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ChevyVanMiller Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 I'm expecting an announcement that Jack is the new captain any day now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BillsFan4 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 I don’t think it’ll be too long before Pilut is back up. He showed a lot of promise. He just needs to clean up his d zone play a bit and learn when to take risks and when not to. I do think he will eventually be a full time NHL defenseman though. A bit surprised Guhle made it. I thought he struggled all preseason, outside of the last 2 games. I just hope he’s not sitting in the press box for weeks at a time. I’d much rather have him playing big minutes in Rochester if that’s the case. Love that Nylander and Thompson appear to have made it. They both earned it, although I still could have seen it go either way (since they did struggle at times and have plenty to work on). Glad Tennyson is being sent down. I was not prepared to live through another Tennyson experiment to start this season... lol. And I really hope Bailey and Baptiste make it to Rochester. I actually thought that maybe Bailey did enough to stick on the 4th line for now. I’d be pretty bummed to lose him. Baptiste was basically invisible in the games he did play, so no surprise there. But I’m still hoping he makes it through waivers. He’s definitely better than he’s shown this preseason. I could see a team taking a chance on either one though, with the speed they have. With the way the NHL is trending, speedy wingers are more popular than ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 16 hours ago, BillsFan4 said: I don’t think it’ll be too long before Pilut is back up. He showed a lot of promise. He just needs to clean up his d zone play a bit and learn when to take risks and when not to. I do think he will eventually be a full time NHL defenseman though. A bit surprised Guhle made it. I thought he struggled all preseason, outside of the last 2 games. I just hope he’s not sitting in the press box for weeks at a time. I’d much rather have him playing big minutes in Rochester if that’s the case. Love that Nylander and Thompson appear to have made it. They both earned it, although I still could have seen it go either way (since they did struggle at times and have plenty to work on). Glad Tennyson is being sent down. I was not prepared to live through another Tennyson experiment to start this season... lol. And I really hope Bailey and Baptiste make it to Rochester. I actually thought that maybe Bailey did enough to stick on the 4th line for now. I’d be pretty bummed to lose him. Baptiste was basically invisible in the games he did play, so no surprise there. But I’m still hoping he makes it through waivers. He’s definitely better than he’s shown this preseason. I could see a team taking a chance on either one though, with the speed they have. With the way the NHL is trending, speedy wingers are more popular than ever. Because Bogo is so injury prone I understand why the organization was inclined to keep Guhle with the big club rather than sending him down. As like you I would rather see him play a lot of minutes in Rochester than intermittently play in Buffalo. With respect to Bailey and Baptiste I like each of these young players. But the both of them have the same glaring deficiency that would preclude them from being top two line players i.e. they are not proficient at finishing. At best they are third line players. I'm not sneering at that role because it is important. But there are plenty of third line player to play that role. Again, as like you I hope we can keep both players in the system, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 looks like both bailey and baptiste cleared. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BillsFan4 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Wish they would assign Tennyson to Rochester... hopefully soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BillsFan4 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 https://buffalonews.com/2018/09/29/twenty-years-later-cup-winner-steve-smith-rejoins-housley-to-run-sabres-defense/ Quote Where Smith is not calm is when he's asked his early impressions of Dahlin. He's downright effusive in his praise. "After day one, I said to myself, 'I better really watch this kid because I might learn something,' " Smith joked. "He's clearly very special but even more important than that, he's really a great young man. He's a student of the game. He wants to learn. He's not averse to constructive criticism. He works on his game before and after practice. He wants to see video and see his mistakes. "I've found him in the video room on his own watching his shifts. That's a different way of going about it for a young player like that and a young star like that." Interestingly, Smith said Dahlin is soft spoken but not always meek on the bench like many 18-year-olds tend to be. "He wants to know if that was his guy, if he had another play, whether another option was available," Smith said. "He's quite conversant for a young guy. I find him quite engaged." Dahlin finds Smith quite a resource in his first exposure to the NHL. "He's already taught me a lot. He's a great coach," Dahlin said. "He really knows what hockey is about. We're talking a lot about the system and things going on right now. ... Of course, there are small things I need to improve on but we're working on it all the time. There's hundreds of things you can be better at." Good article on Steve Smith. I was excited when buffalo hired him. I think he is a big add to this coaching staff. He did a good job with carolina’s defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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