Wanna blog? Start your own hockey blog with My HockeyBuzz. Register for free today!
 
Forums :: Blog World :: Brad Lohr: Positives Thngs Starting to Show as Sabres Look for Three in a Row.
Author Message
QuinnFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Formerly Visionville, Now Purgatory
Joined: 07.29.2021

Friday @ 1:57 PM ET
Levi getting the net tonight
- Buff36


Hoooowah!
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Friday @ 2:01 PM ET
Hoooowah!
- QuinnFan

Glad he's getting some action, he needs to play.
QuinnFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Formerly Visionville, Now Purgatory
Joined: 07.29.2021

Friday @ 2:06 PM ET
Glad he's getting some action, he needs to play.
- Buff36


He's gonna play well and Quinn will score, so that everything can be right with the world.

Any score predictions? I'm feeling a 4-2 Sabres victory with an empty netter
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: ICE DIRECTOR SAYS OVER 13 THOUSAND MURDERERS CROSSED OUR BORDER ILLEGALLY OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Friday @ 2:09 PM ET
@LLysowski
Sabres prospect Prokhor Poltapov has signed a 2-year contract extension with CSKA Moscow, according to the team's website.

The 2021 second-round pick was eligible to sign an ELC as soon as this spring. Now he's under contract in the KHL through 2026-27.

- Lunaion

homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: ICE DIRECTOR SAYS OVER 13 THOUSAND MURDERERS CROSSED OUR BORDER ILLEGALLY OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Friday @ 2:10 PM ET
That hurts.
- IonSabres

top 5 gm fails again
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Friday @ 2:14 PM ET
This was a 5 year plan to build through the draft, what were the expectations supposed to be at this point of the plan?

How do you measure the cost of the past 4 seasons of failure compared to the development of the players drafted

- washedup20


Smart question.

It was postulated originally that the Draft is failing the team.
I disagree as the historical evidence supports a longer timeline than that which the other side is arguing.. I. E. They wants players contributing faster, which is rare unless they pick at the very top of the draft... Which Adams did and hit with Power. Others further down in the First and beyond will take longer...some of them are coming on-line or hit, while others are close, and others delayed. It is what it is.

I am arguing the expected timeline proposed by others is too fast. Of course there are exceptions that one can conveniently pull out... But those aren't the norm.

The failure is, as I stated before:
1) Retaining very poor veteran leaders that did not drive the bus like leaders should
2) Not upgrading the veterans to support the youngsters and help build a winning culture.

Adams failed miserably in that quest, only able to have conversations and not leveraging the bountiful assets he had to make those key trades.
Epic failure, and the impact is very evident now.

GMTM had it partially correct when he overpaid to bring in a talented player and leader in ROR to play 1C in order to protect Eichel and allow him to play/develop into the 1C. It cost a lot, but it was the proper mindset to have. Then he went Gonzo by trading everything he could find for Kane and Bogo +...bad actors that siderailed the team build by dividing the house.

The failure was not his drafting, rather not augmenting with productive vets to lead the way.
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Friday @ 2:17 PM ET
top 5 gm fails again
- homiedclown


Why is this a fail?

Kaprizov was 23 when he came over. Panarin 24.
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Friday @ 2:18 PM ET
https://x.com/SabresProsp...tatus/1852410494939734090

Sounds like Poltapov just wants to be ready to play in the NHL. Like the Russian Superstars before him.

Won't be taking his time in the A.

QuinnFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Formerly Visionville, Now Purgatory
Joined: 07.29.2021

Friday @ 2:27 PM ET
https://x.com/SabresProspects/status/1852410494939734090

Sounds like Poltapov just wants to be ready to play in the NHL. Like the Russian Superstars before him.

Won't be taking his time in the A.

- DirtyDan


Yeah, only issue is, he probably says "play me in the NHL or no dice" so you'd have to sign him sight unseen.
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Friday @ 2:29 PM ET
Yeah, only issue is, he probably says "play me in the NHL or no dice" so you'd have to sign him sight unseen.
- QuinnFan


Like Chicago and Minnesota?

Ohhh noooo
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: ICE DIRECTOR SAYS OVER 13 THOUSAND MURDERERS CROSSED OUR BORDER ILLEGALLY OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Friday @ 2:32 PM ET
Why is this a fail?

Kaprizov was 23 when he came over. Panarin 24.

- DirtyDan

does the odds say he signs with the sabres???



nope


you need to be a realist when it comes to this franchise

IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Friday @ 2:33 PM ET
Yeah, only issue is, he probably says "play me in the NHL or no dice" so you'd have to sign him sight unseen.
- QuinnFan


Sabres have a Russian Scout there.
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Friday @ 2:33 PM ET
Smart question.

It was postulated originally that the Draft is failing the team.
I disagree as the historical evidence supports a longer timeline than that which the other side is arguing.. I. E. They wants players contributing faster, which is rare unless they pick at the very top of the draft... Which Adams did and hit with Power. Others further down in the First and beyond will take longer...some of them are coming on-line or hit, while others are close, and others delayed. It is what it is.

