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Benson seems to have games where he gets 2nd line minutes (16+ minutes per game), and other games where he is 12 or under...or under 10 like he did in Colorado. I wonder why. Yeah, he is young, and Ruff has spoken highly about him, but I wonder if there are just times where he is making bad plays, not being in proper position to allow for him having frequent games with lower ice time. Its a small sample size, but he is 3rd on the entire team in even strength goals per 60. Tage is WAY out in front of everyone, but after him, Benson is right there with anyone else on the team in terms of scoring per minutes of ice time.
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The other thing is....I think Friedman speculated about this deal, to my knowledge not much has come out of vancouver as a legit rumor they want to deal him. Maybe they do, but maybe they are comitted to keeping him there and there is no deal to be made anyway.
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Reviewing Adams' Off-season acquisitions at the half way mark
mjd1001 replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
I don't have as much of a problem with the moves made vs the ones NOT made. Not getting an older, top 4 D-man. Not moving heaven and earth to get a 2C. Those are the issues. As far as the 2nd line, its not just Cozens, its the ENTIRE 2nd line. Cozens should be a wing or a 3rd liner. Quinn and Peterka should have the option of moving between a 2nd and 3rd line depedning on their production. Putting in INK Cozens as a 2c and Peterka and Quinn as 2nd liners, mabye 1st liners, that is the issue to me. Mcleod is fine for a 3rd line center for the most part. Would I LIKE 2-3 more goals out of him, sure but not a big deal. 4th liners, they are ok as 4th liners. I can't even say I have a problem with Ruff. He doesn't have an NHL level 2nd line, he has no good vets on defense, and he is getting below avearage goaltending. Oh, and he didn't get to pick his assisants either. Not addressing the 2nd line is the single biggest issue with this offseason for me. -
Reviewing Adams' Off-season acquisitions at the half way mark
Pimlach replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
Adam’s gets an F for much more than acquiring the 4th liners. They are not the problem at all. It’s the players they expected to be 1st and 2nd liners that are. Ruff gets an F for more broader problems than utilization of the bottom 6. He doesn’t have enough to work with because the players Adams counted on to step up (Power, Cozens, Samuelsson, Quinn, Peterka) are not delivering enough. Peterka has been very good at times and is now becoming invisible, hockey gets harder after December. -
Reviewing Adams' Off-season acquisitions at the half way mark
Scottysabres replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
I give Adam’s a solid B- for his acquisitions. He needed to bring in an impact veteran line 2 center and a veteran impact 3/4 stay at home type RHD imo. He loses the A grade for those failures alone, he drops to B- from B for the Ruff signing. As unfortunate as it sounds, if the playoffs were the goal this season, Ruff wasn’t the right choice for the task. Ruff, to me in any event, looks like another development coach just a slight step up from Granato. Just my view anyways. -
For all the talk of Buffalo rushing players, Novikov is a good example of patience. Love his potential.
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Reviewing Adams' Off-season acquisitions at the half way mark
GASabresIUFAN replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
Which is why Adams gets an F for acquiring them, Ruff gets an F for how he's played them and the players get an F for contributing to the further regression of the team. They ultimately are symptoms of the greater problem, our coaches and management can't evaluate talent properly to build even a decent team. -
Sabres acquire Bennett MacArthur and Jagger Joshua from Pittsburgh
DarthEbriate replied to Brawndo's topic in The Aud Club
As GM Sheevyn said, he could've re-signed Craig Anderson again. No relation to any NHLer, per Eliteprospects. -
And that takes us back to the longstanding discussion of: they had Eichel to be that 1C. Instead of Adams blowing up the core and rebuilding with the youthful assets and no blockers, he says: "we're committing to the core" (except Risto. Move him anyway) and get Reinhart a long-term deal and add veteran Zucker-like assets to the roster 5 years ago. Get a proven NHL coach who has been in conference finals (the McClellan, or heck, even Ruff after the Stars fired him, or equivalent) and you go from there. Eichel-TNT-Mitts is an OK offensive center spine. You get a 4C to win late D-zone faceoffs exclusively, get the veteran D-man for Dahlin. Probably don't finish last to even draft Power. Skinner could be a top-6 but wouldn't have the money available to pay him that much and it'd be up to him "Do I sign for less to play with Eichel/TNT?" If not, no biggie. And you have a roster of blockers so that only one of Cozens, JJP, or Quinn can be under 100 NHL GP at a time. (And if you love Tuch, then you trade for him because he's top-6 on TNT's wing, but only a 3RW in Vegas.)
