And then of course Buffalo drafted a Fin! Haha. We would never do that. Moving up would have perhaps gotten them Adam Jiricek. He had knee surgery. I suspect they were out on him. Still surprised they didn’t trade down.Just a bit from the Sabres' Embedded video, they had something worked out around 43OA for Malenstyn and also were looking at swapping 14 and 17 instead, they had the 43OA deal discrete from the other but Adams asked that it be that instead but MacLellan decided to stay put.
Mahoney said after the draft they thought they knew who the 1st "14 or 15" picks were going to be, don't think it would have been JiricekAnd then of course Buffalo drafted a Fin! Haha. We would never do that. Moving up would have perhaps gotten them Adam Jiricek. He had knee surgery. I suspect they were out on him. Still surprised they didn’t trade down.
Well, we should *definitely* be harder to play against, wrt ability to score. I’d wager other teams will be on their heals quite a bit more, due to the roster upgrades.
As far as physicality? Assuming Oshie DOES play….. then the only one that was truly meaningful, that is going out, is Beck. Maybe you could argue NAK a little bit, but that’s it. Certainly not Kuz, nor MaxPac, nor Mantha, nor Jensen. None of them.
Of the incoming players, Roy def hits more than Jensen. Like a lot. The 2 new 4th liners are hitters. As is Mangiapane (and even PLD), to an extent more than all outgoing forwards, save Beck.
I think you will like Roy. Even Chychrun is supposed to have an “edge” to his game. But we will see.Thanks - I think you gotta have a thumper on D otherwise forwards will try and do anything without fear. I have said it a hundred times, I need hitting in the regular season to keep me focused. Again thanks for the feedback I know zilch of the new guys.
Some of us ahem unnamed old timers are slow to adapt to the modern day definition of being difficult to play against. I know its all about mobility skating and pace now, but do think nothing stops all 3 dead in their tracks like a blueliner stepping up on some unsuspecting punk at the blueline.I think you will like Roy. Even Chychrun is supposed to have an “edge” to his game. But we will see.
I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
I certainly hope so!
You have to balance it and the game changes constantly. Definitely different game from when we won the cup (yikes).This team top to bottom just plays better when we play the heavy game. They always seemed to turn it on when we started hitting everything and playing the body to the point that I always was asking myself while watching games why they'd take the foot off the gas and stopped playing the body over the years. I hope we aren't passing up hits in the regular season and amp it up in the playoffs.
Exactly. In the playoffs, it matters!I’m thinking the “heavy game” takes a toll on those dishing it out — over 82 games — be those taking it. They get one game and move on. We get one game and have to then strap on for the next.
It’s not sustainable over 82.
But it IS sustainable over 7, then 14, then 21, then 28!