Brawndo Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) Edited January 22, 2022 by Brawndo Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 Good news on Mitts, to bad he’ll be skating alone when he gets back if this injury trend continues. Quote
French Collection Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 Miller better get healthy and stay that way for the trade deadline. 2 Quote
Carmel Corn Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 Bad news on Kyle though....guess that hit along the boards was enough to put him on the sidelines a while. 1 Quote
CallawaySabres Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 25 minutes ago, Brawndo said: I wonder if anyone on that list besides Casey and UPL will be on the team next year... Quote
msw2112 Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) Probably Bryson, Girgs and Okposo. Bryson is a solid young defenseman, and Girgs and Okposo are good veteran players (not great) who provide heart and leadership along with some talent. You need guys like that to mentor the young guys. I think both are under contract. The rest are probably gone, although Vinnie has good speed and some grit and is a decent middle-to-bottom 6 player. Edited January 20, 2022 by msw2112 3 Quote
Carmel Corn Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, Brawndo said: 6 weeks on Miller?!?! Wow, not much time between a possible return date and the trade deadline. 1 Quote
Mustache of God Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, CallawaySabres said: I wonder if anyone on that list besides Casey and UPL will be on the team next year... Zemgus and Okposo have contracts that will keep them here. I think Hinistrona is the only one who would be re-signed but I think he's played well enough to get signed by a better team in the off-season. Also, the Anderson signing was so bad. Who could have expected a 40 year old goalie woudln't be able to stay healthy? 1 Quote
Sabres Fan in NS Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) Hiney-Stroka better be re-signed. If only for his awesome name. Edited January 20, 2022 by The Ghost of Doohickie the hyphen is often miss used or not used atoll ... goodly !! 1 1 Quote
Thorner Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 I’d like to see the team hire a well-respected health science and training guru along the lines of the celebrated analytics gurus we’ve seen them hire. I’d wager they’d have a chance to provide as much or more value for this team going forward 1 Quote
dudacek Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) Have we had a game yet when we haven't had at least 3 of these starters out? Skinner (2 games) Mittelstadt (35) Tuch (32) Olofsson (8, playing hurt) Thompson (3) Asplund Girgensons (6 and counting) Cozens (3) Okposo (2 and counting) Hinostroza (3 and counting) Eakin (5) Caggiula (21 and counting) Dahlin Jokiharju (16) Bryson (7 and counting) Miller (7 and counting) Hagg (13) Pysyk Anderson (10 weeks and counting) Tokarski (6 weeks and counting) I count 9 regulars (Mitts, Tuch, VO, Hiney, Drake, Miller, Hagg, Anderson, Tokarski) with week-to-week injuries or worse and the season isn't half over yet. With the Sabres reporting record, maybe KO, Zemgus and Bryson are poised to join them. Add UPL and Subban as call-ups. That can't be normal. Edited January 20, 2022 by dudacek 2 Quote
Hawerchuk Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 40 minutes ago, Mustache of God said: Also, the Anderson signing was so bad. Who could have expected a 40 year old goalie woudln't be able to stay healthy? Seriously. What the heck happened to Anderson? Did he really get hurt that bad? I get that he's 40, but there hasn't been any good info on what his problem/injury is. So disappointing and frustrating. He was HOT to start the season too. What a bummer. Quote
Thorner Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 19 minutes ago, dudacek said: Have we had a game yet when we haven't had at least 3 of these starters out? Skinner (2 games) Mittelstadt (35) Tuch (32) Olofsson (8, playing hurt) Thompson (3) Asplund Girgensons (6 and counting) Cozens (3) Okposo (2 and counting) Hinostroza (3 and counting) Eakin (5) Caggiula (21 and counting) Dahlin Jokiharju (16) Bryson (7 and counting) Miller (7 and counting) Hagg (13) Pysyk Anderson (10 weeks and counting) Tokarski (6 weeks and counting) I count 9 regulars (Mitts, Tuch, VO, Hiney, Drake, Miller, Hagg, Anderson, Tokarski) with week-to-week injuries or worse and the season isn't half over yet. With the Sabres reporting record, maybe KO, Zemgus and Bryson are poised to join them. Add UPL and Subban as call-ups. That can't be normal. The league as a whole is dealing with more injuries this year. And it’s normal for the Sabres to be near the top of the man games lost list - they almost always are Imo it stops being “unlucky” when it’s predictable. Taro is probably right that much of it comes down to talent 1 Quote
