Pre-Game Talk: Buffalo vs. Montreal Dec 17th.

[Theodore450]

Sabres showing us a sad look at our own future

The similarities are crazy

 

[WeThreeKings]

The similarities are crazy

In that you'd have to be crazy to see them, sure.

 

[Be a Hab]

I truly believe Demidov, Fowler and Hutson will transform this team.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Win and the Habs are no longer last!

The Toilet Bowl TM

 

[Habs7631]

I truly believe Demidov, Fowler and Hutson will transform this team.

Add the top pick we’re gonna have this year, Beck, Reinbacher, Hage, Mailloux, Engstrom, Kapanen, Tuch, Florian, and Flames/Panthers 1st this year + a bunch of 2nds and 3rd. Lot of gloom and doom in this fanbase but future is looking bright.

 

[SwiftyHab]

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[RationalExpectations]

Add the top pick we’re gonna have this year, Beck, Reinbacher, Hage, Mailloux, Engstrom, Kapanen, Tuch, Florian, and Flames/Panthers 1st this year + a bunch of 2nds and 3rd. Lot of gloom and doom in this fanbase but future is looking bright.

Then you realize BUF had Ristolainen Eichel Reinhart Dahlin Mittlestadt Cozens Power Peterka in their lineup / prospect pool at one point. The future seemed so bright…

 

[WeThreeKings]

Then you realize BUF had Ristolainen Eichel Reinhart Dahlin Mittlestadt Cozens Power Peterka in their lineup / prospect pool at one point. The future seemed so bright…

And then you realize people felt Florida was another Buffalo/Ottawa.

 

[RationalExpectations]

And then you realize people felt Florida was another Buffalo/Ottawa.

Who felt that ? FLA traded for Bennett Tkachuk Reinhart rather than Wittings on their ….

 

[WeThreeKings]

Who felt that ? FLA traded for Bennett Tkachuk Reinhart rather than Wittings on their ….

A lot of people.

Look at that history man, come on. They drafted Barkov in the 2013 draft, meaning it took them 6 years from that draft to consistently make the playoffs.. before that they had been in the playoffs once in the last 13 years. They were in the playoffs twice in a 20 year span.

 

[Habs7631]

Then you realize BUF had Ristolainen Eichel Reinhart Dahlin Mittlestadt Cozens Power Peterka in their lineup / prospect pool at one point. The future seemed so bright…

Sure, the absolute worst case scenario could happen. As of right now I'm not sure what the point is in thinking about that. We have a great prospect pool and more coming along the way, damn bro just let me have fun.

 

[SwiftyHab]

A lot of people.

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Look at that history man, come on. They drafted Barkov in the 2013 draft, meaning it took them 6 years from that draft to consistently make the playoffs.. before that they had been in the playoffs once in the last 13 years. They were in the playoffs twice in a 20 year span.

Aint nobody got time for dat!

 

[LaP]

The similarities are crazy

Which similarities?

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[LaP]

A lot of people.

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Look at that history man, come on. They drafted Barkov in the 2013 draft, meaning it took them 6 years from that draft to consistently make the playoffs.. before that they had been in the playoffs once in the last 13 years. They were in the playoffs twice in a 20 year span.

Barkov was not the start of their rebuild though Gudbranson was in 2010. They drafted Huberdeau next in 2011 and then extended their window by trading him for Tkachuk.

That 2011-2012 playoffs participation was a total fluke. Their best scorer that year was Thomas Fleischman and their 2nd best Stephen Weiss (both middle six player as far as i'm concerned). It was a crappy team that made the playoffs on the back of top of the class goaltending.

Panthers draft history :

2010 3rd overall Erik Gudbranson
2011 3rd overall Huberdeau
2012 23rd Mike Matheson (the Jose Theodore cinderella run)
2013 2nd overall Barkov
2014 1st overall Ekblad

Their rebuild ended there but they made the playoffs in 2016 only but like you said started to win for real in 2020. Now i hope our rebuild will be faster but anybody expecting result after 3 drafts is out for launch big time.

 

[HuGort]

A lot of people.

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Look at that history man, come on. They drafted Barkov in the 2013 draft, meaning it took them 6 years from that draft to consistently make the playoffs.. before that they had been in the playoffs once in the last 13 years. They were in the playoffs twice in a 20 year span.

Florida made the big trade what put them over. Same as Vegas. If either of those clubs don't make that deal they gone early in playoffs