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7.38 and 4.5, that’s why not.

I’m waiting to hear something different. Anything different than the constant losers’s lament he dishes out after every game, like his go to “I liked our game”, crap every night. If you can’t show imagination and creativity on the ice, at least try it off the ice. Not too much to ask, imo. Then again, he’s failed in every other area as a head coach, so perhaps I’m asking too much.

Metcalf’s 3 cone drill time of 7.38 suggests he has below average agility for a wideout. Can’t imagine Beane and other GMs are thrilled with that. It’s a huge red flag.

That 3 cone is more than concerning, shocking actually, after his earlier results. For those going on about “the next Julio” it should give them pause when you see Metcalf’s time in the 3cone agility drill was over a full half second slower. Straight line explosiveness is just not as critical as agility in wideouts.

Haha, I was close. Housley is a litany of loser’s laments.

I’ve long ago stopped listening to Housely’s post game presser crap, but if anyone does, please let us know if he mentions how he thought we competed really hard in the third and outshot them by a ton, etc., especially on a back to back. It is a sad state of affairs when the immediate goal for a head coach is to find a way to win two in a row for the first time in 79 days. Tage Thompson needs to go to the A immediately. He is useless at this level.

Yep

Toronto completely taking over the game. Sabres have no answer again it seems.

This just in: our power play still sucks.

If you're going to attach the acquisition of Montour with the pick we got from St. Louis as an asset acquired in the ROR trade, then we should probably wait until it's official that Anaheim indeed receives that St. Louis pick instead of San Jose's as it could be either one at this point in time. I don't care that ROR needed to be moved or that JBotts was under the gun to do so. All I'm arguing is that we got crap in return; next to nothing at all, again, at this point in time. While I give JBotts an average grade for his deals so far (Skinner great, Montour TBD, Kane TBD, and St. Louis bad), I'm not calling him a lousy GM. I have concerns about his loyalty to Housley, that's about it. No need to defend him to any great lengths in my eyes.

My comments have nothing to do with where I think he’ll be drafted and everythIng to do with knowing there’s a lot more to the process left to go through. All these prospects are just checking boxes, nothing more at this point. As for wanting to wait a season or two, it’s because I have absolutely no clue to how well he plays the game of football.

They all came against Western Albany AI because Ole Miss was too chicken s—t to schedule Cal-Poly Pomona.

Haha. Won’t be the first time. Kid has all the athletic gifts, but that’s only one check of a box.

We need to tap the breaks on Metcalf and the other athletic freaks on display a little bit. It’s a great first step in the process for him, but what he’s put on tape and how he does in his interviews is every bit as important. Especially when it comes to breaking it down on the whiteboard and showing how much he understands route concepts and understanding why defenses do certain things in certain situations, etc. No doubt his athleticism will be hard to ignore for some teams, but the league has gotten smarter over time, too. If he doesn’t understand the concepts involved, it won’t matter how fast he is or how high he can jump. Love his physical ability, but I’ll be convinced after seeing a season or two first.

That’s the fun of creating holes; you get to fill them.?

Just like when Al Davis couldn’t resist Heyward-Bey, so too Gruden won’t be able to resist Metcalf.

Gruden need to call a doctor for the four hour erection he is sporting after Metcalf’s performance in the explosion events.

There’s a chance that it will be San Jose’s first round pick going to Anaheim, but I digress. I get that ROR was disgruntled and didn’t want to be here. Does that mean JBott’s hands were tied? That he had to settle for less because of that? BillsFan4 had a great point the other day that if the Sabres has agreed to take care of his $7.5m bonus before hand, that it would have opened up more trade possibilities around the league. It’s pocket change to the Pegulas so I have to wonder why that wasn’t done. Regardless, as it stand right now, we got zilch for one of the better players in the league, the stretched connection to Montour notwithstanding.

For me, the minimum return for Risto is a 1st and a proven top 6 winger. For all his shortcomings, I’m not in favor of creating another hole at a critical position by dealing a legit 2nd pair Dman and one of our precious few players with any kind of sand in his game. I hope JBotts understands that, too. The Skinner deal was a steal. The Montour deal is too early to call, but I suspect we will end up having gotten the best player in the deal eventually. The ROR deal is a total loss at this point. I’ll have to reserve judgement on JBotts’ trading acumen. It’s a mixed bag at best to this point.

That 3 cone is the best I can remember for a TE prospect. Amazing.

We better hope that winger is in the pipeline already because it’s not realistic to think we are gonna get one in the draft to help right away, or that one will become available in FAgency, or that a trade for another Skinner will be in the offing. And that doesn’t consider the help we need on the back end on D. As for for the goalies, it’s gotta be Ullmark and Hutton until 6K is ready to take the reins in a few years.

I think we need to trade for Rosen, thus GUARANTEEING we have the right Josh.

Not surprised we’re on the same page here. I won’t be able to watch any of this live, only reports later on, so I caught a few of the agility test reps for Taylor and was truly impressed with his mobility and agility. Doing it while not at 100% is even more impressive. And I know the various team personnel love the idea that he wants to be out there competing with an injury. Havent seen Dillard, it will take your word that he’s impressive. I haven’t been impressed with Jonah Williams very much going back to Alabama’s season opener. He’s decent but not dominating. I think he will be better inside. I love Risner’s fire and versatility. But again, I think he’s best suited to an interior role. He worked out at center at the Senior Bowl so I think pro personnel folks maybe think the same way.

Agree with everybody about Mitts and his NHL potential. He’s going to be a star eventually. I see his biggest issue, at both ends of the ice, as one of patience. He rushes too much. When he slows it down a half tick and lets the play develop and come to him more, he’s going to be a force. Like Eichel when he first came in, he needs a competent winger to open up some ice and who is able to finish. He made a few nice plays in the O zone last night that could have been converted. Will be interesting to see what’s left in their tank tonight. Would rather have an infusion of speed with Smith and O’Regan vs. the Leafs than seeing a tired Pommers and Okposo.

I’ll take it. We are not a good team and we are still Crosby’s b—ch, but we showed some heart in the third.