he wont be anything if he doesnt stop taking penalties....sabres.com said he has taken 49 minors already this year......49!
- Homer

He's a little hothead from my understanding.


Like Glennie/Beach type hothead.

Probably,
But I thought that about Ennis too
He's playing center now, so I'll still keep him in that group
Girgensons was playing mostly wing in Rochester which I thought kind of weird, but maybe they're just easing him into the center position bc he's so young
- jdfitz77

They're trying to just ease him in. He's playing in a league full of 20+ year olds. He's a baby compared to them. It's all about the learning curve for him.

Im torn on it....I know guys who have and do play in the league....some say its teh worst stat in hockey, others think it legit, honest stat.
- Homer

I could do without it. Just an IMO.

He's a little hothead from my understanding.


Like Glennie/Beach type hothead.
- dadeadhead

well he is Italian, what do you expect

well he is Italian, what do you expect
- Homer

Lets just hope his hockey IQ is better than those two.

I could do without it. Just an IMO.
- dadeadhead

When's your next game?

I get what he's saying as well. But I tend to play devil's advocate.

Plus, there's a way to make an argument for taking him even with Hodgson and Grigorenko here. There's no harm in drafting a center, and moving him to wing if you end up with too many. Both Philly and LA have done that. It's one position that I'd like to be well stocked at. He just wasn't really giving a reason other than Hodgson and Grigs weren't drafted in the top 5.
- HonkFortheGoose

You didn't tell me why you would take Seth Jones 1st overall except that you liked him in the WJC. From what I have read for years about MacKinnon and the Sabres going decades without a franchise center, you take one in my opinion.

sorry yeah my memory was not soo good from a year ago.
- joshs

He has talent, so I wouldn't mind seeing him get another shot... But Goose has watched a good amount of Rochester games this year & thinks he's lazy... It appears we aren't gonna see him up here unless we have a rash of injuries

When's your next game?
- HonkFortheGoose

Going Sunday for sure. Might go Friday.

He has talent, so I wouldn't mind seeing him get another shot... But Goose has watched a good amount of Rochester games this year & thinks he's lazy... It appears we aren't gonna see him up here unless we have a rash of injuries
- jdfitz77

he should be dominating down there and he isnt, far from it.

he should be dominating down there and he isnt, far from it.
- Homer

Lazy and zero motivation.

You didn't tell me why you would take Seth Jones 1st overall except that you liked him in the WJC. From what I have read for years about MacKinnon and the Sabres going decades without a franchise center, you take one in my opinion.
- GilPerreault11

Decades? You don't think that Briere or Drury could be considered franchise centers?

I wish we had been able to keep one of them longer, but they weren't exactly terrible.

Nothing I've seen/heard about MacKinnon has made me jump for joy over him. However, the opposite could be said about Jones. He came out at the beginning of the tournament and basically had a "Messier Moment" by saying the thought the USA was the best team in the tournament. That takes balls. He also played lights out and was instrumental in their success, while MacKinnon fell by the wayside and got outshined by Drouin on his own team.

Is that better?

Going Sunday for sure. Might go Friday.
- dadeadhead

I have both. Let me know. Maybe we can have a beer together.

I have both. Let me know. Maybe we can have a beer together.
- HonkFortheGoose

I get what he's saying as well. But I tend to play devil's advocate.

Plus, there's a way to make an argument for taking him even with Hodgson and Grigorenko here. There's no harm in drafting a center, and moving him to wing if you end up with too many. Both Philly and LA have done that. It's one position that I'd like to be well stocked at. He just wasn't really giving a reason other than Hodgson and Grigs weren't drafted in the top 5.
- HonkFortheGoose

All true
I'd take Jones though as well, he looks nasty
But I'd be shocked if we are picking high enough to get either

Lazy and zero motivation.
- dadeadhead

Ive heard he was an only child and had everything handed to him as a kid. Had tons of talent and never had to work hard at anything. Now the talent alone wont get you by at this level.

Kind of a big baby still.

All true
I'd take Jones though as well, he looks nasty
But I'd be shocked if we are picking high enough to get either
- jdfitz77

We'll finish 9th and have zero chance at taking either.

he should be dominating down there and he isnt, far from it.
- Homer

I expected to see him really going all out when he got sent down last year. Instead, he was pretty much invisible.

The games I've seen this year, he pretty much just coasts out there. I can see why the leash was really short on him here in Buffalo. He just doesn't have the want/drive to care enough. He'll be in the AHL his whole career probably. He may put up decent numbers there like Mancari, but that's pretty much his ceiling at this point, IMO.

All true
I'd take Jones though as well, he looks nasty
But I'd be shocked if we are picking high enough to get either
- jdfitz77

even if we end up in last place this year, I can see us getting screwed over by the new lottery system.

Ive heard he was an only child and had everything handed to him as a kid. Had tons of talent and never had to work hard at anything. Now the talent alone wont get you by at this level.

Kind of a big baby still.
- Homer

Flynn is having a good year though. I think he may have cemented Adam's fate with the team.

Yes. I just like to poke holes in what people are saying.

I must say, I'm pretty good at it.
- HonkFortheGoose

You spun my words to mean something different in what I meant though
No worries though, I'm pretty sure my point got across

We'll finish 9th and have zero chance at taking either.
- dadeadhead

actually if you finished 9th you have a chance this year......may be 1% but still a chance

Ive heard he was an only child and had everything handed to him as a kid. Had tons of talent and never had to work hard at anything. Now the talent alone wont get you by at this level.

Kind of a big baby still.
- Homer

Unwilling to put his big boy britches on and earn it was how I heard it but yeah you are correct.

Play nice, I'm gonna watch the TV

Unwilling to put his big boy britches on and earn it was how I heard it but yeah you are correct.
- dadeadhead

I heard he was sh!tting his pants during the Navy SEALS training the did last summer