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They now have 14 days to trade a defensemen or risk losing Nelson on waivers... clocks ticking.

I don't think it's that rare...

Yea, the fact that they made such a big stink about ROR's lockerroom style.... and now Jack is basically emulating it ("it starts with me, i wasn't good enough, etc")... not a good sign. More evidence that Botts and Housley haven't got a clue.

Nailed it.

1. That chart is over 10 years old 2. 200gp is not a good barometer for a successful draft pick.... unless you think we got a good deal on Zemgus Girgensons because of games played. 3. Here's a link that breaks down the same draft years you displayed, but by draft slot and whether the player is Top6/4/1G. You can see that most of the mid-late 1st round draft slots net a 20-30% return rate... https://www.tsn.ca/statistically-speaking-nhl-draft-pick-values-1.1119528 https://www.tsn.ca/statistically-speaking-nhl-draft-pick-value-1.786131 Note: Every single pick after 15, has a >50% chance of being 4th line or worse.... and no pick has a >36% chance of being a difference maker.

ROR was constantly dogged for the "I've got to be better", "it starts with me", excuses.... Eichel has picked up right where ROR left off... While calling out goalies is never a good idea... I kinda like that Reinhart called guys in the room out. Watch/Read his full interview, he didn't just call the goalies out, he called out everyone. “That’s a team we were tied with going into the night,” Reinhart said. “That’s who we’re fighting, so I think we need more fight from the start from a lot of people in this room. That’s got to change very soon here. “We all need to realize that we’ve got guys who are capable of making plays when we need to offensively. And with that being said, we need more respect for our own end. We need to all come back and pick up guys. If your shift calls for defending their guys, their top guys, that’s what you’re expected to do, and we need more out of everyone in that regard.” https://theathletic.com/807277/2019/02/08/the-learnings-over-you-have-to-defend-frustrations-mount-as-sabres-find-themselves-on-wrong-end-of-yet-another-high-scoring-game/

Things that are not true. The success rate of mid-low 1st 1st rounders is not good... it's more like 25%

The Sabres haven’t had back to back regulation wins since October This season (points) is a mirage

I don’t disagree that Reinhart has not and cannot do what Skinner did on that goal. Theres just far more to hockey than that.

They beat the best team in the league, and moved in to a wild card spot... the ROR trade will end up costing the Sabres multiple playoff seasons and go down as one of the all time worst trades in franchise history.

Scary...

We are carrying 8 defensemen. Risto, Scandella, and Bogo should not be exempt from the press box. Whatever the message is... it’s not working. Start stapling guys to the bench. Put a “top 4” in the press box.

Skinner-Eichel-Stone Erod-Mitts-Reinhart holy-*****-mess howmany-bad players-can we hide with Larsson

He’s tapping in to the ROR quote book

Mark Stone is a better hockey player than Jeff Skinner... but we have our Mark Stone in Sam Reinhart. we don’t have anyone else like Skinner.

He’s standing directly in front of the goalie as Skinner drives and he bails. Instead of maintaining his strong position and providing a screen and golden deflection opportunity

FYI. Go rewatch this play it’s at the 3:30 mark. Eichel is all alone in front of the net. yes, Poms reaches... but it’s eichel who is all alone in front... and just gives the goal a clean look.

Ah, he’s smarter than that

Jack is not a smart hockey player.

What is with the Sheary-Eichel OT pair ?

Reino vision

On the skinner shot?

Come on jack... how do you not deflect that

Lol so you’re saying there’s a chance

Goodbye playoffs hello draft