Brawndo Posted December 18, 2017 Report Posted December 18, 2017 If Fasching is going to be a healthy scratch, send him to Rochester.
LGR4GM Posted December 18, 2017 Report Posted December 18, 2017 He did draft for need as well, hence Reinhart over Draisatl.That's just revisionist history. Major questions about draisaitl and his speed The top 3 forwards in the 2014 draft were all ranked on top of one another at the time. It was a coin flip
WildCard Posted December 18, 2017 Report Posted December 18, 2017 Not sure Wilson was benched. Granted I missed the last game, but I've liked his play so far
WildCard Posted December 18, 2017 Report Posted December 18, 2017 Fasching returned to Rochester Happy with that
Mustache of God Posted December 18, 2017 Report Posted December 18, 2017 Fasching returned to Rochester Do they call somebody else up or is Josephson healthy enough for that last spot? Does that make this team 100% "healthy" from a "we can put the lineup on the ice" perspective?
Eleven Posted December 18, 2017 Report Posted December 18, 2017 That's just revisionist history. Major questions about draisaitl and his speed The top 3 forwards in the 2014 draft were all ranked on top of one another at the time. It was a coin flip It's not revisionist history to state that Murray knew he needed a center and not a wing. It was obvious at the time.
Mustache of God Posted December 18, 2017 Report Posted December 18, 2017 It's not revisionist history to state that Murray knew he needed a center and not a wing. It was obvious at the time. Prior to Reinhart what did our center depth look like? Hdgsn, Leino, and Larsson?
Eleven Posted December 18, 2017 Report Posted December 18, 2017 Prior to Reinhart what did our center depth look like? Hdgsn, Leino, and Larsson? Players who sometimes played at the center position in the season prior to that draft: Adam Conacher Ennis Girgensons Grigorenko Hodgson Konopka McCormick Ott Porter Varone Of course, some of those were traded before the season even ended, and weren't even on the roster at the time of the draft. It was obvious that Murray was going to pick either Bennett or Reinhart. I believe to this day that had the Sabres won the lottery, Murray would have traded down because he didn't need a defenseman as badly as he needed a center.
Crusader1969 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Posted December 18, 2017 (edited) I am as skeptical about Nylander — mostly because he was a GMTM selection — as the next guy, but I think it’s too early to tell yet. He missed a few months, including all of camp with a new coach and new system, with what seems like a pretty significant injury and is just getting back. I think we need to see how he looks in, say, the last 20 games or so of the AHL season before coming to any conclusions. Now Reino, OTOH... 1) Can you expand? It's not revisionist history to state that Murray knew he needed a center and not a wing. It was obvious at the time. 2) Draisaitl is / was a natural centre. hence the nickname "german gretzky" Edited December 18, 2017 by Crusader1969
Thorny Posted December 18, 2017 Report Posted December 18, 2017 (edited) He did draft for need as well, hence Reinhart over Draisatl. That's just revisionist history. Major questions about draisaitl and his speed The top 3 forwards in the 2014 draft were all ranked on top of one another at the time. It was a coin flip To my recollection Draisaitl was viewed as a centre in his draft year. @BuffaloSabres #Sabres lines this morning: Kane-Eichel-Pominville Pouliot-O’Reilly-Okposo Nolan-Josefson-Rodrigues Girgensons-Larsson-Reinhart Fasching, Wilson extras Scandella-Ristolainen Beaulieu-Bogosian McCabe-Antipin Gorges-Falk My gosh, Reinhart on the 4th line. What's the point? He's not good enough to do anything there, and they are lowering any remaining trade value he has by leaving him on a bottom line. If they don't want him in a scoring line role, they should have traded him already. Edited December 18, 2017 by Bjorn Borg
MattPie Posted December 19, 2017 Report Posted December 19, 2017 To my recollection Draisaitl was viewed as a centre in his draft year. My gosh, Reinhart on the 4th line. What's the point? He's not good enough to do anything there, and they are lowering any remaining trade value he has by leaving him on a bottom line. If they don't want him in a scoring line role, they should have traded him already. First: yes, me to. It was Ekblad, and they something of a toss-up for the Sams and Draisaitl, with the latter almost never included in the conversation of the #2 pick. Hindsight and all.
PASabreFan Posted December 19, 2017 Report Posted December 19, 2017 The quoted post is useless. :) Oh, it's useful. Someone needs to point out this bad SS habit once in a while. I was off the board all summer, but when I did glance at the thread titles when on the news page, I was hardly tempted to click, because the titles were so generic. We have 700+ posts about how much Kane should get and I haven't posted in it once. It started back in July. Is it possible the discussion has taken an interesting turn since then and that discussion should have its own thread? Lineup thread. Blah. A new thread for each new lineup? Absolutely.
Eleven Posted December 19, 2017 Report Posted December 19, 2017 I honestly do not remember Draisatl being projected as an NHL center. CSS from 2014 says I'm wrong. Why do I remember him being projected as a wing only?
LGR4GM Posted December 19, 2017 Report Posted December 19, 2017 I honestly do not remember Draisatl being projected as an NHL center. CSS from 2014 says I'm wrong. Why do I remember him being projected as a wing only? It was almost 4 years ago and we shouldn't pay that much attention to what an 18yr old kid is projected to be let alone remember it after so much time.
spndnchz Posted December 19, 2017 Report Posted December 19, 2017 Oh, it's useful. Someone needs to point out this bad SS habit once in a while. I was off the board all summer, but when I did glance at the thread titles when on the news page, I was hardly tempted to click, because the titles were so generic. We have 700+ posts about how much Kane should get and I haven't posted in it once. It started back in July. Is it possible the discussion has taken an interesting turn since then and that discussion should have its own thread? Lineup thread. Blah. A new thread for each new lineup? Absolutely. I'm agreeing with PA. Wait. Wha?
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