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Stripes77
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Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Oct 10 @ 5:52 PM ET
Both but more another player or 2
- SABRES 89


One has to be done via trade...right? RIGHT?
SABRES 89
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Buffalo Sabres
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Oct 10 @ 5:53 PM ET
Mitts is no Cozens, that I can promise you.
- IonSabres

Never said he was, you're missing my point. They threw Mitts to the wolves thinking he was ready for 2nd line center and he wasn't. They won't just throw Cozens out there.
Stripes77
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Buffalo Sabres
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Oct 10 @ 5:53 PM ET
Never said he was, you're missing my point. They threw Mitts to the wolves thinking he was ready for 2nd line center and he wasn't. They won't just throw Cozens out there.
- SABRES 89



He’s going to get sheltered minutes. But I can’t see them sending him to junior
SABRES 89
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Oct 10 @ 5:54 PM ET
One has to be done via trade...right? RIGHT?
- Stripes77

That may happen, to many RHD.
SABRES 89
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Oct 10 @ 5:54 PM ET
He’s going to get sheltered minutes. But I can’t see them sending him to junior
- Stripes77

No they won't but as of now, Eakin is the 3rd line center.
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Oct 10 @ 5:59 PM ET
Who is saying Larsson is elite?

Is Girgensons elite?

They won 30% of the games Girgensons played in. It wasn't time for him to fly?

Eakin has a negative overall impact for his team when he is on the ice.

Larsson does not.

If they would've brought Larsson back, not extended Girgensons, and not signed Eakin, they'd be ahead right now.

- kingcong39



Again, I never said I approved of the Girgensons signing.

Eakin was good enough to play on a Stanley Cup finalist, was he not? Or did everyone cover up for his mistakes? I doubt it.
ieetbred
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 06.30.2011

Oct 10 @ 6:00 PM ET
Kahun is confunsing, optically I liked the little bit we seen from him and he hasnt been a part of the mess here. Otherwise it seems like pretty standard ops to me. We knew some of the depth would come back and some wouldnt.

Girgensons is surely an overpayment and the fancy stats have their say but they have started to get a different mix going and surely there is more coming

There has to be right? All this crying around the league about money and not much has been done yet in the way of clearing cap space and salary
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Oct 10 @ 6:00 PM ET
Again, I never said I approved of the Girgensons signing.

Eakin was good enough to play on a Stanley Cup finalist, was he not? Or did everyone cover up for his mistakes? I doubt it.

- Powerslave


So was Jordan Nolan.

Should we bring him back too ?

We just signed the worst player from a good team, to replace one of the best bottom 6 players in the league but since he played for this poop show it’s good because it’s a fresh change.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Oct 10 @ 6:01 PM ET
Eakin is our new 3rd line Center, folks will like him, I seen him play when I went to a few Knights games, good team player.
- SABRES 89


Really, another team player?
A popular player with buffalo fans?
Nhl veteran of 500+ games

Why sign eakin?


Maybe eichel asked management to not have a bunch of kahun type p@ssies on the team.

But, analytics though
SABRES 89
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Oct 10 @ 6:01 PM ET
So was Jordan Nolan.

Should we bring him back too ?

We just signed the worst player from a good team, to replace one of the best bottom 6 players in the league but since he played for this poop show it’s good because it’s a fresh change.

- Pegullaville

Sorry but, Eakin is not a bad player.
SABRES 89
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Oct 10 @ 6:03 PM ET
Really, another team player?
A popular player with buffalo fans?
Nhl veteran of 500+ games

Why sign eakin?


Maybe eichel asked management to not have a bunch of kahun type p@ssies on the team.

But, analytics though

- Boss34

3rd line center, what exactly does Girgenons do again ? oh yea, 4 th line PK specialist with he wort PK in the league for the last 2 years now.
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
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Oct 10 @ 6:03 PM ET
Sorry but, Eakin is not a bad player.
- SABRES 89


Vegas pawned him off for a 5th.

The Jets desperate for Center help bid adieu.

The analytics show a player who isn’t even NHL caliber.

Terry throws $2.25M at him and says take my money.

SABRES 89
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Oct 10 @ 6:04 PM ET
Vegas pawned him off for a 5th.

The Jets desperate for Center help bid adieu.

The analytics show a player who isn’t even NHL caliber.

Terry throws $2.25M at him and says take my money.

