Roster Thread (2023-2024 Season)

[Doug Prishpreed]

Tonight should more or less end any playoff hopes for Buffalo this season.

 

[debaser66]

He played on average, more minutes last season in his rookie year. He had about 2 shifts per game more than he's had this year. He's played less PP minutes, playing more minutes on the PK.

He's slightly more physical this year, he's Blocked a ton of shots this year compared to last year, he's giving the puck away more this year, than last and is taking away the puck less.

He's not having that much of a Sophomore slump. It's just who he is.

Its not like he is 30 years old

 

[Jimmybarndoor2]

Tonight should more or less end any playoff hopes for Buffalo this season.

Cmon

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

He's absolutely amazed at the concept of people aging.

 

[Zman5778]

He does seem to have stalled in his development. He may not be worse, but he sure ain’t getting better.

25 games into his 2nd season and his development has "stalled"?

Development. Is. Not. Linear. Especially for defensemen.

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

25 games into his 2nd season and his development has "stalled"?

Development. Is. Not. Linear. Especially for defensemen.

For this 25 game chunk he has regressed in my eyes, which indicates that his development is currently stuck in neutral at best. I didn’t say that would be the case forever.

Cmon

Have you looked at our points percentage? Almost every team has games in hand.

If we lose this one, we’re getting into territory where it would take a once-in-a-generation statistical outlier of a season for us to make the playoffs.

 

[OkimLom]

25 games into his 2nd season and his development has "stalled"?

Development. Is. Not. Linear. Especially for defensemen.

You're right, development is not linear. Being "Stalled" in development doesn't mean, he's done. I would say his development is stalled, not because of Power himself (solely), but because the coaching staff is pretty bad in developing players overall.

I would say he's shown very very minimal "improvement" in his play from his college days, to his first year last season to now. He's handled his game the exact same way from even before he was drafted. His physical skills and traits are pretty much where he started with.

 

[zenthusiast]

Power will still be a very good player but I think it’s fair to say his defensive development has stagnated

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

Power will still be a very good player but I think it’s fair to say his defensive development has stagnated

Apparently we're not allowed to say that after 25 games.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Yay! Only a tanking team is worse

 

[zenthusiast]

Apparently we're not allowed to say that after 25 games.

words mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people, but I think most would agree when looking beyond the semantics

 

[joshjull]

They just showed him a video breakdown of the last several games.

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

words mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people, but I think most would agree when looking beyond the semantics

Not really - most people are on the same page that saying someone has stalled doesn’t imply that he’s permanently stalled and is a bust. Only one person is interpreting it in that nonsensical way.

 

[Jimmybarndoor2]

Not really - most people are on the same page that saying someone has stalled doesn’t imply that he’s permanently stalled and is a bust. Only one person is interpreting it in that nonsensical way.

Cmon. Holy hyperbole

 

[Team Cozens]

Ehhhhh, I don't really see the need to upgrade in the net unless it's a definitive upgrade to a legit #1 NHL goalie. And there isn't one available, nor has there been one available to go get. Maybe possibly Helle was available at some point this summer, but I want(ed) no part of that extension he signed.

UPL has been providing us league-average goaltending, if not ever so slightly above. I don't see any reason to upgrade there unless it's a substantial upgrade. Comrie is fine as the backup.

I do like the idea of Sturm, certainly. He'd be a really nice 3rd/4th line center who can actually win faceoffs and would be a solid add to the PK.

Duclair seems redundant to me, especially when (if?) we get healthy. All offense, no defense speedster. In fact, he's probably a fair bit worse in his own zone than a lot of what we're trotting out there now (unless he's improved since last I saw him).

Ya, Comrie and his .857 save percentage isn't giving me any warm and fuzy feelings.

 

[toddkaz]

delete

 

[My Cozen Dylan]

Kev needs to get on the phone with Calgary and get Coleman and Tanev.

 

[stokes84]

Petekra should have some decent trade value. Although I wouldn’t trust KA to fix the build. But we just have too many of the same exact types of players.

 

[OkimLom]

Petekra should have some decent trade value. Although I wouldn’t trust KA to fix the build. But we just have too many of the same exact types of players.

It’s not that we have too many of the exact type of players that is wrong, but that we have too many of the same type of players that just aren’t effective in winning games.

having the right type of player that plays effective winning hockey is how the best in the league continue to win.

They just showed him a video breakdown of the last several games.

It’s that PTSD meme with the dog staring at the cupcakes

 

[CaliSabresfan24]

 

[Beerz]

I don't care if we have the 1st Overall Pick ... We better be trading our 1st Round pick for an upgrade this summer.

 

[GellMann]

Power will still be a very good player but I think it’s fair to say his defensive development has stagnated

He had some outrageous moments tonight. Not in a good way

 

[Ace]

I don't care if we have the 1st Overall Pick ... We better be trading our 1st Round pick for an upgrade this summer.

You’ll get your sub 6 foot scoring winger in the draft and you will like it

 

[Bufbro]

You’ll get your sub 6 foot scoring winger in the draft and you will like it

I love how people default to height as the problem. Smh

 

[Beerz]