Donnerstag, 17. Oktober 2013
Dienstag, 1. Oktober 2013
Sabres Schedule Wallpaper -October 2013-
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Freitag, 29. März 2013
Sabres Schedule Wallpaper -April 2013-
Hey Guys and Girls,
here is the new wallpaper for the month of April. Since the chances are pretty good, that this will be the last Sabres Schedule Wallpaper until october, I thought I gotta honour Thomas Vanek for his great season.
Thomas Vanek - Sabres Wallpaper april 2013
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Donnerstag, 21. März 2013
Let’s talk about rebuild baby
The
2012/2013 NHL season, which actually is a 2013 NHL season only, has passed mit
midway point and the Sabres aren’t looking like a team that is going to ride a
bus through Buffalo come june in order to present a big trophy. In the past 2
years the Sabres started good, continued terrible and finished strong. This
year it’s not really the case.
I really
thought that I would never say that, but I have reached the “hopefully they
lose every game” point. Not because I hate the team, not because I wanna see
them get crushed out there, no, it’s because I want a high draft pick. In this
years NHL Entry Draft, there are at least 3 players who could have an impact on
an NHL team right away. MacKinnon, Jones and Drouin. I want one of those 3
players in a Sabre sweater next year. And the biggest chance to get one of
these, is finished somewhere in the area of 30th place.
I don’t
wanna say the Sabres need a fresh start, but they have to change many things to
be a contender. They added grit to the team prior to this season, however it didn’t
really pay off. So let’s take a look at the Sabres Roster as of now. I will
focus on the “bigger players.”
Unrestricted Free
Agents
Robyn
Regehr, Jordan Leopold, Adam Pardy, Jochen Hecht, Alexander Sulzer, John
Scott
Here is
what I would do. The Sabres gotta find a way to trade Regehr and Leopold.
Apparently there have been scouts from LA watching a lot sabres games lately
and Regehr seems to be the main target. If you can move Regehr for a pick and
maybe a player that would be a great deal
for Buffalo.
Interesting
side-note. Jordan Nolan is a prospect of the LA Kings. Nolan? Yes it’s the son
of former Sabres Coach Ted Nolan.
Jordan Leopold should be moved as well. Let’s hope for a pick
in return here.
Adam Pardy could be resigned but same goes for Sulzer. Sulzer could be the cheaper
DMen and is very reliable as well.
Jochen Hecht and John
Scott will not wear a Sabres uniform next year. I wish the Sabres would
find a job for Hecht somewhere in the organization. He has been a hated player
this year but people should not forget what he did for this franchise.
Restricted Free
Agents
Cody
Hodgson, Mike Weber, Luke Adam, Brian Flynn, Corey Tropp, Jhonas Enroth
Sabres need
to resign Hodgson, however I hope
the GM is able to hammer down a deal that makes sense for both sides. I am
hoping for a 2 or 3 year deal for Hodgson around 7.5 for 2y or 10.5 for 3y.
Everything above that would be overpayment. Hodgson had a great season so far
but don’t forget by the end of this season he still only has 139 NHL games and
something around 75-80 points.
In January
2009 Jordan Staal signed a contract
with Pittsburgh as his Entry Level Contract
was about to expire. He signed a 4y deal worth 16 million dollar with a cap hit
of 4mio dollar.
At that
point, Staal had 204 games NHL for 91 points.
At that point he was already a very good all-around forward, something you can
not say about Hodgson yet. Staal was even nominated for the Selke Trophy along with Pavel
Datsyuk and Ryan
Kesler, which is awarded
annually to the best defensive forward in the league. So if Staal got 4
million at that point, there is no way they should pay Hodgson much more.
Give Hodgson a 2 or 3 contract and reward him with the big contract
after that.
Mike Weber should be resigned as
well. Currently has a cap hit of 950k. Reasonable for a new contract would be a
cap hit that is somewhere around 1.0 – 1.5 million dollar.
Luke Adam will probably a part the
Sabres would like to throw into a deadline deal. He has no future in Buffalo.
Flynn, Tropp and Enroth should all be resigned as well. Tropp and Enroth could be
both in the same area as Weber.
