Injury Updates per Lindy Ruff

[bob_sauve28]

 

[Gatorman0519]

11 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

 

We are missing a legit entire 2nd line of nhl caliber. Replace them with Floridas 2nd line and it’s a playoff team. Mindboggling.

[North Buffalo]

11 minutes ago, Gatorman0519 said:

We are missing a legit entire 2nd line of nhl caliber. Replace them with Floridas 2nd line and it’s a playoff team. Mindboggling.

Sabres still need some upgrades... waiting on younguns to develop is gonna be like the Bills 17 years in exile...

[#freejame]

32 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

 

When I said Dylan Cozens should be 3C this isn’t what I meant. ***** that second line is terrible, I hope there’s a reason behind the flip. 

[Taro T]

8 minutes ago, #freejame said:

When I said Dylan Cozens should be 3C this isn’t what I meant. ***** that second line is terrible, I hope there’s a reason behind the flip. 

There likely is - Hamilton f'n with people.  He also bumped Dahlin to the 2nd pairing.  

(And yes, Power-Byram technically started the game on Saturday.  But the 4th line started the game on Friday.  Don't mean much.)

[LTS]

19 hours ago, darksabre said:

Man, this team just does absolutely nothing for me. I see the names, but they might as well be something generated by ChatGPT. 

My man.  Be around more.. please.

[JoeSchmoe]

35 minutes ago, North Buffalo said:

Sabres still need some upgrades... waiting on younguns to develop is gonna be like the Bills 17 years in exile...

Mittelstadt developed. Once he did, we traded him for another youngun who may or may not turn out.

As I've started before, Byran was a net negative expected goal player on the Avalanche, which is really hard to do on a team that good. Not writing him off as a player, but his game needs further development to justify the trade.

[Derrico]

Finally some good news seeing reports that JJ and Benson back practising. 

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1 hour ago, #freejame said:

When I said Dylan Cozens should be 3C this isn’t what I meant. ***** that second line is terrible, I hope there’s a reason behind the flip. 

Do you remember the Lindy years? This is par for the course.

[Mr Peabody]

IMO it’s the first line that needs the best YOY improvement to even be in the hunt for a playoff spot.

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, #freejame said:

When I said Dylan Cozens should be 3C this isn’t what I meant. ***** that second line is terrible, I hope there’s a reason behind the flip. 

Could be a wake up call?   Could not matter at all in terms of TOI. 

[shrader]

10 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Could be a wake up call?   Could not matter at all in terms of TOI. 

Or it could just be one line being fully healthy and the other not.

[DarthEbriate]

Or it's just transposing lines 2 and 3 and nothing to dwell on.

[CallawaySabres]

Anyone who thinks that the lineup above is playoff caliber is just relying on hope. As someone else mentioned, there is an ENTIRE 2nd line that is non-existent. How in the world can the talent on this roster still be this bad?? You have to intentionally draft this badly in order to still be in this position.

[Archie Lee]

43 minutes ago, CallawaySabres said:

Anyone who thinks that the lineup above is playoff caliber is just relying on hope. As someone else mentioned, there is an ENTIRE 2nd line that is non-existent. How in the world can the talent on this roster still be this bad?? You have to intentionally draft this badly in order to still be in this position.

I would argue that we are more missing a first line. Tuch, Thompson, and (arguably) Cozens, provided 1st line production in 22-23. None of our forwards have consistently produced at the level of a first line player, though. Big rebounds by Thompson and Tuch and/or a substantial step forward from a couple other players is needed for us to have a viable 1st line and top-six. Or, we need to transition to being a team that consistently wins low scoring games. 

[ska-T Chitown]

2 hours ago, Archie Lee said:

I would argue that we are more missing a first line. Tuch, Thompson, and (arguably) Cozens, provided 1st line production in 22-23. None of our forwards have consistently produced at the level of a first line player, though. Big rebounds by Thompson and Tuch and/or a substantial step forward from a couple other players is needed for us to have a viable 1st line and top-six. Or, we need to transition to being a team that consistently wins low scoring games. 

Not directed at the Honorable Archie Lee - just quoting the last point on this topic.'

Channeling my inner @Thorner and extrapolating one of his more favored points - we don't have to have the best 2nd line in hockey ... if all of our lines are around the 8th best in the Eastern Conference - we should make the playoffs. 8th. 8 out of 16. I don't know if we are there yet, on average ... but it seems like such an achievable goal (here comes the real Thorner good stuff) that to not have ACCIDENTALLY achieved this combined with plain old average tendies in the last thirteen years is hilariously improbable ... but here we are. 🤷‍♂️

[Pimlach]

6 hours ago, CallawaySabres said:

Anyone who thinks that the lineup above is playoff caliber is just relying on hope. As someone else mentioned, there is an ENTIRE 2nd line that is non-existent. How in the world can the talent on this roster still be this bad?? You have to intentionally draft this badly in order to still be in this position.

Or you trade away Eichel, Reinhart, Montour, Ullmark, Mittelstadt, and others and are still trying to replace them with prospects and low end free agents.