Crusader1969
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wow, what hunt were the Sabres ever in? the hunt for 8th place?? being stuck in the middle is what sucks. I would say that there is a higher risk of being stuck in mediorcrity for a lenghier period than there is of coming in last picking up prospects like Reinhart and McDavid / Eichel and not become a contender. you can have your 40 years of mediocrity if thats what you want. I'll take my 4 or 5 years of losing to build a true contender.
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I will agree to disagree with you about the landscape of the NHL not changing post 2004. Trades are rare, big name Free agents are rare. Hell, the LA kings cant even trade Mike Richards for a bag of pucks.
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150 nights from now the Buffalo Sabres select.........
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I would include Anhiem in a team that did it without "suffering". Obviously they had great drafting but by tradiing for Pronger and adding free agent Scott Niedermayer put them over the top. Guys like Niedermayer don't hit free agency anymore - even guys like Neon Dion here in Toronto get signed long term before hitting FA status. Its a different world now is my point. Good teams are now primarily (doesn't mean always) built through the draft.
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You can't go back prior to lock-out because the landscape completely changed once the salary cap came into play. Since, there is very few quality players make it to free-agency. No longer can teams out-spend. I won't include the Devils but the Wings/ Rangers were known as big spenders back in the day.
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w Again you are stuck in 2005. You do realize its now 2015 and Drury has long since retired? You guys are great at saying a lot of teams didn't go through a 3 year period of sucking (a reasonable time) before winning the cup but no one seems to want to name them - Please don't go back and mention the 1978 Montreal Canadians. lets keep it post Lock-out salary cap years. I think its funny that I am willing to go through a 4 year period of sucking but you are willing to sit through 40 years of being stuck in the middle. Maybe you're a lot more patient than me.
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Rumour Mill about to heat up more as the Avs will have more pressure on them to get a deal done for ROR for a D help sooner than later Johnson out for 3 to 8 weeks.
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Tell me about all these teams that won the cup who didn't suck for 3+ years? You've come up with don't get rid of Dumont? something that happend 10 years ago??? and trade a 25 year old power forward who just scored 30 goals? none of these things would get you the elite talent you need to be a contender for the cup. You're happy with a Play-off contender and I am not. I want a Cup contender.
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Im ok with sucking for 4 years - no problem at all. Sabres have been sucked into the middle of the standings for the most part of 40+ years. Im tired of it and this is how you build a Champion. Besides saying are you ok with Tanking for 4 years - give me a couple of things they should have done different? Would anyone disagree that you wouldn't trade old core for Eichel straight up? For McDavid you may have even traded the entire 2011-12 roster.
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I think he had an eye on 2015 when he decided "suffering" was the best way to go. McDavid was well known when he decided to rip it apart. He didn't count on getting fired though - he was implementing the plan perfectly. On purpose of just dumb luck - still leads to perfect timing for the organization.
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I'll give you that but his timing has been perfect in that it happened to coincide witht he 2015 draft. what year did the Lucic Miller thing happen?
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no doubt they have depth but its not easy to replace a pt/game 6'0 217lb Power Forward. Im just hoping that they are caught by the Pens, Rangers and Caps and end up in the Wild Card spot. An extended Injury to Halak would certainely help the cause. and then go out in Rd 1. Maybe we are then lookin at at pick 18 or so. what he said
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at the end of the day Darcy was at the helm when he set the Sabres ship on a new course to sell off the core and he is the one that sold it to TPegs. Darcy's imprint will be felt for the next decade once the old core is completely replaced by a new core of guys like Risto, Girgensons, Rienhart, Eichel.
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Do you like Girgensons?
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hurts way more than a little its not Tavares but still a huge blow to them.
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Perfect, now trade Enroth and put him in net for 30 of the last 35.
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I would love for an anti-tanker give us the Game Plan that the Sabres should have implimented when they decided that the "Core" wasn't good enough? Its easy to say "##### the tank" and be self-righteous but give us a game plan. I look at it this way Eichel or McDavid is greater than Vanek, Pommer, Miller, Gaustad, Roy all combined.
