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

Dec 11 @ 10:06 AM ET
A 4th line that gets extra time is called a 3rd line
- jcragcrumple

no, if you are playing 12 minutes like Larsson did vs the flyers, and 3 minutes are on the pk


your 9 minutes 5 on 5 make you a 4th liner


CoHo_to_B-Lo
Buffalo Sabres
Location: East Amherst, NY
Joined: 02.29.2012

Dec 11 @ 10:07 AM ET
no, if you are playing 12 minutes like Larsson did vs the flyers, and 3 minutes are on the pk


your 9 minutes 5 on 5 make you a 4th liner

- homiedclown



Logic has no place here.
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Dec 11 @ 10:10 AM ET
Elaborate please...
- hehateme


The hockey News podcast suggests

Reinhart
Ukka Pekka-Lukkonen
Pominville
Guhle
Olofsson
3 first round picks

for

Patrick Kane


The 3 first round picks are to unload Pominvilles salary.




Skip to the 26 Minute mark:

https://thehockeynews.com...lberta-teams-are-for-real
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Dec 11 @ 10:10 AM ET
no, if you are playing 12 minutes like Larsson did vs the flyers, and 3 minutes are on the pk


your 9 minutes 5 on 5 make you a 4th liner

- homiedclown


And Mittelstadt has the same amount of time 5-on-5 even strength when you remove PP

So is he also a 4th liner?
SABRES 89
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'm very Happy to be here. Las Vegas Via Buffalo N.Y.
Joined: 02.17.2007

Dec 11 @ 10:11 AM ET
no, if you are playing 12 minutes like Larsson did vs the flyers, and 3 minutes are on the pk


your 9 minutes 5 on 5 make you a 4th liner

- homiedclown

Don't be shocked to see them go after P Kane if the Hawks decide to move him, not smart to pay 7-9 for Skinner and 10.5 to Kane. They have been speaking to Skinner's camp for a month now but.....................
robz228
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Dec 11 @ 10:13 AM ET
i just cant believe it. the only way kane even remotely comes close to being reasonable is okposo going the other way.

how the hell do we add a 10.5m cap hit without unloading okposo and be able to field a competent team in the last 2 years of Kane's contract
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 11 @ 10:13 AM ET
And Mittelstadt has the same amount of time 5-on-5 even strength when you remove PP

So is he also a 4th liner?

- jcragcrumple

Casey did play 2 more minutes even strength then larsson Saturday


Larsson gets an extra 90 seconds or so on the ice for his defensive face offs, but HIS LINE, is the 4th line



Kaleta was getting 11 minutes of ice time, 3 minutes pk and 8 minutes with the other 2 bottom feeders, was he a third liner just because he could kill penalties, NOPE
CoHo_to_B-Lo
Buffalo Sabres
Location: East Amherst, NY
Joined: 02.29.2012

Dec 11 @ 10:14 AM ET
Don't be shocked to see them go after P Kane if the Hawks decide to move him, not smart to pay 7-9 for Skinner and 10.5 to Kane. They have been speaking to Skinner's camp for a month now but.....................
- SABRES 89



Kane being back home... yikes. So how many games before his cousin gets him in to trouble and he gets suspended if that happens? If Chicago wants to get rid of him, they should just lift the ban of him coming to Buffalo except for xmas.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 11 @ 10:14 AM ET
They have been speaking to Skinner's camp for a month now but.....................
- SABRES 89

wonder who was posting that last month and got piled on from a few people


hehateme
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 04.11.2017

Dec 11 @ 10:15 AM ET
The hockey News podcast suggests

Reinhart
Ukka Pekka-Lukkonen
Pominville
Guhle
Olofsson
3 first round picks

for

Patrick Kane


The 3 first round picks are to unload Pominvilles salary.




Skip to the 26 Minute mark:

https://thehockeynews.com...lberta-teams-are-for-real

- ImThatGuy


I would want PK88 on this team in a heartbeat but come on that proposal is just bat poop crazy , Maybe a first Sam, Guhle and Ukka for PK88, I would throw in maybe another first rounder if thy take Okposso.
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Dec 11 @ 10:16 AM ET
i just cant believe it. the only way kane even remotely comes close to being reasonable is okposo going the other way.

how the hell do we add a 10.5m cap hit without unloading okposo and be able to field a competent team in the last 2 years of Kane's contract

- robz228


It would have to be
Okposo and Scandella to even out the cap hit

Even then 3 first round picks
Olofson
Guhle
Ukka Pekka-Lukkonene
Reinhart

Is the most laughable thing i have ever heard.
robz228
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Dec 11 @ 10:16 AM ET
Kane being back home... yikes. So how many games before his cousin gets him in to trouble and he gets suspended if that happens? If Chicago wants to get rid of him, they should just lift the ban of him coming to Buffalo except for xmas.
- CoHo_to_B-Lo


sign Chad Kelly to the practice squad and then film an MTV mini series on the escapades of Kane and Kelly
CoHo_to_B-Lo
Buffalo Sabres
Location: East Amherst, NY
Joined: 02.29.2012

Dec 11 @ 10:17 AM ET
sign Chad Kelly to the practice squad and then film an MTV mini series on the escapades of Kane and Kelly
- robz228



AK-47s, hookers and blow. What could go wrong?
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 11 @ 10:17 AM ET
Don't be shocked to see them go after P Kane if the Hawks decide to move him..
- SABRES 89

at a glance, they would need to take scandella or bogo back and either berglund or the pod racer and either skunk with picks and prospects or no skunk and a lot of picks/prospects


then again we got skinner for next to nothing
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Dec 11 @ 10:18 AM ET
Casey did play 2 more minutes even strength then larsson Saturday


Larsson gets an extra 90 seconds or so on the ice for his defensive face offs, but HIS LINE, is the 4th line



Kaleta was getting 11 minutes of ice time, 3 minutes pk and 8 minutes with the other 2 bottom feeders, was he a third liner just because he could kill penalties, NOPE

- homiedclown


But again, that's not true over the average of the season.

