming system, which, despite what others have opined, is what you expect at minimum from a top line center. Hodgson scored 41 points last year in 83 games averaging 13+ minutes a game. Derek Roy averaged 19+ minutes of ice time last year. If Hodgson gets more ice time, it is reasonable to expect his production to increase at close to the same rate as his ice time increases. So if Hodgson gets 6 more minutes of ice time(like Roy did last year even while playing injured), it would equate to about a 40% increase in ice time and the correlation of his stats would be around 16 - 20 more points.
Along with his increased ice time, I expect that Hodgson will benefit from playing with better linemates. I also think that he will mature both physically and mentally which will help. He is training with one of the best in the game, and his injury that hampered him earlier in his career is no longer an issue. Everything points to a breakout season for this guy. I am really excited to see it.
If he does prove that he can be that #1 guy, suddenly the Sabres will have more centers than they know what to do with. Hodgson, Ennis, Grigorenko, Girgenson and maybe Luke Adam could all be competing for those top two line spots. We will no longer be looking for centers, that's for sure.
Think of the lines in 3 years:
Ennis Grigorenko Stafford
Leino Hodgson Armia
Foligno Girgensons Tropp
??? Adam Kaleta
Assuming we don't sign any UFA's and retain all RFA's this is who would be under contract. Imagine if we keep Vanek and Pominville, what an awesome group of forwards we would have in 3 years.
Location: Matt Ellis is my patronus, NY Joined: 06.28.2011
Aug 7 @ 10:10 AM ET
First off, Hodgsons' production rate with the Sabres is only 2 points off of what he paced with Vancouver, and even though the stat does not do much to help my later argument, I would like to point out how stupid it is that writers act as if he had a huge drop-off with the Sabres. This isn't the first time I have seen this, others have said the same. It simply isn't a large enough sample, and even so, it is 2 points off of his production rate with Vancouver, which while integrating into a new system, is not bad.
I will be disappointed if Hodgson scores less than 60 points this upcoming system, which, despite what others have opined, is what you expect at minimum from a top line center. Hodgson scored 41 points last year in 83 games averaging 13+ minutes a game. Derek Roy averaged 19+ minutes of ice time last year. If Hodgson gets more ice time, it is reasonable to expect his production to increase at close to the same rate as his ice time increases. So if Hodgson gets 6 more minutes of ice time(like Roy did last year even while playing injured), it would equate to about a 40% increase in ice time and the correlation of his stats would be around 16 - 20 more points.
Along with his increased ice time, I expect that Hodgson will benefit from playing with better linemates. I also think that he will mature both physically and mentally which will help. He is training with one of the best in the game, and his injury that hampered him earlier in his career is no longer an issue. Everything points to a breakout season for this guy. I am really excited to see it.
If he does prove that he can be that #1 guy, suddenly the Sabres will have more centers than they know what to do with. Hodgson, Ennis, Grigorenko, Girgenson and maybe Luke Adam could all be competing for those top two line spots. We will no longer be looking for centers, that's for sure.
Think of the lines in 3 years:
Ennis Grigorenko Stafford
Leino Hodgson Armia
Foligno Girgensons Tropp
??? Adam Kaleta
Assuming we don't sign any UFA's and retain all RFA's this is who would be under contract. Imagine if we keep Vanek and Pominville, what an awesome group of forwards we would have in 3 years. - Sabretooter
This is a better post than anythign Garth has even put up
Location: Alright Sigfreid, Lets Go Roy... Eye of the freaking Tiger!!!, AK Joined: 07.13.2011
Aug 7 @ 10:21 AM ET
First off, Hodgsons' production rate with the Sabres is only 2 points off of what he paced with Vancouver, and even though the stat does not do much to help my later argument, I would like to point out how stupid it is that writers act as if he had a huge drop-off with the Sabres. This isn't the first time I have seen this, others have said the same. It simply isn't a large enough sample, and even so, it is 2 points off of his production rate with Vancouver, which while integrating into a new system, is not bad.
I will be disappointed if Hodgson scores less than 60 points this upcoming system, which, despite what others have opined, is what you expect at minimum from a top line center. Hodgson scored 41 points last year in 83 games averaging 13+ minutes a game. Derek Roy averaged 19+ minutes of ice time last year. If Hodgson gets more ice time, it is reasonable to expect his production to increase at close to the same rate as his ice time increases. So if Hodgson gets 6 more minutes of ice time(like Roy did last year even while playing injured), it would equate to about a 40% increase in ice time and the correlation of his stats would be around 16 - 20 more points.
Along with his increased ice time, I expect that Hodgson will benefit from playing with better linemates. I also think that he will mature both physically and mentally which will help. He is training with one of the best in the game, and his injury that hampered him earlier in his career is no longer an issue. Everything points to a breakout season for this guy. I am really excited to see it.
If he does prove that he can be that #1 guy, suddenly the Sabres will have more centers than they know what to do with. Hodgson, Ennis, Grigorenko, Girgenson and maybe Luke Adam could all be competing for those top two line spots. We will no longer be looking for centers, that's for sure.
Think of the lines in 3 years:
Ennis Grigorenko Stafford
Leino Hodgson Armia
Foligno Girgensons Tropp
??? Adam Kaleta
Assuming we don't sign any UFA's and retain all RFA's this is who would be under contract. Imagine if we keep Vanek and Pominville, what an awesome group of forwards we would have in 3 years. - Sabretooter
Location: Miller's Dark Shadows, AZ Joined: 08.04.2009
Aug 7 @ 10:28 AM ET
in an effort to increase his sick trade value, Sekera shows off his goaltending skills and shows his glove had is better than Ryan Miller - SabresFaninIndiana
Kaleta did show his glove hand was better and broke it. Maybe if he had some of those silky mitts Ennis got from Garth at Christmas?
Location: Alright Sigfreid, Lets Go Roy... Eye of the freaking Tiger!!!, AK Joined: 07.13.2011
Aug 7 @ 10:28 AM ET
Hockeyy Insiderr @HockeyyInsiderr
Hearing BOTH #TBLightning AND #Leafs have submitted OFFICIAL offers for Heatley and Getzlaf respectively. Will try to find out the details.
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Hockeyy Insiderr @HockeyyInsiderr
#Flyers d-man Meszaros had surgery this AM for torn Achilles. Injury occured while training in Europe. Expect Holmgren to be proactive.
Since the injury already happened... wouldn't it technically be "reactive"?