DarthEbriate Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 31 minutes ago, dudacek said: That can't be normal. You can even add Quinn (mono) and Samuelsson to the list as they'd have both been up earlier, health permitting. The really disheartening part of it (along with the Sabres' lack of bona fide NHL-level depth because of roster construction) is that we did start the season in pretty much full health. Oglevie and Samuelsson were the only 2 folks injured to start the season (and Eichel/Tuch, technically). It lasted one period. We didn't have some folks returning to health or reinforcements coming, it was just immediate attrition. By the end of game 1: Mitts and Joker. Then Olofsson, Anderson, Caggiula, Hagg... and it hasn't stopped since. Someone comes back to health and they're hurt again (Mitts, Subban), or they take the place of someone who just got hurt/protocoled (Girgs back from COVID, Okposo out on COVID). Quote
Brawndo Posted January 20, 2022 Author Report Posted January 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Thorny said: I’d like to see the team hire a well-respected health science and training guru along the lines of the celebrated analytics gurus we’ve seen them hire. I’d wager they’d have a chance to provide as much or more value for this team going forward They revamped the Bills Training Staff, the Sabres should be next 3 1 Quote
thewookie1 Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 Vinnie out 3 weeks Miller had surgery and is out 6 weeks Subban had surgery and is out for the year Okposo is out with a non-concussion related injury Quote
Drag0nDan Posted January 21, 2022 Report Posted January 21, 2022 22 hours ago, CallawaySabres said: I wonder if anyone on that list besides Casey and UPL will be on the team next year... Okposo... Girgs... maybe Bryson Quote
Drag0nDan Posted January 21, 2022 Report Posted January 21, 2022 20 hours ago, Brawndo said: They revamped the Bills Training Staff, the Sabres should be next Yeah. You never know what the injuries are - but 4 lower body injuries that could easily be things like hamstrings or something. These are usually fairly preventable. The goalie injuries are the weird one, why so many injuries in 2 years? I know tokarski is covid so... nothing you can do there. It sounded like andersons was a stray puck that missed the neck guard or something. Not sure on UPL and Subban's injuries though. Mitts was a wrist slash - no amount of training prevents that. Okposo was hit awkwardly in the boards - no amount of training can prevent that. Ton of lost games to covid. Just an absolute mess of a year... but no one expected this team to be playoff bound anyway. Quote
Brawndo Posted January 21, 2022 Author Report Posted January 21, 2022 Just now, Drag0nDan said: Yeah. You never know what the injuries are - but 4 lower body injuries that could easily be things like hamstrings or something. These are usually fairly preventable. The goalie injuries are the weird one, why so many injuries in 2 years? I know tokarski is covid so... nothing you can do there. It sounded like andersons was a stray puck that missed the neck guard or something. Not sure on UPL and Subban's injuries though. Mitts was a wrist slash - no amount of training prevents that. Okposo was hit awkwardly in the boards - no amount of training can prevent that. Ton of lost games to covid. Just an absolute mess of a year... but no one expected this team to be playoff bound anyway. Mitts wasn’t a wrist injury Quote
Drag0nDan Posted January 21, 2022 Report Posted January 21, 2022 Just now, Brawndo said: Mitts wasn’t a wrist injury In any case - i agree a better training staff should be inbound. They cut bait on a lot of long time sabres staff in the last 2 years, and definitely tried to get leaner to actually get somewhere closer to profitable. They've added some guys around scouting and analytics. Stadium updates are definitely needed soon, the place is so depressing and old. Training staff/equipment would be also be a wise way to help lure free agents, and generally keep your team on the ice (it certainly worked for the bills). Quote
Hawerchuk Posted January 21, 2022 Report Posted January 21, 2022 From the ATHLETIC today: Second most in the league behind Montreal this season. JUST BRUTAL! 2 Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted January 21, 2022 Report Posted January 21, 2022 it does seem like the team doesn't go a single game without someone getting hurt. Quote
DarthEbriate Posted January 21, 2022 Report Posted January 21, 2022 Mitts is almost back! Will Quinn play on Mitts' wing? No. Sadly, no. 37 minutes ago, Hawerchuk said: From the ATHLETIC today: Second most in the league behind Montreal this season. JUST BRUTAL! And that's with half a season left to go. Quote
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