plenzmd1 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 (edited) This is interesting...first mock expansion draft i have seen. http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/19015985/nhl-vegas-golden-knights-mock-draft-based-players-left-unprotected-their-teams couple of things jumped out at me. 1) They must be thinking Sabres will be sending other assets to Vegas to get the like of Matty Mo or Gorges off our roster. 2) I have almost always criticized the McNabb trade, but every one of these guys have him getting drafted, so obviously unprotected, so obviously maybe not as good as I thnk. Edited March 28, 2017 by plenzmd1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 This is interesting...first mock expansion draft i have seen. http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/19015985/nhl-vegas-golden-knights-mock-draft-based-players-left-unprotected-their-teams couple of things jumped out at me. 1) They must be thinking Sabres will be sending other assets to Vegas to get the like of Matty Mo or Gorges off our roster. 2) I have almost always criticized the McNabb trade, but every one of these guys have him getting drafted, so obviously unprotected, so obviously maybe not as good as I thnk. I wouldn't say it's because he's bad, it's just that he's not a top 3 guy. I'm not going to say he'd make us so much better, but this team could use one or two more 3-6 guys back there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EersN'Bills Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 An interesting factoid. Going into Gio's 1,000 game last night, he had 585 career points. And those of you from WNY know that 585 is Rochester's area code, his hometown. Very special for him to score a goal last night and congratulations Gio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 An interesting factoid. Going into Gio's 1,000 game last night, he had 585 career points. And those of you from WNY know that 585 is Rochester's area code, his hometown. Very special for him to score a goal last night and congratulations Gio! But he completely ruined the zipcode thing, unless he plans on moving to Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EersN'Bills Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 But he completely ruined the zipcode thing, unless he plans on moving to Michigan. Holy crap, if he had Rochester's zipcode, he'd be the greatest NHL player ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Holy crap, if he had Rochester's zipcode, he'd be the greatest NHL player ever That'll be Eichel's goal. They start with a zero out there in MA, so he only needs to put up Gretzky-like numbers. Totally realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebug Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 the advanced guys will tell you possession numbers with Risto are awful and other team gets way more shots because of it...if Sabres have another strong effort tonight and then lose when Risto comes back, you will strat to hear this more and more. Risto sucks! You guys should trade him to the Leafs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 Plenty of Jack Eichel in this week's 30 thoughts from Elliotte Friedman: @FriedgeHNIC 30 Thoughts:https://t.co/UKBe4Z4IF3 The NHL’s top two scorers since Feb. 1 are Tampa’s Nikita Kucherov (36 points) and Buffalo’s Jack Eichel (34). Maybe that’s not a coincidence. “He is probably my favourite player in the league,” Eichel said of Kucherov during a conversation last Friday. “The subtle plays he makes. One thing he does really well is shoot through a screen. He can pick a small corner through both the screener and the goalie and put it there. That’s something I’d like to do, too.” Eichel said he watches more now, both for personal use and for fun. “If I’m not happy about my game, think I missed something or had a bad night…I’ll get my shifts right away and look. Last year, living with Matt Moulson, I didn’t watch much (for fun). Now, on my own, I do.” He named Sidney Crosby and Patrick Kane as others he studies. I don’t know if it can be quantified, but there’s something about players who watch more games. Teams definitely like to hear that. They think it makes a difference. More in the actual link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Another reason to smack Moulson. The whole point was to provide a positive learning influence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 @BuffaloSabres We could see a change at forward due to an illness - catch up on game night updates http://bufsabres.co/dkKIK8 Projected Lineup 9 Evander Kane - 90 Ryan O'Reilly - 63 Tyler Ennis82 Marcus Foligno - 15 Jack Eichel - 23 Sam Reinhart48 William Carrier - 71 Evan Rodrigues - 12 Brian Gionta44 Nicolas Deslauriers - 28 Zemgus Girgensons - 26 Matt Moulson 29 Jake McCabe - 77 Dmitry Kulikov67 Brady Austin - 47 Zach Bogosian4 Josh Gorges - 41 Justin Falk 31 Anders Nilsson 40 Robin Lehner @BuffaloSabres TONIGHT: Our game will be live streamed on Twitter! Where to watch https://nhl.twitter.com Note: Blackout restrictions may apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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snafu Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Even in jest I do not allow Kane trade talk. Stop it! If Bylsm had a mule on his farm you can be sure that it would be broken and beaten down by the time the plowing season was over with. I watched the game. Even without Risto the defense played a basic game that overall was solid. Nothing special but nothing damaging. Kulikov and Bogo played well. If this team would have had this type of blue line play all season our late season games would have a lot more meaning. Every time this season I thought the defense played well, they were conscientiously keeping the crease open for Lehner to get good looks at shots coming in. Sounds basic but this only seems to happen half the time. I don't think either the defense is capable of helping Lehner game in and game out, nor can Lehner overcome poor play in the defensive zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 (edited) watching this game semi live...WTF up with 23? (edit) posted that in first, now in 3rd, Samson dressed and on bench, not one shift. Don't get it Game over..columbus only 29 shots according to GR...3rd game in a row shots against way down..hmmm " Sam violated team policy" so you dress him and sit him all game????? Anyone else think that weird? Edited March 29, 2017 by plenzmd1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 @BuffaloSabres Coach Bylsma: Sam Reinhart violated a team policy and the discipline was not playing in tonight's game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Plenty of Jack Eichel in this week's 30 thoughts from Elliotte Friedman: @FriedgeHNIC 30 Thoughts:https://t.co/UKBe4Z4IF3 More in the actual link. How many games have the Sabres played since February 1st? watching this game semi live...WTF up with 23? Why do hockey people post the number instead of the name? I know 23, but I I don't know a lot of numbers and it drives me nuts on twitter when people do that. I don't think I could offhand name 10 Bills numbers, and the Bonnies season just ended up and I can only think of about 5 players numbers.............The Sabres I'm probably at about 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Who's rebuilds are working? Edmonton and Torontos seem to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Who's rebuilds are working? Edmonton and Torontos seem to be Edmonton's has been going on for a decade... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 (edited) Who's rebuilds are working? Edmonton and Torontos seem to be lets not forget Pittsburgh and Chicago. Dave Davis @DaveDavisHockey Sabres won the possession battle tonight (54.74% 5v5). Leading the way in that dept. were Gorges (+13), Falk (+12) & Bogosian (+10). Edited March 29, 2017 by plenzmd1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 lets not forget Pittsburgh and Chicago. Dave Davis @DaveDavisHockey And the Red Wings are just coming off a 25 year run of success after their last rebuild. I will wait another year or two for that string of playoff runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Edmonton's has been going on for a decade... That's a heartening fact. What are we? Year 5 at this point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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