but we could have traded for hoffman.. i have a feeling whatever assets we gave up to get hoffman had more value than the 1 mil we may have overpaid him
- SabresFaninIndiana

Good thing Hoffman wouldnt be bringing any baggage along.

What makes you think Hoffman would have stayed and extended?

His girlfriend likes Buffalo?

Good thing Hoffman wouldnt be bringing any baggage along.

What makes you think Hoffman would have stayed and extended?

His girlfriend likes Buffalo?
- Boss34

I have it as an inside source that she already hates Dahlin's future wife.

Elite goal scorer yes, elite hockey player no.
- Swedish_Jesus

So elite goal scorers are replaceable..if they are wingers??? He's an elite hockey player. One of the best skaters in the league, draws a sh!t tone of penalties, has been very healthy the past 4 seasons and scores goals year over year. I couldn't care less what NHL Network has to say. Hell, they put Liane in the top 20..

Some peeps on here need to put the glue down and stop sniffing.
Facts:
1.If we did not sign Skinner, walked away over a million or length of contract he would have been signed by another club for similar terms.
2. 40 goal scorers are elite in today’s NHL
3. He possesses elite skating, stick handling and defensive ability
4. Name one other elite winger willing to sign in Buffalo?

I have it as an inside source that she already hates Dahlin's future wife.
- SDSabre

Solid A

So elite goal scorers are replaceable..if they are wingers??? He's an elite hockey player. One of the best skaters in the league, draws a sh!t tone of penalties, has been very healthy the past 4 seasons and scores goals year over year. I couldn't care less what NHL Network has to say. Hell, they put Laine in the top 20..
- Bufsaints8

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Here
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I have it as an inside source that she already hates Dahlin's future wife.
- SDSabre

His future at home wife or his strip club wife he shares with Eichel?

And
Here
We
GO


- jcragcrumple

Some poster is %1,000 sure this isnt true.

Some poster is %1,000 sure this isnt true.
- Boss34

His Laine sense must be tingling. He'll be here momentarily

His future at home wife or his strip club wife he shares with Eichel?
- lulags

As he's from Europe, he's seen the Eiffel tower more than once. Doubt he wants to try the Eichel tower with a rando stripper. Maybe if Bogo brings the blow and has some good tunes jammin. And Reinhart is in the corner smokin some AK-47. And Casey is playing fortnite in the buffet line. And KO is trying to get everyone to stop and be professionals. And Risto is all alone in sniffers row. And all the guys who we just traded for + the rookies are at the front door wondering what the hell happened to their careers. If all that happens, Hoffmann's gf hates them both. Mainly because Dahlin makes more though.

His Laine sense must be tingling. He'll be here momentarily
- jcragcrumple

Gerbe?

Jeff Skinner is 21st in the league in Goals Above Replacement. 7th for wingers. This is a combination stat that grades your overall performance in how much you help your team while you're on the ice, in any situation.

During even strength, he is +11.8. This means while he's on the ice for even strength, he is contributing almost 12 goals (and shot generation) more than a replacement player. This is higher than Claude Giroux, Nikita Kucherov, Conner McDavid, Braydon Point and Patrice Bergeron. All elite players.

He is drawing 4.4 penalties above replacement, not much lower than players like McDavid, MacKinnon, Gaudreau and Barkov. Again, elite players.

His PP and PK are relatively pedestrian, as the eye test and simple stats show. However, since typically 80+ % of the game is played at full strength, you should be paying the players that first exceed at even strength (Skinner is an elite even strength player, by definition of collective opinion of the other players in elite category combined with being tops, statistically in the league) instead of powerplay or penalty kill specialists, which are typically below replacement level players.

Gerbe?


- jochfr

He's on vacation with Cole Caufield to his dad's private island

Jeff Skinner is 21st in the league in Goals Above Replacement. 7th for wingers. This is a combination stat that grades your overall performance in how much you help your team while you're on the ice, in any situation.

During even strength, he is +11.8. This means while he's on the ice for even strength, he is contributing almost 12 goals (and shot generation) more than a replacement player. This is higher than Claude Giroux, Nikita Kucherov, Conner McDavid, Braydon Point and Patrice Bergeron. All elite players.

He is drawing 4.4 penalties above replacement, not much lower than players like McDavid, MacKinnon, Gaudreau and Barkov. Again, elite players.

His PP and PK are relatively pedestrian, as the eye test and simple stats show. However, since typically 80+ % of the game is played at full strength, you should be paying the players that first exceed at even strength (Skinner is an elite even strength player, by definition of collective opinion of the other players in elite category combined with being tops, statistically in the league) instead of powerplay or penalty kill specialists, which are typically below replacement level players.
- TheSabresTaco

Does this mean he is an elite scorer or elite hockey player?

His future at home wife or his strip club wife he shares with Eichel?
- lulags

These are real issues.

Does this mean he is an elite scorer or elite hockey player?
- jochfr

It means he likes Lucky Charms

Jeff Skinner is an elite hockey player for 80+% of the time his team is playing, and approximately 90% of the time he is on the ice.

Jeff Skinner is an elite hockey player for 80+% of the time his team is playing, and approximately 90% of the time he is on the ice.
- TheSabresTaco

yep, his play dips a little bit when he's on the bench. Tough break really.

Gerbe?


- jochfr

It's unfair that McCabe hit him while Laine was thinking about his fortnite K/D ratio

I know this has nothing to do with the Sabres or Buffalo sports at all, but it's columns like these that make The Athletic so great.

https://theathletic.com/1...-mike-leachs-qb-meetings/
- buffalofan19

I am freaking crying laughing so hard in my office right now reading this

yep, his play dips a little bit when he's on the bench. Tough break really.
- SDSabre

The titties couldn't be tougher in this situation.

It's unfair that McCabe hit him while Laine was thinking about his fortnite K/D ratio
- jcragcrumple

A very charming cop out right here. I love when this gets brought up in honest debate.

A very charming cop out right here. I love when this gets brought up in honest debate.
- TheSabresTaco

He's moved on to NHL 20

He's moved on to NHL 20
- Stripes77

Hoffman traded Karlsson in NHL16

Sheary was a top 6 winger on a team that won multiple cups. Was he making $9M ?
- Swedish_Jesus

No he wasnt, you need to stop. You been hanging with Fitz?