Free Agency
I have 3
main targets for this years Free Agency.
Ryan Clowe, Rob Scuderi and David Clarkson.
Ryan Clowe
has not scored this year but still is a nasty forward like Steve Ott. He still
has a scoring upside and could be a nice fit in Buffalo.
Rob Scuderi
has won 2 cups with LA and Pittsburgh. This guy could be the veteran the Sabres
need on D if they trade Regehr and Leopold.
David
Clarkson, is a big forward that has improved his offensive skills a lot in the
past. Can you imagine a line of Clowe-Ott-Clarkson in Buffalo. They would be
the fan facourite line from day 1.
Another
player I would trade away is Nathan Gerbe. However his value might not be that
high at the moment so maybe he needs to be waived after this season.
However it is likely that San Jose and th Devils will try to sign their players or trade them. Especially since the Devils don't wanna lose another player for nothing, like Parise last summer.
If that's the case, Sekera could be in the mix as well.
2013 Entry Draft
My Main
Target is Jonathan Drouin. This kid
has put up insane number sin the QMJHL and continued to do so, even when Nathan
MacKinnon was injured. So he isn’t just feeding of him, he creates fantastic
plays himself.
My 2013/2014 Sabres
Team:
LW
|
Vanek, Thomas
|
6.400.000
|
RW
|
Pominville, Jason
|
5.500.000
|
LW/RW
|
Leino, Ville
|
4.000.000
|
C
|
Grigorenko, Mi.
|
925.000
|
LW/C
|
Ott, Steve
|
3.200.000
|
C/LW
|
Ennis, Tyler
|
3.062.000
|
C
|
Hodgson, Cody
|
3.500.000
|
RW
|
Kaleta, Patrick
|
1.250.000
|
LW
|
Foligno, Marcus
|
900.000
|
RW
|
David Clarkson
|
4.000.000
|
LW
|
Clowe, Ryan
|
2.000.000
|
LW
|
Jonathan Drouin
|
925.000
|
C
|
Kevin Porter
|
900.000
|
RW
|
Tropp, Corey
|
1.500.000
|
D
|
Myers, Tyler
|
6.000.000
|
D
|
Ehrhoff, Christian
|
4.000.000
|
D
|
Sekera, Andrej
|
1.750.000
|
D
|
Weber, Mike
|
1.500.000
|
D
|
Pysyk, Mark
|
900000
|
D
|
Scuderi, Rob
|
3.000.000
|
D
|
Sulzer, Alexander
|
725000
|
G
|
Miller, Ryan
|
6.250.000
|
G
|
Enroth, Jhonas
|
1.500.000
|
Salary Cap
|
63.687.000
|
2013/2014
Lineup
Vanek-Hodgson-Pominville
Drouin-Grigorenko-Leino
Clowe-Ott-Clarkson
Foligno-Ennis-Kaleta/Tropp
Myers-Erhoff
Sekera-Weber
Scuderi-Pysyk
McNabb-Sulzer
Miller-Enroth
Dienstag, 26. Februar 2013
Sabres Schedule Wallpaper -March 2013-
Hey Guys and Girls,
I know this season has been terrible so far but I hope you still wanna know when the Sabres play. So here is the new Sabres Schedule Wallpaper for the month of march. If you follow me on twitter, you already knew who the coverboy would be this month. Let's hope he will bring many cups to town ...
Mikhail Grigorenko - Sabres Wallpaper March 2013
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Mittwoch, 20. Februar 2013
Lindy Ruff fired
I dunno
what to say, I dunno what to think. The Buffalo Sabres have fired Lindy Ruff.
562-452-84-78. Those numbers will be Lindy Ruff’s final numbers as a coach of
the Buffalo Sabres. You always knew, that one day, he will not be the coach of
the Sabres, but now that the day has come you are still stunned.
I could use
this moment to say that the Sabres have been an up and down team for the past
few years. That they have played terrible this year and that Ruff is the one to
blame for it. I am not going to do that. I wanna use this post to say thanks to Lindy
Ruff.
