the predictions are in...here's where the various internet sites and media types think the sabres will finish the regular season and/or how they rank league-wide to open the season...
*****disclaimer--this blogger does not take any responsibility for loss of hair and/or sanity and/or any physiological disorders incurred by the reader after digesting the following prognostications, nor does he take any responsibility for damage inflicted upon a computer and/or blackberry and/or any electronic, information-gathering device due to reader disbelief/exasperation and/or outright fury from exposure to the following predictions/rankings*****
ross mckeon, yahoo--20th overall, 10th in the conference, 3rd in the division: "It’s good to see a team that missed out on the playoffs for consecutive seasons not make longtime GM Darcy Regier and coach Lindy Ruff scapegoats."
tab bamford, bleacher report--2nd in the div., 6th in the conference...interesting to note that he has toronto as 1st in the n.e. div, 3rd in the conference and has the leafs beating the sabres in the first round
kevin allen, usa today--1st in the div. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2010-09-28-northeast-division-capsules_N.htm
odds to win the stanley cup: sabres, 26-1 http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Official-betting-odds-for-2010-11-NHL-season-fr?urn=nhl-273907
mark ritter, the bleacher report: 2nd in the div., 7th in the conference http://bleacherreport.com/articles/478922-nhl-2010-11-eastern-conference-playoff-picks#page/8
tsn power rankings: buffalo #9 http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?id=29184
pierre labrun, espn: 2nd in (weak) div. http://espn.go.com/nhl/preview2010/team/_/name/buf
power rankings, #12 http://espn.go.com/nhl/powerrankings
matthew barnaby, espn: 1st in div. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5634215 (4:55 mark)
ryan lambert, yahoo/puck daddy: Ryan Miller plays a one-man show in Buffalo for 70-something games and the Sabres still miss the playoffs. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/What-We-Learned-20-bold-predictions-for-the-201?urn=nhl-274219
joe yerden, nbc/pro hockey talk: 1st in div. http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/09/2010-2011-nhl-season-preview-buffalo-sabres.php
e.j. hradek, espn: 1st in div. http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/preview2010/news/story?id=5647799
mike brophy, the hockey news power rankings: buffalo #14 behind montreal (#13,) ottawa (#12) and boston (#11) http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2010/10/05/brophy_rankings_week1/
john shannon, the hockey news; bob faulds, the hockey news: 1st in the div. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2010/10/05/hockeycentral_predictions/
alan muir, si.com: 1st in the div. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/allan_muir/10/04/northeast.preview/index.html
ira podell, ap hockey writer: 1st in div. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-easternconferencecapsules
wes goldstein, cbs sportsline: power rank, #13 http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/story/14074999/power-rankings-angry-capitals-start-out-at-no-1
buffalo news--
mike harrington: 2nd div., 5th conference
bucky gleason: 2nd div
john vogl: 2nd div., 4th or 5th conference
http://video.buffalonews.com/player/?id=1788
wgr--
howard simon, the bulldog, pat malacaro, brian koziol: 1st div., 3rd conference
greg bauch, jeremy white: 2nd div., 4th conference
mike schoop: 3rd div., 8th conference
paul hamiltion: 3rd div., 7th conference
http://www.wgr550.com/WGR-s-NHL-2010-11-Predictions/8302587
tsn: 2nd n.e., 6th conference
puckdaddy--
greg wyshynski: 3rd div., 8th conference
sean leahy: 3rd div., 8th conference
ryan lambert: 3rd div., no playoffs
dmitry chesnokov: 2nd div., 6th conference
justin bourne: 2nd div., 7th conference
erin nicks: 2nd div., 5th conference
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Puck-Daddy-s-2010-11-Eastern-Conference-staff-pr?urn=nhl-275264#remaining-content
cbc (all based upon points, not division champs)...eastern conference--
nabil karim: 8th
jeff marek: 7th
scott morrison: 6th
tim wharnsby: miss the cut
brad may: miss the cut, lindy ruff will be the first coach fired
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/blogs/timwharnsby/2010/10/i-desk-crew-predictions-detroit-pittsburgh-or-san-jose.html
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Thursday, October 7, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
early returns have sabres #6 in the east
the hockey news is slowly releasing their predictions for the up-coming season...you can get the full release through the magazine itself or wait for the daily place-by-place release...sports illustrated.com's allan muir has jumped in early as well with his preseason rankings...both have the sabres 2nd in the northeast, 6th in the conference...here's what they had to say:
the hockey news--
"Where this team ultimately ends up clearly depends on goaltender Ryan Miller. When the reigning Vezina Trophy winner is healthy, the Sabres are lethal; when he’s out of the lineup, well, the Sabres struggle to maintain a place in the top eight. Toni Lydman and Henrik Tallinder were the noteworthy losses in the off-season, though free agent signee Jordan Leopold should replace at least some of Lydman’s offense and Shaone Morrisonn should step in nicely for Tallinder. Rob Niedermayer was brought in to provide some depth on the forward lines, but it’s the headliners Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville and Derek Roy who need to find their production from a few years ago. Also, if Tyler Ennis can continue what was a promising performance at the end of the season and in the playoffs, Buffalo will have another source of offense."
