Brawndo Posted June 26, 2015 Report Posted June 26, 2015 @robvollmanNHL: Sabres: Upgraded coaching (Bylsma/Murray), goaltending (Lehner), and lots of top prospects. The formula for a surprise season. Quote
Johnny DangerFace Posted June 26, 2015 Report Posted June 26, 2015 Also, Evan Rodrigues from BU god ##### Quote
Robviously Posted June 26, 2015 Report Posted June 26, 2015 Also, Evan Rodrigues from BU Well played. Quote
WildCard Posted June 26, 2015 Report Posted June 26, 2015 (edited) @robvollmanNHL: Sabres: Upgraded coaching (Bylsma/Murray), goaltending (Lehner), and lots of top prospects. The formula for a surprise season. Besides Tampa, the rest of our division is manageable. Bruins and Leafs will be at the bottom, the Canadiens and Wings are bound to have worse season, though Montreal will definitely still be in the playoffs. If the Wings and Panthers regress, which I put at roughly a 30% chance, we could, could, make it. :beer: Edited June 26, 2015 by WildCard Quote
LGR4GM Posted June 26, 2015 Report Posted June 26, 2015 so hodgson is definitely not on the team now Quote
GrassValleyGreg Posted June 26, 2015 Report Posted June 26, 2015 Kane - O'Reilly - Ennis Moulson - Eichel - Larson Reinhart - Girgensons - Gionta Foligno - Legwand - McGuinn What center depth. Does Reinhart get his start at wing? Does this portend 9 and AHL? Does Legwand or ROR have ability to play wing? Quote
LGR4GM Posted June 26, 2015 Report Posted June 26, 2015 Kane - O'Reilly - Ennis Moulson - Eichel - Larson Reinhart - Girgensons - Gionta Foligno - Legwand - McGuinn What center depth. Does Reinhart get his start at wing? Does this portend 9 and AHL? Does Legwand or ROR have ability to play wing? He might but he sure as hell isn't starting on the LW. Quote
TrueBlueGED Posted June 26, 2015 Report Posted June 26, 2015 Matt Moulson may be unable to crack our top-6. This is amazing. Get a LHD in Free agency and let's win some damn games. Quote
dudacek Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) Some perspective on today:If the Sabres are lifting the cup in the next five years, you can guarantee Eichel, O'Reilly and Lehner will be at the head of the line. This might go down as the most important day in Sabres history. Edited June 27, 2015 by dudacek Quote
Tondas Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 Kane - O'Reilly - Ennis Moulson - Eichel - Larson Reinhart - Girgensons - Gionta Foligno - Legwand - McGuinn What center depth. Does Reinhart get his start at wing? Does this portend 9 and AHL? Does Legwand or ROR have ability to play wing? Whatever happens in the top 3, that's a good 4th line. Quote
dudacek Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 Has anyone ever seen a GM so methodically tear down what he inherited, target the pieces he wanted, then go out and get them? Quote
bunomatic Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 Has anyone ever seen a GM so methodically tear down what he inherited, target the pieces he wanted, then go out and get them? Its a thing of beauty. I can't wait for the season to start. Quote
bob_sauve28 Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 Its a thing of beauty. I can't wait for the season to start. Let's enjoy the summer weather first! :) Quote
BarDown Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 Kane- Eichel- Ennis Moulson- Reinhart- O'Reilly Foligno- Girgenson- Gionta Legwand- Larsson- McGinn Risto- Georges Pysyk- Bogo Weber- McCabe Quote
Brawndo Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 @BuffNewsVogl: Tim Murray on possible buyout of Cody Hodgson: "We’ve had a lot of discussion on Cody, and we have a plan." Quote
sabresith Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 My lines would be O'Reilly Eichel Ennis Kane Reinhart Moulson Foligno Zemgus Gionta Legwand Larsson Mcginn Pysyk Bogo Gorges Risto Weber McCabe Quote
nfreeman Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 On opening night: Kane-O'Reilly-EnnisMoulson-Eichel-Gionta Foligno-Zemgus-Larsson Deslauriers-Legwand-Kaleta Risto-Gorges Bogo-UFAWeber-Pysyk For games 60-82 plus playoffs (that's right!): Kane-O'Reilly-EnnisMoulson-Eichel-Zemgus Foligno-Reinhart-Gionta Deslauriers-Larsson-Kaleta Risto-Gorges Bogo-UFAWeber-Pysyk Quote
