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Shadman306
Joined: 06.11.2015

Jun 21 @ 3:10 PM ET
Well you must not be familiar with Sbroads & 365’s idea of what they’d take back for ROR

365 specifically has said he “doesn’t believe we can get a core piece back for O’Reilly”

Just the other day, Sbroads said he’d take pick 11 & a decent roster player
How does that help us this year?
It doesn’t

- jdfitz77


Why do we need immediate help THIS year?

We wont win the cup THIS year.

We have 8 more years of Eichel, Dahlin, Rerinhart, Mitts

We should be planning to be great in a couple years.

THIS year is to get pieces and set up for a long time with a young core
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
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Jun 21 @ 3:10 PM ET
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Chatter around Awards week on Rangers has club exploring deals on Zuccarello, and teams been calling on Skjei

There's a new name on the chatter block.

- JVince11


I thought Skjei would be an untouchable for them
LH defenseman...
but him + 9 i would do for O’Reilly
JVince11
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Jun 21 @ 3:10 PM ET
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#Sens GM Dorion on why he traded Hoffman. "We had to trade Mike Hoffman. Our dressing room was broken."

Interesting.
RhinoFan
Buffalo Sabres
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Joined: 10.12.2015

Jun 21 @ 3:11 PM ET
Will be in the A
- CoHo_to_B-Lo


Nope. Beaulieu will be.

*Maybe Nelson
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Jun 21 @ 3:11 PM ET
The last time someone broke the FO record?

Brind'Amour, 2006, cup winner

- jcragcrumple


but then it was broken in 2018...
team finished 31st.
where is the correlation?
JVince11
Buffalo Sabres
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Jun 21 @ 3:12 PM ET
if you say boom enough it makes everything true.
- ImThatGuy


This does not ring true with your "95% of faceoffs mean nothing" comment though.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 21 @ 3:12 PM ET
Well you must not be familiar with Sbroads & 365’s idea of what they’d take back for ROR

365 specifically has said he “doesn’t believe we can get a core piece back for O’Reilly”

Just the other day, Sbroads said he’d take pick 11 & a decent roster player
How does that help us this year?
It doesn’t

- jdfitz77


Underwhelming, but I don't believe you're offering fair interpretation.

Not a core piece could be a complimentary piece. Of course, he could be wrong. It could very well be a core.

Pick 11 in this draft is still a very good pick and a decent roster player could also be a complimentary player.

I don't read "spare parts" anywhere on there. Spare parts are AHL and 4th line throwins, imo
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
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Jun 21 @ 3:13 PM ET
but then it was broken in 2018...
team finished 31st.
where is the correlation?

- IonSabres


It's a useful tool on a good team
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
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Joined: 11.04.2010

Jun 21 @ 3:13 PM ET
they are right though, 95% of them really don't matter...however, there are several during a game that matter...and then they matter pretty significantly.

We won't miss it, until it is important those 5 times per game.

- IonSabres


Then you get a guy like Paul Gaustad that can take faceoffs.

Every team has their faceoff guy. Eichel will be ours in 1-2 years.
hehateme
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 04.11.2017

Jun 21 @ 3:14 PM ET
they are right though, 95% of them really don't matter...however, there are several during a game that matter...and then they matter pretty significantly.

We won't miss it, until it is important those 5 times per game.

- IonSabres


I know....
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
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Jun 21 @ 3:14 PM ET
Why do we need immediate help THIS year?

We wont win the cup THIS year.

We have 8 more years of Eichel, Dahlin, Rerinhart, Mitts

We should be planning to be great in a couple years.

THIS year is to get pieces and set up for a long time with a young core

- Shadman306



This.
2019-2020 iis the year to make the bigger jump
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
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Jun 21 @ 3:14 PM ET
Nope. Beaulieu will be.

*Maybe Nelson

- RhinoFan


2 year, 1 way contract. Has 3 games left of waiver eligibility. Virtually no chance of demotion.

I doubt Botts cares if anyone lifts Bowls
JVince11
Buffalo Sabres
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Jun 21 @ 3:14 PM ET
Underwhelming, but I don't believe you're offering fair interpretation.

Not a core piece could be a complimentary piece. Of course, he could be wrong. It could very well be a core.

Pick 11 in this draft is still a very good pick and a decent roster player could also be a complimentary player.

I don't read "spare parts" anywhere on there. Spare parts are AHL and 4th line throwins, imo

- TheSabresTaco


I think I am just against trading core players for picks. I'm sick of "in two years when he gets to Buffalo we'll be good"....

