I’m bored

Patriots fans are hilarious. Trashing Gronk and Brady.

The six titles aren’t enough they’re owed more I guess

Percy Harvin making a comeback

Laviska Shenault is a pretty similar player who might actually fall to the Bills at 54.

I’d love for that to happen.

One thing worth monitoring, Seattle has two picks in 2nd round after Bills. Would be great if someone was falling that Sea Hawks just hafta have. Balt., Miami, Rams and Sota between Bills and Hawks. Bills 2nd and 3rd about 60 points short in pick value of Seattle’s 2nds, but that’s the vig on a player you hafta have.
- Hatboro_Swords

What ? 🦄

Patriots fans are hilarious. Trashing Gronk and Brady.

The six titles aren’t enough they’re owed more I guess
- sbroads24

sounds like many sabres and leaf fans

minus the cups in our lifetime

sounds like many sabres and leaf fans

minus the cups in our lifetime
- navinrjohnson

I don’t think we’d complain if we had a few cups. At least I wouldn’t

I don’t think we’d complain if we had a few cups. At least I wouldn’t
- Pegullaville

if we won our first cup in 6 games


at least 5 posters will say we should have won it in 4 or 5 games

I don’t think we’d complain if we had a few cups. At least I wouldn’t
- Pegullaville

Honestly, if we won a Cup with Briere and Drury and then they left, you don't think people would female dog because we could have one another one or two?

How about winning with Hasek, but then he leaves and wins two with Detroit?

We could win one here in 7 games and people will bìtch we didn't win in 6.

Reading this article by the Sharks blogger

https://www.hockeybuzz.co...-down-the-road/280/105320

It didnt address what I'm about to bring up, but it made me think:

I wonder if we're approaching an era of hockey where positional versatility is way more fluid than we've seen in at least my lifetime. Especially in a system like Krueger likes to advertise as 5-man unit. So what if you drafted Merkley as a puck moving defenseman? That skill set should translate to a center, or maybe a winger. I always thought it would be interesting to see Guhle play wing, and I wonder if we're approaching a point where skill dictates a place in the lineup instead of pigeonholing a guy as a positional player

Bossman,

Ross Tucker, who is one of my favorites in the biz, just named Winfield Jr. as his most likely won’t be drafted in the first round sleeper pick. Said he might play safety, but plays just like his dad. Ross is on sports radio down here and does eagles color for pre season games. Really good.

Might need to see if my mom still has my Winfield circa 2001 jersey up there. There’s no way.
- Hatboro_Swords

Good stuff 👊

My buddy down in brandenton has a Winfield jersey, he's breaking it out for the draft.

Bill's might need to trade up.
Jr. Can learn from poyer and hyde

Honestly, if we won a Cup with Briere and Drury and then they left, you don't think people would female dog because we could have one another one or two?

How about winning with Hasek, but then he leaves and wins two with Detroit?

We could win one here in 7 games and people will bìtch we didn't win in 6.
- adambuffalo

Probably. Do Raptors fans female dog about Leonard leaving? I genuinely dont know. I dont give a poop about tall man net sport

https://sports.yahoo.com/...ic-culture-125825880.html


the comments

13 hours ago
She’s a waitress, nothing more. She’s not a billionaire, she’s not a sports franchise owner, she’s a waitress. I can’t imagine how horrible it must be living in a mansion in Florida whilst waiting for their super yacht to be finished. They need to sell the Sabres to folks who know what they’re doing because they certainly do not.



11 hours ago
Previous to the Bills, didn’t Kim own the Cleveland Indians in the movie Major League??



10 hours ago
So a billionaire chooses a waitress from the catalog for a mail order bride and hands over several professional sports franchises to her to operate. What could go wrong?


11 hours ago
Her back ground of food service isn't helping her with this job? If not for her husband she would be giving happy endings in some nail spa.


13 hours ago
Look at her high maintenance , i hope she's rocking his world in the sack..


10 hours ago
Kim was a college cheerleader and working as a waitress when Pegula met her. So qualified.


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Reading this article by the Sharks blogger

https://www.hockeybuzz.co...-down-the-road/280/105320

It didnt address what I'm about to bring up, but it made me think:

I wonder if we're approaching an era of hockey where positional versatility is way more fluid than we've seen in at least my lifetime. Especially in a system like Krueger likes to advertise as 5-man unit. So what if you drafted Merkley as a puck moving defenseman? That skill set should translate to a center, or maybe a winger. I always thought it would be interesting to see Guhle play wing, and I wonder if we're approaching a point where skill dictates a place in the lineup instead of pigeonholing a guy as a positional player
- jcragcrumple

I mentioned this a while back when the hockey was still being played but we've reached an era where at the very least defenseman are more like wing backs in soccer.

There's a ton of overlap and interchanging between the positions, especially in certain systems.

Someone mentioned moving Dahlin to forward on here and all the points they made were legit and in a different era, Id buy that. But to your point, there's so much fluidity now that you don't need to shift his position, just take the shackles off.