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Having Levi helps a lot too.
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Reviewing Adams' Off-season acquisitions at the half way mark
Archie Lee replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
4th lines are 4th lines. The off-season narrative was that we were bringing in 2/3’s of Washington's 4th line, which had been given one of the toughest deployment’s in the league. The story went that Ruff wanted these players and that they would be a 4th line getting 3rd line minutes; used against top lines and to protect leads late. They are basically just another 4th line; fine, but rarely game changing. I’m not sure where the disconnect is. Were the talents of these players misjudged? Or are they being poorly utilized? A little of both I suspect. They were never going to be the difference makers that would warrant the hype that surrounded changes to the 4th line. And our coaching isn’t getting the most out of them. -
Reviewing Adams' Off-season acquisitions at the half way mark
Mr Peabody replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
Nice analysis. I voted no playoffs this summer because 4th line wasn’t the issue last year. Even so, I thought they’d have more impact than they are. Really don’t notice being a tougher team and Lindy doesn’t put them out to protect leads. Thought we needed two centers and hopefully someone in the org can now see that it’s painfully obvious we do. -
Kevyn: I'd go to war with these guys. Terry: The solution is in this room. Lindy:
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But I’m sure there will be something positive that happens with the Sabres during the game 🙄. I’m tired of looking for positives. The only positives I want to see is in the standings since we haven’t seen that in, what will be, 14 years. I want them to lose the rest of the season. They don’t deserve to win anymore games PHEW! I needed that vent I feel better now it’s still nice to see them win but it’s a moot point. Their psyche is shot because of all the losing
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Sabres acquire Bennett MacArthur and Jagger Joshua from Pittsburgh
jad1 replied to Brawndo's topic in The Aud Club
Aging up the roster. Nice! -
Reviewing Adams' Off-season acquisitions at the half way mark
DarthEbriate replied to GASabresIUFAN's topic in The Aud Club
On VO, it's true. He needs a competent distributor and a defensive structure around him. There's a place for his type. What is really odd to me is that Vegas is able to ice both him and Holtz in the same lineup (different lines). Though, it appears Holtz is gamely attempting to redefine himself as a 4th liner with a 1st-round shot (coincidently, like a VO). For the Okposo-NAK, though, I have to call out deployment. Okposo skated 13:37 min/game and was often middle 6 and had 78 minutes of powerplay time, even if his preferred spot was alongside Girgensons. A more accurate comparison to NAK's 9:51 TOI in 2023-24 are Rousek/Jost (10:30) who combined for 58 games to get 8 points and 49 hits. Okposo's comparable this season is Krebs. 13:30 ATOI, 38 GP 4-8-12 and 69 hits. nice. Which, could end up being an improvement. -
Sabres acquire Bennett MacArthur and Jagger Joshua from Pittsburgh
Stoner replied to Brawndo's topic in The Aud Club
Clarke MacArthur's son*. I feel old. *Possibly made up. -
GDT: Buffalo Sabres @ Colorado Avalanche 01/02/25 9PM --MSG
Kristian replied to bob_sauve28's topic in The Aud Club
Seriously, ***** Tage Thompson. Weakest play i ever saw, him getting stripped off the puck for the gamewinner. I say again : ***** Tage Thompson.