shrader Posted August 6, 2019 Report Posted August 6, 2019 On 8/5/2019 at 2:12 PM, shrader said: Jason Pominville is currently second in the recent searches on hockeydatabase (2nd in the last 5 minues, 1st in the last hour). Has there been some news on him? Expand Apparently there was a piece in the Athletic talking about his options for this year. It's mentioned in this TSN link.
dudacek Posted August 6, 2019 Report Posted August 6, 2019 On 8/6/2019 at 1:15 PM, shrader said: Apparently there was a piece in the Athletic talking about his options for this year. It's mentioned in this TSN link. Expand It says Montreal may be interested, not clear if Jason is interested in Montreal. He is interested in Buffalo and the family will live there regardless of what happens. The Sabres have told him that door isn’t closed yet. He wants to play and is part of a group of veterans around the league who have been told by GMs they will have to wait until the RFA situation gets sorted out.
Sabres Fan in NS Posted August 6, 2019 Report Posted August 6, 2019 On 8/5/2019 at 4:19 PM, PASabreFan said: @New Scotland (NS) Not a bad Freddy. Or Freddie. Expand No. Wrong. No one is anywhere near as handsome as Freddie. And Freddie never had ink done. That look on AM, or anyone, is just terrible.
pi2000 Posted August 6, 2019 Report Posted August 6, 2019 On 8/5/2019 at 3:27 PM, Randall Flagg said: Expand Money does not change people, it unmasks them. 1
Derrico Posted August 6, 2019 Report Posted August 6, 2019 On 8/6/2019 at 10:36 PM, pi2000 said: Money does not change people, it unmasks them. Expand Do you find it ironic that the hometown favorite Marner is still holding out while the money hungry Matthews is signed? Not to mention Nylander paved the way for him to hold out. He showed that the young leafs will actually sit out. Yet Matthews signed. I hope beyond hope that you are right about him but nothing has played out the way you think regarding Matthews. 2
pi2000 Posted August 6, 2019 Report Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) On 8/6/2019 at 11:17 PM, Derrico said: Do you find it ironic that the hometown favorite Marner is still holding out while the money hungry Matthews is signed? Not to mention Nylander paved the way for him to hold out. He showed that the young leafs will actually sit out. Yet Matthews signed. I hope beyond hope that you are right about him but nothing has played out the way you think regarding Matthews. Expand On the contrary I find it quite telling that young Auston opted for a short 5 year deal instead of committing long term to the Leafs. One thing is for certain, he IS committed... committed to $$$$ Also, if he was committed to the city of Toronto, he would've taken a lesser AAV for a longer term which would've allowed the Leafs to fit Marner under the cap this offseason. But alas, Auston's actions only confirm the idea that he does not care about long term team success. Edited August 6, 2019 by pi2000 1
Randall Flagg Posted August 7, 2019 Report Posted August 7, 2019 To be fair to Mike, Auston is not yet prime Datsyuk or Zetterberg. I watched several games in Auston's 12 or 13 game scoring drought, and the effort level, especially on defense, was something two tiers worse than the worst we've ever seen from Jack. There was a particular play that led to a goal against in a game against Detroit that had me baffled. That wasn't yet a guy I'd want to give 21 minutes per game. He's really good outside of that stretch though, and Babs knows it.
WildCard Posted August 7, 2019 Report Posted August 7, 2019 How does the NHL schedule work? I know we get a 1-1 home-away with at least every team in the league, but how's it broken down after that? i.e. how many times do we play our division rivals or other eastern conference teams?
