Playoff GDT 5/15/22 - Rochester vs Utica

[Flashsabre]

Alexander Holtz, The Utica winger picked one spot before Quinn, is having a very similar series.

[dudacek]

5 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:

Alexander Holtz, The Utica winger picked one spot before Quinn, is having a very similar series.

I was thinking that tonight. 
Haven’t noticed if the Amerks are giving him the same kind of treatment or not.

[GASabresIUFAN]

The Sabres need a campaign next year; “3 for the Calder - Power, Peterka and Quinn.”

[Andrew Amerk]

52 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

The Sabres need a campaign next year; “3 for the Calder - Power, Peterka and Quinn.”

Quinn only has 1 point in 5 playoff games. 
 

You might be better off with Power, Peyton, and Peterka. 

[GASabresIUFAN]

29 minutes ago, Andrew Amerk said:

Quinn only has 1 point in 5 playoff games. 
 

You might be better off with Power, Peyton, and Peterka. 

Sadly Krebs is no longer Calder eligible. I’m also not really worried about Quinn.  If they can get passed Utica, I suspect he’ll start picking it up.  

[Doohicksie]

A good deep run will give these youngsters valuable experience that will help the Sabres when they get down to crunch time down the stretch next season.  I hope that Krebs can bring this up to the bigs.  I feel like he's really close and the challenge of AHL playoff hockey is really honing his skills.  Arttu might be getting hooked on North American hockey and the Sabres hooked on him.  I could see him following a similar path as Olofsson.... primarily a power play specialist before working more into the general lineup.  JJ is just killing it.  I felt he was ready this season, he for sure is ready for the NHL in the fall.  Quinn will likely be up too.  I could see a Quinn-Krebs-Peterka third line scoring like Vanek-Roy-Afeinogenov did back in the day.  I could see them on different lines, too, but the prospect of bringing them up as a line is intriguing.

[PerreaultForever]

1 hour ago, Andrew Amerk said:

Quinn only has 1 point in 5 playoff games. 

For those of us who don't watch the AHL is there a reason? 

[ROC_exEMT]

I purchased the Playoff subscription for $30 from TheAHL so I could watch the Amerks but I gotta say Sunday's broadcast left a lot to be desired.  What's with showing goal replays DURING LIVE GAME ACTION??!!??  You can't wait for a whistle to do that?  Sound was all over the place at the beginning of the game, sound was muted at times when the period started or when coming back from a commercial and as it came on you could hear the announcers talking thereby missing whatever they said.  At one point in the 2nd period during live play all of a sudden someone must've hit the wrong button in the control booth and they started playing highlights of previous games.

So question to those who subscribe regularly - is this how the feed is produced and broadcast normally? 

[Crusader1969]

6 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

For those of us who don't watch the AHL is there a reason? 

The ebbs and flows of being a point producer.  Nothing to worry about, the puck just isn’t going in at the moment 

 

[Crusader1969]

42 minutes ago, ROC_exEMT said:

I purchased the Playoff subscription for $30 from TheAHL so I could watch the Amerks but I gotta say Sunday's broadcast left a lot to be desired.  What's with showing goal replays DURING LIVE GAME ACTION??!!??  You can't wait for a whistle to do that?  Sound was all over the place at the beginning of the game, sound was muted at times when the period started or when coming back from a commercial and as it came on you could hear the announcers talking thereby missing whatever they said.  At one point in the 2nd period during live play all of a sudden someone must've hit the wrong button in the control booth and they started playing highlights of previous games.

So question to those who subscribe regularly - is this how the feed is produced and broadcast normally? 

Yep, at least on home games they don’t leave the commentators microphone on during commercials. 

the man has been congested all freaking season.  I have to mute during commercials. 🤮 so freaking gross 

 

 

[Amerks8796]

51 minutes ago, ROC_exEMT said:

I purchased the Playoff subscription for $30 from TheAHL so I could watch the Amerks but I gotta say Sunday's broadcast left a lot to be desired.  What's with showing goal replays DURING LIVE GAME ACTION??!!??  You can't wait for a whistle to do that?  Sound was all over the place at the beginning of the game, sound was muted at times when the period started or when coming back from a commercial and as it came on you could hear the announcers talking thereby missing whatever they said.  At one point in the 2nd period during live play all of a sudden someone must've hit the wrong button in the control booth and they started playing highlights of previous games.

So question to those who subscribe regularly - is this how the feed is produced and broadcast normally? 

It’s just the feed from the scoreboard. They aren’t producing TV quality broadcasts every game in the AHL. 

[Doohicksie]

Farm team gonna farm team.

[pastajoe]

6 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

For those of us who don't watch the AHL is there a reason? 

Teams have been physical with him, he seems a bit tentative and not working for chances. He needs to put on some muscle to compete with the bigger players he’s been facing.