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Corey Pronman's draft rankings just came out for ESPN insiders. Top 5 - McDavid, Eichel, Hanifin, Marner and Strome. Other highlites - Konecny makes a big impression and moves to 8 from 16. Definitely the TPG effect in full effect. Still think that is too high based on his body of work this season but he certainely is off to a good start so far in 2015. Crouse is ranked 10 which I completely agree with - definitely a guy you would love on your team but not enough high end talent to warrant top 4 consideration. Sprong at 15 - a player that I like and would compare to Ho-Sang. Needs to do better incorporating his teammates and (like a lot of high end skill guys) he needs to work on his D. Svechnikov at 18 - needs to find consistency but good size/skill combo Vande Sompel - definitely has a fan in Pronman. Says he is a great skater with good skill. Very high Hockey IQ and is effective defensively for a player who is 5'10. Mikko Rantanen at 28 - a player who with his performance at the WJC is often ranked in the top 10. Timo Meier and Jake DeBrusk 2 of the 6 players who didnt make the top 30 but received honorable mention.
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Good to see Vande Sompel (originally wrote as Somple - must be a Canadian thing to want to do that) back. Would be intriqued by him as a PP specialist and maybe a bottom pair D. Thougth Bob McKenzie's mid season rankings came out on the 26th but its the 29th. I went to the Niagara v Barrie game yesterday. Lemieux definitely will take his licks standing in front of the net on the PP. Though the real star of the game was easily Ho-Sang - the kid is electric. Islanders may have got a late 1st round steal when they traded up to get him - can't help to imagine that skill/speed playing along side Rienhart. Back to the 2015 draft - top player was Vince Dunn from Niagara - 6'0 Defender who was a thorn in the side of Barrie all game long. He could be a mid to late 2nd rounder at this point.
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we will know tomorrow when Bob McKenzie releases the "bible" of NHL draft rankings but assuming Meier has risen into the top 15 I am going to add another to my mid to late 1st round picks that may be of interest to the Sabres. Jake Debrusk – 6’0 winger from Swift Current. He scored both goals for his team last night vs Samson Rienhart and the Kootenay Ice and now has 25 goals on the season. Tough to knock off the puck and has the desire to go to the net in order and difficult areas of the ice. My current watch list (picks 17 to 31). I have a feeling that I may be able to add Svechnikov back on list tomorrow night as he had a poor showing at the TPG and seems to be running cold again for Cape Breton (1a on weekend though team scored 11 goals) 1) Travis Konecny 2) Jake Debrusk 3) Daniel Sprong
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Daniel Sprong was a minus 4 but did pick up an assist in 5-1 loss last night. He didn’t do much at the Prospects game but has 3 assists in 2 games this weekend.
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Interesting article on height / PPG and NHL success. Not surprising - when choosing between two players who have similar PPG you should lean toward the bigger player. However, when deciding between a small player who scores at a high rate vs a big player who doesnt rate highly in PPG - you go with the smaller player. Make sure you read the footnote that Marner and McDavid broke the model with their stats. http://canucksarmy.com/2015/1/22/the-nhl-draft-maybe-size-does-matter
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Couldn't Girgensons play the Dustin Brown role and be moved to Wing? Allowing the top 3 centres to be McDavid / Eichel, Reinhart and Grigerenko. Though exciting to think how good they could be its also a bit scary to have all 3 centres to be so young. Wonder if the Sabres Mgmt will be comfortable with so much youth down the middle and would consider moving Grigerenko in a deal that could bring them some expierence like a ROR?
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Thanks for bringing up Vandle Somple! Do you know if he is hurt? just looked at the roster for tonights game and he isn't listed. I remember that he had a really good Ivan Hlinka camp and tournament this past summer. The guy at DraftBuzz who I really enjoy reading has Vande Somple rated higher than Kylington. Also has him listed as one of the top D Skaters in this years draft. Maybe he could be a bottom pair D for the Sabres and QB their PP for them in 2 or 3 years.
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What are your wants for the Sabres this draft? They should be looking at 4 picks in the top 31 (assuming they hold onto last place) I could see them looking for a smooth skating D who will QB the Power Play. If he falls into the 20s that could be Kylington be a guy they look at? maybe Jeremy Roy? Haven't spent a lot of time on D this year outside of Kylington, Hanifin, Werenski and Provorov
