This entire board complains about every topic mentioned in the post. Point is, no one is ever happy. And the fact that we have picks or not shouldn't be the reason we despise the Buffalo Sabres.
- TheSabresTaco

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This entire board complains about every topic mentioned in the post. Point is, no one is ever happy. And the fact that we have picks or not shouldn't be the reason we despise the Buffalo Sabres.
- TheSabresTaco

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dude is a cream puff,looks like one too.
signs a 1 year, 8 mill. I dont want to be a focal point!
- wingz4life

complimentary player?

Greg Wyshynski
@wyshynski
· 2m
Taylor Hall says "one of the biggest reasons" he wanted to play in Boston was to not be the focal point. "I never made myself the focal point. Those were the situations I was in." Said he signed in Buffalo "to be one of the guys."


OH MY GOD
- Stripes77

Don't let the door hit you on the way out. You get paid the 3rd most on the team, you better be a (frank)ing focal point. Hall experiment over, glad it's so.

Not a 1 player sport buddy. Can't blame your best player when he continually is given hot doggy poop to play with.
- DirtyDan

disagree



I mean if you can show me 1 other "superstar" to miss the playoffs in his first six nhl season I might consider it


just give me 1 nhl player

Halls press conference is quite confusing

(Just reading the tweets / his comments )



If sounds like he told Adams to make him a Bruin

Greg Wyshynski
@wyshynski
· 2m
Taylor Hall says "one of the biggest reasons" he wanted to play in Boston was to not be the focal point. "I never made myself the focal point. Those were the situations I was in." Said he signed in Buffalo "to be one of the guys."


OH MY GOD
- Stripes77

Good player with high salary doesn't want to be focal point.

Fascinating.

complimentary player?
- Michael Pachla

wants to get paid like a star and be a complimentary/one of the guys player.

cant have it both ways.

Because it's Buffalo...

Also the Sabres have been playing better without those guys in the lineup
- Stripes77

Ya now imagine if eichel don't get hurt
And Stahl is some what good
Still don't make playoffs
And we don't see these kids starting to develop
Way this season has gone might ya blessing

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I'm unhappy with this post
- IonSabres

I'm unhappy with your unhappiness.

Adams was moving the chess pieces around the stock market board like a riverboat gambler. He was using the player obtained with the Pegulajet and the Murrency and retaining half the salary in Bottcoin to maximize the treasure trove of assets they got in return for the trade. They are Eich-ing the long game in Hockey Heaven

disagree



I mean if you can show me 1 other "superstar" to miss the playoffs in his first six nhl season I might consider it


just give me 1 nhl player
- homiedclown

Not that I'm looking very hard, but Connor McJesus has only made the playoffs 2/5 years.. Not exactly your question, but theres that.

Also... Taylor Hall..

HIDES

Ya now imagine if eichel don't get hurt
And Stahl is some what good
Still don't make playoffs
And we don't see these kids starting to develop
Way this season has gone might ya blessing
- Anderdog

Having a healthy Eichel would have made Hall's value a 1st, I think.

HAll is confusing.

Scoring chances created through controlled entries per 60 this season:
- Hall: 6.268
- Pasta: 3.163
- Marchand: 3.024

Primary shot assist per 60 for this season:
- Hall: 14.9
- Marchand: 14.46
- Krejci: 13.84
- Pasta: 12.22

Successful zone entry carry-in % this season:
- Hall: 70%
- Krejci: 68%
- Marchand: 60%
- Pasta 58%

High danger shot assists per 60 this season:
1.) Hall - 4.526
2.) Artemi Panarin - 3.974
3.) Connor McDavid - 3.845

He is an unreal neutral zone threat with outstanding zone entry numbers that lead to significant quality opportunities. He is a play maker begging for a team that isn't a complete dumpster fire.

disagree



I mean if you can show me 1 other "superstar" to miss the playoffs in his first six nhl season I might consider it


just give me 1 nhl player
- homiedclown

Took Mackinnon 6 years to win one playoff series.

Matthews and Barkov still haven’t won a playoff series despite playoff appearances.

Tavares, off the top of my head, has one playoff series win his entire career and made the playoffs once maybe twice during his tenure in Long Island.

How many playoff points did ROR have in his last 5 years before he won a Conn Smythe ?

It’s a team sport. This isn’t golf or tennis. It’s not Eichel’s fault he got drafted to this organization that has not been able to surround him worth a poop

HAll is confusing.

