I’ve been mentioning Burakovsky as a buy low candidate for us the past few blogs. Of course he has to go out and score two goals tonight though....

I think Larsson being on the opening night roster might be the most demoralizing thing they could do. Admittedly, it's a very, very minor piece, but it's just so blah
- jcragcrumple

I feel that way about a lot of these players but i get the impression that as long as they can add without subtracting, they won't.

I.e one of the lefties will have to go, but it's entirely possible that the bottom 6 is just the same minus the UFA's replaced by Roch guys.

Let's go Caps. Good for Ovechkin. I like him.
- BeadyEyedDouche

Of course you do, anything for the Rodina!

Let's go Caps. Good for Ovechkin. I like him.
- BeadyEyedDouche

Played beast mode all series

Should be a good final.

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Please be Harrington, please be Harrington.

Skinman Cometh!

Has anybody in here ever talked about the best show on TV - "The Americans" ?. Such an underrated, great show. This final season has been AMAZING. Only one more episode left



If you haven't seen this show, you must binge-watch it, immediately !

well that was a long ride home

holtby got under their skin

bolts were over cycling the puck IMO

Lars Eller is very under rated

everything I hoped Girgensons would become

well that was a long ride home

holtby got under their skin

bolts were over cycling the puck IMO
- homiedclown

They also got no bounces either. That doesn't help.

They also got no bounces either. That doesn't help.
- Wetbandit1

washington was much calmer IMO

at least the first 40 minutes as I bailed

washington was much calmer IMO

at least the first 40 minutes as I bailed


- homiedclown

I agree, Washington was reveling in it, Ovi was pumped and Tampa seemed a bit uptight.

Happy for ov

Getting ready to go to Atlanta

I think Larsson being on the opening night roster might be the most demoralizing thing they could do. Admittedly, it's a very, very minor piece, but it's just so blah
- jcragcrumple

He’s not as bad as u guys make him out
It’s just that we have Larsson,
+
Girgensons, Nolan, Josefson, criscuolo, Griffith, Pouliot, Moulson, Wilson and even Pommer

So we really have 10 guys that are really best suited as 4th liners at this point
And the REAL problem was that too many of them were regularly playing in the top9 for us this past year

Next year...
if we run out a 4th line (for 10min a night) that looks some thing like
Wilson-Larsson/Girgs-Pommer
then it’s really not so bad

Last year, we started with...

-Pominville RW1
-Girgensons LW2, also played some LW1
-Pouliot LW3, but played some LW2 as well
-Griffith RW3
-Larsson started at 4C, but after like 8games he moved to 3C when they put Sam back at the wing
-Wilson came mid-year, but was mostly LW2
-even Moulson & Criscuolo & Nolan got top9 minutes throughout the season

All those guys are “ok” to a degree...
IF
they’re making up our 4th line instead of populating the top9

That’s the issue with our forwards
Hopefully the lesson has been learned & we at least bring up some kids & give them a real chance

They had Steve Kournianos on WGR yesterday otherwise known as The Draft Analysis who works for Sporting News. Some tidbits

On Casey Mittelstadt:

“He’s an absolute stud, there is a lot of Patrick Kane in his game. He is an outstanding prospect, when I did my rankings for the draft I had him at #2 behind Nolan Patrick. I think getting him at 8 was an absolute steal (Thanks Botts). “

“He’s gone through so much with the pull up thing, people complaining about his USHL 5v5 production even though he lead the league in points/game, people complained about his Minnesota production even though his team stunk and he was carrying them 2 weeks into the season.”

“Small sample size but he had 5 points in 6 games, the power-play instantly got better. I mean you gotta think about how good this kid’s gonna be when he’s 22 or 23.”

“You have to at least entertain putting him on the top line with Eichel because that could very easily become the league’s best duo. Even with McDavid as good as he is, with Mittelstadt and Eichel together you’re looking at 10 years of being 2 of the best players in the league.”

Steve Kournianos on Dahlin

“McAvoy came in for Boston and put up 25-30 points. I think Dahlin could meet or maybe double that. Especially when you factor in how great the Sabres PP looked when Eichel was healthy and Mittelstadt was with the team.”

On Nylander
“Nylander, you really never havw an idea if he’s happy, he’s sad, he’s engaged. He always has the same look on his face. The thing is he’s so darn talented and some times you can’t make a kid have a killer instinct. That doesn’t mean he’s not gonna develop into a good player.”


Small sample size on each player. Full interview was 20 minutes long though and very good stuff.

He’s not as bad as u guys make him out
It’s just that we have Larsson,
+
Girgensons, Nolan, Josefson, criscuolo, Griffith, Pouliot, Moulson, Wilson and even Pommer

So we really have 10 guys that are really best suited as 4th liners at this point
And the REAL problem was that too many of them were regularly playing in the top9 for us this past year

Next year...
if we run out a 4th line (for 10min a night) that looks some thing like
Wilson-Larsson/Girgs-Pommer
then it’s really not so bad
- jdfitz77

Agree to disagree. He played 80 games and had 4 goals

Steve Kournianos on Dahlin

“McAvoy came in for Boston and put up 25-30 points. I think Dahlin could meet or maybe double that. Especially when you factor in how great the Sabres PP looked when Eichel was healthy and Mittelstadt was with the team.”

On Nylander
“Nylander, you really never havw an idea if he’s happy, he’s sad, he’s engaged. He always has the same look on his face. The thing is he’s so darn talented and some times you can’t make a kid have a killer instinct. That doesn’t mean he’s not gonna develop into a good player.”


Small sample size on each player. Full interview was 20 minutes long though and very good stuff.
- Pegullaville

Thanks for posting. I'll take a gander

Agree to disagree. He played 80 games and had 4 goals
- jcragcrumple

Yes, he is bad. He's a rotational 4th line player with previous and potentially current attitude problems.

Thanks for posting. I'll take a gander
- TheSabresTaco

It was a great interview. He sold me on Nylander.

Thinks that Middlestadt and Eichel are going to be one of it not the most dominant pairing in the league at some point.


Edit - Interview is below:
http://www.wgr550.com/med...-draft-schopp-and-bulldog

Has anybody in here ever talked about the best show on TV - "The Americans" ?. Such an underrated, great show. This final season has been AMAZING. Only one more episode left



If you haven't seen this show, you must binge-watch it, immediately !
- kritter65

Do tell...what is it about?

Yes, he is bad. He's a rotational 4th line player with previous and potentially current attitude problems.
- TheSabresTaco

Agreed.
Revisionist history starting already.
Get rid of him...waive/send down, loan to Lancaster beer league, outright release, whatever.

Do tell...what is it about?
- IonSabres

Set in the 80's, cold war Russian spies in America who can easily pass as suburbanites. However, they have American born kids after having their marriage arranged in Russia. So they essentially struggle with either following Russian orders and being American at the same time.

It's pretty decent. I didn't think it was THAT great, but it's pretty good.