[JohnC]

Next year Krebs, JJ and Quinn are likely going to be added to the Sabre roster. As young players they should have a lot of upside. If you presume, as I do, that Cozens and Mitts are ready to make strides in their respective games as NHL players, you can see the roster filling out. And let's not forget how impressive Power was in his introductory stint at the end of the season. You can see the organic (players within the system) growth of this roster. 

This offseason, the GM doesn't need to bring in a quantity of players to round out this roster. Just a few judicious additions, that must include a quality goaltender, will continue to keep this team on an upward trajectory. For the most part internal improvement and internal competition will propel this team. Even the skeptics have to acknowledge that compared to a year or two ago what was thought to be a very dark situation has turned into a very bright and hopeful situation.   

[inkman]

9 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

For those of us who don't watch the AHL is there a reason? 

Teams are blanketing him.  As well as give him the business at every opportunity.  

[PromoTheRobot]

Still about half the building unsold for Tuesday's game 4. Let's step it up, folks.

[PromoTheRobot]

FYI, Game 5 between SYR and LAV is also Tuesday in SYR. If the Amerks and Crunch win it sets up another NYS Thruway series.

[PromoTheRobot]

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[PerreaultForever]

6 hours ago, pastajoe said:

Teams have been physical with him, he seems a bit tentative and not working for chances. He needs to put on some muscle to compete with the bigger players he’s been facing.

Exactly what I was afraid of. This might indicate he won't be ready to compete at the NHL level yet. Guess we will see how he grows. 

[Trettioåtta]

34 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Exactly what I was afraid of. This might indicate he won't be ready to compete at the NHL level yet. Guess we will see how he grows. 

I have also heard that teams have been covering Quinn hard, which whilst limiting him, leaves ice open for his teammates (who have been scoring). I haven't seen any games, so can't comment on how good the analysis is.

[Crusader1969]

41 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Exactly what I was afraid of. This might indicate he won't be ready to compete at the NHL level yet. Guess we will see how he grows. 

he's still getting his chances. Plus the regular season in NHL isn't the clutching and grabbing of the AHL playoffs.

[dudacek]

31 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said:

he's still getting his chances. Plus the regular season in NHL isn't the clutching and grabbing of the AHL playoffs.

The difference in the refereeing between this and the NHL playoffs is notable.

The difference in what they let go between this and the NHL regular season is shocking.

[Buffalonill]

14 hours ago, Doohickie said:

A good deep run will give these youngsters valuable experience that will help the Sabres when they get down to crunch time down the stretch next season.  I hope that Krebs can bring this up to the bigs.  I feel like he's really close and the challenge of AHL playoff hockey is really honing his skills.  Arttu might be getting hooked on North American hockey and the Sabres hooked on him.  I could see him following a similar path as Olofsson.... primarily a power play specialist before working more into the general lineup.  JJ is just killing it.  I felt he was ready this season, he for sure is ready for the NHL in the fall.  Quinn will likely be up too.  I could see a Quinn-Krebs-Peterka third line scoring like Vanek-Roy-Afeinogenov did back in the day.  I could see them on different lines, too, but the prospect of bringing them up as a line is intriguing.

 

[K-9]

Enjoyed listening to Appert’s post practice presser today. Among other things, he mentioned that Quinn, JJ, and Krebs have responded well to the physical challenges of Utica. Peterka led the team with 11 hits on Sunday, followed by Quinn with nine. That was nice to hear.

[dudacek]

24 minutes ago, K-9 said:

Enjoyed listening to Appert’s post practice presser today. Among other things, he mentioned that Quinn, JJ, and Krebs have responded well to the physical challenges of Utica. Peterka led the team with 11 hits on Sunday, followed by Quinn with nine. That was nice to hear.

 

24 minutes ago, K-9 said:

Enjoyed listening to Appert’s post practice presser today. Among other things, he mentioned that Quinn, JJ, and Krebs have responded well to the physical challenges of Utica. Peterka led the team with 11 hits on Sunday, followed by Quinn with nine. That was nice to hear.

People who aren’t watching shouldn’t be getting impression Quinn is getting tossed around, or is shying away from contact. 

I think it is better described as he is having more trouble escaping contact.

The Quinn I watched most of the year has excelled at finding spaces within the patterns of the game, then exploiting them with a subtle lateral movement to gain separation, to set up some exquisite one-touch passes or that deadly shot.

What’s happening now is shadowing: he is being marked so tightly that checkers are ignoring the other aspects of the game  to subtly grab, poke, taunt and interfere with him.

He is battling through it, but he doesn’t have JJ’s burst, or his low body strength and the battle is costing him the split second of space he is used to exploiting so well.

Edited May 17, 2022 by dudacek