Happy Anniversary!

[PromoTheRobot]

 

[stinky finger]

[bunomatic]

13 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

I was hoping to never see that face again. Thanks 😉

[PromoTheRobot]

Just now, Leaf Blower said:

 

Just now, bunomatic said:

I was hoping to never see that face again. Thanks 😉

 

You can't know joy unless you know pain as well.

[stinky finger]

1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

 

You can't know joy unless you know pain as well.

Know joy

 

No pain

[Pimlach]

Yup, hired a worse coach than Ron Rolston.  

 

Edited May 16, 2023 by Pimlach

[Stoner]

 

[Sabel79]

[Buffalonill]

He gave buffalo a franchise  defenseman so thank you for that . 

[Doohicksie]

15 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

That was worse than being Rick Rolled.

[ndirish1978]

[DarthEbriate]

He's as clumsy as he is stupid.

Get him on the hologram videoconference so we can discuss his project roll off date.

1 hour ago, Buffalonill said:

He gave buffalo a franchise  defenseman so thank you for that . 

Folks cannot forget this. He allowed Hall to win the lottery for Power. His ineptitude allowed for a complete culture change, Granato's offensive attack to be unlocked (meaning Tage moves to center and plays legit minutes, Skinner isn't scratched) and the acquisition of Tuch, Krebs, Östlund, Greenway, Levi, Kulich, Kisakov, Komarov (by paying for some Butcher salary), Rosen, Karlsson, a 2023 PHI 2nd still to be selected.

Now... would the team be better with Granato as a forwards coach only, a different but real HC at the time, and still have Eichel as captain, Hall, Reinhart, and Risto on the team (the assets moved for the above list), no Power but probably a top 14 pick that season, etc. That's the alternate universe.

[Pimlach]

15 hours ago, PASabreFan said:

 

@PASabreFan   in boot camp.  

 

 

[Stoner]

49 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

He's as clumsy as he is stupid.

Get him on the hologram videoconference so we can discuss his project roll off date.

Folks cannot forget this. He allowed Hall to win the lottery for Power. His ineptitude allowed for a complete culture change, Granato's offensive attack to be unlocked (meaning Tage moves to center and plays legit minutes, Skinner isn't scratched) and the acquisition of Tuch, Krebs, Östlund, Greenway, Levi, Kulich, Kisakov, Komarov (by paying for some Butcher salary), Rosen, Karlsson, a 2023 PHI 2nd still to be selected.

Now... would the team be better with Granato as a forwards coach only, a different but real HC at the time, and still have Eichel as captain, Hall, Reinhart, and Risto on the team (the assets moved for the above list), no Power but probably a top 14 pick that season, etc. That's the alternate universe.

Was Skinner scratched? I meant to look it up. I feel like his stat line was usually 0-0-0-87 in 15 minutes of ice time. Goals assists points Mohawks.

[DarthEbriate]

19 hours ago, PASabreFan said:

Was Skinner scratched? I meant to look it up. I feel like his stat line was usually 0-0-0-87 in 15 minutes of ice time. Goals assists points Mohawks.

Your research is my command.

TL;DR - yes. But his linemates and Krueger's game plan crushed anyone who wasn't skating with Eichel.

 

First, some table setting. In 2018-19, Skinner scores 40-23-63 and is 0 +/- while linemates Eichel and Reinhart are -10 and -11, respectively. All 3 players tie or exceed their career high point totals to that point (Skinner has finished with 63 points 4 times in his career). Skinner does finish the season very cold (4 goals in his final 19 games in March/April) as the team sputters. Enter Krueger.

In 2019-20 - Skinner is moved off the top line from opening night. VO will net 20 goals with Eichel/Reinhart. I like VO a lot, but you can't tell me that Skinner doesn't score more with Eichel/Reinhart as their games continue to grow. Skinner gets MoJo as his center and a combination of Vesey/Sobotka as his defensively responsible linemates. His main linemates throughout the season: MoJo, Sobotka, Lazar, Frolik, Asplund, Rodrigues, Sheary, and Simmonds. His scoring craters, as you might expect.

On 3/7/2020, Skinner finally returns to the Eichel-Reinhart line in time for Ullmark's return from injury 3/9. The season is cut short by COVID on 3/12.

Enter Taylor Hall. Now, at least you can argue there's a LW who could supplant Skinner on the top line.

Preseason January 2021 (COVID-delayed start to season). Opening Blue-Gold scrimmage: Skinner-Staal-Reinhart is the top line on Gold, the 2nd line on the team behind Hall-Eichel-Olofsson. An injury to Okposo throws a bit of a wrinkle into the opening night lineup, but it doesn't matter because Skinner is on the 4th line on opening night as Skinner-Lazar-Sheahan. He is behind LWs Hall, Olofsson, and.... Tobias Rieder.  [[SabreSpace is wild because Hall-Eichel both want to carry the puck and it just doesn't look like the right combination up top. 40-goal Skinner remains on a defensive checking line.]]

COVID strikes the team in February and Skinner gets to Line 1 (Skinner-Eichel-VO) on 2/15-2/16 for a pair of listless (but a bunch of folks getting over COVID or unable to fully practice because of contact tracing) losses to the Isles.

2/23/2021 - Skinner scratched for 2 or so games. Note: the team is in utter freefall at this point. Ullmark gets hurt.

3/5/2021 - GM Sheevyn gives a vote of No Confidence in HC Krueger. A couple days later, Eichel gets hurt (or more hurt) vs. the Isles.

On 3/17, Krueger is fired. Granato takes over and COVID protocols prevent practices during the couple day break, so the lines remain the same for a bit. Skinner-Lazar stay together on the 3rd line for a couple weeks.

4/9 - Skinner-Reinhart-Olofsson makes its debut as line 2. For the next 2 weeks through season's end it becomes the top line. (The Asplund-Mitts-Thompson line is the line that surprises as #2.)

[Stoner]

Ralph landed on his feet.

http://bilderbergmeetings.org/meetings/meeting-2023/participants-2023

[K-9]

On 5/15/2023 at 9:48 PM, PromoTheRobot said:

… You can't know joy unless you know pain as well.

In that case, Sabres fans are the happiest people in the history of the world.