GBU The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Panthers Pounce 3/7/22

[Buffaloed]

37 games into Krebs' NHL career, and here we are.

96 games into Cozens' career, and we're already talking having more patience? I wonder if Montreal is getting impatient with Caufield?

NHL Games by Player entering this season:
Dahlin - 197
Mitts - 155
Tage - 145
Asplund - 57
Bryson - 38
Fitzgerald - 0
Joker - 52
Samuelsson - 12
Murray - 2

 

[Keaganizer]

That was his only good game in a while. And everyone played great that night.

he’s had a few games where he’s struggled no doubt, but against st. louis G/A and i thought he looked pretty good. few games before against he islanders had 3 helpers. he’s had decent games. i think we have to temper our expectations on his ceiling, but i think his floor is higher than people are giving him credit for. get him a little stronger and more experience before we make judgements

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

he’s had a few games where he’s struggled no doubt, but against st. louis G/A and i thought he looked pretty good. few games before against he islanders had 3 helpers. he’s had decent games. i think we have to temper our expectations on his ceiling, but i think his floor is higher than people are giving him credit for. get him a little stronger and more experience before we make judgements

Totally agreed -- you'll notice I didn't make any judgegments based on anything. Just sucks to have to watch games full of nothing but growing pains...not that management has any choice at this point.

 

[Chainshot]

Ah, I see we're into the cannibalizing of young players portion of the season.

 

[Dubi Doo]

I'm not so doom & gloom about our prospects though. We don't need to 'hit on lottery tickets'. We just need to develop the young players we already have properly. If they build the right side of the D, bring in a proven #1A vet goalie & get the likes of Power, Quinn & Peterka into the lineup - i can see us making strides as soon as next season.

It's no longer based on luck. Our destiny is in our hands & Adams doesn't have any excuses. Aside from bridging Dahlin - I've liked what he's done for the most part thus far.

Can't say I disagree with most of this. Im optimistic about the future, but damn we're in a stacked division. Need to hit the jackpot with a few of these prospects.

 

[Uberpecker]

Didn't say it was luck, said they found unheralded players. That means they had an idea what they were doing. We instead had Scott Wilson.

Didn't mean to imply that you said it, just added it to what you were saying, with which I agree.

But thanks for bringing Scott Wilson back into my field of awareness, now I feel like I need a drink

 

[PatrikBerglund]

In a cloud of darkness, Buffalo's future still looks really promising. If we add a top-5 pick in the upcoming draft and add that to the already rich youth prescence in the franchise, 2023-2024 might very well be a playoff season.

I just hope something happens soon, so Dahlin's career is wasted.

 

[GOALOFSSON]

I just hope something happens soon, so Dahlin's career is wasted.

He is 21...

 

[dotcommunism]

Didn't say it was luck, said they found unheralded players. That means they had an idea what they were doing. We instead had Scott Wilson.

So did Florida. They didn't have him playing in actual NHL games, though.

 

[Fearnot]

U: We can never be a high scoring bad team.

 

[EichHart]

In a cloud of darkness, Buffalo's future still looks really promising. If we add a top-5 pick in the upcoming draft and add that to the already rich youth prescence in the franchise, 2023-2024 might very well be a playoff season.

I just hope something happens soon, so Dahlin's career is wasted.

This has been said about 1000 times since 2012. It's a broken record. I'm in the believe it when I see it phase, until then this team sucks.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Ah, I see we're into the cannibalizing of young players portion of the season.

You mean the season part of the season? Yes. (It's just which young players deserve to be fired into the sun that shifts depending on who most recently had a bad game/stretch of games/injury.)

 

[SharkInABoloTie]

NHL Games by Player entering this season:
Dahlin - 197
Mitts - 155
Tage - 145
Asplund - 57
Bryson - 38
Fitzgerald - 0
Joker - 52
Samuelsson - 12
Murray - 2

Wow is it really that low?? I figured he would be closer to Dahlin's numbers

 

[DolanPlsGoSabres]

Wow is it really that low?? I figured he would be closer to Dahlin's numbers

It's actually 153.

Henri Jokiharju Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com
He's drafted 1 year before Dahlin, D+1 year in the WHL, split D+2.