- Pegullaville

Wrong again, the Knights had to move for cash purposes.
dmarsden2988
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Oct 10 @ 6:04 PM ET
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Sam Reinhart, Victor Olofsson and Linus Ullmark have filed for arbitration. Brandon Montour did not.

- GilPerreault11


I thought olof signed a deal?
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Oct 10 @ 6:05 PM ET
Sorry but, Eakin is not a bad player.
- SABRES 89

Respect your opinion but he’s gotten progressively worse for the last few years and WPG fans hated him
SABRES 89
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Oct 10 @ 6:06 PM ET
Respect your opinion but he’s gotten progressively worse for the last few years and WPG fans hated him
- sbroads24

So you don't sign players because fans hate them ? a lot of guys wouldn't have jobs in the NHL then. The Knights didn't even want to move him they had no choice.
Powerslave
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Oct 10 @ 6:06 PM ET
So was Jordan Nolan.

Should we bring him back too ?

We just signed the worst player from a good team, to replace one of the best bottom 6 players in the league but since he played for this poop show it’s good because it’s a fresh change.

- Pegullaville


That's rich.

33 players received a Selke trophy vote last year. Guess which Sabre was not among those 33.



Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
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Joined: 12.03.2015

Oct 10 @ 6:07 PM ET
Again, I never said I approved of the Girgensons signing.

Eakin was good enough to play on a Stanley Cup finalist, was he not? Or did everyone cover up for his mistakes? I doubt it.

- Powerslave



Killing it slave

Guy had 22 imaginary goals a year ago.

But. if you cant see past that and read graphs and bell curves, we cant have a conversation.

They upgraded the kuhun spot with more grit and probably less $.

Brand new face too
SABRES 89
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Oct 10 @ 6:07 PM ET
It really doesn't matter what the Sabres do because people will complain either way, myself included.
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Oct 10 @ 6:07 PM ET
That's rich.

33 players received a Selke trophy vote last year. Guess which Sabre was not among those 33.

- Powerslave


If Cody Eakin is good so is Vlad Sobotka
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
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Joined: 02.12.2012

Oct 10 @ 6:08 PM ET
Killing it slave

Guy had 22 imaginary goals a year ago.

But. if you cant see past that and read graphs and bell curves, we cant have a conversation.

They upgraded the kuhun spot with more grit and probably less $.

Brand new face too

- Boss34

How many times you gonna cite goals after criticizing someone for citing goals?
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Oct 10 @ 6:08 PM ET
Never said he was, you're missing my point. They threw Mitts to the wolves thinking he was ready for 2nd line center and he wasn't. They won't just throw Cozens out there.
- SABRES 89


Sorry, but nope. I know exactly what you meant.

3C is much Different than 2C though, and there have been say ~10 1st year players in the last 2 -3 years who have worked their way into 2C positions having started lower...but I'm only talking about taking a 3C spot from a 4C player.
Not talking about 2C like they did with Mitts...plus now they have Jack, Eric and this scrub to help mentor him.
Dach-esque.
SABRES 89
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Oct 10 @ 6:09 PM ET
Sorry, but nope. I know exactly what you meant.

3C is much Different than 2C though, and there have been say ~10 1st year players in the last 2 -3 years who have worked their way into 2C positions having started lower...but I'm only talking about taking a 3C spot from a 4C player.
Not talking about 2C like they did with Mitts...plus now they have Jack, Eric and this scrub to help mentor him.
Dach-esque.

- IonSabres

They don't want Cozens at center, not now. Eakin is a very good 3rd line center and that's what he will be.
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
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Oct 10 @ 6:10 PM ET
Killing it slave

Guy had 22 imaginary goals a year ago.

But. if you cant see past that and read graphs and bell curves, we cant have a conversation.

They upgraded the kuhun spot with more grit and probably less $.

Brand new face too

- Boss34


👍

Changing up the chemistry is not a bad thing for a bad team.

And I'm confident they're not done.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Oct 10 @ 6:11 PM ET
So was Jordan Nolan.

Should we bring him back too ?

We just signed the worst player from a good team, to replace one of the best bottom 6 players in the league but since he played for this poop show it’s good because it’s a fresh change.

- Pegullaville



We just signed a guy that scored 22 goals in one season, a year ago

Over

A guy that had 25 nhl career goals



North american karen flaccoville

Wait until he plays well, and he is a "completely different player" and "never has a player improved that much in a season"
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