Many of you
wanted to see him gone as of late and if the step they made today is the right
one, will be shown in the future. However there is 1 thing you can say about
Lindy Ruff. Lindy Ruff is bleeding blue and gold. With every fiber of his body
he is suffering if the team plays bad. He wanted to win the Stanley Cup. Now
you can say that everyone in the NHL wants that, but if you look at Lindy Ruff,
he wanted to win it with Buffalo. You could have told him. Lindy go to
Pittsburgh or Detroit and win a Cup and still he would have said: “I wanna win
it in Buffalo”.
Lindy Ruff
would always defend his team and take the blame first. If one of his players
would go down after a dirty play like Drury back when he got hit Neil, Ruff
wouldn’t just shut up and let the league handle it. When Miller got ran over by
Lucic and Tootoo, Ruff addressed the media and found strong words to address the
situation.
Fans from
other teams would always say Ruff is always whining while we in Buffalo knew,
he is fighting for the team he loves, for the team he wants to be successful
with. This success was not there in the past few years and that lead to the
step the Sabres made today.
Ruff is no
longer the coach, but I will have mixed feelings. It’s said to see him go as I
always thought he loves my team as much as I do, while it’s exciting to look
down the road and what future might have in store for the Sabres.
The Sabres didn’t
only lose a coach today, they lost an icon. Maybe one day Lindy will be back in
the #Sabres family in a different position. I would welcome him with a smile.
Booing is not the answer
Although the Buffalo Sabres improved their play a little over the past 7 days,
they are still losing games and they still making simple mistakes over and over
again. The people at the FNC made their voice heard after the 2nd
period against the Boston Bruins on February 15th. After a terrible period
that saw the Bruins going off leading by 1 goal, the Sabres were booed off the
ice. In the third they came back and won 4:2 against the enemy from Massachusetts.
So now that opens a question. Is booing something fans should do, if they
aren’t happy with the way the team is playing? Steve Ott responded on Twitter.
“I know it's easy to Boo plays from the stands but ill
tell you its really inspiring when the crowd chants "Lets Go Buffalo" #Sabres #7thMan“
Steve Ott
developed into a fan favorite very quickly in Buffalo but some fans did not like
this comment with joy.
Is booing a
thing that forces the team to hit another gear? If you ask me, the answer is
easy. It is “No”. The Sabres beat Boston, but they did not do it because of the
fans booing them off the ice. They did it because they were mad at themselves
and wanted to win this game badly. So as a fan should I keep my mouth shut when
things go down the hill? This answer is easy as well. Once again it is “No”.
However,
and that is the important part, you need to know when to do it and how. The 2nd
period against Boston was really really terrible and at that point it was
understandable. But here is what I didn’t like. When the team came back on the
ice, the FNC was dead silent. And that’s not how it should be. The appropriate
way would have been, Boo them off the ice, but support them starting with the 1st
second of the third period. Don’t give them that stupid “win me back first and
show me that you can play good” attitude. That is something 5y old kids do, but
that’s not something a fan should do. I know the people are mad, because they
payed for the tickets, however you buy the ticket for a hockey game, and when
you do it, you need to be aware that they could win or lose 8:0.
But support
is an overall problem at the FNC this year and has been in the past. The FNC
(former HSBC Arena) has always been one of the opponent friendly arenas,
because there isn’t much noise. The opponent is not scared by any means.
Right now
the Sabres trail Winnipeg at home by a score of 2:1. They have played bad. And many many
boos could be heared. However not once did I hear “Let’s Go Buffalo”. Granted
they play bad and had to take the 0:1 with 60 seconds played, that’s still no reason
to not cheer for your team once. If you think supporting the team is only needed if
they play good, you probably should visit a sports team in the future.
As a fan
you support your team in good times and in bad times. You can be mad, you can
let them know it, but you still support them even if the score is 0:4 as hard
as it is. That’s how it should be. Being a fan isn’t something you sign for
good times only. So I hope that this will change in Buffalo in the future. I am
not saying support them every day every second even if they lose 15 games in a
row. But at least show them that you still believe in them.
It’s often
said “my sports team is like my baby”. So tell me would you stop believing in
your kida if they have a few bad weeks at school? You would be mad, but you help them
get out of it. And you gotta do the same with a sports team, if you consider
yourself a fan.
Abonnieren
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