You're dead to me without some Gene Wilder avatar.
- TheSabresTaco

Bad miss

I think everyone overtime game he's started 9-43, who could forget when Sheary made that great play in overtime that helped us a win a game
- mattmoulson

#Ineedmoregum

it was a bunch of kids against an all world team

sad thing, usa was trailing finland after 2 periods for the sunday game
Brooks turned to his players, looked at them, and said, "If you lose this game, you'll take it to your f@cking graves." He then walked towards the locker room door, paused, looked over his shoulder, and said to them again, "Your f@cking graves."
- homiedclown

#nogum

- BINGO!

Idc care about the salaries- I’m more interested in the PRODUCTION

And i wasn’t advocating for Okposo
Just making a point that he’s not the only disappointment on the roster right now

A LOT of guys have let us down this year
- jdfitz77

Then the premise of the comment shouldn't start with 'well Okposo scores more than all these guys so that means they're all let downs"

It's not a fair assessment. $650K UDFA Evan Rodrigues is 1 goal behind $6M 1st round pick Okposo. That's not a disappointment. I won't go into the rest, but Casey is fine. Sheary is Sheary, and Thompson has a ways to go.

Bad miss
- Der Kaiser

Was it not a Marty Feldman Young Frankenstein avatar?

I shoulda specified. MY BAD, GANG

I'd like to show how the UFA market alone could help or hurt the Buffalo Sabres.

First up, here's a comparison of Scandella and Bogosian. They are similarly bad players.
https://public.tableau.co...N5NGT8?:display_count=yes

For the following 6 players, I'm going to comparing each to Scandella.

Jake Gardiner
https://public.tableau.co...GZ3S55?:display_count=yes

Tyler Myers - Get over it Broads he's gone
https://public.tableau.co...DYQ8S6?:display_count=yes

Jay Bouwmeester - Worse than Zach Scandella.
https://public.tableau.co...9H74RQ?:display_count=yes

Alex Edler - ...Not great. Not sure why the Canucks love him so much. His metrics are awful this year, but he was much better last year.
https://public.tableau.co...G2BHSB?:display_count=yes

Anton Stralman - Play quality is decreasing
https://public.tableau.co...X2BD89?:display_count=yes

Jordie Benn - Specific employment can relate to success.
https://public.tableau.co...8BZ4KP?:display_count=yes


Most of the options are basically on par with Scandella.

Jake Gardiner and Tyler Myers would be two upgrades over both Bogo and Scandella, in the puck moving aspects. Jordie Benn could be a cheap option to help in the D zone specifically.

Also, Erik Karlsson would be good, too. Surprise.
- TheSabresTaco

Trade. Scnadella and Risto.

Bring in Karlsson and Benn.

Dahlin-Karlsson
Bogo-McCabe
Pilut-Benn
Nelson/Guhle

Idc care about the salaries- I’m more interested in the PRODUCTION

And i wasn’t advocating for Okposo
Just making a point that he’s not the only disappointment on the roster right now

A LOT of guys have let us down the last decade
- jdfitz77

Fixed

Trade. Scnadella and Risto.

Bring in Karlsson and Benn.

Dahlin-Karlsson
Bogo-McCabe
Pilut-Benn
Nelson/Guhle
- ImThatGuy

The optimism is supreme.

Was it not a Marty Feldman Young Frankenstein avatar?

I shoulda specified. MY BAD, GANG
- TheSabresTaco

Ok.

Go in peace

The optimism is supreme.
- TheSabresTaco

Hell yes it is.

it was a bunch of kids against an all world team

sad thing, usa was trailing finland after 2 periods for the sunday game
Brooks turned to his players, looked at them, and said, "If you lose this game, you'll take it to your f@cking graves." He then walked towards the locker room door, paused, looked over his shoulder, and said to them again, "Your f@cking graves."
- homiedclown

Straight up BAD ASS,

Ok.

Go in peace
- Der Kaiser

Getting there.

The Sabres love bringing the past back why not bring back ruff at least we know he will show emotion during the game 😑

The coaches are holding this team back

I still see us making the playoffs but the coaches still need to be fixed in the off-season

I'd like to show how the UFA market alone could help or hurt the Buffalo Sabres.

First up, here's a comparison of Scandella and Bogosian. They are similarly bad players.
https://public.tableau.co...N5NGT8?:display_count=yes

For the following 6 players, I'm going to comparing each to Scandella.

Jake Gardiner
https://public.tableau.co...GZ3S55?:display_count=yes

Tyler Myers - Get over it Broads he's gone
https://public.tableau.co...DYQ8S6?:display_count=yes

Jay Bouwmeester - Worse than Zach Scandella.
https://public.tableau.co...9H74RQ?:display_count=yes

Alex Edler - ...Not great. Not sure why the Canucks love him so much. His metrics are awful this year, but he was much better last year.
https://public.tableau.co...G2BHSB?:display_count=yes

Anton Stralman - Play quality is decreasing
https://public.tableau.co...X2BD89?:display_count=yes

Jordie Benn - Specific employment can relate to success.
https://public.tableau.co...8BZ4KP?:display_count=yes


Most of the options are basically on par with Scandella.

Jake Gardiner and Tyler Myers would be two upgrades over both Bogo and Scandella, in the puck moving aspects. Jordie Benn could be a cheap option to help in the D zone specifically.

