10-17-2024, 03:31 PM
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#221
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
If you want to see what a team with a third of its roster under 23 looks like, just look at the Sabres. Youngest team in the league, and it shows.
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Exactly. There aren’t any vets of note to help usher in the youth.
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10-17-2024, 03:45 PM
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#222
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Franchise Player
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Some of the Buffalo talk comes from the summer. Putting together a Ras Ras pairing was top of the wishlist for Sabres fans. That would be a deadly pairing.
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10-17-2024, 04:59 PM
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#223
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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With the Sabres I'm not so sure it's a vet problem. They haven't drafted forwards who are A1 potential (maybe aside from Cozens). Their coaching has always been in a constant state of 1 or 2 seasons then fired. I think they just have to have a fostering coaching staff and some better potential up front. They have a lot of guys who are 2nd line potential but without good team development, I'm not sure they've been given the help needed. They got their back end for the future, now just gotta work on that high end talent up front.
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10-17-2024, 05:59 PM
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#224
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Why not Helenius? I mean if they’re desperate, trade prospects and picks
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10-17-2024, 06:06 PM
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#225
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Toronto, ON
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Ottawa needs D, maybe something with them makes sense?
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10-17-2024, 06:08 PM
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#226
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Who were the specific players that you think were kept in the AHL too long besides Pospisil?
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Plus, Pospisil was always just over .5 PPG in the A. In 21-22 (his last full AHL season) he was 11th on the team in scoring. Only one person ahead of him was what you'd call a vet down on the farm (Froese). The next year he got hurt, but even so, Pelletier, Zary, Jones, Phillips were all ahead of his pace. Duehr looked good and got a shot.
Pospisil made the most of his eventual call up but absolutely no one was screaming about the unfairness of him not being called up before that.
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10-17-2024, 06:16 PM
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#227
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by This post is terrible
Why not Helenius? I mean if they’re desperate, trade prospects and picks
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To me, this would be the best trade chip for them. He’s likely the furthest away from NHL-ready and they need to get better now. Would definitely be interested if Helenius was available.
Like others have said… they could use vets. The flames have a few good ones but tough to know if they would go to Buffalo.
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10-17-2024, 06:30 PM
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#228
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bluejays
With the Sabres I'm not so sure it's a vet problem. They haven't drafted forwards who are A1 potential (maybe aside from Cozens). Their coaching has always been in a constant state of 1 or 2 seasons then fired. I think they just have to have a fostering coaching staff and some better potential up front. They have a lot of guys who are 2nd line potential but without good team development, I'm not sure they've been given the help needed. They got their back end for the future, now just gotta work on that high end talent up front.
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Eichel, Reinhart, Mittelstadt, Cozens...
Maybe the coaching carousel is due to not having any vets to build a winning culture.
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10-17-2024, 07:22 PM
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#229
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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10-17-2024, 07:50 PM
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#230
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Sounds like they’d be looking for one Roger McQueen
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10-17-2024, 08:03 PM
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#231
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bigrangy
Sounds like they’d be looking for one Roger McQueen
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Yes please!
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10-17-2024, 08:05 PM
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#232
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Eichel, Reinhart, Mittelstadt, Cozens...
Maybe the coaching carousel is due to not having any vets to build a winning culture.
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Those are the key words when it comes to the Sabres- "winning culture", or perhaps, "losing culture" which they have had for over a decade.
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10-17-2024, 08:27 PM
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#233
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Franchise Player
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Nope. Don’t like hearing this.
The only way to build a Championship team is through the top of the draft.
The Flames have no key foundational players in place. Adding to this roster just prevents them from actually drafting them.
If they do this, the race back to the middle is officially on.
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10-17-2024, 08:32 PM
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#234
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Scoring Winger
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They are looking to replace Cole Schwindt. Let’s relax here.
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10-17-2024, 08:36 PM
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#235
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ComixZone
Nope. Don’t like hearing this.
The only way to build a Championship team is through the top of the draft.
The Flames have no key foundational players in place. Adding to this roster just prevents them from actually drafting them.
If they do this, the race back to the middle is officially on.
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Holy dramatic.
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10-17-2024, 08:38 PM
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#236
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ComixZone
Nope. Don’t like hearing this.
The only way to build a Championship team is through the top of the draft.
The Flames have no key foundational players in place. Adding to this roster just prevents them from actually drafting them.
If they do this, the race back to the middle is officially on.
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You take everything so seriously, chill out.
You have no idea what Conroy and the Flames are planning.
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10-17-2024, 08:43 PM
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#237
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Junglist
You take everything so seriously, chill out.
You have no idea what Conroy and the Flames are planning.
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But whatever it is, that it’s it’s over.
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10-17-2024, 08:45 PM
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#238
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Junglist
You take everything so seriously, chill out.
You have no idea what Conroy and the Flames are planning.
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I’m not saying I do - I’m saying it’s foolish to do what Frank is saying he has heard. I’m plenty chill, and it would be stupid to bolster this roster with more mid-tier talent, because shockingly enough that’s how you end up in the middle.
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10-17-2024, 08:47 PM
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#239
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ComixZone
I’m not saying I do - I’m saying it’s foolish to do what Frank is saying he has heard. I’m plenty chill.
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Guys with chill to spare definitely chicken little about the future of the franchise every time a rumour floats by about acquiring or signing someone over the age of 23 though, for sure.
Just oodles of chill. Pools full of chill.
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10-17-2024, 08:57 PM
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#240
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Frank is almost always wrong anyways. I would trust a magic 8 ball more than him for trade rumors.
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