TrueBlueGED Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) Freeman has pretty close to what I'm looking at, although I think Reinhart makes the team out of camp. Kane-O'Reilly-Ennis --This is really a no-brainer 1st line to open the year, innit? Girgensons-Eichel-Gionta --I really really really wanted to go with Reinhart at RW here, but I don't think they open with a 2x rookie line Moulson-Larsson-Reinhart --Similar logic to above, I don't see the team rolling 2x rookie centers...given one is Eichel, by default Reinhart starts on the wing. Obviously temporary Foligno-Legwand-Deslauriers There's no true shutdown line, and while you could put together a Girgensons-Larsson-Gionta line, I think it leaves line #2 somewhat exposed defensively and experience-wise. I also think the addition of O'Reilly kind of makes it unnecessary to have a traditional checking line. Roll three balanced lines with this roster. If Hodgson isn't bought out, I suspect it relegates Larsson to the 4th line and Legwand to the waiver wire; I can't see any reason to keep Hodgson around if he's going to be buried on the 4th line, so get him decent linemates and let him play offense. Sekera (or other UFA) - Bogo Pysyk (I assume he can play off-hand) - Risto Gorges/Weber - nobody cares If Pysyk can't play the left side and/or a true top-4 LHD isn't added in some fashion, the D will be what holds the team back. Edit: I completely forgot we added McGinn. He's extra forward fodder or we're making another move. Edit #2: After doing some reading, I may be significantly underrating McGinn. Feels like another, more minor, move is coming for roster space. Edited June 27, 2015 by TrueBluePhD Quote
deluca67 Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 On opening night: Kane-O'Reilly-Ennis Moulson-Eichel-Gionta Foligno-Zemgus-Larsson Deslauriers-Legwand-Kaleta Risto-Gorges Bogo-UFA Weber-Pysyk For games 60-82 plus playoffs (that's right!): Kane-O'Reilly-Ennis Moulson-Eichel-Zemgus Foligno-Reinhart-Gionta Deslauriers-Larsson-Kaleta Risto-Gorges Bogo-UFA Weber-Pysyk I would prefer another forward for the third line dropping Foligno to the fourth line and Kaleta to the press box. Also, I have doubts about Moulson returning to anything near a 30 goal scorer. He'll be 32 the beginning of next season and I have serious concerns about him having turned the corner on his career. I can't wait till camp to see how the lineup shakes out. Quote
Huckleberry Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 I think murray was comfortable trading away Zadarov, Might have a good UFA D signing ligned up already. Sekera - Beauchemin - Erhoff - Martin, all good LHD available. Quote
Eleven Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) Let's enjoy the summer weather first! :) What summer weather? Also, freeman: I think Reinhart plays in the NHL next year, and what have you done with Hodgson? Or you you take the Fifth on that? Edited June 27, 2015 by Eleven Quote
bob_sauve28 Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 Kane - O'Reilly - Ennis Moulson - Eichel - Larson Reinhart - Girgensons - Gionta Foligno - Legwand - McGuinn What center depth. Does Reinhart get his start at wing? Does this portend 9 and AHL? Does Legwand or ROR have ability to play wing? I almost want to cry looking at that line up...Just beautiful Quote
nfreeman Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 Edit: I completely forgot we added McGinn. He's extra forward fodder or we're making another move. Edit #2: After doing some reading, I may be significantly underrating McGinn. Feels like another, more minor, move is coming for roster space. I would prefer another forward for the third line dropping Foligno to the fourth line and Kaleta to the press box. Also, I have doubts about Moulson returning to anything near a 30 goal scorer. He'll be 32 the beginning of next season and I have serious concerns about him having turned the corner on his career. I can't wait till camp to see how the lineup shakes out. If McGinn is healthy, he could be the forward DeLuca is looking for here. Also, freeman: I think Reinhart plays in the NHL next year, and what have you done with Hodgson? Or you you take the Fifth on that? I have Reinhart playing the first half of the season in the A, then coming up to the show for good after the ASG and gradually becoming a significant contributor down the stretch. And Hodgy is going to take the last vestige of the DR era with him, along with his severance check, in the next 72 hours. Quote
Hoss Posted June 27, 2015 Report Posted June 27, 2015 Murray already indicated that Reinhart is an NHLer barring any complete lack of preparedness/readiness. I doubt that's coming. He's got a spot on this team. Quote
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