Also, Erik Karlsson would be good, too. Surprise.
- TheSabresTaco

Nice post

Scandella is movable I’d think, though we won’t get much return (maybe a 3rd or 4th?)

Bogo could probably get us more since he’s played pretty well overall this season

Beaulieu should be able to be moved for a late pick too

That leaves us with:
Dahlin-______
Pilut-Ristolainen
McCabe-______
Hunwick

Assuming no one is brought in...

Give Guhle a chance?
He’s a LD though, so we are moving McCabe to the right side- where he’s more inconsistent imo

The guy in Rochester right now who might be playing the best is Dougherty though
And he’s a RH shot
Always like him
Was a guy i was p!ssed we didn’t draft when stupid Cornel & Karabacek were taken

So we could bring him up to play with McCabe on pair3- or play him & Guhle together (risky) and move McCabe up to play with Dahlin

*i think we really need to find someone to play with Dahlin & let one of those 2 (or maybe even Borgen) play with McCabe on the 3rd pair


EDIT
-i forgot about Nelson. He’s also in the mix

Fixed
- Buffalo--Sabres

Lol... that’s fair

Ville Leino... ugh

Okposo has more goals than:
Rodrigues, Mittelstadt, Sheary & Thompson
*it’s only 1 or 2, but still- just goes to show that for as bad as he’s been, these other guys we were counting on haven’t held up there end either
E Rod has been great lately though
Finally they put him at 3C and got Sobotka the F#CK outta that spot!

Would Housley trust a 3rd line of all youngsters though?
I’m guessing that’s why he had Tage on Line4 even though it didn’t make much sense
- jdfitz77

Okposo has more penalties than:

Eichel
Skinner
Pominville
Reinhart
Sheary
Rodrigues
Mittelstadt
Girgensons
Larsson
Thompson

Took another stupid one last night. I booed. Not the call, the fact that he took another stupid penalty. 16 minor penalties and counting

I look forward to seeing him in the lineup again tomorrow because Phil doesn't have the stones to bench an alternate

Then the premise of the comment shouldn't start with 'well Okposo scores more than all these guys so that means they're all let downs"

It's not a fair assessment. $650K UDFA Evan Rodrigues is 1 goal behind $6M 1st round pick Okposo. That's not a disappointment. I won't go into the rest, but Casey is fine. Sheary is Sheary, and Thompson has a ways to go.
- TheSabresTaco

Well i guess u actually have to read the entire group of sentences instead of just the 1st

And again- salary doesn’t matter
Until recently, E Rod was really bad too
Thompson, less than expected
Sheary, less than expected
Mitts, MUCH less than expected
Berglund, MUCH less than expected
Sobotka, should’ve NEVER been 3C

So yeah... regardless of SALARY,
There’s been PLENTY of guys that have been a disappointment

The Sabres love bringing the past back why not bring back ruff at least we know he will show emotion during the game 😑

The coaches are holding this team back

I still see us making the playoffs but the coaches still need to be fixed in the off-season
- gerbe75pts

My main man

The Sabres love bringing the past back why not bring back ruff at least we know he will show emotion during the game 😑

The coaches are holding this team back

I still see us making the playoffs but the coaches still need to be fixed in the off-season
- gerbe75pts

I honestly don't, and if they do make the playoffs, there's no way coaches get canned, not after they haven't got there in 8 seasons.

Okposo has more penalties than:

Eichel
Skinner
Pominville
Reinhart
Sheary
Rodrigues
Mittelstadt
Girgensons
Larsson
Thompson

Took another stupid one last night. I booed. Not the call, the fact that he took another stupid penalty. 16 minor penalties and counting

I look forward to seeing him in the lineup again tomorrow because Phil doesn't have the stones to bench an alternate
- jcragcrumple

The Okposo hate is fair-
never said it wasn’t

Just saying he’s not the only one


How about your boy E Rod though?!
Took way too freaking long to put him at 3C over Sobotka
Dude is killing it out there

Well i guess u actually have to read the entire group of sentences instead of just the 1st

And again- salary doesn’t matter
Until recently, E Rod was really bad too
Thompson, less than expected
Sheary, less than expected
Mitts, MUCH less than expected
Berglund, MUCH less than expected
Sobotka, should’ve NEVER been 3C

So yeah... regardless of SALARY,
There’s been PLENTY of guys that have been a disappointment
- jdfitz77

Add up Erod, Sheary, Mitts and Thompson

They equal the salary of one Kyle Okposo.

So there is no "regardless of salary"

The Okposo hate is fair-
never said it wasn’t

Just saying he’s not the only one


How about your boy E Rod though?!
Took way too freaking long to put him at 3C over Sobotka
Dude is killing it out there
- jdfitz77

He's just as streaky as anyone else on this team save for a select few. He's playing very well right now, but it's not the norm. He will fall back to earth.

The Sabres love bringing the past back why not bring back ruff at least we know he will show emotion during the game 😑

The coaches are holding this team back

I still see us making the playoffs but the coaches still need to be fixed in the off-season
- gerbe75pts

Ruff or Quenville?
Who’s the best fit for us?
I’m guessing either would be a much welcomed addition by the fan base

The Okposo hate is fair-
never said it wasn’t

Just saying he’s not the only one


How about your boy E Rod though?!
Took way too freaking long to put him at 3C over Sobotka
Dude is killing it out there
- jdfitz77

Yeah, if they give him a 2 year extension i'm gonna get his jersey