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

Jun 6 @ 7:13 PM ET
the asteroids are taking us out next week
- homiedclown


Is there ANYTHING we can do to increase the odds...please, for the love of God!
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

Jun 6 @ 7:31 PM ET
D-day the sixth of June
https://nationalinterest....-german-leadership-161166
The amazing bravery of the men who carried out such a bold plan, and still were fortunate breaks and amazingly heroic actions needed to make the landings succeed.
Think today of the men who helped ensure our right to voice any displeasure with how the government is run. They are truly heroes.

Americans can work together, or we can fight like dogs in the street. The media seems busy trying to put the spiked collars on us all.
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Jun 6 @ 7:42 PM ET
I am not chasing down that rabbit hole


between kaiser, beady, alex the great, loserdclown and whatever other names they are know as


pretty tired of their abuse so I am taking a break of confrontation


of course the mods of this site has been given my username and password so they can view the lovely 30 plus messages and if beady is gone a while, so be it




side note I view a few as 3 or 4, shocked when I saw more then 1

- homiedclown


Big victim.

You talk big but when it turns around you’re an “abused victim.”

Let’s see you go ahead and sue Beady. If you do, I’ll be sure he gets a free legal defense. And that isn’t just big talk.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Jun 6 @ 7:43 PM ET
RFA's
Reinhart - use as trade bait
Montour - use as trade bait, resign at 4 × $4.25m
Kahun - resign at 4 x $2.85m
Olofsson - resign 5 x $4.5m
Ullmark - resign at 3 x $2.25m
Lazar - resign at 3 x $1.1m

UFA's
Simmonds - let walk
Frolik - let walk
Girgensons - let walk
Larson - resign at 2 x $1.9m IF Compliance Buyout approved (used on Okposso)
Vesey - resign at 2 x $2.35m

Trade Candidates
Reinhart
Mojo
Montour
Risto
Miller
Thompson
Mittlestadt

Trade Targets
2C: Dylan Strome
1RW: Alex Tuch
2RW: Josh Anderson
3C: Nick Bonino

UFA Targets
LhD: Dylan DeMelo
RhD: Travis Hamonic / Radco Gudas
G: Aaron Dell

Skinner - Eichel - Tuch
Olofsson - Strome - Josh Anderson
Kahun - Bonino - Cozens
Vesey - Lazar - Okposo/Larson

Dahlin - Hamonic/Gudas
DeMelo - Risto/Montour
McCabe - Joker

Ullmark
A Dell.

I would think that gets the Boys into the PO picture

- IonSabres



Good stuff ion

I'm not sold on kahun at 4 years
Larrson would be great at 2 or under

Good trade targets
All 4

Dell is a viable 1A/B rotation ullmark until 6k

Just my opinion, but solid well rounded team. Might be light on toughness.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 6 @ 7:52 PM ET
Know I see why posters don't come back here for weeks or months at a time.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 6 @ 7:54 PM ET
Good stuff ion

I'm not sold on kahun at 4 years
Larrson would be great at 2 or under

Good trade targets
All 4

Dell is a viable 1A/B rotation ullmark until 6k

Just my opinion, but solid well rounded team. Might be light on toughness.

- Boss34

Like Dell, and DeMelo solid choice decent defensive defenseman that shouldn't break the Bank.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 6 @ 7:57 PM ET
DeMelo is ranked in the top 30 FA with The Hockey News.
Michael Ghofrani
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.14.2020

Jun 6 @ 8:10 PM ET
Over simplification for sure, but seems as though it is an attempt to create individualized +/-.
My beef in using xGF is that ignores a specific player's shooting quality and therefore needs to contain that specific metric to really individualize it and be relative to a specific player.

- IonSabres


Not sure I follow this.

As for your beef on XG, you can compare it to a player's shooting percentage/ goals for percentage over an extended period of time to determine if there is any real shooting talent or not.

Eichel for example, has a history of shooting above his expected goals for.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Jun 6 @ 8:12 PM ET
Know I see why posters don't come back here for weeks or months at a time.
- Buff36



This place definitely takes commitment
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Jun 6 @ 8:46 PM ET
Not sure I follow this.

As for your beef on XG, you can compare it to a player's shooting percentage/ goals for percentage over an extended period of time to determine if there is any real shooting talent or not.

