Around the NHL: 2024-2025 Season

[shrader]

14 minutes ago, Weave said:

If the goal is McKenna, Taylor Hall needs to be an offseason acquisition.

That magic is dead. He hasn’t played for the lottery winning team since us in 21. 

[Taro T]

1 hour ago, shrader said:

That magic is dead. He hasn’t played for the lottery winning team since us in 21. 

Is there nothing sacred the Pegula owned Sabres can't ruin?

[shrader]

1 hour ago, Taro T said:

Is there nothing sacred the Pegula owned Sabres can't ruin?

I was going to try to come up with something funny that they haven’t screwed up yet, but you know what? I’ve got nothing. 

[LGR4GM]

Senators rush prospect to NHL, everyone loses their minds. Yakemchuk ruined forever, career ends in ruin. Lol 😜 

 

 

[SabresBillsFan]

Hellebuyck = Clayton Kershaw

[PerreaultForever]

Hellebuyck and Ullmark are both very good goalies who do not elevate for the playoffs and also have trouble tracking the puck with the extra speed you get come playoff time. Some have it, some don't. This has always been the way in hockey.

[jad1]

On 4/24/2025 at 5:33 PM, LGR4GM said:

Senators rush prospect to NHL, everyone loses their minds. Yakemchuk ruined forever, career ends in ruin. Lol 😜 

 

 

If they haven't named him captain yet, they're doing it wrong.

[7+6=13]

Wow what a game between Kings and Oilers.

[Brawndo]

Mike Sullivan and the Penguins have agreed to part ways. 
 

Boston or New York? 

[LGR4GM]

4 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Mike Sullivan and the Penguins have agreed to part ways. 
 

Boston or New York? 

Hmm... New York. Buffalo should grab him but... lolz.

[DarthEbriate]

1 minute ago, LGR4GM said:

Hmm... New York. Buffalo should grab him but... lolz.

At least there's a chance since he was with Pittsburgh. But yeah... keep the coach who is under a lame duck contract and the assistant who is already slated to be the next head coach.

[Taro T]

37 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Mike Sullivan and the Penguins have agreed to part ways. 
 

Boston or New York? 

 

33 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Hmm... New York. Buffalo should grab him but... lolz.

 

28 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

At least there's a chance since he was with Pittsburgh. But yeah... keep the coach who is under a lame duck contract and the assistant who is already slated to be the next head coach.

Won't happen, but Sullivan being brought in as the HC would add IMHO a lot of hope to the fan base.  Couple that with Karmanos becoming the GM and maybe we're onto something.

As it seems Pegula absolutely won't fire Adams, bump him to PoHO (making it a primarily ceremonial role whose real duties are attending league meetings and running interference for Karmanos) and make Ruff a Senior Advisor using his connections when Karmanos' already extensive connections aren't enough to get a deal done.

'Tis still the season of hope.  (At least for another handful of days.)

[Brawndo]

I wonder if the lure of being a Massachusetts Native who played for BU gives the Bruins an advantage. Plus his daughter and grandson live in Boston, and oh he would be able to coach his son in law Charlie McAvoy 

[shrader]

13 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

I wonder if the lure of being a Massachusetts Native who played for BU gives the Bruins an advantage. Plus his daughter and grandson live in Boston, and oh he would be able to coach his son in law Charlie McAvoy 

But then there’s his BU boy Chris Drury calling the shots for the rags (for now?). That feels like the fit for me. Apparently he wanted him a few years back but he wasn’t available. 
 

On a side note, I’m not sure how I feel about coaching family. I worry about the conflict of interest there… especially if it’s the typical in-law relationship😁

[Archie Lee]

Im seeing some speculation that with rising NHL revenues, and with high-profile OG6 teams looking for coaches, Sullivan may reset the market for coaching contracts. 

Probably safe to assume that the Sabres aren’t going to pivot from hiring the old local guy with no options who will take a two year deal for low $$$ and agree to keep all existing assistants, to a hot pursuit of the man about to reset what a top level NHL coach makes. 

[Flashsabre]

There has been a lot of smoke about Sullivan to the Rags.

[Taro T]

43 minutes ago, Archie Lee said:

Im seeing some speculation that with rising NHL revenues, and with high-profile OG6 teams looking for coaches, Sullivan may reset the market for coaching contracts. 

