BillsFan4 Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 O’Reilly, Bergeron and Stone ar the Selke finalists this year. https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2019/04/17/bergeron-oreilly-stone-are-the-2019-selke-trophy-finalists/ Quote The Case For Ryan O’Reilly: Leading the Blues with 77 points, including 23 goals, O’Reilly enjoyed his first season with in St. Louis. He was once again strong in the face-off circle with a 56.9% success rate, posted a 53.44 Corsi %, his best since the 2013 NHL season, and had a 2.82 Corsi relative percentage. The Blues had a 93.39% on-ice save percentage when O’Reilly was out there at even strength and his 42.53 expected goals against percentage led the team’s forwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 Quote Upon being named captain of the Sabres, Eichel continued to further his leadership role in the community this past season. He donated a suite at KeyBank Center to local charitable organizations for all 41 home games, which included post-game meet and greets. Quote "In terms of the stuff I do off the ice, I've just been trying to become as much a part of this city as I can because this city's done so much for me and welcomed me with open arms. I just want to be as influential and make as big as an impact on people outside of the rink as I do at the rink." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 11 hours ago, BillsFan4 said: O’Reilly, Bergeron and Stone ar the Selke finalists this year. https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2019/04/17/bergeron-oreilly-stone-are-the-2019-selke-trophy-finalists/ I'm not second-guessing the ROR trade because I understand why it was made. But it is obvious that this deal very much hurt us in the sort term. He would have been our second line center and would have pushed Mitts down to the third line or lower. That lower responsibility situation would have been better for the rookie. ROR is one of the best two way players in the league. That certainly would have been an asset for a team where too many players scramble in the defensive zone and lose sight of their defensive coverage. Botts has explained that he is hoping that in the long run the deal would work out for us. He pointed out that dealing ROR allowed him to make the Skinner deal and hopefully sign him to a long term deal. He also pointed out that in making that deal it gave him a draft asset that allowed him to trade for Montour. If Tage develops as hoped then the original trade won't look as uneven in the longer term than it does in the shorter term. What's obvious is that the GM has to acquire a genuine second center to offset the void that the trade created. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 That's why the rush to judge all trades always drives me crazy. Most of the time, one team in a deal is not making that trade for today. All of the major team sports have that kind of trade. I'm not going to attack or defend a deal, but it is clear that our side of the deal is not yet defined. Botterill made a change, made some space, and now he needs to put in more work, as you've suggested, to get some fruit from that tree. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Too much is made of Mitts being “forced” into a 2C role this season. Both Sobotka and especially ERod played more minutes in that role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 1 hour ago, JohnC said: I'm not second-guessing the ROR trade because I understand why it was made. But it is obvious that this deal very much hurt us in the sort term. He would have been our second line center and would have pushed Mitts down to the third line or lower. That lower responsibility situation would have been better for the rookie. ROR is one of the best two way players in the league. That certainly would have been an asset for a team where too many players scramble in the defensive zone and lose sight of their defensive coverage. Botts has explained that he is hoping that in the long run the deal would work out for us. He pointed out that dealing ROR allowed him to make the Skinner deal and hopefully sign him to a long term deal. He also pointed out that in making that deal it gave him a draft asset that allowed him to trade for Montour. If Tage develops as hoped then the original trade won't look as uneven in the longer term than it does in the shorter term. What's obvious is that the GM has to acquire a genuine second center to offset the void that the trade created. Zero reason to second guess the trade even if we got a bag of potato chips for him. He quit when he was here. He is a douche bag. The fact that the whiny baby played better after he stomped his feet to get out of here tells you everything. The Sabres have a good fan base, had a good young core and he had a good contract but drunken donut ROR is apparently about ROR. The Skinner/TO move from Botterill was exciting even though it was a long term waste. Hey at least he sold some tickets. I can't wait to see more interviews with Botterill from various golf courses over the off season. I was hoping the sickness in our locker room was ROR but clearly that wasn't all of it. 13 minutes ago, K-9 said: Too much is made of Mitts being “forced” into a 2C role this season. Both Sobotka and especially ERod played more minutes in that role. 19-20 will tell if Mitts is a viable NHL player. He has skills but is not strong. Tim Connelly/Tyler Ennis redux. He got worse as the season progressed. Literally no one on the team improved other than Erod in my opinion. Even 18yo Dahlin was better in the beginning of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said: Zero reason to second guess the trade even if we got a bag of potato chips for him. He quit when he was here. He is a douche bag. The fact that the whiny baby played better after he stomped his feet to get out of here tells you everything. The Sabres have a good fan base, had a good young core and he had a good contract but drunken donut ROR is apparently about ROR. The Skinner/TO move from Botterill was exciting even though it was a long term waste. Hey at least he sold some tickets. I can't wait to see more interviews with Botterill from various golf courses over the off season. I was hoping the sickness in our locker room was ROR but clearly that wasn't all of it. I can't bash the trade now when I didn't bash it back then. 27 minutes ago, shrader said: That's why the rush to judge all trades always drives me crazy. Most of the time, one team in a deal is not making that trade for today. All of the major team sports have that kind of trade. I'm not going to attack or defend a deal, but it is clear that our side of the deal is not yet defined. Botterill made a change, made some space, and now he needs to put in more work, as you've suggested, to get some fruit