Zamboni Posted August 7, 2019 Report Posted August 7, 2019 On 8/7/2019 at 2:21 PM, WildCard said: How does the NHL schedule work? I know we get a 1-1 home-away with at least every team in the league, but how's it broken down after that? i.e. how many times do we play our division rivals or other eastern conference teams? Expand Perhaps this helps ... 1 1
#freejame Posted August 7, 2019 Report Posted August 7, 2019 (edited) On 8/7/2019 at 2:21 PM, WildCard said: How does the NHL schedule work? I know we get a 1-1 home-away with at least every team in the league, but how's it broken down after that? i.e. how many times do we play our division rivals or other eastern conference teams? Expand For the division I believe it is now three and three and conference two and two, but I’ve been wrong before Edited August 7, 2019 by #freejame See below. Another instance of being wrong. 1
Eleven Posted August 7, 2019 Report Posted August 7, 2019 (edited) On 8/7/2019 at 2:34 PM, #freejame said: For the division I believe it is now three and three and conference two and two, but I’ve been wrong before Expand In the Eastern conference, it is four (two and two) in the division, three (two and one, unbalanced) in the conference, and two (one and one) against the Western conference. Only 28 of the Sabres' 82 games are against so-called division "rivals," which is probably why the NHL felt the need to ***** around with the playoff system again. Edited August 7, 2019 by Eleven 1
shrader Posted August 7, 2019 Report Posted August 7, 2019 On 8/7/2019 at 2:34 PM, #freejame said: For the division I believe it is now three and three and conference two and two, but I’ve been wrong before Expand It's 3 games against the rest of the conference. I've been on the rotation out here for a few years now where the Sabres are in town once one year and then twice the next. 1
#freejame Posted August 7, 2019 Report Posted August 7, 2019 On 8/7/2019 at 2:58 PM, Eleven said: In the Eastern conference, it is four (two and two) in the division, three (two and one, unbalanced) in the conference, and two (one and one) against the Western conference. Only 28 of the Sabres' 82 games are against so-called division "rivals," which is probably why the NHL felt the need to ***** around with the playoff system again. Expand It used to be eight per division before the realignment, right? And then four per division in your conference and a home and home rotation every year out west?
Eleven Posted August 7, 2019 Report Posted August 7, 2019 On 8/7/2019 at 5:35 PM, #freejame said: It used to be eight per division before the realignment, right? And then four per division in your conference and a home and home rotation every year out west? Expand That is how I remember it, and then it went down to six per division, I think.
Tondas Posted August 9, 2019 Report Posted August 9, 2019 On 8/7/2019 at 7:57 PM, WildCard said: Expand Drury is an assistant GM. I thought you couldn't block an employee seeking a promotion. Obviously, GM would be a promotion. I may be thinking about the NFL. Or maybe a team CAN block a promotional opportunity but usually do not. I thought that's how the Sabres were able to pry the new goalie coach from the Canes. He went from goalie coach to an assistant head coach.
Zamboni Posted August 9, 2019 Report Posted August 9, 2019 (edited) On 8/9/2019 at 5:27 AM, Tondas said: Drury is an assistant GM. I thought you couldn't block an employee seeking a promotion. Obviously, GM would be a promotion. I may be thinking about the NFL. Or maybe a team CAN block a promotional opportunity but usually do not. I thought that's how the Sabres were able to pry the new goalie coach from the Canes. He went from goalie coach to an assistant head coach. Expand I think Drury is next in line to being the GM or president of the NYR. It’s his childhood favorite team. He is from Connecticut. His wife has family close to if not in that region. He doesn’t want to go anywhere. I’d bet he was asked if he wanted to speak to other teams because they asked about him, and Drury said “no not interested”, so he “allowed” NYR to block any interview. He wants to stay put. He’s exactly where he wants to be making great money doing it. Edited August 9, 2019 by Zamboni 1
North Buffalo Posted August 9, 2019 Report Posted August 9, 2019 On 8/9/2019 at 12:03 PM, Zamboni said: I think Drury is next in line to being the GM or president of the NYR. It’s his childhood favorite team. He is from Connecticut. His wife has family close to if not in that region. He doesn’t want to go anywhere. I’d bet he was asked if he wanted to speak to other teams because they asked about him, and Drury said “no not interested”, so he “allowed” NYR to block any interview. He wants to stay put. He’s exactly where he wants to be making great money doing it. Expand Yes his wife's family is from Stamford CT area... was trained in xray by her father. 1
Eleven Posted August 10, 2019 Report Posted August 10, 2019 On 8/9/2019 at 7:16 PM, North Buffalo said: Yes his wife's family is from Stamford CT area... was trained in xray by her father. Expand Like X-ray vision? I thought you could get that from sending in coupons from the back of comic books. 1
Taro T Posted August 10, 2019 Report Posted August 10, 2019 On 8/10/2019 at 7:43 PM, Brawndo said: Oops Expand Well, they've messed up player names on the Stanley Cup before. Just putting it into perspective. But, yeah, that's bad.
dudacek Posted August 10, 2019 Report Posted August 10, 2019 On 8/10/2019 at 7:43 PM, Brawndo said: Oops Expand Damn...When Lamiorello wants to cut ties, he doesnt mess around. 3
shrader Posted August 12, 2019 Report Posted August 12, 2019 On 8/10/2019 at 7:59 PM, Taro T said: Well, they've messed up player names on the Stanley Cup before. Just putting it into perspective. But, yeah, that's bad. Expand I had no idea the trophy itself was so stupid looking. 1
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