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They have 6 healthy D at this point. If they put him on the road right now, it is a callup and somebody has to (on paper at least) get sent down. Should somebody get hurt during the warmups, he could theoretically get called up but practically it can't happen.

Whether it was a "throwaway" or not, and there is no ####ing way it is viewed as a throwaway in WNY where people can only watch it on ESPN+ you still have set up a near 3 week span with no evening games watchable on TV in the home market. That is horrible planning. ESPN is using this as a way to goose its ESPN+ Subscriber base. Which is their perogative, but it still stinks.

Umm, is the answer that you look at the schedule and see what other games are going to which network and at what times games are being played? This wasn't decided in a vacuum.

How are you getting Pilut from Rochester in 30 minutes?

Just bookmark an old post clarifying what happened and link to it. Easy peasy and cuts down on the frustration level.

13 forwards 5 D. Asplund rolls in here or there on occasion. And the D plays the way they did in the 3rd vs the Snarks.

Not only that, but with that pick of Power, the team has the top 3 locked up LT and a 5 and potential 4 already on the roster and the oldest is 24. With possilby a 5th LT piece showing up in April. They also have a highly ranked guy in Russia right now. Yeah, prospect depth is thin and will likely get increased this draft. They also will almost certainly bring in 1 or 2 FAs to supplant the bottom 3. They had no sure fire top line F'S 2 drafts ago and only Skinner was a definite top 6 guy. They also need twice as many Fs as they need D. They should have better F depth. that said, will be disappointed if 2 of the top 4 picks aren't D.

Jets outshot by the Rags 52-20. Won the game against Shesterkin 4-1. Hellebucyk was unreal.

Timmy Hos is way better than Duncan. But you're right, that's their closest analog. As you figured, was referring more to how ubitiquous they are up in your neck of the woods.

True, but with out Sorokin keeping it 2-1 in the 2nd rather than letting it get to 4-1, their passion would've been for bupkis.

The Achy Breaky Heart guy?

apologies for the whitespace at the end of the post above. tablet has been wonky since yesterday.

And IMHO the best part about the Sabres being relevant in February is this kid is actually watching other teams games for the 1st time in probably 4 years. had no stomach for watching NHL teams play in the regular season.

if he's a pro, just as hard as before; just he won't be happy about it.

To the bolded, true. But it is extremely unlikely.

For whatever it is worth (likely not much) on the NHL Network midseason awards discussion, they had Power as a Calder finalist and Dahlin as the Norris winner. Those 2 takes were repeated in the ASG Program book.

No. Have stated it plainly twice but it does not seem to be getting through. Am quite likely done with this discussion.

With all due respect, this is the thinking that Murray used to waste a lot of assets. If he isn't worth a 2, don't offer it. MHO YMMV.

The Aisles lost Barzal. They'll have other games they can lose. Really don't care who wins as long as they do it in regulation.

And until the last 2 games, except for that short stint he was paired with Dahlin during the 8 game losing streak, he has always been the better player on his pairing. Talk about unsheltered usage. Nearly certain he's been Clague's most frequent partner. He should finish 2, expect he'll finish 3.

Htf would he do that. Aren't they like Starbucks are here in the States? Those things are everywhere.

They definitely cut off their nose to spite their faces with the blackouts. And eventually they'll go away. But until they're gone won't expect them to go away anytime soon.

Doesn't matter who wins. Just do it in regulation.

Bummer. Not looking forward to seeing Pilut nor Prow in B&G should another D-man get hurt. Hopefully it isn't serious.

Yes, because as stated, the timing of your 'he just wins' tangent away from the subject of the thread seemed strange.