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Irish 14
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Location: South Buffalo Joined: 01.25.2007
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New leadership on top might have something to do with it! |
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jaumiller
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: Ask not what Matt Ellis can do for you, ask what can you do for Matt Ellis. , NY Joined: 12.06.2012
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I still think he agitates players, not to the extent he did before but he gets the job done. |
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Pairo11
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: Cancel my subscription to the resurrection. Joined: 10.15.2007
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Carried over from last blog...
Random but wondering what it would take to pry Toffoli out of LA. D men are at a premium during the stretch run and Buffalo has a bunch.
Hoff and a 2nd ??
Young scoring winger that probably doesn't have any type of NT/NM in his contract. Good building block.
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blizzzard
New Jersey Devils |
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Location: Orillia, ON Joined: 07.02.2011
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Carried over from last blog...
Random but wondering what it would take to pry Toffoli out of LA. D men are at a premium during the stretch run and Buffalo has a bunch.
Hoff and a 2nd ??
Young scoring winger that probably doesn't have any type of NT/NM in his contract. Good building block.
?? - Pairo11
Not sure why they would do that since surprisingly they struggle to score. I also think they are likely close to the cap and hoff doesn't have a horrible contract but why trade a young cheap goal scorer for a middle aged more expensive defender when they have quite a few good defense man to begin with. I think if it where to happen they would have to move Mitchel, Greene or Reghere and those are their 3 best defensive guys. |
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rapperray
Season Ticket Holder Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: Thank God I don't live in NY anymore, NY Joined: 02.22.2007
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sbroads24
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Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY Joined: 02.12.2012
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rapperray
Season Ticket Holder Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: Thank God I don't live in NY anymore, NY Joined: 02.22.2007
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It's not a guarantee, but nothing is. It's even less of a guarantee trying to build a team through FA and trades. Sure we can go throw a bunch of money at Paul Stastny and Patrick Marleau and be an 8th place team again, but the end result will be more or less the same - sbroads24
I think a blend of draft and ufa's is the way to go.... |
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sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY Joined: 02.12.2012
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I think a blend of draft and ufa's is the way to go.... - rapperray
Yea definitely. I would also make a Phil Kessel/Dion Phanuef/Tyler Seguin type deal in a year or two to get a young stud. It seems one gets moved every year almost. Thing is we have to draft our foundation first, then fill in the missing holes with FA's. |
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MTL1
Montreal Canadiens |
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Location: Brampton, ON Joined: 06.30.2006
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well you guys did good by acquiring Hodgson - steal in my opinion |
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stashu
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: SC Joined: 06.04.2008
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well you guys did good by acquiring Hodgson - steal in my opinion - MTL1
Definitely, but a true #1 with even OK defensive abilities would cure many of our ills. |
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Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK! Joined: 07.27.2007
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Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: Lockport, NY Joined: 12.09.2012
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Yea definitely. I would also make a Phil Kessel/Dion Phanuef/Tyler Seguin type deal in a year or two to get a young stud. It seems one gets moved every year almost. Thing is we have to draft our foundation first, then fill in the missing holes with FA's. - sbroads24
I'm not sure there are any good ones available. I know Evander Kane's name keeps coming up every now and then but he's no seguin and I wouldn't break the bank for him.
Maybe Johansen or Couturier? |
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Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK! Joined: 07.27.2007
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Kevin Freiheit: Has the "C" changed Steve Ott? - KevinJames
The "C" has changed Ott, but he continues to agitate as he did before (maybe even more effectively given that he's had to tone it down some), and with Vanek gone, there really isn't any other player on this roster that could serve in the role.
That's been the problem with the team ever since to core took over - there is no identity, no strong willed character, no outright leadership to form around a common way of getting things done. |
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Stripes77
Referee Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY Joined: 07.30.2012
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Not to stir up the pot here but stash you aren't exactly being intelligent from the previous blog. I just happen to get back on now
hahah, just getting back online...I'm done since it stopped....not to mention reading a complete comment after I left work...
In regards to Enroth vs the "giant Miller" Lets use some facts here shall we
Ryan Miller: 6'2 175 pounds
Jonas Enroth 5'10 167 pounds (a generous 5'10 if you ask me ive been on the ice with him and im 5'11 ish and I am more than an inch taller than him)
4 inches. Now back to how many goals were let in by each goalie. ALL and I mean ALL of the Ducks goals when top shelf. Would a taller goalie make that save? Maybe maybe not but he would have a better chance of cutting down the angles being taller. What was Enroths issues last year? 5 hole. Hmm smaller pads make that much more difficult to stop shots 5 hole. Look at Ehrhoffs GWG the other day went 5 hole on a much taller goalie and even the announcers said something about the smaller pads after it was scored. So like I said smaller goalie smaller pads have me worried. If you want to mock my post that's fine but try thinking for a change before you want to mock a post.
