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Now he's our player, can people start spelling his name correctly. It is Reinhart, not Reinhardt...
iphone/iPad autocorrect, so don’t judge me.
Now he's our player, can people start spelling his name correctly. It is Reinhart, not Reinhardt...
Now he's our player, can people start spelling his name correctly. It is Reinhart, not Reinhardt...
What I liked most about this trade is that there was no loyalty... They weren’t stuck on the guy just because they drafted him.
Guaranteed, Dale would’ve... said... we didn’t want to mortgage the future for a bandaid.
So, posters here are a bit upset over Bennett 4.4 but you feel Verhaeghe should be at 5x5?Verhaeghe 5 x 5
Reinhart 5 x 6.5
So, posters here are a bit upset over Bennett 4.4 but you feel Verhaeghe should be at 5x5?
That seems a bit high to me as Swaggy has had one good year. Unless you feel he is another Marchessault.
I think you play around and see what works.We were rumored to be in on several centers this offseason, so I wonder if they plan on using reinhart as a center? Also, didn’t zito say when he acquired Bennett that he’ll most likely be a winger here? Wonder what setups they try
Agreed, but I'd say this is also good for Levi. Even though it's sucky Buffalo, he will get a good chance to be a starter, while here he'd have a really tough competition in Knight. And who knows, maybe in four years when he's ready for a bigger role in the NHL, the Sabers won't be the total dumpster they are now.
There may be some of that involved, but the other thing is that he was rumored to have a strong preference to play out west, preferably Vancouver where he's from. He wanted the longer term deal, but now that he's a UFA and he seems to be improving year on year, his best strategy for maximizing earnings is a short term deal now followed by a longer "star" deal.In his presser after the trade, he mentioned it was disappointing in Buffalo because he was always prepared to sign long term, but they kept doing short deals.
My guess is he wants to sign long term if possible.
Is it just me or does it seem like all Buffalo fans are hoping he signs short term so that we lose him and to spite us? I don’t really get it lol
That's putting it mildly. He's missed a total of 8 games in 6 NHL seasons, and not all of those due to injury.very few injury issues
He is probably betterUnless you feel he is another Marchessault.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but either a deal or QO for Reinhart is due today?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but either a deal or QO for Reinhart is due today?
I agree, to me he is similar to Huberdeau in that his game does not rely so much on speed, which inevitably deteriorates as you ageSabres fan chiming in here to say: unless extending Sam long-term would put you in massive cap hell (I haven't followed the rest of the league as much recently since we've been a dumpster fire for so long), you'll probably wanna do that. He's still only 25, turning 26 early in the season, plays a cerebral game that will age well, and he's had very few injury issues. He can plug in basically anywhere in a team's top 6 and make the guys around him better and plays a solid two-way game. About the only part of his game that's kinda weak is killing penalties; he doesn't really have the stop-start quickness to excel there. I still can't believe Botterill was too stupid to extend him long-term back in 2018 on a $6.5ish x 8 year deal or something like that, it would've been a bargain after a couple years. Hope he tears it up for the Panthers except when you're playing us.
Really smart of Zito to capitalize on Levi’s potential/hype/World Juniors performance now instead of trying to do it 1-2 years from now when it means nothing/he’s already shit the bed. The guy has never played a college game and he’s a 7th round pick and he’s apparently a centerpiece for a 50+ point guy. Unreal.
The guy has never played a college game and he’s a 7th round pick and he’s apparently a centerpiece for a 50+ point guy. Unreal.
With $8.5M in cap space right now I am not worried with the contracts given out by Z so far. Reinhart will get around $6M x 4.
Really love Zito! Love Reinhart's game!
I expect he will inject life into our offense much like Hoffman did when he joined the team(what we were missing when he left). We got some of it back with Bennett but this move, wow, just so excited for the season.
We don't have a #1 & #2 scoring line anymore, we now have 2x true #1 scoring lines!
Verhaeghe-Barkov-Reinhart
Huberdeau-Bennet-Duke