Wolski signs 1 yr deal with Washington
- J03Y

SHOOTOUT SPECIALIST!!!

there is no reason why he can't score 30.
- LizzyJo

I completely agree

Duchenes not enough to get sekera, toss in stastny and a first rounder and then they can have our silky mitts puck moving d man with some sick trade value!!!!

Picture anyone???



that was all i could find of him with ink..

I'm a guy with a lot of ink and I love it..
- JVince11

look for the drew man work out

WT is all good, I just have different devices for each account.



Please don't hurt me
- Delta-Bravo

That's just an aggravating condition, not one that means much on its own.

(for me)

You are welcome here friend.

GARTH: Gragnani To The Canes
- garth

"With all of the talk of Paul Stastny being the object of trade rumours in Denver, I ask myself why Matt Duchene's name is not being prominently mentioned in such chatter?

Duchene is only 21 years of age and he is a tremendously gifted scorer. He just signed a two year $7 million contract extension in Denver."

Looks like you answered the question yourself after asking it.

Is this guy joking? Duchene is not being traded holy f**k this guy just makes up random rumors about the avalanche centers. "well the Avs have a good core of centers so I think they'll trade away their best one for maybe sekera and a 7th rounder since sekera is struggling to make our own roster but he has sick trade value!!!!!" this guy drives me crazy
- MattDuchene9

Sekera is not struggling to make our lineup. Hes in the top 4. That is if he isnt traded to bring in some forward of value.

While he didnt put up a ton of points last year, he was our best defensemen by far. His value is pretty high too after the world tournament this summer.

Go ahead and rank these 6 defensemen based on their total performance this past season... if you come out with a ranking that doesn't have Sekera as #1, then you're doing it wrong.

EVEN STRENGTH

Quality of Competition
1. Regehr +0.065
2. Sekera +0.038
3. Weber +0.002
4. Ehrhoff -0.004
5. Myers -0.013
6. Leopold -0.023

Goals Against per 60 on ice
1. Myers 1.97
2. Regehr 2.01
3. Sekera 2.19
4. Leopold 2.40
5. Ehrhoff 2.70
6. Weber 2.81

What did we learn?
- Regehr and Sekera faced toughest competition and both performed very well in that role defensively
- Weber needs to be protected from tougher competition
- Myers was able to dominate defensively against weaker competition
- Leopold and Ehrhoff are not very good defensively, are given freedom to take more chances

Quality of Teammate
1. Ehrhoff +0.081
2. Weber +0.053
3. Regehr -0.008
4. Myers -0.013
5. Sekera -0.053
6. Leopold -0.056

Goals for per 60 on ice
1. Ehrhoff 2.85
2. Leopold 2.62
3. Sekera 2.51
4. Myers 2.47
5. Regehr 1.50
6. Weber 1.37

What did we learn?
- Ehrhoff gets a lot of ice with the scoring forwards
- Sekera does not get such ice time, and yet still produces offensively at a similar rate to Myers and Leopold
- Regehr and Weber are terrible offensively.

+/- On ice per 60
1. Myers +0.51
2. Sekera +0.32
3. Leopold +0.22
4. Ehrhoff +0.15
5. Regehr -0.52
6. Weber -1.44

What did we learn?
- Myers is #1, but has weaker competition and better linemates
- Sekera is #2, while having stronger competition and weaker linemates
- Leopold and Ehrhoff overcome their weaknesses defensively, with their strengths offensively. The need to continue to avoid strong matchups
- Weber is bad
- Regehr's play is acceptable, even though the end result is a negative. We know he faces the best competition and has no abilities outside his own zone.

+/- Off ice per 60
1. Sekera -0.03
2. Leopold -0.02
3. Myers +0.03
4. Weber +0.28
5. Ehrhoff +0.35
6. Regehr +0.40

Corsi ON ice (difference in SAF v SAA)
1. Sekera +1.93
2. Ehrhoff +0.86
3. Leopold -3.71
4. Weber -4.10
5. Myers -7.17
6. Regehr -10.88

Corsi OFF ice
1. Sekera -5.35
2. Ehrhoff -3.02
3. Weber -1.02
4. Leopold -0.63
5. Myers -0.03
6. Regehr +3.03

What did we learn?
- Even though Sekera faces some of the top matchups, he still has the best differential between his On ice/Off ice numbers. The Sabres are at their absolute best when Sekera is on the ice....Why? Because he keeps the opponent out of our zone, and we possess the puck MORE when he is on the ice then any other defensemen. We limit shot attempts the most when he is on the ice. We create the most shot attemtps for ourselves when he is on the ice. And he does all of that with some of the weaker linemates on the team...

the last time I checked, you can't get scored on when you have the puck (all due respect to Mike Ryan and Geoff Sanderson)

