Lol.

Now we’re gonna do the thing where UPL actually is the best option huh?
- sbroads24

Adams said earlier this summer why bring in a goalie just to bring one in when they aren’t better than what you have?




https://www.wgrz.com/amp/...e3-498f-a95e-03834ef9a271

the more i try to dissect these guys the more you realize they really are voodoo and it matters very (frank)ing much what the team does in front of them.

im not a gibson stump like some here but his team, i feel, makes him worse than he actually is, or would be somewhere else.
- TheSabresTaco

DeSmith was better than Jarry last season.

I’d say Buffalo and Pittsburgh were pretty close with crappy d outside of the top pair.

the more i try to dissect these guys the more you realize they really are voodoo and it matters very (frank)ing much what the team does in front of them.
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- TheSabresTaco

your best post this week

Taco will be back as soon as he can find a goaltender WOWY chart that backs up his opinion.
- kingcong39

lol

nah like i said i dont trust desmith to be much better than upl here.

maybe he is, charts say he will be, i appear to be on the wrong side of this one, so fire away.

DeSmith was better than Jarry last season.

I’d say Buffalo and Pittsburgh were pretty close with crappy d outside of the top pair.
- Stripes77

I think we can all agree that DeSmith is an upgrade over Comrie for this coming season

DeSmith was better than Jarry last season.

I’d say Buffalo and Pittsburgh were pretty close with crappy d outside of the top pair.
- Stripes77

sabres were literally the worst defensive team last season. worse than anaheim. I believe the stat was quality against. please correct me if im wrong.

lol

nah like i said i dont trust desmith to be much better than upl here.

maybe he is, charts say he will be, i appear to be on the wrong side of this one, so fire away.
- TheSabresTaco

UPL has pasta with the GM

If Desmith is better on Montreal than UPL is on Buffalo, Adams blew it hard

upl sucks, fire him into the sun.

thats my position.

sabres were literally the worst defensive team last season. worse than anaheim. I believe the stat was quality against. please correct me if im wrong.
- TheSabresTaco

I was told 6K was why we missed the playoffs though, not the D or PK

I think we can all agree that DeSmith is an upgrade over Comrie for this coming season
- homiedclown

Considering UPL and Comrie had nearly identical stats, I'd say he's an upgrade over both. The GM didn't think so though

If Desmith is better on Montreal than UPL is on Buffalo, Adams blew it hard
- Hank Balling

no cell phone reception on Chautauqua Lake

UPL has pasta with the GM
- homiedclown

got a headache from all the eyerolls from this one.

i support adams on a lot but this one will never, ever make sense to me. it's stupid.

"the cost" is insignificant to improve from upl.

I was told 6K was why we missed the playoffs though, not the D or PK
- homiedclown

D) All the above

Considering UPL and Comrie had nearly identical stats, I'd say he's an upgrade over both. The GM didn't think so though
- Hank Balling

Adams is too scared to make trades unless he has to (risto, skunk, eichel)

one day you guys will get it

Adams is too scared to make trades unless he has to (risto, skunk, eichel)

one day you guys will get it
- homiedclown

I don't think that's true but I think he waits for some super ideal conditions, but the end result is lack of action and it's becoming a joke.

Matt says what we all said.

Matthew Bové

@Matt_Bove
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2m
I still feel like the Sabres had an opportunity to really improve their team this summer and didn’t take advantage of it. They are relying on internal growth, which should still happen, but I think they should’ve done more to improve their roster.

sabres were literally the worst defensive team last season. worse than anaheim. I believe the stat was quality against. please correct me if im wrong.
- TheSabresTaco

It all depends on what stat you're looking at.

https://moneypuck.com/teams.htm

Sabres gave up 15 more high danger shots than Pittsburgh last season

Medium danger was much higher with 92 more.

But Anaheim is higher on both of those.

I don't think that's true but I think he waits for some super ideal conditions, but the end result is lack of action and it's becoming a joke.
- TheSabresTaco

He is acting like Darcy 2.0

Until he proves otherwise that is the label he is earning.

"The team could also look to waive Riley Stillman, who has one year left at a $1.35MM cap hit and is, from a financial standpoint, the easiest player to cut ties with. His cap hit is just $200K over the buriable threshold, which is what he would cost against the cap if assigned to the minors. The team parted with a quality prospect in Josh Bloom to acquire him from the Vancouver Canucks last season, however, and he did hold his own defensively in Buffalo’s environment."


not a top 5 gm move
- homiedclown

Stillman as 7th makes sense to me, as does getting rid of Bryson and Joker one way or another, even if it means send them down. I still think they could get a draft pick for Joker...2nd or a 3rd.

I don't think that's true but I think he waits for some super ideal conditions, but the end result is lack of action and it's becoming a joke.
- TheSabresTaco

look at what the habs did

"Montreal sent Hoffman and Pitlick to Pittsburgh in exchange for the Pens’ 2025 second round pick, goaltender Casey De Smith, forward Nathan Legare (a 22-year-old Montreal native) and Jeff Petry. The best part of this trade is that the Penguins are retaining part of Jeff Petry’s salary and that they’ve already paid his 3 million bonus for the year"

per habs blog

https://www.hockeybuzz.co...or-Two-to-Move/266/122490

look at what the habs did

"Montreal sent Hoffman and Pitlick to Pittsburgh in exchange for the Pens’ 2025 second round pick, goaltender Casey De Smith, forward Nathan Legare (a 22-year-old Montreal native) and Jeff Petry. The best part of this trade is that the Penguins are retaining part of Jeff Petry’s salary and that they’ve already paid his 3 million bonus for the year"

per habs blog

https://www.hockeybuzz.co...or-Two-to-Move/266/122490
- homiedclown

They can flip Petry and retain 50% and get a good return for him.

I think I call San Jose and see what they want for Granlund and see if they'll take Olofsson off our hands

They can flip Petry and retain 50% and get a good return for him.

I think I call San Jose and see what they want for Granlund and see if they'll take Olofsson off our hands
- Stripes77

Granlund has another season left on his deal after this at $5M per. No thanks.

He is acting like Darcy 2.0

Until he proves otherwise that is the label he is earning.
- Stripes77

Sabres had finally put a little distance between themselves and Pittsburgh, Detroit and Ottawa last year. Taking this summer off has erased most of those gains

It all depends on what stat you're looking at.

https://moneypuck.com/teams.htm

Sabres gave up 15 more high danger shots than Pittsburgh last season

Medium danger was much higher with 92 more.

But Anaheim is higher on both of those.
- Stripes77

I was looking for this low medium high stat, thanks

I wish I could source the stat that described the sabres as the worst in it but it's another L I'll take for the afternoon. I know Chad mentioned it several weeks ago.