I agree.
Coaches and a more defensively responsible system. No, they don't need 5 D on the ice...just a 5 man unit that plays the 200ft game...no passengers, no cheating the play.
- IonSabres

Edit, of course
-a 2RhD for Power
-1B Goalie upgrade for a couple years...then likely just need a capable backup.

It's kinda funny.

https://twitter.com/Sabre...Rckm_2BLWzM5fF62IFwQ&s=19
- TheSabresTaco

I know it’s supposed to be funny but to me it just shows how flawed individual analytics are in a team based sport.

I agree.
Coaches and a more defensively responsible system. No, they don't need 5 D on the ice...just a 5 man unit that plays the 200ft game...no passengers, no cheating the play.
- IonSabres

Good Post

I know it’s supposed to be funny but to me it just shows how flawed individual analytics are in a team based sport.
- ImThatGuy

You could fill a page with a post that starts with the word "but..", I'd just like to enjoy the moment at face value

Their personnel on the PK is equally as important as the system in which they deploy it. I don't think they have any of it.

https://theathletic.com/4...bres-tyson-jost-contract/
Do they bring him back ? I would

It's kinda funny.

https://twitter.com/Sabre...Rckm_2BLWzM5fF62IFwQ&s=19
- TheSabresTaco

Small sample size but that is sort of funny

I am okay with Adams not giving up any of our top picks

Edit, of course
-a 2RhD for Power
-1B Goalie upgrade for a couple years...then likely just need a capable backup.
- IonSabres

I mention this earlier


Also trade olofsson and bring in a better 7th d. Bryson and Clauge aren’t it

I agree.
Coaches and a more defensively responsible system. No, they don't need 5 D on the ice...just a 5 man unit that plays the 200ft game...no passengers, no cheating the play.
- IonSabres

I personally don't want them to touch the "system". Just get a couple more D that can fit in well with the "system" to clear the front of the net and the zone...

https://theathletic.com/4414003/2023/04/15/buffalo-sabres-tyson-jost-contract/
Do they bring him back ? I would
- Buff36

jost, girgens, okposo

pick one to play with greenway and rousek


I would pick jost

I mention this earlier


Also trade olofsson and bring in a better 7th d. Bryson and Clauge aren’t it
- Sabretooth9

power-dahlin
samuelsson-someone
someone-joker/lyubushkin

reserves
stillman and joker/lyubushkin

If we don’t have your attention yet, we will soon…

Until next season, Buffalo. 💙💛

https://twitter.com/Buffa...R30uPhXyqFyPdG9AWSmw&s=19

jost, girgens, okposo

pick one to play with greenway and rousek


I would pick jost
- homiedclown

I would go Jost

I agree with greenway and rousek on the 4th line

power-dahlin
samuelsson-someone
someone-joker/lyubushkin

reserves
stillman and joker/lyubushkin
- homiedclown

Lybuskin can stay in my top 6 on the bottom pair

I would say about mid January and after that. He was good (good for what he is a defensemen)

He stopped playing like Risto basically and got better

He was terrible. Absolutely terrible to start the season

I don't understand how a 4C can be untouchable or how all his prospects can fit into one lineup soon.
- Lunaion

Filling the center position with tage, cozens, mitts and krebs locks down the most important position on the team.

Stanley cup teams roll 4 deep at center. Why not the Sabres?

When a GM (any gm) just trades for a player as a splash trade, it's highly unlikely that player gets flipped 110 games later. Especially when he's an excellent fit.

Very doubtful trading krebs this offseason, same for tuch...

It was a huge all time trade KA made....

Decisions Decisions Decisions, No more kicking the can. Evaluations will need to be quicker. Is this the biggest offseason for the Sabres in recent past, could really pave the future.
- Buff36

Any thoughts on free agent defenseman this morning thirtysixensons?

You can wait until next week, thanks in advance 👀

If we don’t have your attention yet, we will soon…

Until next season, Buffalo. 💙💛

https://twitter.com/Buffa...R30uPhXyqFyPdG9AWSmw&s=19
- kingcong39

Not Bad!! Got my Hairs up on the back of my Neck.

jost, girgens, okposo

pick one to play with greenway and rousek


I would pick jost
- homiedclown

He brings so much energy and he's really good along the boards.

this article is old, but nothing really has changed in the last 5 years
https://www.diebytheblade...irgensons-buffalo-sabres/

Over the past three seasons, Zemgus Girgensons has been a complete disappointment despite showing a great deal of promise early on in his career.

After being selected 14th overall by the Sabres in 2012, he spent just one season with the Rochester Amerks before being thrust into NHL action. Though he certainly didn’t take the league by storm, the 19-year-old was a rare bright spot on a team of misfits that finished in last place two years in a row.

Thanks in large part to his home country of Latvia, Girgensons was voted into the NHL All-Star Game in 2015; a year he would finish with 30 points in 61 games. Not bad for a second-year player forced into top-line minutes on a roster that was specifically designed to lose games. As the Sabres “tank” season came to a merciful conclusion, fans pegged him as a long-term piece of the future core in Buffalo.

Unfortunately, from the moment former head coach Ted Nolan left town, Girgensons’ play has taken a nosedive. Since his “all-star campaign” three years ago, has failed to eclipse 20 points in a single season.

From October 15th to December 12th this season, he went a whopping 21 consecutive games without registering a point. With seven goals and eight assists, he experienced career-lows in both categories. He also posted the worst all-situation Corsi percentage of his career at -6.9. The only time fans saw even a glimpse of NHL-level play from him was when he skated alongside Jack Eichel, and even then he left a lot to be desired.

With one year remaining on his contract that carries a cap hit of $1.6 million, it will be interesting to see what the Sabres decide to do with him in the offseason. There isn’t likely to be a significant demand for his services on the trade market, though it’s possible the team could try to move him as part of a larger package deal.

If he does return next season, his cap hit is certainly manageable, but Phil Housley needs to keep him far away from the top-six. This past year was Girgensons’ last chance to claw his way out of “bust” territory and he failed miserably.

It’s clear at this point that he will never be the reliable two-way forward that fans saw flashes of during his first two seasons in Western New York. But hey, at least a Latvian rap group named a song after him in 2015, so that’s.... something

Any thoughts on free agent defenseman this morning thirtysixensons?

You can wait until next week, thanks in advance 👀
- Boss34

A deals a deal Boss, you won fair and square. I have named a lot throughout the last few weeks.
Severson
Clifton
Mayfield
Dumba
Graves at LD
Trade wise: I would see what Vegas is up to this offseason. They have a lot of D, and a few young ones that need to either start playing or be moved. Are they willing to listen to a offer for Theodore, if not Whitecloud. See if they are willing to move a RD. If they aren't ready to move on from those guys maybe Korczak is available then.

A deals a deal Boss, you won fair and square. I have named a lot throughout the last few weeks.
Severson
Clifton
Mayfield
Dumba
Graves at LD
- Buff36

And trade for Seeler

And trade for Seeler
- Powerslave

Yes

Yes
- Buff36

Does Joker get it done?

Does Joker get it done?
- Powerslave

Good ? I don't know.

If we don’t have your attention yet, we will soon…

Until next season, Buffalo. 💙💛

https://twitter.com/Buffa...R30uPhXyqFyPdG9AWSmw&s=19
- kingcong39

Few moves away from being a wagon for the next decade.

More watching and less posting for me moving forward, that’s forsure.