Mancari aside, Gerbe has proven to be exactly what I thought he'd be - a lot of effort that can't overcome his extreme lack of size. He can compete as hard as anybody out there but if he's not physically big or strong enough to win many puck battles he won't create scoring chances. What I've seen over and over so far is how ineffective he is on the forecheck. He can't knock a d-man off the puck, despite his quality effort. He needs space and someone to feed him the puck, and that kind of time and space doesn't exist in the NHL unless you can outwork or outmuscle another player by yourself.

To leave another player that can bang and work the boards off the roster in favor of Gerbe is wrong. I'd take Matt Ellis with Roy and Vanek all day, every day before I'd put Gerbe there. Mancari, Kennedy, Stuart...anybody would be more productive on the forecheck than Gerbe. I can't even call him a bust, because I never thought he was worth the expectation to begin with.

No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.

Lollipop Guild, not kids slesh

I was a dis-believer in Gerbe near the end of last year and in the off season. But now I think this kid can make it. The kid is what 5'5 on a good day. Once he pops one in and gets some relief, he'll start seeing the ice better and play with more confidence. It's not like he's costing us games with him in the lineup. He's one of the few players who's a plus and he's only got 6 pims. He works his ass off for us and he seems very determined to prove people wrong. Give him the full season. He'll work harder than Mancari over an entire season thats for sure.

And yet, Darcy Regier drafted him in hopes he would some how find success so they could run a Lollipop Kid type campaign starring Ennis, Roy and Gerbe.

I can see it now, Darcy Regier in his Dorothy pigtails with Ruff as toto and the lollipop kids singing there song..........

Well the 6 Pims is because he physically can't trip anyone, it's just viewed as a hip check

My issue with Gerbe personally, isn't his +/-, it's more of the same on the first line. 2 Star players and 1 guy who has no buisness playing with them, ala Drew Stafford, Al Kotalik, and to an extent Tyler Ennis. All the mentioned players are solid 2nd to 3rd line guys, but can't seem to break into that Star status. Maybe Ennis does in a few years when he fills out, maybe Luke Adam is that guy, maybe it's Kassian, maybe even Shipley, but right now, we just don't have that guy, and I feel like it hurts the other 2 in terms of production.

Yeah... Stafford =/= Ennis
Ennis > Stafford

as i read before.

gerbe isnt a top 6 player, and hes not a grinder. so what is he? an AHL player. pull the plug.

See, the Sabres lack finishers. We don't have the guys who can bury the chances. And what is Ennis? A playmaker. A damn good one, too. Countless times I've seen Vanek miss a perfect pass from Ennis. If one guy sees Ennis turn it over once because he's facing 3 guys with no support they say he loses it too often. I see him generating many chances every game. He is one of the only guys who can carry the puck into the zone on this team and keep it there.

I dont know why everyone has such a hard on for Ennis. Yeah he's a skilled player, but he is another small forward, who lacks the toughness to out work a larger defender in the corner. He's got hands to all hell, no doubt about it, but unless he's not having to work down in the corner, he's not that great. He can't dump and chase, watch him tonight, it's painful to watch him dump the puck in, then try to get to it.

Will he be a good player? Yes, no doubt in my mind, he is a good player. Will he ever be a "super-star" never, no, wont happen. Look at the superstars in the league, all over 6ft 190 pounds. Ennis on his best day is what, 5'9 155 pounds?

Sure you get a St. Louis every once in a while, but for every St. Louis, you get 50 Gerbe's.


(Bring on the hate)

I dont know why everyone has such a hard on for Ennis. Yeah he's a skilled player, but he is another small forward, who lacks the toughness to out work a larger defender in the corner. He's got hands to all hell, no doubt about it, but unless he's not having to work down in the corner, he's not that great. He can't dump and chase, watch him tonight, it's painful to watch him dump the puck in, then try to get to it.

Will he be a good player? Yes, no doubt in my mind, he is a good player. Will he ever be a "super-star" never, no, wont happen. Look at the superstars in the league, all over 6ft 190 pounds. Ennis on his best day is what, 5'9 155 pounds?

Sure you get a St. Louis every once in a while, but for every St. Louis, you get 50 Gerbe's.


(Bring on the hate)

I dont know why everyone has such a hard on for Ennis. Yeah he's a skilled player, but he is another small forward, who lacks the toughness to out work a larger defender in the corner. He's got hands to all hell, no doubt about it, but unless he's not having to work down in the corner, he's not that great. He can't dump and chase, watch him tonight, it's painful to watch him dump the puck in, then try to get to it.

Will he be a good player? Yes, no doubt in my mind, he is a good player. Will he ever be a "super-star" never, no, wont happen. Look at the superstars in the league, all over 6ft 190 pounds. Ennis on his best day is what, 5'9 155 pounds?

Sure you get a St. Louis every once in a while, but for every St. Louis, you get 50 Gerbe's.


(Bring on the hate)

No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.