In the last 10 or so games before the shut down, Kruger did with Dahlin and his numbers went to where you would want them to be. He'll never be Hjalmarsson, and you can square peg/round hole this. He is what he is, and what he is can be very effective, if you let him.

It's also why Im a big proponent of changing the scheme they use. In the end, all their top guys (either by commitment or talent) have a history of showing their best work when the team plays a high event scheme.

You might keep games closer and win matchup battles with your third line at home, but in the long run you handcuff yourself from ever becoming a legit contender.

Good stuff 👊

My buddy down in brandenton has a Winfield jersey, he's breaking it out for the draft.

Bill's might need to trade up.
Jr. Can learn from poyer and hyde
- Boss34

J.K. Dobbins rb ohio state
or Chase Claypool wr Notre Dame

I mentioned this a while back when the hockey was still being played but we've reached an era where at the very least defenseman are more like wing backs in soccer.

There's a ton of overlap and interchanging between the positions, especially in certain systems.

Someone mentioned moving Dahlin to forward on here and all the points they made were legit and in a different era, Id buy that. But to your point, there's so much fluidity now that you don't need to shift his position, just take the shackles off.

In the last 10 or so games before the shut down, Kruger did with Dahlin and his numbers went to where you would want them to be. He'll never be Hjalmarsson, and you can square peg/round hole this. He is what he is, and what he is can be very effective, if you let him.

It's also why Im a big proponent of changing the scheme they use. In the end, all their top guys (either by commitment or talent) have a history of showing their best work when the team plays a high event scheme.

You might keep games closer and win matchup battles with your third line at home, but in the long run you handcuff yourself from ever becoming a legit contender.
- Michael Ghofrani

I'm thinking more broadly. Which sabre do you want on the ice for 25 minutes? Jack Eichel. At forward, that's incredibly taxing. Are we going to get to the point where he can play some RD in the 3rd period to keep him on the ice in some less taxing minutes against the 3rd or 4th line down a goal? I understand there are implications about him potentially taking hits behind the net

Or perhaps more realistically, can we get to a point where Risto can play RW for the 2nd half of the 3rd period for a net front presence?

Or if you cant make room for Pilut on D, surely he can be on the team as a LW instead of Frolik.

This is really my point here.

Someone with Pilut's skill set should be on the team. This is the way I always felt about Guhle. I was always advocating to play him at wing. If it's not at D, it should be somewhere

2 or 3 years ago, Guhle would have been at least the 3rd best LW on the team

Honestly, if we won a Cup with Briere and Drury and then they left, you don't think people would female dog because we could have one another one or two?

How about winning with Hasek, but then he leaves and wins two with Detroit?

We could win one here in 7 games and people will bìtch we didn't win in 6.
- adambuffalo

Totally possible, but at the end of the day it’s the toughest trophy in all of sports to win and I would be happy to say I saw the team win a cup.

I'm thinking more broadly. Which sabre do you want on the ice for 25 minutes? Jack Eichel. At forward, that's incredibly taxing. Are we going to get to the point where he can play some RD in the 3rd period to keep him on the ice in some less taxing minutes against the 3rd or 4th line down a goal? I understand there are implications about him potentially taking hits behind the net

Or perhaps more realistically, can we get to a point where Risto can play RW for the 2nd half of the 3rd period for a net front presence?

Or if you cant make room for Pilut on D, surely he can be on the team as a LW instead of Frolik.

This is really my point here.

Someone with Pilut's skill set should be on the team. This is the way I always felt about Guhle. I was always advocating to play him at wing. If it's not at D, it should be somewhere

2 or 3 years ago, Guhle would have been at least the 3rd best LW on the team
- jcragcrumple

I imagine there will be resistance at first, there always is, but I do think it's heading in that direction. The way d-men are built now, totally different than the emphasis that used to be put on that position 10 years ago.

So with strategies changing along with the skillset at that position, I think the transition for someone like Eichel to RD wouldn't be as difficult. If there was legit concern about him taking hits behind the net, guys like Quinn Hughes would never get drafted. You'd probably bet on Eichel surviving those hits before Hughes.

I mentioned this a while back when the hockey was still being played but we've reached an era where at the very least defenseman are more like wing backs in soccer.

There's a ton of overlap and interchanging between the positions, especially in certain systems.

Someone mentioned moving Dahlin to forward on here and all the points they made were legit and in a different era, Id buy that. But to your point, there's so much fluidity now that you don't need to shift his position, just take the shackles off.

In the last 10 or so games before the shut down, Kruger did with Dahlin and his numbers went to where you would want them to be. He'll never be Hjalmarsson, and you can square peg/round hole this. He is what he is, and what he is can be very effective, if you let him.

It's also why Im a big proponent of changing the scheme they use. In the end, all their top guys (either by commitment or talent) have a history of showing their best work when the team plays a high event scheme.

You might keep games closer and win matchup battles with your third line at home, but in the long run you handcuff yourself from ever becoming a legit contender.
- Michael Ghofrani

The comparison to the wing back in soccer is spot on.