Eichel for example, has a history of shooting above his expected goals for.

- Michael Ghofrani


I was doing that based on the Evolving Hockey data, and I labeled the column 'sniper index'.
kritter65
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 07.11.2009

Jun 6 @ 9:46 PM ET
Know I see why posters don't come back here for weeks or months at a time.
- Buff36


Yep. Gonna be a LOOOOOOONG off-season.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 6 @ 10:15 PM ET
Yep. Gonna be a LOOOOOOONG off-season.
- kritter65

Yes it is, hopefully Botts atleast makes some of it interesting.
DEDDIE
Calgary Flames
Location: Calgary
Joined: 01.08.2019

Jun 7 @ 12:04 AM ET
Good stuff ion

I'm not sold on kahun at 4 years
Larrson would be great at 2 or under

Good trade targets
All 4

Dell is a viable 1A/B rotation ullmark until 6k

Just my opinion, but solid well rounded team. Might be light on toughness.

- Boss34
Mediocrity here we come I'm sure Jack will be thrilled!
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Jun 7 @ 12:52 AM ET
Like Dell, and DeMelo solid choice decent defensive defenseman that shouldn't break the Bank.
- Buff36


Don’t we have enough RHD ?
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 7 @ 7:56 AM ET
Big victim.

You talk big but when it turns around you’re an “abused victim.”

Let’s see you go ahead and sue Beady. If you do, I’ll be sure he gets a free legal defense. And that isn’t just big talk.

- Der Kaiser

unless your beady, you have no clue what he sent me


if you want to make it your business go ahead


internet tough guy
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 7 @ 7:57 AM ET
Don’t we have enough RHD ?
- Pegullaville

I guess it depends on who gets moved or not.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 7 @ 7:57 AM ET
Know I see why posters don't come back here for weeks or months at a time.
- Buff36

I am a racist because I do not consider this a genocide against african americans


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qwif8PF1EI
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 7 @ 7:58 AM ET
I guess it depends on who gets moved or not.
- Buff36

it would not shock me if they moved risto, montour or miller


not sure I ever felt that way about an entire position on the roster before
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 7 @ 8:13 AM ET
I am a racist because I do not consider this a genocide against african americans


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qwif8PF1EI

- homiedclown

Don't have to explain yourself to me homie, things need to change, but what is going on is a little (frank)ed up.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 7 @ 8:15 AM ET
it would not shock me if they moved risto, montour or miller


not sure I ever felt that way about an entire position on the roster before

- homiedclown

Would not surprise me either, I think 2 get moved.
kritter65
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 07.11.2009

Jun 7 @ 8:30 AM ET
Question : If you were Brandon Beane, would you dump Jake Fromm right now and sign Colin Kaepernick ? I think I might do that.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 7 @ 8:34 AM ET
Question : If you were Brandon Beane, would you dump Jake Fromm right now and sign Colin Kaepernick ? I think I might do that.
- kritter65

nope, fromm might not even make the team


kap needs to go to a winning team as a back up, like the seahawks or steelers


our team still needs to learn how to win and do not need added distraction


IMO
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Jun 7 @ 8:39 AM ET
nope, fromm might not even make the team

kap needs to go to a winning team as a back up, like the seahawks or steelers

our team still needs to learn how to win and do not need added distraction

IMO

- homiedclown


I could be wrong, but part of the reason Kaep might work is due to his similar running ability to Allen, which would mean you wouldn't need to change up the playbook as much if Allen went out?

I understand the hesitation regarding the potential distraction.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jun 7 @ 8:44 AM ET
Question : If you were Brandon Beane, would you dump Jake Fromm right now and sign Colin Kaepernick ? I think I might do that.
- kritter65

I don't know, he's 32 or 33 I believe, he hasn't played football in what 3 yrs. Guess it would depend on what he wants contract wise. They are saying the Cap could go down as much as 40mill next year.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jun 7 @ 9:22 AM ET
I could be wrong, but part of the reason Kaep might work is due to his similar running ability to Allen, which would mean you wouldn't need to change up the playbook as much if Allen went out?

I understand the hesitation regarding the potential distraction.

- kingcong39

sign Cam if that is the case


you get a better qb, that also runs and does not have those distractions


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