Practice Report 1-15-19

[Brawndo]

Scandella on a regular pairing

 

[Brawndo]

 

[darksabre]

Phil: "I tried something new one time and it didn't immediately work so I'm never doing it again."

Give. Sam. His. Own. Line.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

I know nothing of the Edmonton debacle, except for the final score.

Was Scandella not on a 'regular pairing' for that game?

2 minutes ago, darksabre said:

Phil: "I tried something new one time and it didn't immediately work so I'm never doing it again."

Give. Sam. His. Own. Line.

Samson will not get his own line for the remainder of this season.

I think Phil has the notion, ill founded IMO, that he is coaching for, not the playoffs, but for his life right now.  He is convinced that the best chance for the Sabres to win is to keep Samson on the #1 line with Jack and Skinny.  He may not be wrong in that thinking, but they have not been winning with that line intact, so he should be doing something else with Samson.  

[Brawndo]

4 minutes ago, New Scotland (NS) said:

I know nothing of the Edmonton debacle, except for the final score.

Was Scandella not on a 'regular pairing' for that game?

Samson will not get his own line for the remainder of this season.

I think Phil has the notion, ill founded IMO, that he is coaching for, not the playoffs, but for his life right now.  He is convinced that the best chance for the Sabres to win is to keep Samson on the #1 line with Jack and Skinny.  He may not be wrong in that thinking, but they have not been winning with that line intact, so he should be doing something else with Samson.  

Yes Scandella was on a Pairing with Beaulieu yesterday, he had a beautiful pass to Lucic on his goal .

If he truly is coaching for his job he should  try something different as what he is doing isn’t working, 

[Crusader1969]

Do you 

12 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Yes Scandella was on a Pairing with Beaulieu yesterday, he had a beautiful pass to Lucic on his goal .

If he truly is coaching for his job he should  try something different as what he is doing isn’t working, 

Do you think there is any possibility that they want to trade Scandella and are worried that benching him would hurt his value. Though, you could argue that his value would be higher in the press box than it is after making that pass.

But he does kill penalties and a team who struggles or needs depth for a playoff run may still value him.

[Brawndo]

7 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said:

Do you 

Do you think there is any possibility that they want to trade Scandella and are worried that benching him would hurt his value. Though, you could argue that his value would be higher in the press box than it is after making that pass.

But he does kill penalties and a team who struggles or needs depth for a playoff run may still value him.

If he was an UFA this year yes, but given he has another year at 4 Million AAV. I can’t see it happening unless the Sabres retain salary. 

[Wyldnwoody44]

Why bother practicing, It isn't helping, team bonding in Calgary instead 

[Doohicksie]

51 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Scandella on a regular pairing

41 minutes ago, New Scotland (NS) said:

Was Scandella not on a 'regular pairing' for that game?

He was really awful.  Messy Ballz awful.

Edited January 15, 2019 by Doohickie

[Doohicksie]

35 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Yes Scandella was on a Pairing with Beaulieu yesterday, he had a beautiful pass to Lucic on his goal .

That was merely one of the many services he provided to the Oilers last night.

7 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

Why bother practicing, It isn't helping, team bonding in Calgary instead 

Yeah, this losing streak is nothing that hookers and blow can't fix.

[Weave]

18 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

 

Yeah, this losing streak is nothing that hookers and blow can't fix.

I’m gonna have a heart attack if it doesn’t work soon.  

 

Oh...... you mean the Sabres, not me.

[inkman]

53 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said:

Do you 

Do you think there is any possibility that they want to trade Scandella and are worried that benching him would hurt his value. Though, you could argue that his value would be higher in the press box than it is after making that pass.

But he does kill penalties and a team who struggles or needs depth for a playoff run may still value him.

Scandella is a season pro. Everyone knows what he is, I don't think anything the Sabres do will affect his value. 

[R_Dudley]

1 hour ago, darksabre said:

Phil: "I tried something new one time and it didn't immediately work so I'm never doing it again."

Give. Sam. His. Own. Line.

The only game we won recently and looked competent doing it was the lineup against NJD we won 5 -1 and Jack didn't even play. 

What were the lines for that game. 

When its not working with a single high scoring line you have to break it up and try different combinations. That and other teams double shift their best center across more than one line. That can create mismatches and more secondary scoring.

I agree with whoever I saw in another thread say Phil made a decent assistant coach but he does not appear to have what it takes to be head coach... It looks more and more like that with his use of this roster. Hell I an am starting to think Ted Nolan could do better head coaching then what we are seeing from Wowie.    

[darksabre]

10 minutes ago, R_Dudley said:

The only game we won recently and looked competent doing it was the lineup against NJD we won 5 -1 and Jack didn't even play. 

What were the lines for that game. 

When its not working with a single high scoring line you have to break it up and try different combinations. That and other teams double shift their best center across more than one line. That can create mismatches and more secondary scoring.

I agree with whoever I saw in another thread say Phil made a decent assistant coach but he does not appear to have what it takes to be head coach... It looks more and more like that with his use of this roster. Hell I an am starting to think Ted Nolan could do better head coaching then what we are seeing from Wowie.    

(I actually thought Sobotka looked okay on Skinner's line with Jack out...)

*ducks*

[Taro T]

37 minutes ago, darksabre said:

(I actually thought Sobotka looked okay on Skinner's line with Jack out...)

*ducks*

People aren't going to listen to that one.

[Doohicksie]

37 minutes ago, darksabre said:

(I actually thought Sobotka looked okay on Skinner's line with Jack out...)

*ducks*

I don't want to re-up him for an increase or anything, but he's better than a Josefson or a Nolan.  And he's no longer in Berglund's shadow so he's getting better opportunities.

[RonHextallsShoulderPads]

1 hour ago, R_Dudley said:

The only game we won recently and looked competent doing it was the lineup against NJD we won 5 -1 and Jack didn't even play. 

What were the lines for that game. 

When its not working with a single high scoring line you have to break it up and try different combinations. That and other teams double shift their best center across more than one line. That can create mismatches and more secondary scoring.

I agree with whoever I saw in another thread say Phil made a decent assistant coach but he does not appear to have what it takes to be head coach... It looks more and more like that with his use of this roster. Hell I an am starting to think Ted Nolan could do better head coaching then what we are seeing from Wowie.    

I can't take double shifting Eichel. He already looks bored and tired in the final 10 seconds of his current shifts. I don't need 2x the emo lazy stick swinging defense.

[Thorner]

4 hours ago, Brawndo said:

Yes Scandella was on a Pairing with Beaulieu yesterday, he had a beautiful pass to Lucic on his goal .

If he truly is coaching for is his job he should  try something different as what he is doing isn’t working, 

FTFY.