Around The NHL 2022-23 Regular Season

[PerreaultForever]

34 minutes ago, TheAud said:

It pains me every time I see McNabb ably handling a 2nd pairing role on very solid teams in LA and now Vegas. For the past 7 years...

Would love to get someone like him to pair with Power. 

We might feel the same way about Borgen over time. He's played very well for Seattle and is still improving. idk if he will ever be higher than 3rd pairing on a good team but he's definitely turning into a solid and reliable player.

[TheAud]

14 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

We might feel the same way about Borgen over time. He's played very well for Seattle and is still improving. idk if he will ever be higher than 3rd pairing on a good team but he's definitely turning into a solid and reliable player.

Agree, especially being a RHD. 

At least with Borgen, the Sabres were going to lose someone and it ended up being him, whereas they just about gave away McNabb for no readily explainable reason. 

[Taro T]

22 minutes ago, TheAud said:

Agree, especially being a RHD. 

At least with Borgen, the Sabres were going to lose someone and it ended up being him, whereas they just about gave away McNabb for no readily explainable reason. 

Will ALWAYS dislike the Krackers for sliding into the league a year after they were scheduled to come in.  (The fact the Sabres play hung over against them is just a 2ndary reason to dislike them.)

The Sabres would've lost Hutton or something even less valuable at the NHL level.  At a minimum for changing the entry date teams should've been allowed to protect 1 player that wouldn't have been draft eligible the previous year.  Would've kept Borgen a Sabre & would've cost them something roughly as valuable as Hutton.

And, yes, get how on the surface it's silly to pine for a 3rd pairing D.  But considering he'd still be in the Sabres top 6, will continue to pine away until he wouldn't be.

[LGR4GM]

I just don't care about 26 year old will Borgen

[HumanSlinky39]

Detroit is a mess. Oofta.

[Dreams Burn Down]

Linus played lights-out in the first period at the Devils tonight.  He had help from the crossbar, but was stellar.  Lian McHugh said that Linus is on pace for 47 wins this season.

[K-9]

3 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

I just don't care about 26 year old will Borgen

He’d be a third pairing D on the Sabres. It’s not like he’d be the piece that puts us over the top. While it would be nice to have him, his loss doesn’t fill me with a sense of regret, either.

[thewookie1]

Penguins blew 4-0 lead to Detroit; thanks you stupid flightless birds

[Zamboni]

3 hours ago, K-9 said:

He’d be a third pairing D on the Sabres. It’s not like he’d be the piece that puts us over the top. While it would be nice to have him, his loss doesn’t fill me with a sense of regret, either.

A.k.a. highly replaceable

[Quint]

Lafreniere is in the doghouse...again. By the comments, Ranger fans are disappointed with the former overall #1, among other things, saying he's too slow.  He's playing 13-14 min a game with no power play time. Will the Rangers finally give up on him?

https://nypost.com/2022/12/28/alexis-lafreniere-dropped-to-fourth-line-after-rangers-no-show/

[JohninMinn.]

Looking forward to a dominating performance from a team loaded with high draft choices.

Fans will be raucous.

rau·cous

adjective

making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise.

"raucous youths"

[Refuting]

19 hours ago, HumanSlinky39 said:

Detroit is a mess. Oofta.

They currently have 3 more points than the Sabres 

Big mess 

[LGR4GM]

13 minutes ago, Refuting said:

They currently have 3 more points than the Sabres 

Big mess 

They currently have 1 more game played and still will after today and have 7otl... must not be a veteran team that knows how to close out games. Anyways Buffalo has more wins currently. 

[Refuting]

28 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

They currently have 1 more game played and still will after today and have 7otl... must not be a veteran team that knows how to close out games. Anyways Buffalo has more wins currently. 

Yeah 

[PerreaultForever]

23 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

I just don't care about 26 year old will Borgen

I'm sure he doesn't care about you either. 

[LGR4GM]

48 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

I'm sure he doesn't care about you either. 

Clague, ahl slub at 24

Borgen, still room to get better at 26

[LGR4GM]

6 hours ago, Refuting said:

They currently have 3 more points than the Sabres 

Big mess 

They currently have 1 more point than the Sabres with 1 more game played and 3 less regulation wins. 

Detroit also has a -9 goal differential compared to Buffalo with +21

5 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

They currently have 1 more game played and still will after today and have 7otl... must not be a veteran team that knows how to close out games. Anyways Buffalo has more wins currently. 

 

5 hours ago, Refuting said:

Yeah 

Just updating

[PerreaultForever]

3 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

Clague, ahl slub at 24

Borgen, still room to get better at 26

Borgen IS getting better. 

Clague CAN still get better. 

We were talking about Pilut not Clague Mr. Deflection. 

[Refuting]

15 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

They currently have 1 more point than the Sabres with 1 more game played and 3 less regulation wins. 

Detroit also has a -9 goal differential compared to Buffalo with +21

 

Just updating

Thanks 

[LGR4GM]

Mrs. Deflection

And I'm noting how Clague is being cast as an AHL tweener but many here are acting like 26 year old Borgen is the bees knees. I don't care about Pilut, or Borgen actually. 

4 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Borgen IS getting better. 

Clague CAN still get better. 

We were talking about Pilut not Clague Mr. Deflection. 

 

[PerreaultForever]

1 minute ago, LGR4GM said:

Mrs. Deflection

And I'm noting how Clague is being cast as an AHL tweener but many here are acting like 26 year old Borgen is the bees knees. I don't care about Pilut, or Borgen actually. 

 

Are you actually a Mrs? 

This will likely sound sexist, but it would explain a LOT about how you see hockey and a number of your biases. 

[LGR4GM]

Also clague is a 3rd pairing D. Borgen is a 3rd pairing D.

Just like Okposo is a 4th line rw and Reeves is a 4th line rw. 

Hence my jumps to these players. I'm looking at who they replace. So is Borgen better than Clague, probably. Is it such a wide gap clague can't cross it, no. Would I replace clague with someone better, yes. 

[LGR4GM]

4 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Are you actually a Mrs? 

This will likely sound sexist, but it would explain a LOT about how you see hockey and a number of your biases. 

It doesn't sound it, it is sexist. Also to answer your question...

 

Edited December 30, 2022 by LGR4GM

[Refuting]

4 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Are you actually a Mrs? 

This will likely sound sexist, but it would explain a LOT about how you see hockey and a number of your biases. 

It's obvious to me 

Not that there's anything wrong with that 

 

[PerreaultForever]

2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

So is Borgen better than Clague, probably. Is it such a wide gap clague can't cross it, no. Would I replace clague with someone better, yes. 

This is factual and accurate. 

Pilut, on the other hand, is crap. Picking up Reilly, instead of using Pilut, might have won us a few more games and if we miss the playoffs by say 2-3 points, that lack of D depth will ultimately have been what sunk us. 

(Now before you start, I'm not suggesting Reilly is great, just much better than Pilut (or Bryson for that matter))