Larsson is above Mitts in even strength. Larsson is averaging 12 minutes even strength, not 9.

Everyone can keep making excuses, but the "4th" line is actually the 2nd/3rd

And that 2nd/3rd line is putting up sub-4th line offensive numbers
robz228
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Dec 11 @ 10:18 AM ET
It would have to be
Okposo and Scandella to even out the cap hit

Even then 3 first round picks
Olofson
Guhle
Ukka Pekka-Lukkonene
Reinhart

Is the most laughable thing i have ever heard.

- ImThatGuy


Wouldn't even be worried about the next 2 years so Scandella doesn't matter much since we'd still have (hopefully) major impact players on ELCs.

3 years from now is when the ELC's expire and Kanes contract would make us have to ship 1 or 2 of them out and fill it with plugs.
hehateme
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 04.11.2017

Dec 11 @ 10:18 AM ET
AK-47s, hookers and blow. What could go wrong?
- CoHo_to_B-Lo


That's called the american dream.....

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

Dec 11 @ 10:18 AM ET
That totally misses the point I'm making. The Larsson line is the middle 6. It is at the very least, the 3rd line.
- jcragcrumple


I don't think so.
You use ATOI for Larsson to justify calling him a 2nd liner.
Most would define the 2nd line differently, usually your 2nd best Offensive line that can also play responsibly on the defensive side..yes, that line then typically plays 2nd most minutes. From ATOI perspective only, you have an argument.
Your argument however falls apart when you consider thec role his line plays, as well as his specific role...that role for both his line and him individually skew the ATOI up . The role is strictly as a defensive line/player. Any offensive production is gravy. They do quite well though in flipping the ice..to whicj Jack and Co, and Mitt's line typically benefit from.
It is skewed up because thsy don't have a true 2C yet that can effectively p,ay against top lines.

But, hey whatever...using your logic, Hutton needs to be banished...he is their worst Offensive player by far.

Edit - sorry for bolding...site screwed up what was to be bolded, which was your 1st sentence only
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 11 @ 10:18 AM ET
AK-47s, hookers and blow. What could go wrong?
- CoHo_to_B-Lo

the doctor visit 28 days later
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Dec 11 @ 10:18 AM ET
It's not though. The point stands. The "4th line" plays more than the "2nd line." To expect nothing from the "4th," but more from the "2nd" is illogical. Of course scoring is going to be bad when you're playing grinders more than scorers. I agree this is a non-issue if Larsson is playing 7 minutes, but he's playing 14

Everyone who is not on the 1st line needs to do more, absolutely. But to use zone starts as the end-all-be-all of a conversation makes no sense imo. Sobotka and Larsson both play more than Mittelstadt, so why are we calling the Mittelstadt line the 2nd line?

- jcragcrumple

So Larsson averages 3 minutes of PK time per game. 0 PP time. 0 zone starts.

Yes, it’s a little ridiculous to expect him to score on 11 minutes a game of 5 on 5 time almost solely in the D zone
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 11 @ 10:20 AM ET
But again, that's not true over the average of the season.

Larsson is above Mitts in even strength. Larsson is averaging 12 minutes even strength, not 9.

Everyone can keep making excuses, but the "4th" line is actually the 2nd/3rd

And that 2nd/3rd line is putting up sub-4th line offensive numbers

- jcragcrumple

http://www.espn.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=401044764

http://www.espn.com/nhl/t...name/buf/cat/avgTimeOnIce

larsson is getting way more special team ice time then casey and defensive face offs



even stevie wonder sees it
CoHo_to_B-Lo
Buffalo Sabres
Location: East Amherst, NY
Joined: 02.29.2012

Dec 11 @ 10:20 AM ET
So Larsson averages 3 minutes of PK time per game. 0 PP time. 0 zone starts.

Yes, it’s a little ridiculous to expect him to score on 11 minutes a game of 5 on 5 time almost solely in the D zone

- sbroads24


Logic has no place here
CoHo_to_B-Lo
Buffalo Sabres
Location: East Amherst, NY
Joined: 02.29.2012

Dec 11 @ 10:20 AM ET
http://www.espn.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=401044764

http://www.espn.com/nhl/t...name/buf/cat/avgTimeOnIce

larsson is getting way more special team ice time then casey and defensive face offs



even stevie wonder sees it

- homiedclown



But doesn't fit the agenda. So irrelevant.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 11 @ 10:21 AM ET
So Larsson averages 3 minutes of PK time per game. 0 PP time. 0 zone starts.

Yes, it’s a little ridiculous to expect him to score on 11 minutes a game of 5 on 5 time almost solely in the D zone

- sbroads24

we have a draw in our end , larsson lines up with jack and skunk


after the draw, larsson skates to the bench and skinner comes on the ice


probably happens 5 times a night so he gets that minute added to his ice time
SABRES 89
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Buffalo Sabres
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Dec 11 @ 10:21 AM ET
wonder who was posting that last month and got piled on from a few people



- homiedclown

Both of us
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