inkman Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 8 minutes ago, Berg said: Looks like we will play with 2,3,4,4 quality lines and without first line. We will have worst offense, worst defense and worst goalie statistics at the end of the season. It’s 15 minutes into free agency 1 Quote
Crusader1969 Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 26 minutes ago, LGR4GM said: He hits stuff and scores on occasion 11 minutes ago, dudacek said: No, not really and yes. Skates fast and hits people. Sterotypical 4th-line forechecker. Exactly what they need Quote
Scottysabres Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 I likey where Adams is going with the bottom 6. 2 1 Quote
Thorner Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 1 minute ago, Scottysabres said: I likey where Adams is going with the bottom 6. 4th line, def. There’s still a massive chasm at 3C, but it’s early Quote
Night Train Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 So two 4th liners and a 3rd liner so far. More to do. My real fear was they would do nothing. Quote
Thorner Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 Peterka - Thompson - Tuch Benson - Cozens - Quinn Zucker - Krebs - Greenway Malenstyn - Lafferty - Rookie? 1 2 Quote
Weave Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 Just now, Thorny said: Peterka - Thompson - Tuch Benson - Cozens - Quinn Zucker - Krebs - Greenway Malenstyn - Lafferty - Rookie? Maybe Dunne on the 4th line situationally? Looks right as of 12:30 anyway. Quote
#freejame Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 2 minutes ago, Thorny said: Peterka - Thompson - Tuch Benson - Cozens - Quinn Zucker - Krebs - Greenway Malenstyn - Lafferty - Rookie? Quote
GoPuckYourself Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 (edited) These are the types of players I’ve wanted for awhile, good skater, tough to play against. Another hitter and the bottom 6 got much better. Now let’s fill that Skinner vacancy with someone like Ehlers, Necas or the like and I’ll say job well done sir. Edited July 1 by GoPuckYourself 1 1 Quote
triumph_communes Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 Heavy hitting hard playing bottom 6 will pull so much pressure off of the top6 Really want to upgrade Krebs though 2 Quote
dudacek Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 20 minutes ago, Thorny said: Peterka - Thompson - Tuch Benson - Cozens - Quinn Zucker - Krebs - Greenway Malenstyn - Lafferty - Rookie? I betcha Zucker gets first shot up top and the other 2 get bumped down. Add Aube-Kubel and a real 3C and a workable picture starts to take shape. Would have liked someone better than Zucker replacing Skinner. 1 Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 3 minutes ago, dudacek said: I betcha Zucker gets first shot up top and the other 2 get bumped down. Add Aube-Kubel and a real 3C and a workable picture starts to take shape. Would have liked someone better than Zucker replacing Skinner. I don’t think that was the goal. The goal was to get harder to play against and get some secondary scoring. Still, without a C better than Krebs, the lineup still doesn’t work. 1 Quote
DarthEbriate Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 2 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said: I don’t think that was the goal. The goal was to get harder to play against and get some secondary scoring. Still, without a C better than Krebs, the lineup still doesn’t work. Our GM is telling you without telling you it's Kulich or Helenius. Look at the amazing training camp he had! Really wanted it and outworked Krebs for it. Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 1 minute ago, DarthEbriate said: Our GM is telling you without telling you it's Kulich or Helenius. Look at the amazing training camp he had! Really wanted it and outworked Krebs for it. Savoie is also a center. For what it’s worth, I did read on X from one of the sports journalists that the Sabres are still looking for C via trade. 3 Quote
Sidc3000 Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 59 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: So he can throw some if needed. That’s a plus 2 Quote
The Jokeman Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 I'm smelling former Penguins on this team. Too bad we missed out on Danton Heinen. Quote
Thorner Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 1 hour ago, dudacek said: I betcha Zucker gets first shot up top and the other 2 get bumped down. Add Aube-Kubel and a real 3C and a workable picture starts to take shape. Would have liked someone better than Zucker replacing Skinner. I really doubt Zucker gets the first shot. Word from the twitter folk is the Sabres FO doesn’t view Zucker as top 6 material Peterka - Thompson - Tuch Benson - Cozens - Quinn Zucker - Krebs - Greenway Malenstyn - Lafferty - Aube-Kubel …is how it’s looking rn, more or less Have to say…I really like that 4th line. A reading of this lineup as it stands seems pretty easy: dicey proposition to make the playoffs as is, but certainly within the realm of possibility. But an “A” offseason from Adams (and an optimistic projection for playoffs) if we can add a true top 6 F, or, a 3C who’s better defined as middle 6. (Aka quite a strong one.) It almost seems like this top 6/middle 6 addition needs to be a C or else we have Krebs in the 3 spot by default But I really like the work from KA so far. It’s funny, it’s not going to look good without that big addition, it’s not a strong enough offseason without it, after everything we said, but yet, if we DO make the move it suddenly flips and looks quite solid. I suppose that’s the mechanics of filling in the fringes first 1 hour ago, GASabresIUFAN said: I don’t think that was the goal. The goal was to get harder to play against and get some secondary scoring. Still, without a C better than Krebs, the lineup still doesn’t work. It’s a big sticking point right now. Fix that and I see the vision. Don’t, and I don’t 3 1 Quote
Thorner Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 1 hour ago, DarthEbriate said: Our GM is telling you without telling you it's Kulich or Helenius. Look at the amazing training camp he had! Really wanted it and outworked Krebs for it. Can’t be, especially with zero reinforcement to top 6 Quote
dudacek Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Thorny said: I really doubt Zucker gets the first shot. Word from the twitter folk is the Sabres FO doesn’t view Zucker as top 6 material Peterka - Thompson - Tuch Benson - Cozens - Quinn Zucker - Krebs - Greenway Malenstyn - Lafferty - Aube-Kubel …is how it’s looking rn, more or less Have to say…I really like that 4th line. A reading of this lineup as it stands seems pretty easy: dicey proposition to make the playoffs as is, but certainly within the realm of possibility. But an “A” offseason from Adams (and an optimistic projection for playoffs) if we can add a true top 6 F, or, a 3C who’s better defined as middle 6. (Aka quite a strong one.) It almost seems like this top 6/middle 6 addition needs to be a C or else we have Krebs in the 3 spot by default But I really like the work from KA so far. It’s funny, it’s not going to look good without that big addition, it’s not a strong enough offseason without it, after everything we said, but yet, if we DO make the move it suddenly flips and looks quite solid. I suppose that’s the mechanics of filling in the fringes first Not sure anyone sees Zucker as a top 6 winger, but that's probably the case with Benson as well. I'm not sure how we're going to see Ruff put lines together, but I kinda expect it them to be built with purpose — "I need a line to do this" — more so than simple stacking. The rest of this post is spot on to me: they identified needs and addressed them with what was available; they have yet to find a way to address the most pressing need. Edited July 1 by dudacek 1 Quote
IKnowPhysics Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 Stats and usage on this guy are meh. Hopefully I'm missing something. Quote
sabrefanday1 Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 4 minutes ago, IKnowPhysics said: Stats and usage on this guy are meh. Hopefully I'm missing something. your not... Quote
LGR4GM Posted July 1 Report Posted July 1 9 minutes ago, IKnowPhysics said: Stats and usage on this guy are meh. Hopefully I'm missing something. He skates fast and hits things. Quote
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