Probably safe to assume that the Sabres aren’t going to pivot from hiring the old local guy with no options who will take a two year deal for low $$$ and agree to keep all existing assistants, to a hot pursuit of the man about to reset what a top level NHL coach makes. 

True.

BUT, the guy just below ownership in the overall organization comes from the NY Giants organization and also was apparently instrumental in getting the Hornets name back for the Bounceyball team in Carolina and they also went out and added another tickets/facilities management guy in the Sabres organization.  It's POSSIBLE that they MIGHT put the bug in the ear of ownership that getting a top notch coach who isn't on the verge of retirement could go a long way towards making THEIR jobs significantly easier.  (Not expecting it; but it is the point of the season where hope reigns supreme.)

[CallawaySabres]

Sullivan will go to the Rangers and they will make a deep run in the playoffs next year. If Buffalo was a real organization, they would ship Ruff to the front office and give Sullivan a blank check. It is the only move that could have a chance at making fans believe there is hope next year.

[PerreaultForever]

I thought Sabres were supposed to be the "fast" team?

https://forums.hfboards.com/threads/fastest-and-slowest-nhl-forwards-and-defensemen.2981847/

 

[Porous Five Hole]

3 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

I thought Sabres were supposed to be the "fast" team?

https://forums.hfboards.com/threads/fastest-and-slowest-nhl-forwards-and-defensemen.2981847/

 

So they’re not a fast team because they don’t have one of the 20 fastest forwards or defensemen in the entire league? 


 

BTW, Josh Norris is on the list 👀

[triumph_communes]

Bensen on the showboat 🤣

[LGR4GM]

12 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

I thought Sabres were supposed to be the "fast" team?

https://forums.hfboards.com/threads/fastest-and-slowest-nhl-forwards-and-defensemen.2981847/

 

This is only for the first quarter of 2024? What was it for the full season? Just curious. 

[JohnC]

22 hours ago, Taro T said:

 

 

Won't happen, but Sullivan being brought in as the HC would add IMHO a lot of hope to the fan base.  Couple that with Karmanos becoming the GM and maybe we're onto something.

As it seems Pegula absolutely won't fire Adams, bump him to PoHO (making it a primarily ceremonial role whose real duties are attending league meetings and running interference for Karmanos) and make Ruff a Senior Advisor using his connections when Karmanos' already extensive connections aren't enough to get a deal done.

'Tis still the season of hope.  (At least for another handful of days.)

If the scenario plays out with KA elevated to a ceremonial position with Karmonos elevated to the GM position, then I'll take that as a positive step. It's very likely that Ruff will remain as HC and have more say on the roster. After being the HC for a year, he should have a better grasp of the talent of his players and who they are as competitors/people. 

The bigger issue, regardless how the staffing shakes up, is what players are going to be added and what players are going to be subtracted from the roster? To state the obvious, the status quo on the roster is unacceptable. The signs do indicate that there will be some organizational changes. Maybe not as dramatic as many want, but at least a step in the right direction.  

[Jorcus]

47 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

This is only for the first quarter of 2024? What was it for the full season? Just curious. 

https://edge.nhl.com/en/team/20242025-regular-BUF

 

Over all team stats for the year vs. other teams

Top speed below 50th percentile 

22 mph plus bursts below 50th percentile 

20-22 mph bursts 70th percentile 

18-20 mph bursts 96th percentile

Top speed is kind of a one off event so it does not mean a whole lot. The league average for 22 mph bursts is 80 times for the whole season we had 61. Thats not that big a deal. As this points out what we do is skate fast often.  If you look through the individual stats the speed is in our forward group. 

[shrader]

1 hour ago, Jorcus said:

https://edge.nhl.com/en/team/20242025-regular-BUF

 

Over all team stats for the year vs. other teams

Top speed below 50th percentile 

22 mph plus bursts below 50th percentile 

20-22 mph bursts 70th percentile 

18-20 mph bursts 96th percentile

Top speed is kind of a one off event so it does not mean a whole lot. The league average for 22 mph bursts is 80 times for the whole season we had 61. Thats not that big a deal. As this points out what we do is skate fast often.  If you look through the individual stats the speed is in our forward group. 

I wish they’d give the scenario for each top speed. It’s probably the same situation for each one, chasing an icing or something like that.