How many Skinner passes or assists can you recollect off the top of your head ?
- Pegullaville

CLANK


I kid I kid

jack only got 5 more points then ROR this season

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How many Skinner passes or assists can you recollect off the top of your head ? One maybe two ? Most of his primary assists id wager were shots that rebounded to someone else. I’m not saying there is anything wrong with that, but he doesn’t really dominate possession in the offensive zone or set up many offensive chances for his linemates, he gets the puck in the zone and the only thing on his mind is shooting even if it is a low percentage shot.
- Pegullaville

Guess I just think of playmaking and setting up two different things. Individually generating opportunities is a pretty special skill. Eichel has it. Skinner has. Dahlin has it.

he is elite because we want to believe that


rank the top 30 centers, he is middle of the pack
- homiedclown

Top 5 player in the NHL at some exits and entries, top 5 in SOG, top 10 in assists. Top 20 in PPG in the league with nobody else within the top 80. He is a top 10 Centre in the league who would be top 5 if we had an effective PP and not having to raise the play of others who we boast about on this site on a regular basis.

jack only got 5 more points then ROR this season

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- homiedclown

ROR really shot out of a cannon the first few months of the season before settling back down towards his Sabres production after the beginning of February. Good PP production and Tarasenko and Schenn proved to combine to make quite the line.

I see him back to the 28-32 goal guy with a % in the 14.5 range.

Law of averages. He wasn’t as good of a goal scorer when he was 3rd in the league and he’s not as bad of a goal scorer when he went snake bitten 1 for seemingly all of 2019.
- dadeadhead

He shot 14.9% this year!!!
That drop of .4% that u see would result in 1 less goal... so 39goals

What did u think his shooting % was this year???

he is elite because we want to believe that


rank the top 30 centers, he is middle of the pack
- homiedclown

So if you are Top 15 centers in the league, how are you not a Number 1 Line Center?

please, continue....

jack only got 5 more points then ROR this season

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- homiedclown

I guess his peers knew what they were talking about when they voted ROR the most underrated player in the league last year

Agreed, just that for me personally, the gap between skinner and tkachuks offence isn't nearly as big as the gap defensively.

I like them both tbh
- Sabresfan-365

Definitely, but comparing offensive numbers isn't really fair when one team scores 63 more goals.

I guess his peers knew what they were talking about when they voted ROR the most underrated player in the league last year
- jdfitz77

Hope he loses the face off that leads to the OT Winner

jack is a number 2 center, not an elite 1 center
- homiedclown

I can't find the Sabres playoff games, can you ?

I can't find the Sabres playoff games, can you ?
- SABRES 89

I'm watching the Devils vs. Sabres and Hasek right now awaiting Dave Hannan

oh wait, its 2019 and this is the Stars vs. Blues

That wrap around is going to haunt Benn forever.

Ruh-roh

Well of course.

Hope he loses the face off that leads to the OT Winner
- MEBSabresFAN

So much for that

It was hard cheering for the Stars
Just didn’t feel right

Can’t believe I’ve gotta cheer for Carolina in the east, but f#ck the Bruins

If the Sharks win tomorrow night, we’ll either be picking 30th or 31st in the first round. Frank the Stars.

Well that pick for O'Reilly is absolute garbo. Strange how bad that trade looks....

If the Sharks win tomorrow night, we’ll either be picking 30th or 31st in the first round. Frank the Stars.
- Pegullaville

I’ll take it a step further

If SJ wins tomorrow night...
it’s our 2 “cancers” going up against each other to go to the Cup
And it’s not like anyone wants to cheer for the stupid Canes or f#cking Bruins

This could be a nightmare final4 for a lot of Sabres fans

If the Sharks win tomorrow night, we’ll either be picking 30th or 31st in the first round. Frank the Stars.
- Pegullaville

Fingers crossed that Spencer Knight is still available that late
Doubtful though

Well that pick for O'Reilly is absolute garbo. Strange how bad that trade looks....
- Mentalorgasm5

Best case scenario now is that San Jose represents the West in the final and the Blues pick goes to the Ducks in the Montour trade. So then it would be ROR and Guhle for Montour and Thompson.

Best case scenario now is that San Jose represents the West in the final and the Blues pick goes to the Ducks in the Montour trade. So then it would be ROR and Guhle for Montour and Thompson.
- Pegullaville

Plus we got a 2nd and 2 Cap dumps,
i mean “solid, fast, top9” forwards
Ugh

Plus we got a 2nd and 2 Cap dumps,
i mean “solid, fast, top9” forwards
Ugh
- jdfitz77

I guess I was a little premature on the "here we go".

Oh well.

Best case scenario now is that San Jose represents the West in the final and the Blues pick goes to the Ducks in the Montour trade. So then it would be ROR and Guhle for Montour and Thompson.
- Pegullaville

It's pathetic to me that people will use this to criticize the trade. Regardless of how these picks play out, the RoR trade will always be tied to the Skinner and Montour trades. There's really no need for people to squirm and strain to pretend otherwise.