GDT: #67 - Sabres vs. Blackhawks at 8:30 PM ET on MSG-B and WGR

[Daz28]

KO talking about 41 being too many shots, while the banner says 1 hit. Hmm, maybe make them feel a little less comfy with the puck in your zone???

 

[toomuchsauce]

I honestly can’t believe so many are fine with giving skinner 8x8. To me that’s crazy money for a guy who isn’t a driver and is a terrible playmaker. It’s not like we’re talking a 50 goal guy either, he’s likely to be a 50-60 point guy during that contract.

Do the Sabres...have...any other "50-60 point guys"? Who is going to score goals if he walks? Skinner is, historically, one of the better even-strength goal scorers in the league. The Sabres are one of the lowest scoring teams in the league. Let's not overthink this.

 

[sabrebuild]

This is probably heresy but I think ERod has the highest hockey IQ on the team. I hope the forces of Prince Reinhart don't come for me in the night.

You’re safe, everyone’s entitled to bad opinions.

 

[GellMann]

Do the Sabres...have...any other "50-60 point guys"? Who is going to score goals if he walks? Skinner is, historically, one of the better even-strength goal scorers in the league. The Sabres are one of the lowest scoring teams in the league. Let's not overthink this.

We've painted ourselves into having 2 top 6 NHLers, with maybe one a couple years away, if we don't re-sign Skinner. Normally you don't like to negotiate on principles like that, but normally you don't give away your 2C for piles of garbage to give yourself that situation in the first place

 

[sabrebuild]

He’s gotta be still hurt. Not seeing the sharp cuts in his skating.

Definitely seems to have lost his burst.

 

[sabrebuild]

Can you pull the goalie in a shootout and go with an empty net?

Rule change in the 70s or early 80s, has to be a goalie.

Used to be allowed to have a skater just charge out at the penalty taker.

 

[MagnumForce2]

Rule change in the 70s or early 80s, has to be a goalie.

Used to be allowed to have a skater just charge out at the penalty taker.

I was just going to have an empty net ...equates to about what we saw tonight

 

[sabrebuild]

I was just going to have an empty net ...equates to about what we saw tonight

Haha fair enough. Maybe they get psyched out and hit the post.

 

[DolanPlsGoSabres]

I was just going to have an empty net ...equates to about what we saw tonight

I mean, considering McJesus missed the open net just the other night, anything could happen, right?

 

[MagnumForce2]

I mean, considering McJesus missed the open net just the other night, anything could happen, right?

I was there lol. Sometimes its tough being a Sabres fan.

 

[MagnumForce2]

I wonder if Beane and McDermott know anything about hockey.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

EDIT: Wrong thread.

 

[OkimLom]

Do the Sabres...have...any other "50-60 point guys"? Who is going to score goals if he walks? Skinner is, historically, one of the better even-strength goal scorers in the league. The Sabres are one of the lowest scoring teams in the league. Let's not overthink this.

Well, we are hoping to have Jack become the "Crosby" of the organization in more ways than one. We want, and are paying Jack to be a guy, that you don't NEED to pay a guy $8 million a year because of the impact he has on the ice. He's a guy that you should be able to put guys that are on ELC, and cost effective contracts on his line and they produce, and in turn you save money to invest into other areas of the team to make it better.

With Skinner, he's not a line driver, and hasn't shown sustained chemistry with anybody else. As much as I like Skinner, with the state of the Sabres, I'd rather look to continue to reinvest in our defense and our middle 6 players, because this team has shown that, one line is not going to sustain success. It's looking more and more like we need a lot more turnover in our wingers most likely in free agency and trades. Even with Skinner, we are still needing some solid winger depth in our pipeline, because outside Nylander, and possibly Olofsson, we don't have any wingers with offensive talent. I could see Asplund being used as a winger, but I think his strength is that of a center. We might have something in Davidsson. Pekar is a wild card, but not a sure thing. Weissbach could be something. But there's nothing concrete there.

Would've liked to have seen them keep Hagel who is having a solid year in the WHL (after an injury filled season). But we let his rights expire and Chicago grabbed him.