Player Discussion Jack Quinn, RW (8th overall, 2020): Named AHL Rookie of the Year

Fjordy

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Can you imagine how mad we would be if Adams had signed Quinn to a long term extension prior to the season?
He couldn't get big money and a term because of his health, or rather he shouldn't have, Adams could of course have given him such a contract. It's good that he didn't give it.
 
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Do y'all remember when we couldn't wait to get rid of that bust Casey Mittlestatt, or when we were willing to trade the horrible Tage Thompson for a bag of pucks? I don't know what caused me to think of that but it just popped in my head randomly.
 

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Do y'all remember when we couldn't wait to get rid of that bust Casey Mittlestatt, or when we were willing to trade the horrible Tage Thompson for a bag of pucks? I don't know what caused me to think of that but it just popped in my head randomly.
Maybe you are assuming we want Quinn out the door already and still expect him to excel?

I still have full confidence in Quinn. You don't lose the ability to think the game well, and you don't lose that shot.
 

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Maybe you are assuming we want Quinn out the door already and still expect him to excel?

I still have full confidence in Quinn. You don't lose the ability to think the game well, and you don't lose that shot.
Not calling anyone out in particular but just responding to overreact to slumps or stalls in development. I could have posted this in the Cozens thread as well. Before Mitts and Thompson it was Reinhart. I have been a fan of the Sabres long enough and been on these boards long enough to see this happen to tons of players early in their development.
 
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Not calling anyone out in particular but just responding to overreact to slumps or stalls in development. I could have posted this in the Cozens thread as well. Before Mitts and Thompson it was Reinhart. I have been a fan of the Sabres long enough and been on these boards long enough to see this happen to tons of players early in their development.
The problem here is that we don't have time to wait, it's not a rebuilding or development season, Adams seems to be in the hot seat already, and Lindy needs good players to get to the playoffs. This doesn't mean Adams should trade Quinn, we just need to at least understand why Quinn is playing poorly and try to fix it, of course, this should be done mainly by the coaching staff and Jack himself.
 

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He needs a stint in the press box because he is just dreadful at this point, as in "has no business being on an NHL roster" bad. It's a real shame he can't be sent down because honestly it would be the single best thing for him at this point.
 
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Not calling anyone out in particular but just responding to overreact to slumps or stalls in development. I could have posted this in the Cozens thread as well. Before Mitts and Thompson it was Reinhart. I have been a fan of the Sabres long enough and been on these boards long enough to see this happen to tons of players early in their development.
Yeah. It's almost like we have a problem where we keep putting young players into positions they aren't ready for and can't succeed at, over and over. And we never learn and we just keep doing it.

Maybe we should try having competent NHL players in those positions on the roster, so that the young guys can play in development leagues or in lesser NHL positions until they are ready?

It would be easy to have competent NHL players in those positions if we stopped trading them away after spending years developing them.
 
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Yeah. It's almost like we have a problem where we keep putting young players into positions they aren't ready for and can't succeed at, over and over. And we never learn and we just keep doing it.

Maybe we should try having competent NHL players in those positions on the roster, so that the young guys can play in development leagues or in lesser NHL positions until they are ready?

It would be easy to have competent NHL players in those positions if we stopped trading them away after spending years developing them.
it's looking that way
 

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