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Everything posted by dudacek
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Since Casey, Murray and UPL aren't doing anything until next week, love to see them join the Amerks for the Willkes-Barre game Wednesday.
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Waitaminnit, there's a prospect named Frank Nazar III? Can he play with Count Van Barkenow?
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Alex Tuch Scheduled to Make His Sabres Debut on 12/20
dudacek replied to Brawndo's topic in The Aud Club
I'm expecting that a year from now Sabrespace will be treating Alex like Drew Stafford, just because he doesn't match a false picture they've created in their heads. Never mind that he never did. It'll be Dahlin all over again. -
He was a force tonight regardless of the goals. Gilmour is a good comparable. He plays faster, but the competitive streak, the two-way commitment and the pass-first mentality are similar. Dont think he will reach the offensive heights, but you never know. 19 points in 18 games as an AHL rookie is nothing to scoff at. Rossi has 18 in 18. Newhook and Boldy are also at around a point per game. Caufield a little less. Villardi has 7 in 9, Turcotte just 10 in 18. Byfield 0 in 4. Zegras had 21 in 17 last year.
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That’s scary if Tage has an issue, intriguing if it’s a maintenance day. IMO Tage/VO/Asplund is the best line the Sabres have iced this year, Tuch into Kyles spot beside Cozens makes sense and I'm very interested in Skinner with LOGgers
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Quinn is the Amerks game breaker, but within the AHL, Malone is it’s heartbeat.
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It didn’t catch up to them initially, but the Amerks missing Murray Jankowski Quinn Fitzgerald Davidson Weissbach is starting to show. Lotta fringe guys filling out the roster right now.
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2nd replay showed it was a helluva shot. Your point stands. I agree that Peterka has faded the last week or two. He’s certainly missing the chemistry with Quinn, but he just isn’t showing the burst he was earlier in the year. Disagree on Krebs. He was very noticeable to me - mostly in a good way, although he continues to force some passes and I just don’t see 1C skill. I do see 2C reads and effort. Did better on battle tonight, and he’s very good in rotating back to where the puck is going after a battle concludes. Appert was leaning on him like he was Bergeron: PP, PK, double-shifting, 4-on-3, 3-on-3. Played centre pretty much exclusively, which hasn’t been the case for most of his time in Rochester.
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Wonder when Stevens is going to notice Epson isn’t playing goal any more.
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Last year we lost our cat of 12 years. She is extraordinarily friendly, a mostly outdoor cat who had been known to wander from time to time over the years. But only for a day or two. We thought she must have died. After 5 months, she surprisingly showed up at our doorstep, grossly overweight. Clearly she had been “adopted” by someone. This week, she disappeared again. We have been told she has been taken in by a neighbour - a crotchety senior who has apparently been telling people we are ***** owners who don’t take good care of her, so she needs to step in for our cat’s own good. There is enough circumstantial evidence that we believe this to be true. I need to go knock on her door but am very concerned it will go sideways. I am angry that she has taken our cat. I am angry that she probably created our unnecessary worry and grief last winter. I am angry that her “care” made our cat obese. I don’t want this to continue. I also know the woman well enough to expect blame and dishonesty rather than shame and contrition. She has had an ongoing dispute with another neighbour that has involved police and bylaw enforcement calls. We have been neighbours for 20 years and have survived her through polite avoidance. I want that to continue. I’m not sure the best way to handle this.
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My thoughts about Casey every time I’ve watched him is: This kid gets hockey. He knows what to do and when to do it. He’s all team, and he’s absolutely fearless. Does he have enough size and skill to play his game in the NHL? Last night, the answer was mostly “yes”. Hope he can stick around. He’s got something we need.
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Sabres acquire goalie Malcolm Subban for Future Considerations
dudacek replied to Hoss's topic in The Aud Club
It got plenty of attention in the GDT, but this needs more. If Malcolm Subban becomes nothing more than another Mikael Tellqvist in the Sabres archives, we need to remember him for this. As someone said in the moment, it defies the laws of physics. https://www.nhl.com/video/subbans-glove-keeps-puck-out/t-326244582/c-9938791 -
Wasn’t really talking about Dahlin’s personal feelings, more my own.
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Eakin gambled and lost on the draw. Carter won it and immediately attacked. Okposo was not prepared for losing the draw and failed to cover Carter. Letang immediately attacked and threaded a beautiful pass across. Jokiharju failed to block it. Carter perfectly timed his redirect. Subban failed to stop it. Like most goals (and scoring chances), plenty of blame and credit to go around.
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Paul Maurice resigns after losing to the Sabres
dudacek replied to gilbert11's topic in The Aud Club
Maurice always comes across very well and is a career coach. Couldn't have been an easy decision. Few people are wise of enough to recognize when it must be made, or privileged enough to be in a situation to make it. -
Pretty much every Sabre on the ice, including Dahlin could have played that McGinn goal better. But singling out Dahlin for a goal that pinballed off two players directly on to a 3rd player’s stick off an original shot taken by a man that 2 backcheckers failed to pick up, while Thompson and Skinner were both closer to the goalscorer, and Subban is sliding out of his net and into the corner is exactly the kind of irrational finger-pointing I’m talking about. https://www.nhl.com/video/mcginn-finally-puts-puck-home/t-326244582/c-9939113 Watch how fast that play unfolds in real time, then watch the slo-mo and how perfectly the puck bounces for the Pens.
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Loved his reaction to tying it up last night. He cares. There is nothing more that I want to see this year than him giving a big middle finger to the irrational hatred.
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He’s off the COVId list. Practicing in Buffalo to “get in shape”
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Leafs, with the Bruins right behind
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Thank you! Mentioned it immediately to my daughter in the moment. Its been a long time since we’ve seen that kind of swagger in a Sabre not named Eichel. Even with Jack, the losing often seemed to beat it out of him. In my view it’s what Dahlin needs. Quinn has it. From what I’ve seen of Power, he has it too.
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I would expect Power’s journey to be similar to Dallin’s and most highly drafted defencemen - a good but flawed NHL defenceman at 20 trending toward elite status by his mid-20s.
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Tonight we take down Sullivan.
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GDT - Sabres @ Wild - December 16, 2021 - 8 PM (EST) - MSG-B and WGR
dudacek replied to Doohickie's topic in The Aud Club
Work hard ✅ Develop the kids ✅ Entertain me ✅ And nice of them to add a win as well 🍺