Off Zone Starts
1. Ehrhoff
2. Leopold
3. Myers
4. Sekera
5. Weber
6. Regehr

Off Zone Finish
1. Sekera
2. Ehrhoff
3. Leopold
4. Myers
5. Regehr
6. Weber

Sekera doesn't get the benefit of top offensive zone starts, yet finishes there the most... one of the most important stats you don't notice IMO

interesting stats:
1. Sekera, while being a distant 4th in pts per 60... he does happen to be 2nd in secondary assists per 60... anyone want to venture a guess why?
2. Only defensemen with more penalties drawn, then penalties taken

POWER PLAY

Goals For per 60 of PP
1. Ehrhoff 7.23
2. Sekera 5.93
3. Myers 5.50
4. Leopold 4.52

Shots For per 60 of PP
1. Ehrhoff 49.0
2. Sekera 45.4
3. Leopold 44.4
4. Myers 39.4

Shots Blocked by opponent per 60 ON
1. Sekera 17.8
2. Leopold 26.0
3. Ehrhoff 26.3
4. Myers 28.9

SHORT HANDED

Shots Against per 60 Short
1. Sekera
2. Ehrhoff
3. Regehr
4. Leopold
5. Weber
6. Myers

Shots Blocked per 60 Short
1. Regehr 26.5
2. Sekera 25.4
3. Myers 22.9
4. Leopold 21.9
5. Weber 20.6
6. Ehrhoff 16.7

Goals Against per 60 Short
1. Ehrhoff 4.17
2. Weber 4.26
3. Myers 6.55
4. Leopold 7.40
5. Sekera 7.56
6. Regehr 8.73

--------------------------

My overall ranking of these 6 defensemen based on the entirety of their performance taken into account with their role is as follows.


1. Sekera (By a mile)

2-5 the other others

6. Weber (the way lindy uses his pairs, there is no where to hide him)
- FromHFBOARDS

I completely agree
- shanekern03

he is everyone's whipping boy, but he is also very talented, the past two season i have seen him grow so much, if he stays healthy and had consistent line mates i would expect 30 goals out of him.

Drew Stafford

He will have 30+ goals this year...
- BuffaloKyle

for the ducks ..

look for the drew man work out
- gerbe75pts

i think u mean fu man work out.

f*cking love that video.

Duchenes not enough to get sekera, toss in stastny and a first rounder and then they can have our silky mitts puck moving d man with some sick trade value!!!!
- MattDuchene9

staff injection

Duchenes not enough to get sekera, toss in stastny and a first rounder and then they can have our silky mitts puck moving d man with some sick trade value!!!!
- MattDuchene9

what would you take for stasty? dont forget, his cap hit is brtual


make us an offer...

there is no reason why he can't score 30.

and you are never too old for a disney movie!
- LizzyJo

well feel free to set yourself up for disappointment

Ill never forget him getting a hat trick in tampa 2 years ago while before the game a buddy calls it and I say if he gets a hatty ill buy your trip Then followed by Myers scoring with like 2 seconds left to deny me of my first in person shootout.

Sekera is not struggling to make our lineup. Hes in the top 4. That is if he isnt traded to bring in some forward of value.

While he didnt put up a ton of points last year, he was our best defensemen by far. His value is pretty high too after the world tournament this summer.
- theblueandgold

POINT IS... Duchene isn't being traded

staff injection
- b0s0o1

To prevent "Stifford"

i think u mean fu man work out.

f*cking love that video.
- LizzyJo

great video

Look, Grags could not, and would not play defense.

You knew it, we knew it, the Hurricans will know soon enough.
Sure he can learn and get better but the guy is built like a twig and will never, ever have a physical element, alot like the Hoff.

In that respect the trade does indeed seem to factor out in ur favor but the jury is still out on Coho and Kassian.

Give it another two or three years before you full out rule in one teams favor.
- Delta-Bravo

Funny, I remember the jury being very much in on Hodgeson when he was in Vancouver. And they loved him.

POINT IS... Duchene isn't being traded
- MattDuchene9

point is no one thinks he will be.

That's just an aggravating condition, not one that means much on its own.

(for me)

You are welcome here friend.
- nfph

Did Roy really have surgery today?

Did Roy really have surgery today?
- DixonWard

yes

look for the drew man work out
- gerbe75pts

LMAO... I actually like Stafford and Myers a lot more now...

POINT IS... Duchene isn't being traded
- MattDuchene9

Thats fine you feel that way. I dont think Garth posted this as an actual rumor. Its his opinion that its someone he wants the Sabres to look into.

If Duchene has a poor year this year (I know he was injured last year) his value is going to drop tremendously. Your fans will not be happy. Your management probably wont hesitate to consider their options with Duchene.

I think Duchene could bring you Bobby Ryan. With your other depth at center you wouldnt trade Duchene for Ryan?

what would you take for stasty? dont forget, his cap hit is brtual


make us an offer...
- HAMgerber

I didn't wanna trade stastny at first but the more I think of it Id think it would be good, I think we would have to get vanek and then maybe a couple of decent players tossed in by both teams but those would be the main two, you need a center and we need a winger, they are both over payed but have potential to be a point a game player and maybe just need a trade to get themselves going and the avs have plenty of C prospects so I'd think that would be a realistic trade

Where does mueller get off "pondering" an offer from us?