Scoring chances created through controlled entries per 60 this season:
- Hall: 6.268
- Pasta: 3.163
- Marchand: 3.024

Primary shot assist per 60 for this season:
- Hall: 14.9
- Marchand: 14.46
- Krejci: 13.84
- Pasta: 12.22

Successful zone entry carry-in % this season:
- Hall: 70%
- Krejci: 68%
- Marchand: 60%
- Pasta 58%

High danger shot assists per 60 this season:
1.) Hall - 4.526
2.) Artemi Panarin - 3.974
3.) Connor McDavid - 3.845

He is an unreal neutral zone threat with outstanding zone entry numbers that lead to significant quality opportunities. He is a play maker begging for a team that isn't a complete dumpster fire.
- ImThatGuy

He was excellent this year at setting these up anf having no one be able to finish. Including himself

Here is the thing. Foligno and Palmeri were not on the market anymore. They are no longer in the equation.

Hall is going to go play on Bostons top line and most likely produce.
- ImThatGuy

2nd line player on the Bruins.

Who is hall going to knock off the best line in hockey.

Pasta?
Bergeron?
Marchant?

Took Mackinnon 6 years to win one playoff series.

Matthews and Barkov still haven’t won a playoff series despite playoff appearances.

Tavares, off the top of my head, has one playoff series win his entire career and made the playoffs once maybe twice during his tenure in Long Island.


- Pegullaville

winning a series is one thing


to play 6 seasons and not even sniff the playoffs is another


again 1 superstar nhl player to never make the nhl playoffs after the first 6 seasons


just 1


and don't give me some guy traded for adam larsson straight up as a superstar



would matthews still be in toronto if they did not sniff the playoffs after 6 seasons


or towes


or kopitar


or crosby

or stamkos


etc
etc
etc

wants to get paid like a star and be a complimentary/one of the guys player.

cant have it both ways.
- wingz4life

premier complimentary player?

It’s a team sport. This isn’t golf or tennis. It’s not Eichel’s fault he got drafted to this organization that has not been able to surround him worth a poop
- Pegullaville

to make jack blameless

I would expect at least 3 or 4 names of super stars that never sniffed the nhl playoffs after 6 years

Adams was moving the chess pieces around the stock market board like a riverboat gambler. He was using the player obtained with the Pegulajet and the Murrency and retaining half the salary in Bottcoin to maximize the treasure trove of assets they got in return for the trade. They are Eich-ing the long game in Hockey Heaven
- TheGame316

this is a good post

winning a series is one thing


to play 6 seasons and not even sniff the playoffs is another


again 1 superstar nhl player to never make the nhl playoffs after the first 6 seasons


just 1


and don't give me some guy traded for adam larsson straight up as a superstar



would matthews still be in toronto if they did not sniff the playoffs after 6 seasons


or towes


or kopitar


or crosby

or stamkos


etc
etc
etc
- homiedclown

SO lets trade him for a first and a prospect and move on

The other team wont be getting that good of a player.

HAll is confusing.

Scoring chances created through controlled entries per 60 this season:
- Hall: 6.268
- Pasta: 3.163
- Marchand: 3.024

Primary shot assist per 60 for this season:
- Hall: 14.9
- Marchand: 14.46
- Krejci: 13.84
- Pasta: 12.22

Successful zone entry carry-in % this season:
- Hall: 70%
- Krejci: 68%
- Marchand: 60%
- Pasta 58%

High danger shot assists per 60 this season:
1.) Hall - 4.526
2.) Artemi Panarin - 3.974
3.) Connor McDavid - 3.845

He is an unreal neutral zone threat with outstanding zone entry numbers that lead to significant quality opportunities. He is a play maker begging for a team that isn't a complete dumpster fire.
- ImThatGuy

i love the trade for boston. if GMs valued this stuff higher it would have been a no brainer 1st round pick.

even our analytical savior kyle dubas has a hardon for guys like cody ceci

winning a series is one thing


to play 6 seasons and not even sniff the playoffs is another


again 1 superstar nhl player to never make the nhl playoffs after the first 6 seasons


just 1


and don't give me some guy traded for adam larsson straight up as a superstar



would matthews still be in toronto if they did not sniff the playoffs after 6 seasons


or towes


or kopitar


or crosby

or stamkos


etc
etc
etc
- homiedclown

Right, so how on gods earth is that his fault?

They've been so far off that even if Eichel was the league MVP they don't come within 5 points of a spot in any of these 6 years

HAll is confusing.

Scoring chances created through controlled entries per 60 this season:
- Hall: 6.268
- Pasta: 3.163
- Marchand: 3.024

Primary shot assist per 60 for this season:
- Hall: 14.9
- Marchand: 14.46
- Krejci: 13.84
- Pasta: 12.22

Successful zone entry carry-in % this season:
- Hall: 70%
- Krejci: 68%
- Marchand: 60%
- Pasta 58%

High danger shot assists per 60 this season:
1.) Hall - 4.526
2.) Artemi Panarin - 3.974
3.) Connor McDavid - 3.845

He is an unreal neutral zone threat with outstanding zone entry numbers that lead to significant quality opportunities. He is a play maker begging for a team that isn't a complete dumpster fire.
- ImThatGuy

two words:

cody franson