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Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Aug 8 @ 6:39 PM ET
how many play makers did they have last year besides jack and sam?

serious question

- homiedclown


Is Sam a playmaker or just a supporting player? So far, I think the later.
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 8 @ 6:53 PM ET
Is Sam a playmaker or just a supporting player? So far, I think the later.
- Lunaion


His game is very subtle but he is a great passer with brilliant vision.

There wasn’t enough depth to put him with people who could benefit from and convert his set ups. So he is playing wing instead, where there are fewer opportunities to show those skills
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Aug 8 @ 6:59 PM ET
Is Sam a playmaker or just a supporting player? So far, I think the later.
- Lunaion

I think he is a playmaker that has been forced to become a scorer due to lack of talent on this roster
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Aug 8 @ 7:00 PM ET
For sure
But every time i said we didn’t have depth,
I’d just hear how it was all O’Reilly & Kane’s fault
And that they should’ve magically became better players when we got them

- jdfitz77

How long until were over them?
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 8 @ 7:05 PM ET
How long until were over them?
- sbroads24


I’m passing on this one.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Aug 8 @ 7:05 PM ET
How long until were over them?
- sbroads24



myers will be a free agent in 11 months
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Aug 8 @ 7:05 PM ET
His game is very subtle but he is a great passer with brilliant vision.

There wasn’t enough depth to put him with people who could benefit from and convert his set ups. So he is playing wing instead, where there are fewer opportunities to show those skills

- Der Kaiser


I don't disagree, you can certainly see the passing. I just don't see him as a guy who creates many opportunities. Most of his offense comes from getting to the net, which I think surprised everyone.
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 8 @ 7:06 PM ET
I think he is a playmaker that has been forced to become a scorer due to lack of talent on this roster
- homiedclown


Late
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Aug 8 @ 7:06 PM ET
I think he is a playmaker that has been forced to become a scorer due to lack of talent on this roster
- homiedclown


Net front presence on the PP helps the goal totals. He’s got a great stick. Risto owes a lot of apples to Sam’s ability to redirect those pony shots.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Aug 8 @ 7:08 PM ET


myers will be a free agent in 11 months

- homiedclown

Oh I’m aware, I’m just making sure I give what was given to me every time i mentioned one of them.

Kane is gone. Get over it
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 8 @ 7:08 PM ET
I don't disagree, you can certainly see the passing. I just don't see him as a guy who creates many opportunities. Most of his offense comes from getting to the net, which I think surprised everyone.
- Lunaion


If he’s a good passer, he creates opportunities.

His offense comes from getting to the net because that’s the role he has been asked to play.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Aug 8 @ 7:09 PM ET


Kane is gone. Get over it

- sbroads24

I have not brought him up since the week ended when he was traded
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Aug 8 @ 7:10 PM ET
I have not brought him up since the week ended when he was traded
- homiedclown

I’m sure you haven’t. I also never bring up Armia/Myers, like ever
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Aug 8 @ 7:14 PM ET
If he’s a good passer, he creates opportunities.

His offense comes from getting to the net because that’s the role he has been asked to play.

- Der Kaiser


Most of the exceptional passes I notice from Sam are in the neutral zone. Certainly a good thing, but a far cry from an Eichel backdoor pass that leads to a tap in chance that we see almost nightly. I rarely see Sam create those quality of chances.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Aug 8 @ 7:21 PM ET
I’m sure you haven’t. I also never bring up Armia/Myers, like ever
- sbroads24





SUCK IT BEADY
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 8 @ 7:28 PM ET




SUCK IT BEADY(™)

- homiedclown



Fixed.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Aug 8 @ 7:37 PM ET
Fixed.
- Der Kaiser

gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Aug 8 @ 7:39 PM ET
Im on season 5 already for parks and recreation

Andy and April remind me of one of my friends

Show is great
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Aug 8 @ 7:50 PM ET
How long until were over them?
- sbroads24


Seriously?
You were more obsessed than anyone over them

And my actual point was that we had lack of depth

And no matter how much you liked to single out particular players who were actually good & say it was their fault we were losing

Depth scoring
Defense
and Goaltending

We’re all pretty weak for us,
and that’s being nice

The top6 would’ve had to be exceptional on a nightly basis to overcome all the weaknesses we had
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Aug 8 @ 7:51 PM ET
I’m sure you haven’t. I also never bring up Armia/Myers, like ever
- sbroads24


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sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Aug 8 @ 8:02 PM ET
Seriously?
You were more obsessed than anyone over them

And my actual point was that we had lack of depth

And no matter how much you liked to single out particular players who were actually good & say it was their fault we were losing

Depth scoring
Defense
and Goaltending

We’re all pretty weak for us,
and that’s being nice

The top6 would’ve had to be exceptional on a nightly basis to overcome all the weaknesses we had

- jdfitz77

And literally 0 people didn’t think depth was a problem.

Saying that people only blamed Kane and O’Reilly is just incredibly off base
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Aug 8 @ 8:09 PM ET
And literally 0 people didn’t think depth was a problem.

Saying that people only blamed Kane and O’Reilly is just incredibly off base

- sbroads24


I blame Pysyk
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Aug 8 @ 8:15 PM ET
Most of the exceptional passes I notice from Sam are in the neutral zone. Certainly a good thing, but a far cry from an Eichel backdoor pass that leads to a tap in chance that we see almost nightly. I rarely see Sam create those quality of chances.
- Lunaion


I've said for a couple years, he's an elite passer from behind the offensive goal.

It's a unique skill
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Aug 8 @ 8:17 PM ET
I've said for a couple years, he's an elite passer from behind the offensive goal.

It's a unique skill

- jcragcrumple

we agree a lot when the conversation does not involve ror or lehner/rask


homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Aug 8 @ 8:17 PM ET
I blame Pysyk
- Der Kaiser

CLANK
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