I happen to disagree with the “high event scheme though”. The Sabres system is fine, they just lack a few high end forwards (Cozens looks like he has a good chance of being one of those forwards in time)

Once Berube took over in St.Louis they took care of their own zone first and I think we all know how that turned out.

The comparison to the wing back in soccer is spot on.

I happen to disagree with the “high event scheme though”. The Sabres system is fine, they just lack a few high end forwards (Cozens looks like he has a good chance of being one of those forwards in time)

Once Berube took over in St.Louis they took care of their own zone first and I think we all know how that turned out.
- Pegullaville

I dont have a problem with a low event scheme. I just have a problem with it for this team.

The blues core is built to handle that. We're already seeing the effects it can have on the Sabres core. Dahlin, Skinner and Montour were the biggest victims. Rodrigues too but I feel like he was on his way out anyhow.

I imagine there will be resistance at first, there always is, but I do think it's heading in that direction. The way d-men are built now, totally different than the emphasis that used to be put on that position 10 years ago.

So with strategies changing along with the skillset at that position, I think the transition for someone like Eichel to RD wouldn't be as difficult. If there was legit concern about him taking hits behind the net, guys like Quinn Hughes would never get drafted. You'd probably bet on Eichel surviving those hits before Hughes.
- Michael Ghofrani

Hughes is one of the best skaters in the league and has fantastic short area quickness.

I can’t see Eichel skating backwards and defending and I think would be terrible on the back end.

Hockey is a 5 man unit, d-men have to act as wing backs like you previously mentioned and add to the attack. However, forwards also have to come back and play well systematically in their own zone to limit high danger chances against.

I imagine there will be resistance at first, there always is, but I do think it's heading in that direction. The way d-men are built now, totally different than the emphasis that used to be put on that position 10 years ago.

So with strategies changing along with the skillset at that position, I think the transition for someone like Eichel to RD wouldn't be as difficult. If there was legit concern about him taking hits behind the net, guys like Quinn Hughes would never get drafted. You'd probably bet on Eichel surviving those hits before Hughes.
- Michael Ghofrani

I just feel like we're approaching a time where a forward or defenseman is deeper on a depth chart, and management says "this guy is too skilled not to play 20 minutes a night."

So he plays a bit of forward or D. Or you have a guy like Merkley and you say, well, you're going to be a hybrid for us.

You mentioned soccer positions. Maybe it's quarantine brain on my part (it almost certainly is) but you dont have to go with a 3 forward 2 Dman set. You can rename all the positions. Hell, the swede national team did in the '90s with their torpedo.

What I'm saying is that an organizational search for talent should lead to playing time for talented players, however that looks

Hughes is one of the best skaters in the league and has fantastic short area quickness.

I can’t see Eichel skating backwards and defending and I think would be terrible on the back end.

Hockey is a 5 man unit, d-men have to act as wing backs like you previously mentioned and add to the attack. However, forwards also have to come back and play well systematically in their own zone to limit high danger chances against.
- Pegullaville

I was only using eichel to illustrate the point about not being overly concerned with the physical play. Hughes is quick and agile but in general the emphasis on size/strength on the blue line isn't nearly what it once was.

I imagine that by the time this ever becomes something teams seriously consider, most forwards and defensemen will end up being built and developed so similarly that they would be able to handle that change.

Hughes is one of the best skaters in the league and has fantastic short area quickness.

I can’t see Eichel skating backwards and defending and I think would be terrible on the back end.

Hockey is a 5 man unit, d-men have to act as wing backs like you previously mentioned and add to the attack. However, forwards also have to come back and play well systematically in their own zone to limit high danger chances against.
- Pegullaville

It's a 5 man unit, but you're only imagining it as 3 forwards and 2 defense. Outside of that paradigm, you could reimagine the positions entirely

I just feel like we're approaching a time where a forward or defenseman is deeper on a depth chart, and management says "this guy is too skilled not to play 20 minutes a night."

So he plays a bit of forward or D. Or you have a guy like Merkley and you say, well, you're going to be a hybrid for us.

You mentioned soccer positions. Maybe it's quarantine brain on my part (it almost certainly is) but you dont have to go with a 3 forward 2 Dman set. You can rename all the positions. Hell, the swede national team did in the '90s with their torpedo.

What I'm saying is that an organizational search for talent should lead to playing time for talented players, however that looks
- jcragcrumple

Agreed on both fronts, can choose set ups and formations based on the talent available.

I dont have a problem with a low event scheme. I just have a problem with it for this team.

The blues core is built to handle that. We're already seeing the effects it can have on the Sabres core. Dahlin, Skinner and Montour were the biggest victims. Rodrigues too but I feel like he was on his way out anyhow.
- Michael Ghofrani

As much as I hate Skinner’s contract, he will be fine once we get him a viable option in the middle.

Once Dahlin grows into his frame and adds man strength we are going to be in for a real treat. He was showing much for confidence once he came back from the injury.

Montour suffered from playing the left side and really a lack of role to begin with. We never really had a stay at home partner for him as McCabe’s play tailed off.