si.com--
"Is Ryan Miller still under contract? Then the Sabres are fine. Still, is there anything other than the presence of the world's best goalie to get the fans' blood pumping this season? Replacing Henrik Tallinder and Toni Lydman on the blueline with Shaone Morrisonn and Jordan Leopold rates a massive meh, and while Rob Niedermayer will bring an honest effort, he's a diminishing resource. If you liked that first-round exit last season, get ready for more of the same."
yup, sho'nuff, as miller goes, so do the sabres...and #6 isn't really a bad prediction for a team that, on the surface, made lateral moves...thus far...
on d, you basically have a bigger version of lydman in morrison and a very similiar player in hank when it comes to leopold...although leopold may end up doubling hank's production, morrison may not get as many points as lydman...
on the bottom-six, neidermeyer/mcmuscle (snicker, snicker) in, mair/ellis out...an upgrade if just for the simple fact that neidermeyer has a cup-ring...
the wild card here will be tyler ennis...sure, you could say that there's a ennis for tim kennedy swap, but we're looking at a top-six in the former and a bottom-six in the latter...
then there's patty lalime...meh, probably can't do any worse than last season...
all-in-all, it doesn't look as if the sabres did too much in the off-season...on the surface, but, then again, it didn't look like the they did that much last season with the additions of grier and monty...
will be tracking all the "experts" predictions for the blue and gold and will look at the team in-depth as they're about to begin the season...
the hockey news--
"Where this team ultimately ends up clearly depends on goaltender Ryan Miller. When the reigning Vezina Trophy winner is healthy, the Sabres are lethal; when he’s out of the lineup, well, the Sabres struggle to maintain a place in the top eight. Toni Lydman and Henrik Tallinder were the noteworthy losses in the off-season, though free agent signee Jordan Leopold should replace at least some of Lydman’s offense and Shaone Morrisonn should step in nicely for Tallinder. Rob Niedermayer was brought in to provide some depth on the forward lines, but it’s the headliners Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville and Derek Roy who need to find their production from a few years ago. Also, if Tyler Ennis can continue what was a promising performance at the end of the season and in the playoffs, Buffalo will have another source of offense."
si.com--
"Is Ryan Miller still under contract? Then the Sabres are fine. Still, is there anything other than the presence of the world's best goalie to get the fans' blood pumping this season? Replacing Henrik Tallinder and Toni Lydman on the blueline with Shaone Morrisonn and Jordan Leopold rates a massive meh, and while Rob Niedermayer will bring an honest effort, he's a diminishing resource. If you liked that first-round exit last season, get ready for more of the same."
yup, sho'nuff, as miller goes, so do the sabres...and #6 isn't really a bad prediction for a team that, on the surface, made lateral moves...thus far...
on d, you basically have a bigger version of lydman in morrison and a very similiar player in hank when it comes to leopold...although leopold may end up doubling hank's production, morrison may not get as many points as lydman...
on the bottom-six, neidermeyer/mcmuscle (snicker, snicker) in, mair/ellis out...an upgrade if just for the simple fact that neidermeyer has a cup-ring...
the wild card here will be tyler ennis...sure, you could say that there's a ennis for tim kennedy swap, but we're looking at a top-six in the former and a bottom-six in the latter...
then there's patty lalime...meh, probably can't do any worse than last season...
all-in-all, it doesn't look as if the sabres did too much in the off-season...on the surface, but, then again, it didn't look like the they did that much last season with the additions of grier and monty...
will be tracking all the "experts" predictions for the blue and gold and will look at the team in-depth as they're about to begin the season...
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