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jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Mar 9 @ 10:28 PM ET
Another girgensons parallel.

Girgs made okposo useable last year. Carried larry too.


4 goal Larry.

Sign 2 goal hall though....

- Boss34


Left out 2 goal Eichel
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Mar 9 @ 10:29 PM ET
If they do trade Eichel they better resign Reinhart and hopefully Hall.

Imagine all 3 gone

- sbroads24


I think if they trade Eichel,
then we should also trade Hall & Sam

Total rebuild imo if u trade Jack
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Mar 9 @ 10:31 PM ET
What if I told you the Bills would sign Trey Hendrickson and draft Boogie Basham. Does that sound like something you might be interested in? Bucky Brooks has Boogie to the Bills
- Hatboro_Swords

Don't think he last to are 2nd pick though and 30 is a little high.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Mar 9 @ 10:41 PM ET
I think if they trade Eichel,
then we should also trade Hall & Sam

Total rebuild imo if u trade Jack

- jdfitz77

Depends IMO on Eichel return.

If it’s picks and top prospects then probably yeah
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Mar 9 @ 10:42 PM ET
What’s the alternative?

Overpay some UFA’s?

- sbroads24


I'm watching alot of Ottawa games. Love what they are doing. Young , built thru the draft.

Unloaded Karlsson before his epic dropoff.
Got an unprotected 1st In return.
Nobody wants another rebuild, but we need some different faces.

We should part this team out. Talk eichel in the offseason....
Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Next year is gonna be 05/06 all over again, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Mar 9 @ 10:42 PM ET
Don't think he last to are 2nd pick though and 30 is a little high.
- Buff36

I’m figuring Bills would be lucky if he was there at 30.
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Mar 9 @ 10:47 PM ET
I’m figuring Bills would be lucky if he was there at 30.
- Hatboro_Swords

I don't know, most pundits have him from 45 to 55, but who knows.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Mar 9 @ 10:48 PM ET
They’d need to add for Sam
- sbroads24


I agree, sam has been playing well.

If a team though does trade for sam, does that mean they intend on extending him? Probably?

So you pay more in trade assets for sam, but may not have the cap room to resign him. Especially with the 1 year until ufa status.

Does anyone give ralph credit for Sam's recent play?
Or is he responsible for just the bad players?

Could the cerebral girgensons and sam understand kruegers system better than a lesser brained player, like skimmer?
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Mar 9 @ 11:16 PM ET
The problem with trading Eichel is that


The draft this year is weak and the return for Eichel will never be the same value of having Eichel.

It’s a lose lose
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Mar 9 @ 11:24 PM ET
Depends IMO on Eichel return.

If it’s picks and top prospects then probably yeah

- sbroads24


If we can’t win with Eichel,
it’s hard for me to imagine a return that has us winning right away

So as much as it would suck to have to rebuild again.... i think that’s the route we should go
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Mar 9 @ 11:27 PM ET
Watching Auston Matthews goals, it’s amazing how he is the beneficiary on so many of them. His two goals were a deflection where he’s uncovered in front and a tap in where he’s wide open in front.

He’s obviously amazing but Eichel doesn’t get those tap in goals
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Mar 9 @ 11:33 PM ET
Watching Auston Matthews goals, it’s amazing how he is the beneficiary on so many of them. His two goals were a deflection where he’s uncovered in front and a tap in where he’s wide open in front.

He’s obviously amazing but Eichel doesn’t get those tap in goals

- sbroads24


Eichel doesn’t really play near the net like that much either though
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Mar 9 @ 11:34 PM ET
Eichel doesn’t really play near the net like that much either though
- jdfitz77

That’s true but Matthews has a ton of goals where he’s wide open in space because his line-mates create looks for him.

He obviously deserves a ton of credit and he’s an amazing goal scorer but I just wish Eichel had that luxury
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Mar 9 @ 11:38 PM ET
That’s true but Matthews has a ton of goals where he’s wide open in space because his line-mates create looks for him.

He obviously deserves a ton of credit and he’s an amazing goal scorer but I just wish Eichel had that luxury

- sbroads24


Is it coaching?
Or is it just that reams focus more on Jack bc they don’t fear his linemates?

Regardless.... Eichel was VERY effective last season (and “good” in previous seasons too)

For whatever reason,
I think this season is just a fluke
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 9 @ 11:39 PM ET
Vontae Mack no matter what
- Buff36

homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 9 @ 11:42 PM ET
in the shootout

a healthy casey scratched



and dahlin


no skunkl
no hall
no cozens




f ralph
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 9 @ 11:43 PM ET
Is it coaching?
Or is it just that reams focus more on Jack bc they don’t fear his linemates?

Regardless.... Eichel was VERY effective last season (and “good” in previous seasons too)

For whatever reason,
I think this season is just a fluke

- jdfitz77

ralph is our worst coach ever


even ted sator agrees
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Mar 9 @ 11:44 PM ET
Is it coaching?
Or is it just that reams focus more on Jack bc they don’t fear his linemates?

Regardless.... Eichel was VERY effective last season (and “good” in previous seasons too)

For whatever reason,
I think this season is just a fluke

- jdfitz77

It’s a mix IMO
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 9 @ 11:51 PM ET
lazar , our fringe nhl player, was third for time on ice up front


let that sink in
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Mar 10 @ 12:11 AM ET
ralph is our worst coach ever

even ted sator agrees

- homiedclown


That might be correct
But the offense wasn’t this brutal last season,
and Eichel was VERY effective in the same system- wasn’t he???

So what changed from last year to this year?
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Mar 10 @ 12:17 AM ET
Is it coaching?
Or is it just that reams focus more on Jack bc they don’t fear his linemates?

Regardless.... Eichel was VERY effective last season (and “good” in previous seasons too)

For whatever reason,
I think this season is just a fluke

- jdfitz77


It's linemates. We've seen him with 3 coaches. Skinner is the only one who really creates space for others.
sabresfan69
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 06.26.2007

Mar 10 @ 12:35 AM ET
It's linemates. We've seen him with 3 coaches. Skinner is the only one who really creates space for others.
- Lunaion

3 trash coaches.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Mar 10 @ 12:37 AM ET
It's linemates. We've seen him with 3 coaches. Skinner is the only one who really creates space for others.
- Lunaion

Yup. Reinhart is a relay guy/finisher

He needs someone who can attract the defense and allow him to get in open space

Something guys like Nylander and Marner do for Matthews.

I think Eichel impacts the game similarly to Matthews but one is the beneficiary and one is the driver for the most part
sabresfan69
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 06.26.2007

Mar 10 @ 12:38 AM ET
That might be correct
But the offense wasn’t this brutal last season,
and Eichel was VERY effective in the same system- wasn’t he???

So what changed from last year to this year?

- jdfitz77

Eichel playing hurt all season? That doesn't explain Hall or Skinner.

Coach is trash.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Mar 10 @ 12:39 AM ET
in the shootout

a healthy casey scratched



and dahlin


no skunkl
no hall
no cozens




f ralph

- homiedclown

I don’t really have an issue with it. Mittelstadt is a great shootout guy and Dahlin is super talented. Reinhart should’ve been 1 or 2 though
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