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I am all for the Sabres to win out, make this pick #11 overall and force whomever the GM is to say 'yes its time to deal this pick in a package' to make the 2025-2026 Sabres much better and end this playoff drought

Sorry it offends you but it doesn't change things. Niagara County, ON population is 500,000 and losing them hurts.

I'd say Dahlin isn't perfect as the primary QB He's a wizard with the puck and a high level thinker but seems to lack a certain artistic view. I can't deny I agree with you. Eichel definitely had an artistic flare to playmaking that Dahlin doesn't. Dahlin can match Eichel for effective passing and the like but lacks that one ingredient, that cherry on the sundae type, of innovativeness when on the PP. Dahlin does however have to deal with higher risk being a the point and the wall opposite of Tage tending to overplay the puck more often than not.

Always liked how Eichel distributed on the half wall

And who cares?

Yes, the percentage is higher today and I already explained why (STH's from Canada are far more likely to not give a ***** about the Sabres and thus don't care that the team is *****). And not for nothing but the whole condescending idea that Buffalo and WNY is some impoverished basket case that depends on the charity of Fort Erie is such nonsense and is really getting on my nerves.

Rasmus Dahlin is on our pp and it still sucks. We need to fire Appert and bring a legit PP guru.

13% is still a couple thousand. And how long ago did he write that book?

To be clear: the lease is until Fall of 2026 The city owns the land, the county owns the building and is leasing it from the city, which is then subleased to an organization that subleases it to the Sabres,” Poloncarz said. “My goal is to eventually get the county out of that.”

Just FTR: Paul Weiland said in his book that the % of STH's from Canada was generally 13%. If you saw this level of futility for almost any other NHL team they'd be drawing <10k a night and fans probably would've burned the arena down. And somehow I don't think the Bills will be struggling at the gate this season (or anytime soon for that matter).

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I was offered free tickets to the Red Sox and Blue Jays at 4pm, so I'm going and I'll catch up with the Sabres after. Great day for ⚾ baseball.

You overestimate hour many people can afford Sabres games and would go every night. Buffalo was already one of the smallest NHL markets. Without Canada we lose half a million in market population.

People talk a lot about fixing the PP but the easiest fix could be an actual creative playmaker who will find Tage in all the right spots

Yeah, the place would still be empty if the Sabres were on the verge of clinching a playoff spot instead of eliminated for the 14th season in a row. And if you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. The fans on the other side of the Peace Bridge are generally people who don't give a flying ***** about the Sabres and just want to see NHL hockey. If we weren't historically bad SABRES FANS IN WNY WOULD BE BUYING EVERY ***** TICKET.

I think the only person you're missing who is poor defensively is Quinn. But, if he's scoring points, especially on the PP, then it can work. Every team can afford to have that one guy who might be a bit of an unplugged controller from time-to-time in their d-zone if they're constantly menacing the opposition team in the o-zone.

I might start the retool by hiring a PP coach who will build the PP around getting the puck to one of the NHL's best goal scorers. Yes, last year's PP focused way too much getting the puck to Tage at the left circle. The solution is to a) take advantage of the other openings created by teams overcommitting to Tage, and b) find ways to get the puck to Tage in other scoring positions The solution is not to stop giving the puck to Tage in scoring positions

I'd probably identify the players I'm most inclined to trade Byram - Another lefty, top 5 pick pedigree, and RFA in line for a raise. Probably the most valuable trade chip. I'm not sure i see a reason to keep both him and power. Rosen - Pretty much graduated prospect, but does this team need another 22 year old? Kulich, Benson, Quinn, JJP are all like 24 or under. Good AHL numbers, he should have some value in a trade. Quinn - His value is lower than it was before his injury issues and his generally terrible 24-25 campaign. I don't think its a take your pick between him and rosen because they have different skill sets. RFA as well, i would probably bridge if you could - similar to what they did with Tage, but likely a tad more expensive. UFA 2029. JJP - Gonna be a substantial raise but the guy's played really well for us at times. If moved he'd need to bring back a quality player. Östlund - Not quite graduation ready - but if you're moving a player, prospect, and pick in a trade - he's probably up there with Rosen as a high value prospect trade chip. Kulich - I feel like his development is what made savoie expendable so I'm inclined to keep him. He's also dirt cheap through 2027. Not untradeable for right return. UPL - Well he flat out stunk this year.. but I don't think he's utterly worthless either. I don't know what Levi is, but I find it hard to believe he can't be better than UPL's last 30 starts. San Jose maybe? I know they have a young guy in Askarov who isn't quite ready, and the team is not close to being competitive. No one under contract. Maybe you could sell it to them as part of a move for Ferraro? Samuelsson - I'd say he has little to no value because of his contract, but the league isn't blind to the fact that most players leave buffalo and play better. Lean into that 🙂. If that doesn't work, he's gotta be a buyout candidate imo. It would be a 714k cap hit for the next 10 years which is less than an ELC. He's not worth the current 4.2M cap hit - you also save 14M in cash. Not going to be able to move all of these players - but i'd prioritize moving UPL to figure out the players you want in net. What might it take to pry Robertson from Dallas for example (no clause, and an RFA in 2026 so if he doesn't want an extension you can definitely get a lot of the traded value back by moving him in the next 2 years)? Heiskanen, Rantanen, Seguin, Hintz, Oettinger, and Johnston are all making 8M+, and Robertson is an RFA in 2026, so looking at some level of a raise soon.. Looking at their roster they probably aren't looking for a Byram (Heiskanen, lindell and harley are all lefties), but does JJP (will command less than 7.75M AAV for a few seasons) and either a rosen/Östlund (ELC player in their early 20's) and a pick fit the bill? Another idea could be working some kind of deal with the rangers who will probably want to re-tool. Miller and byram swap lefties (and skill-sets), and maybe try and figure out how to get Schneider RHD or Cuylle in the deal. Shesterkin, Fox, Panarin, zib, miller all make 8M+. Lafreniere's extension kicks off this year and he has no trade protection, but i think they'd probably more trocheck and Kreider who have m-ntc's (so not candidates to be moved to buffalo).

I understand that. It is just frustrating

It is not about stopping government waste. It is about stealing money from anything that protects average Americans and dumping that into Oligarchs pockets. Good job voting for this MAGA. Y'all talk about a deep state when Elon Musk is the Shadow President.

The budget bill also kicks children off SNAP, eliminates free and reduced lunches for kids, and takes away veterans benefits. The reason is because they have to gut all of this to pass their new tax cut for Billionaires. Good job all of you who voted for this. https://www.yahoo.com/news/johnson-vows-try-again-gop-042035417.html

But what if they're really nice pucks? Gold plated perhaps? Dipped in cocaine potentially?

Was water pressure on shower heads part of Project 2025? :eyeroll:

Worked 7p-7a overnight, I'm on call, after a 4 hour nap in the call room, I now get to work 12 more hours today until 11pm because of lack of staffing. Yay

It's not the streaming companies that restrict your viewing. It's the content licensing. The licensing is designed for a single household and they are required to enforce those policies as part of their licensing the content to view. If you use a Fire stick you can just speak to it and it will tell you where something can be streamed from. Not sure about other platforms.