IonSabres
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Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL Joined: 03.10.2013
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Playoff % gets all the attention, but here's the full picture:
3% WC
7% 9th
13% 10th
21% 11th
26% 12th
24% 13th
5% 14th
1% 15th
It's a tough battle straight up now, but everyone has games in hand and the strength of schedule is very high. - Lunaion
Yup, deadly combination.
Dive, dive, dive!
Whether Kevy trades the '24-1st or uses it, I'd rather have pick 7 or 8 than 15th. |
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If their plan is to run back all of the below as their top 9, they're going to have issues yet again next season.
- Tage, Tuch, Skinner, Cozens, Peterka, Quinn, Greenway, Krebs, Benson, Greenway - kingcong39
It works if Skinner, Tage, Tuch is a good first line. It falls apart if JJ + Skinner are on the 3rd line.
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IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL Joined: 03.10.2013
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If their plan is to run back all of the below as their top 9, they're going to have issues yet again next season.
- Tage, Tuch, Skinner, Cozens, Peterka, Quinn, Greenway, Krebs, Benson, Greenway - kingcong39
That Greenway guy must be good, lol.
They have to get Skinner Tage and Tuch clicking at top line rates...80 - 100 pts each again
JJP Cozens and Quinn are solid.
The 3rd line is where the holes are...Benson is young and needs alot more development, Krebs isn't a 3C yet and showing signs he may never get there. Greenway is a 3rd and 4th line tweener...I'd move him to 4th myself.
IMO, they need:
- their reliable and productive 3C,
- to find a RW out of the young guys
- build a productive 4th line, mostly from FA
They are going to have live with Skinner for 2 more seasons, then maybe a Buyout. Hopefully Benson will be ready for L1 duties. |
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Buff36
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Adams needs to add a few complimentary pieces to the puzzle. Gotta add the players with better hands doing what Girgensons and Robinson are doing.
Edit: What Girgensons and Robinson are trying to do and failing miserably. |
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That Greenway guy must be good, lol.
They have to get Skinner Tage and Tuch clicking at top line rates...80 - 100 pts each again
JJP Cozens and Quinn are solid.
The 3rd line is where the holes are...Benson is young and needs alot more development, Krebs isn't a 3C yet and showing signs he may never get there. Greenway is a 3rd and 4th line tweener...I'd move him to 4th myself.
IMO, they need:
- their reliable and productive 3C,
- to find a RW out of the young guys
- build a productive 4th line, mostly from FA
They are going to have live with Skinner for 2 more seasons, then maybe a Buyout. Hopefully Benson will be ready for L1 duties. - IonSabres
Is this a down year? or was last year a peak and it's time to move on?
Cozens + Benson + Quinn/Greenway gives them a go to defensive line and it's working. I see Cozens + Benson staying together. It's their best line right now. With Quinn, it could be their #1 next year.
Alternative, Quinn with Tage + Tuch makes that a much better two way line.
It doesn't seem like Donnie likes Krebs very much and seeing him minimize Skinner and JJ really makes you question things. |
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homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: We want 1, FL Joined: 02.24.2008
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Adams needs to add a few complimentary pieces to the puzzle. . - Buff36
Ice girls and more brown liquor
profit |
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lulags
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: St Louis Joined: 02.24.2007
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It works if Skinner, Tage, Tuch is a good first line. It falls apart if JJ + Skinner are on the 3rd line. - Lunaion
We need a good center who puck battles to play with Tage and Tuch. It’s been an issue for a while now. Tage does not forecheck or puck battle. He also can’t win faceoffs. It needs to be addressed this summer. Skinner can stay on the 3rd line
Tuch/??/Tage
Quinn/Cozens/JJ
Skinner/Krebs/??Savoie, Benson
Greenway/??/Robinson |
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washedup20
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Location: the little apple Joined: 08.19.2014
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We need a good center who puck battles to play with Tage and Tuch. It’s been an issue for a while now. Tage does not forecheck or puck battle. He also can’t win faceoffs. It needs to be addressed this summer. Skinner can stay on the 3rd line
Tuch/??/Tage
Quinn/Cozens/JJ
Skinner/Krebs/??Savoie, Benson
Greenway/??/Robinson - lulags
That looks like a roster that is ready to play 82 games next season.........only |
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IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL Joined: 03.10.2013
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Is this a down year? or was last year a peak and it's time to move on?
Cozens + Benson + Quinn/Greenway gives them a go to defensive line and it's working. I see Cozens + Benson staying together. It's their best line right now. With Quinn, it could be their #1 next year.
Alternative, Quinn with Tage + Tuch makes that a much better two way line.
It doesn't seem like Donnie likes Krebs very much and seeing him minimize Skinner and JJ really makes you question things. - Lunaion
Well, 3 guys with ~40 pts by game 60-ish is quite alarming, so it had better be a down year, else this team is screwed with $20m tied up in them.
