San Diego Sabres Fan Posted June 9, 2009 Report Posted June 9, 2009 Just wondering where will Max end up? Will he be another Sabre Alumn to exit to the KHL? Or will another NFL club take a chance on him for the right price? Whatever that amount is?
Stoner Posted June 9, 2009 Report Posted June 9, 2009 I have a hard time seeing him back in the NHL. Or the NFL. :)
darksabre Posted June 9, 2009 Report Posted June 9, 2009 Phoenix or LA that or he goes to Germany to play in the DEL. His game would probably work well there.
shrader Posted June 9, 2009 Report Posted June 9, 2009 Just wondering where will Max end up? Will he be another Sabre Alumn to exit to the KHL? Or will another NFL club take a chance on him for the right price? Whatever that amount is? All those rumors of his mafia induced concussion years ago make it seem pretty unlikely that he'd go to the KHL. But then again, he did play in Russia during the lockout, so who knows. I'm sure some Washington rumors will pop up now that they've got a pair of Russians to replace.
nfreeman Posted June 9, 2009 Report Posted June 9, 2009 I think somewhere West on a 1 year. That sounds right. Probably a deal in the $2MM range.
wonderbread Posted June 9, 2009 Report Posted June 9, 2009 The Rangers will take a flyer on him I bet!
thesportsbuff Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 On the side of a milk carton. :lol: nice
Buffalo Fan Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 Does it matter...as long as it's not in western NY. I liked the guy up until recenty, but he just seems to have lost it.
SwampD Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 Does it matter...as long as it's not in western NY. I liked the guy up until recenty, but he just seems to have lost it. We're not really sure what "it" was, but he's definitely got less of it.
apuszczalowski Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 On the side of a milk carton. I thought thats where he spent that last couple of seasons?
Kristian Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 Does it matter...as long as it's not in western NY. I liked the guy up until recenty, but he just seems to have lost it. IMHO, Max is who he's always been - An instinctive hockey player with a great set of wheels, who doesn't play well tactically. Just so happens the league gave him a two-year free pass to run around and do his thing. Once we got back to clutching and grabbing, Max went back to being Max. Only a slightly worse version, since he was asked to become a leader as well, and completely folded at the first sign expectations.
Stoner Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 IMHO, Max is who he's always been - An instinctive hockey player with a great set of wheels, who doesn't play well tactically. Just so happens the league gave him a two-year free pass to run around and do his thing. Once we got back to clutching and grabbing, Max went back to being Max. Only a slightly worse version, since he was asked to become a leader as well, and completely folded at the first sign expectations. Again, one of our deficiencies is blamed on this idea that the league reverted back. Probably a bit of truth to it, but I think it's way overblown.
X. Benedict Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 Again, one of our deficiencies is blamed on this idea that the league reverted back. Probably a bit of truth to it, but I think it's way overblown. The game is much improved, but the interference through the neutral zone has reverted back to 2003. But a lot more stick fouls and holding calls especially moving along the end boards.
Kristian Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 Again, one of our deficiencies is blamed on this idea that the league reverted back. Probably a bit of truth to it, but I think it's way overblown. I dunno really. After the lockout, we added Toni Lydman and let Zhitnik and Satan walk, and suddenly went from missing the playoffs to making the conference final. We then lost Drury and Briere, and went from a Presidents Trophy winner and conference finalist to missing the playoffs two years straight, and to being labeled the "softest team in the league" by a division rivals coach. My honest opinion is that the team earned a much overrated reputation during the two year stretch where the league enforced their "no-touch" policy, in which a team as soft as the Sabres could thrive. True, the league has not reverted back completely, but they have all but eliminated the interference call from the rulebook, and that exact rule was our bread and butter through those years, as it clearly favours a fast-skating smallish finesse team such as the Sabres. Yes, we lost Dumont, McKee, Grier, Briere, Drury, but those guys didn't take us to the playoffs before the lockout, despite how good we may think these players were. I am by no means giving the players a free pass, I think half, if not more, of the roster is lacking the mentality to play pro sports, but who can blame the young guys who were brought into the league during the "no-touch" years? They never learned to do anything but win, and now they can't understand why a 90% effort just isn't enough to win anymore. And who's supposed to teach them differently? We have maybe one or two real veterans on the team, the rest of our so-called leaders are all brat-packers. Food for thought is all.
SwampD Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 The game is much improved, but the interference through the neutral zone has reverted back to 2003.But a lot more stick fouls and holding calls especially moving along the end boards. What's funny is that the stick and holding calls effect the flow of the game WAY less than the interference through the neutral zone calls.
Kristian Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 What's funny is that the stick and holding calls effect the flow of the game WAY less than the interference through the neutral zone calls. Bingo. And as I wrote in another post, during our two trips to the ECF, the deeper we got, the more refs would swallow their whistles, especially when it came to interference calls, and the more our play would suffer as a result. Of course our opponents grew increasingly tougher as well, but I particularly remember the Sens constantly tying up the opposite winger on the boards, when a forward would fire the puck around behind the net. That would NEVER have gone uncalled in the 05/06-06/07 regular season. Happens all the time now, and nobody raises an eyebrow.
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