GDT: BUF at NYI in Oshawa...radio only preseason finale

[Panthaz89]

what the hell makes Erod droppable? He was productive and not a liability last season and can even mesh with Eichel, Mittelstadt, and Reinhart well. There is a plethora of forwards I would drop before him.

 

[sabremike]

what the hell makes Erod droppable? He was productive and not a liability last season and can even mesh with Eichel, Mittelstadt, and Reinhart well. There is a plethora of forwards I would drop before him.

The easy answer: the quality of executives in the NHL is (for many reasons) by far the absolute worst of any pro sports league in all of North America. Teams literally make terrible decisions on a daily basis that pretty much any fan could tell them was a bad idea.

 

[Goathead]

I thought Rodrigues had an ok game I liked his line tonight with Girgs and Pominville. They spent a lot of time in the O zone. If they can keep up their play from tonight they would be a capable nhl 4th line.

It didn’t seem like skinner had the puck much but he had 2 nice goals. He is dangerous without the puck which is starting to make me think he could work with Eichel.

Dahlin was good scored a goal. Had a couple blunders in his own zone thinking he had more time than he did much like last game.

 

[CatsforReinhart]

Imo Nylander did enough tonight to make the team. He worked his a** off tonight. His positioning was so good. So many times he was intercepting passes stripping guys of pucks because he was in the perfect place. His line mates didn’t help him much tonight.

Thank you for supporting something I said two months ago and was attacked for.

 

[CatsforReinhart]

I thought Rodrigues had an ok game I liked his line tonight with Girgs and Pominville. They spent a lot of time in the O zone. If they can keep up their play from tonight they would be a capable nhl 4th line.

It didn’t seem like skinner had the puck much but he had 2 nice goals. He is dangerous without the puck which is starting to make me think he could work with Eichel.

Dahlin was good scored a goal. Had a couple blunders in his own zone thinking he had more time than he did much like last game.

Dahlin just needs time to adjust to the smaller ice surface, faster physical part. It will come in time just like I said in the other thread and was told I was wrong. On that note I am told a lot that I am wrong and turn out I am right.

 

[Paxon]

Thank you for supporting something I said two months ago and was attacked for.

Two months ago you said Nylander did enough to make the team?

 

[Sabre the Win]

I’m not a fan of sending them down but it’s a bit much to call it a tank move.

Not playing your best players is a tank move.

 

[joshjull]

Not playing your best players is a tank move.

This is just silly.

 

[Sabre the Win]

This is just silly.

then we should just called it not actively trying to win?

 

[sabremike]

Two months ago I said Nylander would make the team and got laughed at. Lmao, nice post though.

Will definitely give you credit for being bold with that one. It's like sometime in the last few months the light went on in his head and he did a 180 as a player. Really the most pleasant surprise of the entire camp.

 

[joshjull]

then we should just called it not actively trying to win?

Nope

 

[Sabre the Win]

Nope

 

[Fezzy126]

When did Evan Rodrigues become one of our best players? He was an above average NHLer for 2 months of the past 2 years. During most GDT's before February last year people were saying he was an AHLer that was playing over his head.

 

[joshjull]

We can call it “they’re not putting what you feel is the best 23 man roster together. “

“Actively trying to lose” and “tank move” are silly over the top reactions

 

[TheMistyStranger]

We can call it “they’re not putting what you feel is the best 23 man roster together. “

“Actively trying to lose” and “tank move” are silly over the top reactions

Have you not come to expect that here?

 

[debaser66]

Why not play Pilut while he is up over Tennyson is anyones guess.
Let's see if good play is rewarded in the case of Nylander..it wasn't in the case of Asplund.
Gotta play your bad players in Tennyson and Beaulieu (who will be on opennight roster regardless of his play)
I rather see Pilut or Borgen

 

[joshjull]

Why not play Pilut while he is up over Tennyson is anyones guess.

Unless Pilut was banged up that seemed like an odd decision

 

[Snippit]

ERod put up 25 points in 48 games, and a lot of that came at ES.

Why would you waive a guy with that kind of production?

 

[jc17]

This is why the "if the sabres were a serious team, training camp would be a true competition for roster spots" just isn't practical.

 

[threeVo]

So Hunwick to IR, Tennyson, Hickey, and Guhle sent down. Leaves you with Pilut,Risto,Bogo,Scandy,McCabe, Nelson, Dahlin, Beaulieu. If he rolls 8 D that would make sense, but I would rather have Pilut play 10-15 games int he AHL before bringing him up. That doesnt hurt things at all. If Nelson or Beaulieu stink it up just send them down through waivers.

 

[Buffaloed]

Rob Ray needs to shut the **** up, and stop telling 45 second stories DURING PLAY

Ray's already in mid-season form.

 

[Aladyyn]

Waiving ERod would be dumber than the ROR trade.

 

[Buffaloed]

I asked the other day, who was our last goalie who could actually handle the puck?

Tom Barrasso

 

[sabremike]

Ray's already in mid-season form.

It's sort of like when the Mets are getting killed and are horrible and Gary, Keith and Ron end up talking about anything but the game because it's so bad.

 

[dotcommunism]

Yeah, they're going to waive one of Jack's BU teammates. Get real.