I'm done with that.... I really am... we need guys who can play not guys who we HOPE will be able to play. That's how we get Grigorenko, Armia, Kassian, etc.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 21 @ 3:14 PM ET
Why do we need immediate help THIS year?

We wont win the cup THIS year.

We have 8 more years of Eichel, Dahlin, Rerinhart, Mitts

We should be planning to be great in a couple years.

THIS year is to get pieces and set up for a long time with a young core

- Shadman306


I was originally replying to the question of “how we’d improve this year without trading a core player?”

I agree with planning to Contend for the Cup in the future
But at pick 11, (if that was the main piece we get for ROR), that guy could just end up as Girgs or Grigo
It’s not nearly enough of a return imo
And like i said,
the additional decent roster player- those guys can be picked up UFA
And “b” prospects are usually more of a miss than a hit as well

Trade O’Reilly... fine
It just has to bring back AT LEAST a guy who we are pretty confident will be a “core piece”

I’VE SAID THIS ABOUT 50 GODDAMN TIMES
IonSabres
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Jun 21 @ 3:15 PM ET
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#Sens GM Dorion on why he traded Hoffman. "We had to trade Mike Hoffman. Our dressing room was broken."

Interesting.

- JVince11



he is so wrong on this.
Dressing room doesn't matter...
just throw out the talent and count the Cups!!!
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
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Jun 21 @ 3:16 PM ET
It's a useful tool on a good team
- jcragcrumple


Wasington, Vegas, Tampa

3 of the 4 finalists all were 50% FO or less.

Two of those teams were in the bottom 5 of the league.
CoHo_to_B-Lo
Buffalo Sabres
Location: East Amherst, NY
Joined: 02.29.2012

Jun 21 @ 3:16 PM ET
Then you get a guy like Paul Gaustad that can take faceoffs.

Every team has their faceoff guy. Eichel will be ours in 1-2 years.

- ImThatGuy



What makes you think Jack will be that guy? Curios.
turbo044
Joined: 02.18.2009

Jun 21 @ 3:16 PM ET
I thought Skjei would be an untouchable for them
LH defenseman...
but him + 9 i would do for O’Reilly

- jdfitz77


I think a reasonable trade could be:

O'Reilly, McCabe and the SJ 2019 1st rd pick

for

Pachs, #3 OA

With #3 OA I take Tkachuk, not Zadina

jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 21 @ 3:16 PM ET
1) Better than Falk, Fedun or Tennyson already = upgrade
2) Upgrade from Larsson or Josefson = upgrade
3) Ullmark should help for some games and I expect Lehner to be better if back or an upgrade to be signed
4) Pilut, Dahlin, Guhle...it isn't just one player.
5) Mittelstadt, Dahlin and a full year of Guhle is something. We still don't know what other trades will be made, any UFA signings or how guys like Malone, Olofsson or Asplund will do
6) Too early

Some are unproven theories and others are fact. We will get better incrementally this year, the question is how much...

- RhinoFan


Again... Boom
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
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Jun 21 @ 3:16 PM ET
he is so wrong on this.
Dressing room doesn't matter...
just throw out the talent and count the Cups!!!

- IonSabres


my turn





boom
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 21 @ 3:16 PM ET
Can people stop this. Faceoff % is nearly a pointless stat.

95% of faceoffs don't mean a damn thing.

- ImThatGuy


Wrong
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 21 @ 3:17 PM ET
What makes you think Jack will be that guy? Curios.
- CoHo_to_B-Lo


I am genuinely curious if Eichel is working on his FO ability this summer, especially if he knows ROR will be gone.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jun 21 @ 3:17 PM ET
25 wins. changing the bottom 6 maybe gets us to 30.
- ImThatGuy


That’s not all that’s being done
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
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Joined: 11.04.2010

Jun 21 @ 3:18 PM ET
Wrong
- jdfitz77


I don't know how many times I am going to have to post this.

Tampa Bay was 27th in faceoff wins.
Colorado was 31st
Vegas was 22nd
Capitals 13th


Buffalo was 7th
Carolina was 1st

There are certain scenarios where winning a FO is important.

Over the course of the season, winning faceoffs and driving possession do not correlate in the slightest.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
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Jun 21 @ 3:18 PM ET
Wrong
- jdfitz77


There's no statistical proof that shows, over the course of a season, that the amount of FOs you win determines the amount of games you win.
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