Doohicksie Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 22 minutes ago, dudacek said: and the development plan working magic on the 2ndary prospects. But supposedly that's just what they're doing in Rochester- playing a HCPH-esque system and getting them ready to make the jump. This is what JBot has said he wants to do. Someone made a comment that Thompson, Mitts and Dahlin (and to a lesser extent, Pilut) saw NHL time because there will be a lot of new faces on the Sabres next year that are in the AHL now, and they didn't want too many players making the jump at once. So they picked the ones they felt were closest and had them get their OJT at the NHL level this year. Hopefully by next year they will have their legs under them *and* be able to help the new guys adjust to the NHL game. We see it as not being a quick enough build, but JBot probably feels like he's pushing things as fast as he can and still be ultimately successful. That success part won't be apparent for probably another 2-4 years yet. Quote
Taro T Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 27 minutes ago, dudacek said: That's the entire season in a nutshell, isn't it? We are committed to the high-risk, high-reward game, but don't have the talent (certainly the finishers, probably the passers, and maybe not the goaltending) to execute it. Montour tells me JBot's solution is add more talent. Not sure where he plans on getting enough of it. There is a ton riding on the development of Dahlin, Ullmark and Mittelstadt and the development plan working magic on the 2ndary prospects. Better it be resting on the development of those 3 than on Grigorenko, Zadorov, & Kasdorf. 1 1 Quote
Taro T Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, Weave said: So, who starts the pool for when the Montour Bunker thread is open? At first missed the word "thread" in your post. Was going to say the bunker already appears to be open. But as Emily Lutella used to say, "nevermind." 1 Quote
Doohicksie Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 I still feel Mitts has been miscast this year. His ceiling may be 2C, but putting him that spot this year was a bridge too far. We've been over the whole Berglund thing- that supposedly he didn't "earn" the 2C role, but he, or possibly ERod or even Sobotka, would have been a better option for this season and let Mitts either play wing on the second line, or center the third line. I could see where that would have aided both Casey's development and the team's overall success. But what do I know? I'm just some crank fan on a message forum. Quote
Taro T Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, Doohickie said: I still feel Mitts has been miscast this year. His ceiling may be 2C, but putting him that spot this year was a bridge too far. We've been over the whole Berglund thing- that supposedly he didn't "earn" the 2C role, but he, or possibly ERod or even Sobotka, would have been a better option for this season and let Mitts either play wing on the second line, or center the third line. I could see where that would have aided both Casey's development and the team's overall success. But what do I know? I'm just some crank fan on a message forum. His ceiling is a 1C on a meh-team. So he very well could be an ideal 2C. E-Rod would probably have been the best (and that term only being used relative to the other optiins presented to Housley) choice at 2C but there still would've been issues with that as well. Totally on board w/ GA in believing Botterill needed to get a 2C after Berglund imploded (and really, even before that). Quote
dudacek Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 Casey's ceiling was supposed to be first line centre (Seguin, Barzal, Aho) not 2nd-line. I haven't given up hope. Never mind the goal, he was god-awful last night. Quote
Doohicksie Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 12 minutes ago, dudacek said: he was god-awful last night. It seems like early in the season he was better with each passing game. About the time the 10-game streak ended, it seems like his improvement ended too. I'm not sure if one contributed to the other or they're just coincidences. I also remember that after his first season I felt Reinhart was underwhelming too. He seems to have gotten better each year, taking what he learned the previous year and working it into his game, *plus* adding muscle in the off-season. I hope Casey does the same and can follow a trajectory similar to Reinhart's. 1 Quote
Samson's Flow Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 18 hours ago, Doohickie said: Didn't Brad Boyes have a good debut as well? Scored a goal in his first Sabres game, maybe two? haha as you know, my user name here was Brad Boyes based. I'm a sucker for newly traded players... Quote
Claude Balls Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 For anyone interested, you can watch Guhle on NBCS tonight at 10 when the Ducks host Chicago. Quote
shrader Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Weave said: So, who starts the pool for when the Montour Bunker thread is open? It needs to be alliterative. I've got nothing. Quote
Doohicksie Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Samson's Flow said: haha as you know, my user name here was Brad Boyes based. I'm a sucker for newly traded players... But you haven't been Touched by Boyes for some time. (You're not in the clergy, are you?) Quote
Samson's Flow Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, Doohickie said: But you haven't been Touched by Boyes for some time. (You're not in the clergy, are you?) *buh dum chih* 1 Quote
... Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 27 minutes ago, shrader said: It needs to be alliterative. I've got nothing. Here are your best options: Montour Makeshift Montour Mausoleum Quote
dudacek Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 The Montour detour. Montourzuma's revenge. The Montour de fort. Quote
SwampD Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 I'm going optimistic. I wanna be in his Montourage. 1 Quote
shrader Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 44 minutes ago, SwampD said: I'm going optimistic. I wanna be in his Montourage. Come this time next year, he'll be a Montour de force. Quote
inkman Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, SwampD said: I'm going optimistic. I wanna be in his Montourage. A lot of good ones but this is gold Quote
sabills Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, ... said: Here are your best options: Montour Makeshift Montour Mausoleum Montour Mausoleum is good. What about the Montour Morgue? Quote
#freejame Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 Montour Molehill...turning small problems into large mountains. 1 Quote
French Collection Posted February 27, 2019 Report Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Wyldnwoody44 said: The full Montour Exposes all flaws. Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted March 2, 2019 Report Posted March 2, 2019 54 minutes ago, Derrico said: He will be fine. Apparently. Quote
dudacek Posted March 2, 2019 Report Posted March 2, 2019 With the way he skates and battled, it's almost like Guhle suddenly learned how to play hockey. Quote
North Buffalo Posted March 2, 2019 Report Posted March 2, 2019 And when he decks someone, player get sent to Montefiore Hospital... Quote
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