from that tree. I admit I do this ..i can distinctly remember remarking on this here very board that ROR was obviously a cancer in the room as every team he was on stunk and the team got better when he was moved. That was when St Louis had fight in practice and was in last place and Yeo was getting fired within a week. I was obviously wrong, just don't tell @JohnC I have ever admitted to being wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said: 19-20 will tell if Mitts is a viable NHL player. He has skills but is not strong. Tim Connelly/Tyler Ennis redux. He got worse as the season progressed. Literally no one on the team improved other than Erod in my opinion. Even 18yo Dahlin was better in the beginning of the year. Per the bold text, I don’t know if it’s as cut and dried as that. He’s actually like most young players In their first year in the league. I’m not surprised that he and Dahlin wore down, either; the grind an 82 game NHL season is a real eye opener. While he needs to get stronger and I think he will, it may be a couple more seasons before he gains that “man strength” he needs. He’s very similar to Reinhart in that regard and it took Sam four seasons to mature. If he turns into another Connelly, I’d be ecstatic. Minus the concussion issues of course. Connelly could play the game at an extremely high level when healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 15 minutes ago, K-9 said: If he turns into another Connelly, I’d be ecstatic. Minus the concussion issues of course. Connelly could play the game at an extremely high level when healthy. Thanks, now I'm having flashbacks to that overtime "now do you believe" game against Ottawa. Connolly was a true stud in that game. Oh what could have been without a few shots to the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/jack-eichel-world-championship-team-usa/c-306865936 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 4 hours ago, K-9 said: Too much is made of Mitts being “forced” into a 2C role this season. Both Sobotka and especially ERod played more minutes in that role. I'm a Mitts fan. I think that he is going to be a good player. What was obvious to me is that he struggled as a second line or third line or fourth line center this season. Most rookies in his situation would gradually be eased into playing time. He got more ice time than his playing warranted. One of my points in the prior post is that because of the ROR departure he played a bigger role than he was ready for. A good follow-up question to my above comments is whether being thrust into a role than he wasn't quite ready for will it better have prepared him for the not too distant future or set back his development? I think that even with his struggles this rookie learning season will turn out to be beneficial for him. At least I hope for. 4 hours ago, plenzmd1 said: I admit I do this ..i can distinctly remember remarking on this here very board that ROR was obviously a cancer in the room as every team he was on stunk and the team got better when he was moved. That was when St Louis had fight in practice and was in last place and Yeo was getting fired within a week. I was obviously wrong, just don't tell @JohnC I have ever admitted to being wrong I very much value your opinion. When you say up----I say down. When you say go north----I say go south. When you say you like vanilla----I say I like chocolate. You are my invaluable barometer. Thank you for your service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Steve Yzerman is being named the GM of the Detroit Red Wings. Ken Holland will stay on as a senior Vice President (for now...). The Atlantic division is going brutal... we already have Tanpa, Boston and Toronto. Now the Panthers add Quenneville and the Red Wings add Yzerman. Buffalo better get their **** together, and quick, if we want any chance of competing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 As of now it looks like there should be a stream available (on YouTube) for tonight’s Amerks playoff game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeF Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I feel bad, but I am cheating on the Sabres with the Hurricanes during the playoffs.... yes, those Hurricanes, the Bunch of Jerks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockpile233 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 30 minutes ago, JoeF said: I feel bad, but I am cheating on the Sabres with the Hurricanes during the playoffs.... yes, those Hurricanes, the Bunch of Jerks GROSS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Great first period by the Amerks. They outshot Toronto 15-5 (and hit 3 or 4 posts). They were relentless on the forecheck. It’s 0-0 after 1 but the Amerks should’ve had a couple. Lets hope they continue this in the 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Amerks with four or five hit pipes and a couple yawning open nets missed and they find themselves down 2-0 after two. Hope they don’t get frustrated. They’ve been carrying the play pretty much the entire game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 3-0 Marlies with 8 minutes left. Doesn’t look like the Amerks will pull it off tonight. I wasnt aware that they have have never beaten the Marlies in the playoffs. They’ve played them twice and were swept both times. No no excuse this year. The Amerks were 5 games to 1 in the season series this year and they’re facing the Marlies 2 backup goalies this playoff series. Make that 4-0. Marlies just scored short handed. Rochester is falling apart now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 On April 18, 2019 at 11:26 AM, K-9 said: Per the bold text, I don’t know if it’s as cut and dried as that. He’s actually like most young players In their first year in the league. I’m not surprised that he and Dahlin wore down, either; the grind an 82 game NHL season is a real eye opener. While he needs to get stronger and I think he will, it may be a couple more seasons before he gains that “man strength” he needs. He’s very similar to Reinhart in that regard and it took Sam four seasons to mature. If he turns into another Connelly, I’d be ecstatic. Minus the concussion issues of course. Connelly could play the game at an extremely high level when healthy. Connelly and Ennis were too small and weak and that is Mitlestadt's trajectory. I get that Connelly's issues were noggin related but if not that it would have been something else. Your 72 year development plan for Mittlestadt is depressing. Must every single team in the NHL go from good to bad to good again before the Sabres win anything? There simply has to be something drastically wrong. I honestly think Seattle will make the playoffs before Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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