Especially coming from a ref.
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Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK! Joined: 07.27.2007
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I'm not sure there are any good ones available. I know Evander Kane's name keeps coming up every now and then but he's no seguin and I wouldn't break the bank for him.
Maybe Johansen or Couturier? - Sabresfan-365
Findi a way to pry Logan Couture away from the Sharks. |
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Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: Lockport, NY Joined: 12.09.2012
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Findi a way to pry Logan Couture away from the Sharks. - Der Kaiser
With Thornton and Marleau nearing retirement, I imagine Couture is close to untouchable for them. |
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Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK! Joined: 07.27.2007
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With Thornton and Marleau nearing retirement, I imagine Couture is close to untouchable for them. - Sabresfan-365
Yeah, and it looks like the just extended him for 5 yrs. I had no idea. |
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sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY Joined: 02.12.2012
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With Thornton and Marleau nearing retirement, I imagine Couture is close to untouchable for them. - Sabresfan-365
Jeff Skinner
Brandon Saad (if they try to keep Kane and run into serious cap problems)
Jordan Eberle (They need the D)
Charlie Coyle
Couterier
Somone like that. |
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Sabresfan-365
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: Lockport, NY Joined: 12.09.2012
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Jeff Skinner
Brandon Saad (if they try to keep Kane and run into serious cap problems)
Jordan Eberle (They need the D)
Charlie Coyle
Couterier
Somone like that. - sbroads24
I think Eberle is really the only one I'm interested in and we know Edmonton won't trade him. |
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Tsyolin
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: @TsyolinSounds, Rochester, NY Joined: 02.19.2013
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He does his job, I just think the fact that the team as a whole is terrible reflects badly on his play. |
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sbroads24
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Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY Joined: 02.12.2012
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I think Eberle is really the only one I'm interested in and we know Edmonton won't trade him. - Sabresfan-365
I wouldn't rule it out. They need some serious change there |
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stashu
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: SC Joined: 06.04.2008
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In regards to Enroth vs the "giant Miller" Lets use some facts here shall we
Ryan Miller: 6'2 175 pounds
Jonas Enroth 5'10 167 pounds (a generous 5'10 if you ask me ive been on the ice with him and im 5'11 ish and I am more than an inch taller than him)
4 inches. Now back to how many goals were let in by each goalie. ALL and I mean ALL of the Ducks goals when top shelf. Would a taller goalie make that save? Maybe maybe not but he would have a better chance of cutting down the angles being taller. What was Enroths issues last year? 5 hole. Hmm smaller pads make that much more difficult to stop shots 5 hole. Look at Ehrhoffs GWG the other day went 5 hole on a much taller goalie and even the announcers said something about the smaller pads after it was scored. So like I said smaller goalie smaller pads have me worried. If you want to mock my post that's fine but try thinking for a change before you want to mock a post.
Especially coming from a ref.
I'm done - Stripes77
Not getting into the Miller stuff again, but wanted to reply to you.
The bolded part is something all should do, especially someone jumping to conclusions....I wasn't mocking your post with the comment you quoted and carried over here...
I will mention one thing about Miller vs Enroth and that Miller has had 5+ goals allowed games "regularly", so someone panicking (again, not you) that Enroth is suddenly going to be the worst goalie ever and allow "7-10" goals is ludicrous, IMO. |
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kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: albany, NY Joined: 02.21.2007
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Jeff Skinner
Brandon Saad (if they try to keep Kane and run into serious cap problems)
Jordan Eberle (They need the D)
Charlie Coyle
Couterier
Somone like that. - sbroads24
You're right, although Skinner and his concussion issue worries me, but the problem is are any of those guys gamebreakers?
That is what the team sorely needs and as good as all the players are that you mentioned, I believe they are merely high level supporting players, and not players that would transform the franchise. Sadly, the only way the team is going to get one of those is in two years, if they get VERY lucky. |
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stashu
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: SC Joined: 06.04.2008
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He does his job, I just think the fact that the team as a whole is terrible reflects badly on his play. - Tsyolin
And that on this roster he's "had to" play on the top line (beginning of the year with Vanek and Hodgson, and I think he's had more since too). |
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