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They basically sacrificed their advantage on offense to get almost no better defensively. It is one of the biggest indictment's of Granato, he changed the system to be more defensive which killed the offense all while barely improving the defense at all. Fire them all.

My top 2 is set and they could go head to head with top 2s in a lot of other drafts. Maybe we'll win the lottery. 1. Mack Celebrini 2. Ivan Demidov

PREEEEEAACH!

Also the Sabres have the 30th high danger goals for% in the freaking league. They aren't well coached. 41.64% HDGF%

The Sabres are like 22nd in HDcf and 25th in HDCF%. Sure their HDsh% is 31st in the league but lets not act like they are playing some really great offensive hockey and just getting really unlucky. They are bottom third in the league all while being 14th in the league in total sh%. They don't generate enough HD chances and I would bet money one of the reasons they don't score on them is because a lot of their HD chances are single shots, not shots with rebounds and traffic. So I reject what you say here. They are bottom third in high danger chances for and high danger chance percentage all while having the 14th best sh% overall in the league. Yes their actual sh% in HD situations is bad at 31st overall but they don't get enough chances anyway. This team isn't coached well and is running a watered down krueger-esque offense because Granato suddenly decided they had to change after what was working last year.

Here's the current consolidated rankings of the top 20:

Centers? at 10 the only center is Lindstrom if he falls unless you really want Helnius who some say is a center. That's about it. RHD, lots of options will be there at 10 if they want a RHD. Parekh, Yakemchuk, maybe Levshunov, and you could take Jiricek if you wanted to gamble (or even trade down into the late teens). Anyone drafted at the 10 spot in the 2024 draft will not and should not be a Sabre until 2026 at the earliest so drafting to the positions of need we have isn't necessary. Those need to be filled through UFA and trades.

He's gonna be a point per game player with excellent defensive metrics. He'll be an absolute pos to play against in another year. 5'10" 170lbs and won't be 19 until May. Once the game slows down another half step for Benson he's gonna be great. 0.36ppg as an 18yr on a bad offensive team where he gets almost no pp time is really good.

I think I wish you all the best. The season ended tonight for me.

If Granato is back next year, I'm wont be. Idc if he's lost the room or not because he's lost the fans. Deservedly so.

Doesn't make the og point any better. Stop wishing for a different ***** version of this team and wish for something better.

I had a blast actually. We bashed the Sabres and then the Leafs fans near us. How was your 2013? I'd comment on that but I literally can't remember that team at all. They were unremarkable.

Oh yes the vaunted 2012-13 Sabres. What a legendary team. Having those guys really made that team so good... I mean they had What? 80pts? Edit: Sorry, lockout year. They had 48pts in 48 games. So that's an 82pt pace.

Maybe 65% hard to tell what the 3s look like but the lower bowl is easily 75% leafs. 2s have a strong Sabres presence

70%

Okay. Where?

At least half the lower bowl is leaf fans. At least 65% or more leaf fans here. To quote Henry Jones... "we're pilgrims in an unholy land"

I love a good coordinating Levi.

Well, someone told the press they stopped cuz ppl wanted Granato fired and he's still not doing it so... petty and spiteful. Literally keep saying why I don't like it and how the salute isn't the point but you in particular seem to fail over and over and over again to grasp that fact. It's 100% a worthy issue because the specifically stopped to hurt their fans in retaliation. Goes to character and team mentality.

I've I said repeatedly and you've ignored repeatedly, it isn't about the gesture. It's the reason they aren't doing it which is petty and spiteful, like a child. Gotta get that spin going.

So glad I decided to go to this game.