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gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Dec 7 @ 11:51 PM ET
So on Girgensons, there seems to be a divergence of opinion on what his NHL ceiling is. Some think he can score 15 goals a year in the right situation. My problem with him is that he doesn't seem to be able to lock down a line and give it an identity. To me, he's an AHL tweener who can't master faceoffs and D play enough to lock down a 3rd line while giving a scoring edge, he's not fast enough or tough enough to be a fourth line grinder, and he doesn't have the finishing ability to be top 6.


I would be fine with him if he were a Gaustad type to put out for a big faceoff and shut people down, but I don't think he's that guy. I really don't see his place on this team, or really in the league

- jcragcrumple


He's Mike grier without the awesomeness
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Dec 7 @ 11:53 PM ET
He's Mike grier without the awesomeness
- gerbe75pts



Grier had a knack for rising to the occasion in playoffs. Girgs hasn't been given that opportunity, but I don't see it. Kane and Okposo give me that playoff performer vibe
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Dec 8 @ 12:01 AM ET
Grier had a knack for rising to the occasion in playoffs. Girgs hasn't been given that opportunity, but I don't see it. Kane and Okposo give me that playoff performer vibe
- jcragcrumple



That's racist.
Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Next year is gonna be 05/06 all over again, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Dec 8 @ 12:09 AM ET
you want the higher floor in the playoffs


keenam offers the highest floor and IMO the highest ceiling of his options

- homiedclown

Idk, Savage and the Nuk are coming in hot vs. one of the league’s worst pass D’s. Ramblin gamblin man.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Dec 8 @ 12:16 AM ET
That's racist.
- Wetbandit1



As soon as I typed it, I saw it
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Dec 8 @ 12:32 AM ET
So on Girgensons, there seems to be a divergence of opinion on what his NHL ceiling is. Some think he can score 15 goals a year in the right situation. My problem with him is that he doesn't seem to be able to lock down a line and give it an identity. To me, he's an AHL tweener who can't master faceoffs and D play enough to lock down a 3rd line while giving a scoring edge, he's not fast enough or tough enough to be a fourth line grinder, and he doesn't have the finishing ability to be top 6.

I would be fine with him if he were a Gaustad type to put out for a big faceoff and shut people down, but I don't think he's that guy. I really don't see his place on this team, or really in the league

- jcragcrumple


I think he wants to be a top6 guy

When he admits to himself that his best role will be as a bottom6 defensive forward, then he will have a chance to do well

That said,
we should be playing him in the top6 to showcase him for a trade
I think he can be a really good bottom6 guy for us, but that’s replaceable
So if he can be a part of a trade to bring us in a “core” guy, then that should be our focus
Same with Fasching
Play those 2 with Eichel & see what happens

And in that regard,
play Sam at Center w/ Kane & Okposo
Maybe that makes Reinhart movable for a type of return that could really benefit us going forward,
And Okposo just plain movable

gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Dec 8 @ 12:32 AM ET
Idk, Savage and the Nuk are coming in hot vs. one of the league’s worst pass D’s. Ramblin gamblin man.
- Hatboro_Swords


I would never trust Savage he's so (frank)ing bad

I would take Taylor before that bum
Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Next year is gonna be 05/06 all over again, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Dec 8 @ 12:48 AM ET
I would never trust Savage he's so (frank)ing bad

I would take Taylor before that bum

- gerbe75pts

Dwayne Allen, whatever you say I’m doing the opposite.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 8 @ 12:55 AM ET
fantasy points for last 5 games

keenum 21, 32, 19, 31, 21

savage 14, 10, 19, 6, 18

hundley 17, 15, 4, 27, 7
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Dec 8 @ 1:00 AM ET
fantasy points for last 5 games

keenum 21, 32, 19, 31, 21

savage 14, 10, 19, 6, 18

hundley 17, 15, 4, 27, 7

- homiedclown


Sure, but in many cases
matchup > talent
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 8 @ 1:04 AM ET
Sure, but in many cases
matchup > talent

- jdfitz77

I will take the 2 rb's from the vikings with their 2 wr's and te over the other teams


homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 8 @ 1:12 AM ET
Sure, but in many cases
matchup > talent

- jdfitz77

https://www.fantasypros.c...t-hundley-case-keenum.php
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Dec 8 @ 1:16 AM ET
I will take the 2 rb's from the vikings with their 2 wr's and te over the other teams
- homiedclown


Some weeks you’d be right,
others you’d be wrong

Bree’s had less than 200yds & 0td against us... how many supstandard QBs outscored him that week
It happens every week
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 8 @ 1:18 AM ET
Dwayne Allen, whatever you say I’m doing the opposite.
- Hatboro_Swords

post of the day


homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 8 @ 1:19 AM ET
Some weeks you’d be right,
others you’d be wrong

- jdfitz77

I take the safe play in the playoffs

no chance I roll the dice with those other 2 bums when they are probably going to lean on their rb's


jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Dec 8 @ 1:24 AM ET
I take the safe play in the playoffs

no chance I roll the dice with those other 2 bums when they are probably going to lean on their rb's

- homiedclown


I hear ya...
but that can get u beat too
I’m not saying get crazy,
but u do have to pay attn to matchups
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 8 @ 1:26 AM ET
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Dec 8 @ 1:33 AM ET
Welp, Seattle is officially (almost) a thing, I guess?
adambuffalo
Buffalo Sabres
Location: United States, NY
Joined: 01.30.2007

Dec 8 @ 1:35 AM ET
Welp, Seattle is officially (almost) a thing, I guess?
- BeadyEyedDouche



I saw a few things about it on Twitter. How soon are they thinking?
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 8 @ 1:36 AM ET
Welp, Seattle is officially (almost) a thing, I guess?
- BeadyEyedDouche

they need another team out west


make them an expansion team and then stop expanding

Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Dec 8 @ 1:54 AM ET
I take the safe play in the playoffs

no chance I roll the dice with those other 2 bums when they are probably going to lean on their rb's

- homiedclown


Especially because the Browns are better on defense than people think. 10th overall and 16th against the pass.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Dec 8 @ 1:55 AM ET
they need another team out west


make them an expansion team and then stop expanding

- homiedclown


Move Toronto back to the West and just move the Coyotes to Seattle and give the East teams a better chance of making the playoffs for a few years.
gcomella34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Endicott, NY
Joined: 03.03.2015

Dec 8 @ 6:38 AM ET
About as charming as a toilet seat.
- Der Kaiser



Yeah, but the fuzzy comfortable ones, not the padded vinyl with the crack in it.
thatsapickle
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Dallas, TX
Joined: 03.08.2012

Dec 8 @ 6:59 AM ET
Yeah, but the fuzzy comfortable ones, not the padded vinyl with the crack in it.
- gcomella34



I still have nightmares.

The 80's and 90's were a weird time.
thatsapickle
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Dallas, TX
Joined: 03.08.2012

Dec 8 @ 7:00 AM ET
I don't think anyone posted this:

On Tyson Barrie...

The Sabres are desperate for scoring from the blue line, and all indications are their first choice is Colorado's Tyson Barrie. The Sabres had been talking to the Avs regarding a Duchene/Barrie combo trade about two months ago...


If it is a possibility, although highly unlikely, what would it take?


McCabe, Reinhart, +?
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