The 2024-2025 Roster Thread

[toddkaz]

Can we please get Joker and Bryson off this team already. Sheesh.

 

[Der Jaeger]

If you’re looking to change the loser mentality of this franchise I can think of few players worse for that than Brady Tkachuk.

Guy is a massive loser with better PR because of his last name.

Could say a lot of the same about Eichel.

 

[Ace]

Could say a lot of the same about Eichel.

Only if you never watched either play. People think Tkachuk is a difference maker because his brother is one. He’s a perpetual loser, a hothead and the worst leader in the league. I’ve watched him be the cause of failure in every spot he’s played in.

Eichel was good.

 

[Mattilaus]

Something I have found encouraging, the different ways we have won this season so far. We have had nights where our stars sucked and depth has picked up the slack, we have had nights where our D sucked but our goaltending has stolen the game, we have grinded out low scoring defensive games, etc.

Good teams aren't always firing on all cynlinders but their parts allow them to win games in other ways. Star players not scoring in NY? Well Sheshty can make up for it for tonight. Oettinger having an off night in Dallas? Well, they will just score 7 goals to make up for it. Third game in 4 nights for the Panthers? Well they're capable of shifting gears and playing a stifling, defensive, low energy game for the win. The Sabres are starting to look like a team that has contingencies on nights where not everything is going at 100%.

I am not all the way back in yet, but it is encouraging and I am dipping my toe back in the pool

This is what I get for being even mildly optimistic. Sorry guys, my B.

 

[Fjordy]

Here is who I wouldn’t trade

Benson

That is the end of my list.

My list is a few people longer and includes Benson, but basically, yeah. But Kevyn Adams won't do any of that, so no chance.

 

[jc17]

It's been mentioned in the kreider talk that we need a better net-front presence.

Looking back at the past few years of stats, this team has by far the biggest gap between shot attempt differential, and "high danger" differential.

I wonder if the Dahlin, Byram, and Power given room to roam a bit in the ozone is having an effect on forwards leaving the net. For as bad as we are at getting high danger chances, we're near the top of the league at HD chances from defensemen.


This table shows the percent of Sabres shot attempts that are considered high danger when the player is on the ice. There seems to be a theme: