this is false on so many levels


if anyone thinks that line plays just as well ALL AROUND with Pommer, pass me what they are smoking


from an offensive standpoint the 2 lines are better, but pommer does not make the top line all around as good as when the skunk is on it
- homiedclown

The proof is in the pudding

I’m not saying Pommer > Reinhart

I’m saying Reinhart on line 2, Pommer on line 1>>>>>>> having 23,9,53 together

@ntrider825
Just a reminder:

Skinner-Eichel-Pominville gets 60% of goals at even strength

Skinner-Eichel-Reinhart gets 60% of goals at even strength

Reinhart-mittelstadt gets 70% of goals at even strength

Mittelstadt without Reinhart gets 44% of goals at even strength


Quick notes on this

Reinhart is no better than Pominville on the top line

Reinhart is exponentially better than any other option for CM.

Someone please show Housley this
- sbroads24

Housley is a (frank)ing Moran.... he probably need someone to draw him pictures in crayon. and then explain it to him

this is false on so many levels


if anyone thinks that line plays just as well ALL AROUND with Pommer, pass me what they are smoking


from an offensive standpoint the 2 lines are better, but pommer does not make the top line all around as good as when the skunk is on it
- homiedclown

No offense but if Reinhart couldn’t produce more than a 36 year old Pominville on the top line then this team should just fold and move to Kansas City. The fact that Mittelstadt produces better with Reinhart on his line then Elie, Okposo, or Pominville shouldn’t be a shock to anyone either. The problem with this team is that we have a 36 year old Pominville, Sobotka, Okposo, Sheary, Larsson, Girgensons, Wilson in our lineup. If we insulate Mittelstadt better he would produce more, the rest is just his natural development.

The only stats that matter are w&l. this team blows.

No offense but if Reinhart couldn’t produce more than a 36 year old Pominville on the top line then this team should just fold and move to Kansas City. The fact that Mittelstadt produces better with Reinhart on his line then Elie, Okposo, or Pominville shouldn’t be a shock to anyone either. The problem with this team is that we have a 36 year old Pominville, Sobotka, Okposo, Sheary, Larsson, Girgensons, Wilson in our lineup. If we insulate Mittelstadt better he would produce more, the rest is just his natural development.
- Pegullaville

Pommers 4th in goals on this team and 6th in points.

I'd say there is plenty of blame to go around before pointing the finger at him.

36 year old pommer is still scoring

Pommers 4th in goals on this team and 6th in points.

I'd say there is plenty of blame to go around before pointing the finger at him.

36 year old pommer is still scoring
- Boss34

but to say his value is the same as reinharts on the top line is insane

fun facts

reinhart has a better pp60 rate then skinner this year


just like matthews has a better pp60 rate then eichel

https://icydata.hockey/player_stats/advanced/27

assuming pommer retires after this season

who fills the void for the 2 rw slots on our top 3?

The lines from practice this morning make me sick to my stomach.

We are either trying not to win or Phil really is that bad
- Shadman306

Phil really is that bad-so is jb. Hire journeyman gm and coach you get the same results. look at the island, why cant we hire a legit gm n coach instead of shopping bargain bin and paying cadillac prices.

The only stats that matter are w&l. this team blows.
- MLew65

if the sabres lose their next game, they will have a worse winning % for the 39 games after the 10 game win streak then last season when they finished 31st

if the sabres lose their next game, they will have a worse winning % for the 39 games after the 10 game win streak then last season when they finished 31st
- homiedclown

Those r blo me numbers

but to say his value is the same as reinharts on the top line is insane
- homiedclown

I agree with you.

At times this season, pommer's value has been greater then reinharts on the top line.

I think sam helps the team more on the 2nd line.
Maybe his veteran leadership could wear off on Slow tage and mitts?

Aside from 2C . A right winger for jack will be addressed this offseason.

but to say his value is the same as reinharts on the top line is insane
- homiedclown

The better way to put it is that Reinhart improves the 2nd line more than he does the first.

Those r blo me numbers
- MLew65

montour is playing with hunwick


nuff said

The better way to put it is that Reinhart improves the 2nd line more than he does the first.
- buffalofan19

but that would mean having to admit that he is better then a 47 year old pommer playing with jack and skinner


some can't admit that


then again it doesn't matter because casey is buried on the third line thanks to our fearless leader phil

but that would mean having to admit that he is better then a 47 year old pommer playing with jack and skinner


some can't admit that


then again it doesn't matter because casey is buried on the third line thanks to our fearless leader phil
- homiedclown

Dude you get really touchy with Reinhart and it’s getting bizarre.

Of course Reinhart is better than Pominville, by a good margin too.

The point is that Eichel/Skinner and either 23 or 29 control 60% of the goals when on the ice. Which is excellent

The second line with Sam and CM controls 70% which is insanely good

Without Sam CM GF% goes to 44%

Reinhart on line 2 makes this team better than when he’s on line 1

Dude you get really touchy with Reinhart and it’s getting bizarre.

- sbroads24

stop saying stupid stuff and it goes away

"
Quick notes on this

Reinhart is no better than Pominville on the top line"



this is bs, go to the damn eye doctor

Pommers 4th in goals on this team and 6th in points.

I'd say there is plenty of blame to go around before pointing the finger at him.

36 year old pommer is still scoring
- Boss34

Yea and Skinner is a 25 goal scorer who might pot 45 this year. Its the Jack Eichel effect.

Reinhart on line 2 makes this team better than when he’s on line 1
- sbroads24

Reinahrt is better then Pominville, pominville cant produce without Jack. Reinhart can. Why this still is debated I have no idea. No team in the league that stacks one line ever has success for sustained period of time.

Reinahrt is better then Pominville, pominville cant produce without Jack. Reinhart can. Why this still is debated I have no idea. No team in the league that stacks one line ever has success for sustained period of time.
- Pegullaville

agreed

Rigas was let out of prison 3 years ago for pending death



- homiedclown

Every one of us is pending death.

That’s not just semantics

Every one of us is pending death.

That’s not just semantics
- Der Kaiser

I drink clown juice

coffee with jameson
then bloody marys

a few brews with lunch

a lot of brews from 4-8

a few crowns after 8


I don't want to be that 95 year old in the nursing home with his tongue sticking out all day making strange sounds and beating off like a spider monkey

I drink clown juice

coffee with jameson
then bloody marys

a few brews with lunch

a lot of brews from 4-8

a few crowns after 8


I don't want to be that 95 year old in the nursing home with his tongue sticking out all day making strange sounds and beating off like a spider monkey
- homiedclown

My grandmother died when she was 102 years old. She stopped living somewhere closer to 95.

I have no interest in the years she had in between.

My grandmother died when she was 102 years old. She stopped living somewhere closer to 95.

I have no interest in the years she had in between.
- Der Kaiser

I had a 97 year old call in today to try to access his daughters tax receipts for her RSP contributions as a trading authority on her account. He isn’t allowed to view them as he isn’t the account holder but it was my most enjoyable interaction of the day. He was a really nice man.

if the sabres lose their next game, they will have a worse winning % for the 39 games after the 10 game win streak then last season when they finished 31st
- homiedclown

GMJB says he’s loved their practices and communication though. So there’s that.