I am arguing the expected timeline proposed by others is too fast. Of course there are exceptions that one can conveniently pull out... But those aren't the norm.

The failure is, as I stated before:
1) Retaining very poor veteran leaders that did not drive the bus like leaders should
2) Not upgrading the veterans to support the youngsters and help build a winning culture.

Adams failed miserably in that quest, only able to have conversations and not leveraging the bountiful assets he had to make those key trades.
Epic failure, and the impact is very evident now.

GMTM had it partially correct when he overpaid to bring in a talented player and leader in ROR to play 1C in order to protect Eichel and allow him to play/develop into the 1C. It cost a lot, but it was the proper mindset to have. Then he went Gonzo by trading everything he could find for Kane and Bogo +...bad actors that siderailed the team build by dividing the house.

The failure was not his drafting, rather not augmenting with productive vets to lead the way.

- IonSabres


How can you assess if a player drafted is a hit, while simultaneously arguing drafted players need more time.

If they need more time, why would a GM execute a 5 year plan focused on drafting?
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: ICE DIRECTOR SAYS OVER 13 THOUSAND MURDERERS CROSSED OUR BORDER ILLEGALLY OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Friday @ 2:34 PM ET
https://x.com/SabresProspects/status/1852410494939734090

Sounds like Poltapov just wants to be ready to play in the NHL. Like the Russian Superstars before him.

Won't be taking his time in the A.

- DirtyDan

there was a spot for him in the fall when zucker moves on

there was a spot for him in the following fall when tuch walks

hell there is a spot for him tonight, if he wanted to earn it


if he wanted to play in the nhl, come over and earn it
QuinnFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Formerly Visionville, Now Purgatory
Joined: 07.29.2021

Friday @ 2:36 PM ET
Like Chicago and Minnesota?

Ohhh noooo

- DirtyDan


He is not a Panarin or Kaprizov though. You hope he's Trenin.
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Friday @ 2:36 PM ET
does the odds say he signs with the sabres???



nope


you need to be a realist when it comes to this franchise

- homiedclown


Do the odds say he doesn't?

Has he said I wont play there? Is there any indication of it? Do we not own his rights indefinitely?

Having 3 ruskys currently in the minors sure doesn't hurt when he does want to come.
QuinnFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Formerly Visionville, Now Purgatory
Joined: 07.29.2021

Friday @ 2:37 PM ET
Sabres have a Russian Scout there.
- IonSabres


Still don't really know how he's going to transition to the NA game and jumping straight to the NHL is a tall task for anyone. There's some inherent risk is all I mean. Don't want to waste contracts.
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Friday @ 2:38 PM ET
He is not a Panarin or Kaprizov. You hope he's Trenin.
- QuinnFan




https://x.com/SabresProsp...tatus/1852410494939734090

homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: ICE DIRECTOR SAYS OVER 13 THOUSAND MURDERERS CROSSED OUR BORDER ILLEGALLY OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Friday @ 2:39 PM ET
https://x.com/SabresProspects/status/1852410494939734090
- DirtyDan

if I had a dollar for every prospect video I saw over the last 13 years


I mean you guys were showing that 1 benson goal last year 50 times, and I have yet to see anything from him this year
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: ICE DIRECTOR SAYS OVER 13 THOUSAND MURDERERS CROSSED OUR BORDER ILLEGALLY OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Friday @ 2:40 PM ET
Still don't really know how he's going to transition to the NA game and jumping straight to the NHL is a tall task for anyone. There's some inherent risk is all I mean. Don't want to waste contracts.
- QuinnFan

he is going to be 24 when this deal ends

DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Friday @ 2:40 PM ET
if I had a dollar for every prospect video I saw over the last 13 years


I mean you guys were showing that 1 benson goal last year 50 times, and I have yet to see anything from him this year

- homiedclown


Its not a prospect video though.

Its called context.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: ICE DIRECTOR SAYS OVER 13 THOUSAND MURDERERS CROSSED OUR BORDER ILLEGALLY OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Friday @ 2:41 PM ET
He is not a Panarin or Kaprizov though. You hope he's Trenin.
- QuinnFan

we have a better chance of Grenada invading the United States
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Friday @ 2:41 PM ET
we have a better chance of Grenada invading the United States
- homiedclown


You've already been invaded.
QuinnFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Formerly Visionville, Now Purgatory
Joined: 07.29.2021

Friday @ 2:42 PM ET
https://x.com/SabresProspects/status/1852410494939734090
- DirtyDan


Yeah, I heard this morning. Sucks, was kind of excited to add another wild card to the group, but c'est la vie.
DirtyDan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Why aren't more people interrigent? Rike Me? , ON
Joined: 02.03.2021

Friday @ 2:42 PM ET
Yeah, I heard this morning. Sucks, was kind of excited to add another wild card to the group, but c'est la vie.
- QuinnFan


Kid doesn't think hes ready. Why is that a problem ?

Gives us 2 years to figure out what we have in the rest of these bumz.
Page: Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49  Next