Honestly, it is a bit of both. |
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Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here Joined: 02.10.2011
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We need a good center who puck battles to play with Tage and Tuch. It’s been an issue for a while now. Tage does not forecheck or puck battle. He also can’t win faceoffs. It needs to be addressed this summer. Skinner can stay on the 3rd line
Tuch/??/Tage
Quinn/Cozens/JJ
Skinner/Krebs/??Savoie, Benson
Greenway/??/Robinson - lulags
Elias Lindholm
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IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL Joined: 03.10.2013
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Elias Lindholm
- Powerslave
Great on the dot.
60 - 70pt 1C though? |
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Where are the Hanson brothers when you need them. This road trip will be a disaster. |
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Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here Joined: 02.10.2011
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Great on the dot.
60 - 70pt 1C though? - IonSabres
Not sure where you're going to get a true 1C from. Teams generally aren't giving those up.
You could go in another direction, and trade Skinner, and look for a top 6 winger, keeping Tage at C. That might be easier to obtain.
Orrrrr...I might get killed for this...trade Power (+?) for that elusive 1C. |
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Ratsreign
Florida Panthers |
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Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL Joined: 10.27.2017
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That Greenway guy must be good, lol.
They have to get Skinner Tage and Tuch clicking at top line rates...80 - 100 pts each again
JJP Cozens and Quinn are solid.
The 3rd line is where the holes are...Benson is young and needs alot more development, Krebs isn't a 3C yet and showing signs he may never get there. Greenway is a 3rd and 4th line tweener...I'd move him to 4th myself.
IMO, they need:
- their reliable and productive 3C,
- to find a RW out of the young guys
- build a productive 4th line, mostly from FA
They are going to have live with Skinner for 2 more seasons, then maybe a Buyout. Hopefully Benson will be ready for L1 duties. - IonSabres
“4th line, mostly through FA”
UFA this summer I think he will be available
Forechecker extraordinaire, agitator, can chip in with some goals.
Made for the 4th line, but can play above. He can go and get it for the more “skilled” guys.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hSkQErWMmQ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSO9FoiB56E |
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Ratsreign
Florida Panthers |
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Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL Joined: 10.27.2017
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homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: We want 1, FL Joined: 02.24.2008
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Elias Lindholm
- Powerslave
agreed |
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homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: We want 1, FL Joined: 02.24.2008
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Great on the dot.
60 - 70pt 1C though? - IonSabres
pretend you got Lindholm and Byram for Casey if needed, to help sleep better about it |
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Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here Joined: 02.10.2011
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pretend you got Lindholm and Byram for Casey if needed, to help sleep better about it - homiedclown
I heard Vancouver maybe wanted to move on from him already? Not sure why. Red flag? |
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IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL Joined: 03.10.2013
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Not sure where you're going to get a true 1C from. Teams generally aren't giving those up.
You could go in another direction, and trade Skinner, and look for a top 6 winger, keeping Tage at C. That might be easier to obtain.
Orrrrr...I might get killed for this...trade Power (+?) for that elusive 1C. - Powerslave
Lol. See my post from a couple pages ago.
They happen.
Make it happen Kevy.
Have fans not yet learned having guys play up 1 and now 2 lines past their capability is a loser's strategy. You want a 3C, sign him. |
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Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here Joined: 02.10.2011
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Lol. See my post from a couple pages ago.
They happen.
Make it happen Kevy.
Have fans not yet learned having guys play up 1 and now 2 lines past their capability is a loser's strategy. You want a 3C, sign him. - IonSabres
Who do you like? |
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Lol. See my post from a couple pages ago.
They happen.
Make it happen Kevy.
Have fans not yet learned having guys play up 1 and now 2 lines past their capability is a loser's strategy. You want a 3C, sign him. - IonSabres
Today, I'd say move Krebs and get a 3C and 4C.
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IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL Joined: 03.10.2013
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Who do you like? - Powerslave
Stamkos . Everything you want for 2 -3 years. FA this offseason.
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Buff36
Buffalo Sabres |
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Joined: 10.13.2019
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Sabres didn't want to go over a certain Avv for Mittelstadt. With all the extensions Given, is Adams gonna really pay the price for a true 1C. |
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Buff36
Buffalo Sabres |
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Stamkos . Everything you want for 2 -3 years. FA this offseason. - IonSabres
Me Likey! |
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homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres |
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Location: We want 1, FL Joined: 02.24.2008
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I heard Vancouver maybe wanted to move on from him already? Not sure why. Red flag? - Powerslave
I heard they wanted to move him if they had a chance to get guentzel for similar return they would get for him
1 point in his last 11 games is not good for him though this summer when he gets a new deal |
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