HogtownSabresfan
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Baptiste is no longer in the Sabres system. Dealt to Nashville.
Minor point. LOL
Baptiste is no longer in the Sabres system. Dealt to Nashville.
Really think he should be playing wing atmAlso: Mitts on the 4th line. Botts really needs to shore up his colossal failure at center.
Halfway there, and on pace for 100.
pretend the 10 game streak and 4 of 15 combined together for a fairly normal 14-11 record, and then it doesn't seem so hard.Except we won’t have another 10 game win streak.
Except we won’t have another 10 game win streak.
pretend the 10 game streak and 4 of 15 combined together for a fairly normal 14-11 record, and then it doesn't seem so hard.
I thought Vlad was solid and Sheary kept shitting the bedSo many times tonight Tage was creating something and Sobotka couldn't cash it in or complete the play. Okposo also looked like bad, that penalty was dumb and it could have cost us.
In other news Skinner is a god and if anyone is going to carry us out of this down-turn it will probably be him and our goal-tending (I still think they should start Ullmark more)
Except we won’t have another 10 game win streak.
Hate the way this organization is handling its prospects. Mittelstadt gets to play with a bunch of corpses that need to retire, sure hes had his own blunders but playing with a bunch of bums isn't helping (Elie, Pominville, Okposo). Pilut has been AMAZING and constantly gets the least amount of ice time or scratched for no reason (Antipin 2.o). All our forward callups going back to last year get the 3rd/4th line treatment, Smith/Olofsson/Nylander will be 30 before they ever see a scoring line when our team lacks secondary scoring...
The Pilut/Antipin comparisons are pretty off base, I think. Sure Pilut has been a healthy scratch a couple of games, but the team's defensive depth, even ignoring Pilut, is far improved from last season. Aside from Dahlin, Bogosian's been healthy and Beaulieu hasn't been a complete tirefire. Last year Antipin was being scratched in favor of guys like Tennyson or Fedun or Falk or Gorges. Maybe it would be a more apt comparison if Pilut were being scratched so Hunwick could play, but so far that hasn't been happening.
They are pretty off... Pilut is 547x better than Antipin wasI'd say they are 100% on base. Yes, Antipin was bench for clowns like Tennyson. However, Pilut is a bonafide top 4. Only an insane coach would bench him for Beaulieu. Yes, Beaulieu is far better than last year. He's still not better than Pilut
71 games played 16/17The team has shown they don't like putting inexperienced players into big roles right out of the gate. I don't think throwing the kids to the wolves rather than easing them into it is a recipe for long term success. Mitts was demoted because he's done almost nothing all season compared to what was expected of him.
Ever consider Pilut sees reduced ice time because he's never had to play so much hockey over the course of a season in his life? It's not something everyone can just adjust to no problem. Dahlin is showing signs of this in his play right now.
Baptiste is no longer in the Sabres system. Dealt to Nashville.