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Well, he just turned 26 and has had 1 full year as a starter here (since his first year here was substantially impaired by injuries). I certainly didn't want them to give him a long-term deal, and I think XGMTM overpaid a bit for him, but at the same time, I thought he was pretty solid last year. I thought he showed the potential of developing into an upper-echelon NHL starter (although he could certainly go either way). I also think if he'd made 5 saves in the shootout over the course of the season instead of zero, he'd have had an average shootout SV%, and the overall level of confidence in him here would be much higher. Let's see what happens this year.
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Ranking the Sabres: who are our most valuable assets?
nfreeman replied to dudacek's topic in The Aud Club
I voted for Nobel Prize winner Casey M.! -
Good for him. I wouldn't be surprised if he carves out a Brian Flynn/Tim Kennedy sorta 3-6 years of an NHL paycheck.
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dudacek's Sabrespace Offseason NHL Player Ranking Game Thread
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Justin Faulk -
Well, Vanek made $2.6MM last year, so his ask is probably in that neighborhood -- which isn't that high.
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Make sure you have your SS username/passwords stored
nfreeman replied to SDS's topic in The Aud Club
Serious question for those advocating password managers: what about the risk that the password manager site itself is hacked? I would think those sites are highly appealing targets for hackers. If that happens, aren't you at risk of losing everything? -
Then why has no one signed him? (Now, I do expect that he'll be on an NHL roster next season. But I also think it'll be on a one-year deal and that he'll probably be on a different team, or out of the NHL, the following season.)
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Boom! As I've said previously: there's a reason multiple coaches and GMs -- including those from his own Olympic team! -- have had Vanek for a little while and said "no thanks" to any more time with him. There are plenty of guys whose production doesn't justify their negatives. An in-decline Vanek is one of them.
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It's at least 50/50 that Moulson drops far enough off the table this year that no one is willing to devote a roster spot to him next season, let alone pay him $2MM. I wouldn't give Zemgus $5MM x 2 years or $2MM x 5 years. He's earned, at best, something like $2MM x 2 years. I think Lehner's shootout struggles are indicative of allowing himself to get mentally intimidated by the situation -- kinda like a baseball player in a hitting slump who knows he's struggling and just wants to get his at-bats over with, so he swings wildly at anything and of course keeps striking out. Beat me to it!
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Well, he sure looks substantial enough to play in the NHL. Nylander stepping up and developing into a productive top-6 winger in the next couple of years would certainly help rehabilitate XGMTM's legacy.
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dudacek's Sabrespace Offseason NHL Player Ranking Game Thread
nfreeman replied to Randall Flagg's topic in The Aud Club
Brandon Saad. -
Good, smart move by the Sabres. It's a fair salary -- maybe even a little skinny -- and Lehner is RFA again next summer, so they will still be in control.
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Ranking the Sabres: who are our most valuable assets?
nfreeman replied to dudacek's topic in The Aud Club
karlsson is the 2nd most valuable asset in the NHL, IMHO. -
It gets pinned in the dog days of summer as part of SabreSpace's ongoing efforts to entertain and enrich.
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That was a great scene to finish tonight's episode.
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I will be participating in the remainder of this draft under protest. -
BTW: for anyone so inclined, The Ringer has a GoT podcast called "Binge Mode" featuring 2 hardcore, passionate GoT fans that is pretty informative and entertaining.
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Chris Kreider (although I was pretty tempted to steal MacKinnon from SFiNS). -
OK, so we're officially in the dog days of the offseason, with time to kill and a need for new topics. I thought a thread dedicated to really good hockey writing would be interesting. So, if you come across a compelling hockey article, post it here, maybe with a brief description or a quote so we know whether we're interested in clicking and reading. I'll start us off with 2: First-person description by Tarasenko of his younger days as a hockey player in Russia, with some great stuff about his grandfather: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/vladimir-tarasenko-st-louis-blues-nhl/ Great article about Perreault (I've posted this before but wanted to list it here as well): http://bleacherreport.com/articles/213593-gilbert-perreault-the-forgotten-frenchman I'mma pin this until we get closer to training camp, just like I pinned the photography thread last year. Abuse of power? Maybe. Game on!
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Very nice. good man.
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Pretty interesting piece with good analysis. thanks.
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dudacek's Sabrespace Offseason NHL Player Ranking Game Thread
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Flagg -- what's the penalty for this? He needs to bleed a little. -
dudacek's Sabrespace Offseason NHL Player Ranking Game Thread
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Question answered! (Another floater.) Wow. Excellent work here sir. Who were the 4 undrafted? -
dudacek's Sabrespace Offseason NHL Player Ranking Game Thread
nfreeman replied to Randall Flagg's topic in The Aud Club
Kuznetsov. That gives me Kucherov and Kuznetsov!