Speculation: Sabres Roster Speculation - Pre-season 2023 Edition

[Sabresbyswords104]

Dahlin Extension soon ?

 

[alehman42]

for decades, eklund has had a reputation for blowing smoke and casting a wide net with loose generalizations. You said earlier i should ignore your eklund posts and i will moving forward, but you should be aware that any mention of eklund on HFboards is going to be met with this kind of a response. Almost always. HIs rumors can be fun to talk about, but not worth putting any stock into.

I've been posting his stuff here since 2013 and been getting the exact same responses as yours -- I'm sure you've said the same thing to me before.

Even when he just reports that teams are talking about a player, which can never be disproven, people go bonkers and can't help posting about how much they think he sucks, like anyone hasn't heard that a million times.

I'll say this about Eklund:

Bob McKenzie has given him credit for breaking a couple trades, and the two seemed to have a good relationship when Bob was more active. Eklund blows a ton of smoke, but I do think he gets wind of legit information from time to time. The problem is that it's nearly impossible to tell what's real from what's nonsense.

What evidence do you have that he's doing nothing more than making hundreds of claims until something sticks?

Because in my view, the way you get credibility as an insider is by making claims and being correct about them. And his rate is atrocious, so you must be using some other metric.

Ty Anderson (currently at 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston, formerly at HockeyBuzz from 2010-2018) is a former student of mine. We played in the same fantasy league for a couple years while he was at HockeyBuzz, and based on what Ty has said, Eklund had zero insider sources with teams at that time. It was a big coup for Ty just to be recognized by the Bruins as a legitimate journalist and given press credentials.

Eklund's business model was to read *everything* he could find about team needs, transaction rumors, etc., and make predictions that, while not based on any hard information, were well-educated guesses. So he was completely wrong a lot, but he was right (or at least partially right) often enough that people would read his website.

I think Eklund's mistake is how he presents his predictions with too much certainty; that generates backlash when he's wrong. Tim Dierkes over at MLBTradeRumors.com had the same strategy, but he'd always couch things as "I'm hearing rumors", or "an anonymous source tells us", etc., and that generated enough traffic - without destroying his credibility - that MLBTradeRumors has become a fairly legitimate baseball news website.

Tl;dr: Eklund's just like any HFBoards power user: he reads a shitload of hockey news and makes predictions based on what he's read.

 

[Zman5778]

Dahlin Extension soon ?

He's still on vacation. Patience.

 

[Mattilaus]

He's still on vacation. Patience.

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

for decades, eklund has had a reputation for blowing smoke and casting a wide net with loose generalizations. You said earlier i should ignore your eklund posts and i will moving forward, but you should be aware that any mention of eklund on HFboards is going to be met with this kind of a response. Almost always. HIs rumors can be fun to talk about, but not worth putting any stock into.

The first thing I learned posting here is that no one respects an Eklund rumor it’s not even worth discussing them.

 

[TehDoak]

He definitely got played by Adams & Co in a likely attempt to push the Vegas deal over the finish line.

‘Played’ lol.

All that rumor did was burn bridges with Calgary. It was so transparently obvious what was happening. Buffalo was desperate to get the deal done before Eichels tell all interview with Lebrun the next day.

 

[MOGlLNY]

‘Played’ lol.

All that rumor did was burn bridges with Calgary. It was so transparently obvious what was happening. Buffalo was desperate to get the deal done before Eichels tell all interview with Lebrun the next day.

Ugh

 

[TehDoak]

Given the volume of good depth UFAs still out there:

Thank You - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

Thank you for the amazing 9 years

www.capfriendly.com

(Jones/Bear/Nemeth/Pysyk, not even including Dumba)

If Adams is hoping to extract some kind of value out of one of Lybushkin/Bryson/Joker...I'm not sure the market is there. Joker might get some play because of his age...but its not going to be a good return.

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

If KA decides there are too many bodies, either D or G, the market will be there by November when guys start to get injured around the league. Might even be by the end of camps.

 

[Asymmetric Solution]

He definitely got played by Adams & Co in a likely attempt to push the Vegas deal over the finish line.

I still think this was Kevyn trying to scare Eichel into essentially, in Eichel’s mind, getting sent to Siberia. We know Eichel would throw a fit playing in Canada.

 

[RWatson29]

The first thing I learned posting here is that no one respects an Eklund rumor it’s not even worth discussing them.

E5

 

[Zman5778]

Moved a bunch of goalie content to the goalie thread, where it belongs.

 

[Chainshot]

Moved a bunch of goalie content to the goalie thread, where it belongs.

Beat me too it.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Hello friends, not sure this is the correct spot or not. But curious, what is the projection for Krebs next season and how do you see his usage?

 

[OkimLom]

Hello friends, not sure this is the correct spot or not. But curious, what is the projection for Krebs next season and how do you see his usage?

It will depend on how Granato sees the lineup. I think it will happen in two ways.

Granato has the option of starting Krebs on a secondary scoring line with Cozens and Peterka adding a further quality role player for that line as that line will be missing Quinn (due to injury/surgery). I think this would be my preferred option, as I fear the other option of Oloffson playing in this spot could happen.

Or, Krebs will be kept on a line he played on for a good portion of the year as he will run with Okposo and Girgensons.

With Buffalo running back the same forward core, I can see Krebs having the same usage and role to begin the year. Then, if things don’t work out I can see tweaks.

 

[Club]

Hello friends, not sure this is the correct spot or not. But curious, what is the projection for Krebs next season and how do you see his usage?

Welcome to the Sabres sub, you beautiful sunflower

 

[Dirty Dog]

Beat me too it.

You’re getting slow in your old modding days

 

[thewookie1]

‘Played’ lol.

All that rumor did was burn bridges with Calgary. It was so transparently obvious what was happening. Buffalo was desperate to get the deal done before Eichels tell all interview with Lebrun the next day.

New GM now, for starters

 

[Zman5778]

You’re getting slow in your old modding days

He's not that much older than I am, ya know.

 

[Tatanka]

He's not that much older than I am, ya know.

Its not the years but rather the tough miles.

 

[Djp]

He's called plenty over the years -- if you don't read him, how do you even know? He's wrong a lot, but so is Kevin Weekes.

He just reports on which teams are talking but he usually doesn't have many details. He's been consistently reporting on Calgary and Buffalo talking for a while now, and others have too.

In the past eklund seemed to have some connections in Philadelphia and a few other places.

given his accuracy rate a broken clock is more accurate.

I understand Hanifin went through USA development but he doesn’t fit what Buffalo needs and he is going to ask fir too much as a UFA.

a RD just makes more sense if they are targeting something.

 

[Chainshot]

You’re getting slow in your old modding days

I have COVID and haven’t been awake most of the day.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

Hope you get better soon

 

[Dirty Dog]

I have COVID and haven’t been awake most of the day.

Been there twice. Not fun at all

 

[MarkusKetterer]

I have COVID and haven’t been awake most of the day.

You say Covid, I say laziness :p

Feel better soon anyway