inkman Posted Monday at 04:19 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 04:19 PM 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader1969 Posted Monday at 04:19 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 04:19 PM 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottysabres Posted Monday at 04:26 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 04:26 PM I likey where Adams is going with the bottom 6. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted Monday at 04:27 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 04:27 PM 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochesterExpat Posted Monday at 04:28 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 04:28 PM Good addition on a good contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted Monday at 04:30 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 04:30 PM So two 4th liners and a 3rd liner so far. More to do. My real fear was they would do nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seer775 Posted Monday at 04:32 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 04:32 PM Perfect. There's our 3W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted Monday at 04:36 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 04:36 PM Peterka - Thompson - Tuch Benson - Cozens - Quinn Zucker - Krebs - Greenway Malenstyn - Lafferty - Rookie? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted Monday at 04:38 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 04:38 PM 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#freejame Posted Monday at 04:39 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 04:39 PM 2 minutes ago, Thorny said: Peterka - Thompson - Tuch Benson - Cozens - Quinn Zucker - Krebs - Greenway Malenstyn - Lafferty - Rookie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoPuckYourself Posted Monday at 04:39 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 04:39 PM (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 Monday at 04:40 PM by GoPuckYourself 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triumph_communes Posted Monday at 04:48 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 04:48 PM Heavy hitting hard playing bottom 6 will pull so much pressure off of the top6 Really want to upgrade Krebs though 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted Monday at 05:01 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 05:01 PM 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted Monday at 05:06 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 05:06 PM 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthEbriate Posted Monday at 05:10 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 05:10 PM 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted Monday at 05:13 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 05:13 PM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted Monday at 05:16 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 05:16 PM 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MISabresFan Posted Monday at 05:33 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 05:33 PM Zucker can play center also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidc3000 Posted Monday at 06:13 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 06:13 PM 59 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: So he can throw some if needed. That’s a plus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted Monday at 06:24 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 06:24 PM I'm smelling former Penguins on this team. Too bad we missed out on Danton Heinen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted Monday at 06:54 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 06:54 PM 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted Monday at 06:56 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 06:56 PM 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted Monday at 07:05 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 07:05 PM (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 Monday at 07:54 PM by dudacek 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted Monday at 07:08 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 07:08 PM Stats and usage on this guy are meh. Hopefully I'm missing something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabrefanday1 Posted Monday at 07:09 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 07:09 PM 4 minutes ago, IKnowPhysics said: Stats and usage on this guy are meh. Hopefully I'm missing something. your not... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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