Who's Better New Jersey Or Buffalo ?

[Gjman2019]

I don''t have a long essay to type here, i just want to know who you guys think is better and why ?

In other words who's team would you rather have ?

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[Goptor]

I don''t have a long essay to type here, i just want to know who you guys think is better and why ?

In other words who's team would you rather have ?

Kevyn Adams

 

[viper0220]

New Jersey because they have good players in every position.

 

[Gjman2019]

New Jersey because they have good players in every position.

What position do you think the Sabres don't have good players ? Assuming that's what you mean....I don't mean to put words in your mouth.......

 

[zenthusiast]

only one was able to Harness the Thompson

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

New Jersey AINEC

Buffalo's management is awful.

 

[Xirik]

Nobody is going to say Buffalo until they figure out how not to be a disappointment each season. How many people have been burned saying they are going to do great but then somehow the Sabres find a way to destroy themselves.

If they make it to the playoffs this season I will actually think about this question if you bring it up again.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

New Jersey’s bottom 6 forwards are meh but Buffalo’s defense is very young.

NJ has an experienced starter Markstrom of 485 games + 26 playoff games, Buffalo’s starter Luukkonen has 100 NHL games of experience.

 

[dgibb10]

What position do you think the Sabres don't have good players ? Assuming that's what you mean....I don't mean to put words in your mouth.......

RHD.

I'd take the devils top 6 pretty easily and the devils defense.

I'm a very big fan of Malenstyn and Mcleod so I'll give the edge to Buffalo's bottom 6

 

[Aladyyn]

RHD.

I'd take the devils top 6 pretty easily and the devils defense.

I'm a very big fan of Malenstyn and Mcleod so I'll give the edge to Buffalo's bottom 6

Dahlin plays on the right side and is the best defenseman between the 2 teams

 

[Gjman2019]

Lindy and UPL should give them a much better coach/goaltending combination then they've had in recent years , imo..........That should help quite a bit...

I think NJ has the better top 6 though......I would think they should be a regular season offensive machine under Keefe......

 

[Aladyyn]

F:
Hughes>Tage
Bratt>Peterka
Hischier>Cozens
After that I think we're pretty competitive and might even give us an edge (Tuch/Quinn/Zucker about a wash with Meier/Mercer/Palát)

D:
Dahlin>Hamilton
Power>whoever you wanna say is gonna be the Devils 2D
After that it's Devils AINEC

G:
As fans of both teams will tell you, goaltending can and will make or break your season. The Devils seem to get a new guy every other year in hopes of fixing it and it never works. I think this is where the Sabres have a big advantage.

Overall I would prefer to have the Devils team (objectively, subjectively you can take Dahlin from my cold dead hands) but I think there's a good chance we do better this season.

 

[Xirik]

F:
Hughes>Tage
Bratt>Peterka
Hischier>Cozens
After that I think we're pretty competitive and might even give us an edge (Tuch/Quinn/Zucker about a wash with Meier/Mercer/Palát)

D:
Dahlin>Hamilton
Power>whoever you wanna say is gonna be the Devils 2D
After that it's Devils AINEC

G:
As fans of both teams will tell you, goaltending can and will make or break your season. The Devils seem to get a new guy every other year in hopes of fixing it and it never works. I think this is where the Sabres have a big advantage.

Overall I would prefer to have the Devils team (objectively, subjectively you can take Dahlin from my cold dead hands) but I think there's a good chance we do better this season.

I agree though Dahlin and Hamilton are very different type of defenseman with the only thing in common being their title of "defenseman"

the 2D would probably be Pesce

 

[VaCaps Fan]

toss up...

 

[TageGod]

F:
Hughes>Tage
Bratt>Peterka
Hischier>Cozens
After that I think we're pretty competitive and might even give us an edge (Tuch/Quinn/Zucker about a wash with Meier/Mercer/Palát)

D:
Dahlin>Hamilton
Power>whoever you wanna say is gonna be the Devils 2D
After that it's Devils AINEC

G:
As fans of both teams will tell you, goaltending can and will make or break your season. The Devils seem to get a new guy every other year in hopes of fixing it and it never works. I think this is where the Sabres have a big advantage.

Overall I would prefer to have the Devils team (objectively, subjectively you can take Dahlin from my cold dead hands) but I think there's a good chance we do better this season.

Sounds pretty good overall. Sabres also have Byram and Samuelsson that are top 4D when playing well. They also have really good overall depth, so I don't think it's so cut and dry.

 

[dgibb10]

F:
Hughes>Tage
Bratt>Peterka
Hischier>Cozens
After that I think we're pretty competitive and might even give us an edge (Tuch/Quinn/Zucker about a wash with Meier/Mercer/Palát)

D:
Dahlin>Hamilton
Power>whoever you wanna say is gonna be the Devils 2D
After that it's Devils AINEC

G:
As fans of both teams will tell you, goaltending can and will make or break your season. The Devils seem to get a new guy every other year in hopes of fixing it and it never works. I think this is where the Sabres have a big advantage.

Overall I would prefer to have the Devils team (objectively, subjectively you can take Dahlin from my cold dead hands) but I think there's a good chance we do better this season.

Pesce, Hughes>Power

 

[Gorskyontario]

Are people still pretending Owen Power has arrived? He's absolutely awful defensively.

 

[NVious]

Buffalo is due, they're gonna have a good year this year.

 

[Kaners PPGs]

I read so many posts from Buffalo fans last year criticizing the compete and overall heart of the Sabres. I question whether the core of Buffalo has what it takes to ultimately win. Maybe guys like Power, Cozens, and Thompson learn that over time. I know the Devils played hard but poor goaltending and inexperienced blueline play held them back last season. To answer the question, right now it is NJ and it's not remotely close.

 

[Chainshot]

Jersey. Their top two centers performed better last year, they get their #1 D back from injury, finally made moves to address their goaltending after years of not AND they got rid of Travis Green.

 

[Jerzey Devil]

New Jersey because we don’t have to deal with some crazy curse put on the state’s sports teams.

 

[Aladyyn]

Pesce, Hughes>Power

And then you woke up

Are people still pretending Owen Power has arrived? He's absolutely awful defensively.

No but apparently some people are still pretending Owen Power isn't a great player for some reason?

 

[FerrisRox]

I don''t have a long essay to type here, i just want to know who you guys think is better and why ?

In other words who's team would you rather have ?

New Jersey is better by a considerable margin.

 

[Warden of the North]

I mean it's the Devil's and it's not really that close.

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

New Jersey AINEC

Buffalo's management is awful.

IMO - it starts with ownership. Pegula's a hack. As a Hawks fan who lived with $Bill for a long time - you recognize that stench from the top anywhere. AZ had it with Merulo, NYI had it with Wang, TB had it with just about everyone pre-Vinik. Almost impossible to overcome that.

EDIT: And for the original question - the core of the NJ team when they got adequate goaltending was a 110 point team and won a play-off round. That gives them this comparison AINEC until the Sabres prove that they can pull it together for an 82 game season.