Bmwolf21 Posted July 11, 2008 Report Posted July 11, 2008 WTF are you talking about??? Sekara was playing great on the PP the times he was used. He is an up and coming star and I'm very happy to have him back there learning and improving that aspect of his game He might have played OK but we need more than 3 A's in 16 GP. Obviously a small sample size, but that projects out to 0 PPG, 16 PPA in a full season.
carpandean Posted July 12, 2008 Report Posted July 12, 2008 He might have played OK but we need more than 3 A's in 16 GP. Obviously a small sample size, but that projects out to 0 PPG, 16 PPA in a full season. It's not exactly fair to say he had 16 games (I assume you are looking at his 16 played in his second call-up) on the PP. In his first five games up, his PP TOI's were: 0:35 0:00 0:00 0:00 1:18 He played a lot in his sixth game, but then dropped back to 1:01 in his seventh. In his last nine games, he had over two minutes in all but one and over three minutes in all but three. At most, I'd say that you could count him for 12 games (i.e., ignore the first four), which projects to more than 20 PPA per season. If you accept that his 0:35, 1:18, 1:01, 1:21 and 2:13 games, which totals 6:28, were about the same TOI as two full games (he averaged 3:48 in his remaining games), then he had 3 assists in 10 "full" PP games, which projects to almost 25 PPA per season. Add to that the fact that he was a rookie called up from the AHL as opposed to a starter and will continue to progress, then you can't say too much bad about his performance. As you said, it's too small of a sample (even more so now), but having watched the games where he had stepped into a more prominent role on the PP, he looked comfortable beyond his years and like he had a lot of potential back there.
Bmwolf21 Posted July 12, 2008 Report Posted July 12, 2008 It's not exactly fair to say he had 16 games (I assume you are looking at his 16 played in his second call-up) on the PP. In his first five games up, his PP TOI's were:0:35 0:00 0:00 0:00 1:18 He played a lot in his sixth game, but then dropped back to 1:01 in his seventh. In his last nine games, he had over two minutes in all but one and over three minutes in all but three. At most, I'd say that you could count him for 12 games (i.e., ignore the first four), which projects to more than 20 PPA per season. If you accept that his 0:35, 1:18, 1:01, 1:21 and 2:13 games, which totals 6:28, were about the same TOI as two full games (he averaged 3:48 in his remaining games), then he had 3 assists in 10 "full" PP games, which projects to almost 25 PPA per season. Add to that the fact that he was a rookie called up from the AHL as opposed to a starter and will continue to progress, then you can't say too much bad about his performance. As you said, it's too small of a sample (even more so now), but having watched the games where he had stepped into a more prominent role on the PP, he looked comfortable beyond his years and like he had a lot of potential back there. I don't know where I got 16 games. He played 37 games for the season, 16 was his second call-up. I think you're massaging the numbers too much to prove your point. Like I said, I'm willing to concede that it's a small sample size, but I can't go so far as to accept "3 PPA in 10 games." He played 37 games with the big club last year, and I'd be willing to bet that he had more than a few games in his first call-up that wipe out the PP time zeroes from his second call-up. And considering 2/3 of his PPA came in his last three games - one where the opposition was running for the playoff bus (BOS) and the other against the second-worst PK unit in the league (TOR) -- I'm not willing to say that Sekera is definitely the answer to the Sabres' PP QB hole. However I will agree that he looked better on the PP point as the season went on. With Lindy's mindset there will always be guys getting PP time who don't deserve it (Kalinin); Spacek is going to get a ton of PP time; if Teppo's back I'd bet he gets a lot of PP time; and then there's the "forwards on the PP point" -- he's going to have that "produce or lose your PP time" monkey on his back until he establishes himself as the PP guy.
carpandean Posted July 12, 2008 Report Posted July 12, 2008 I don't know where I got 16 games. He played 37 games for the season, 16 was his second call-up. I think you're massaging the numbers too much to prove your point. Like I said, I'm willing to concede that it's a small sample size, but I can't go so far as to accept "3 PPA in 10 games." He played 37 games with the big club last year, and I'd be willing to bet that he had more than a few games in his first call-up that wipe out the PP time zeroes from his second call-up. And considering 2/3 of his PPA came in his last three games - one where the opposition was running for the playoff bus (BOS) and the other against the second-worst PK unit in the league (TOR) -- I'm not willing to say that Sekera is definitely the answer to the Sabres' PP QB hole. However I will agree that he looked better on the PP point as the season went on. With Lindy's mindset there will always be guys getting PP time who don't deserve it (Kalinin); Spacek is going to get a ton of PP time; if Teppo's back I'd bet he gets a lot of PP time; and then there's the "forwards on the PP point" -- he's going to have that "produce or lose your PP time" monkey on his back until he establishes himself as the PP guy. Yeah, I kinda went to the opposite extreme to prove a point. There was a marked improvement in his game between his first and second call-up, and even during that second call-up, Lindy used him more (especially on the powerplay) as he proved himself. I don't think that he has done enough to prove he is the guy on the PP yet, but he showed that he definitely has the potential to play a larger role on the point next year. Time will tell how he will progress.
Bmwolf21 Posted July 12, 2008 Report Posted July 12, 2008 Yeah, I kinda went to the opposite extreme to prove a point. There was a marked improvement in his game between his first and second call-up, and even during that second call-up, Lindy used him more (especially on the powerplay) as he proved himself. I don't think that he has done enough to prove he is the guy on the PP yet, but he showed that he definitely has the potential to play a larger role on the point next year. Time will tell how he will progress. Fair enough. Potential is the key word - I liked some of what I saw from him and think he is capable of growing into a bigger role, but part of me fears that he'll turn into another Campbell on the PP - he'll get a decent number of PP points but won't be the guy directing traffic and running the show.
ROC Sabres Posted July 12, 2008 Report Posted July 12, 2008 Fair enough. Potential is the key word - I liked some of what I saw from him and think he is capable of growing into a bigger role, but part of me fears that he'll turn into another Campbell on the PP - he'll get a decent number of PP points but won't be the guy directing traffic and running the show. That's normally what we had Connolly for. I think, potential aside, watching what Sekera had to offer while he was up was pretty nice to see. I know a lot of people aren't very high on Weber but he looked good to me also. Not as good as Sekera but still looked good. I think it would be interesting to see him more on the PP. Whether he be paired up with Spacho, Rivet, etc. I do see him being Campbell to Spacho the way he use to get the drop pass and send it across the blueline for the slapper or take it when he can (and break less sticks than Campbell did) :thumbsup: Anyone have an idea what the PP defense would look like? I know they have 4 forwards sometimes but I think Spacho and Rivet would be paired up. Who would the other two be?
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