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Bummer. Realize the team needs the W, but the upside of Comrie getting his head on straight seems significantly bigger than the downside of possibility losing the 2 points if Comrie doesn't come around. Expecting the win if anybody better than PTR is between the pipes. 😉

That's the hope.

Hoping for $10, but he can't sign until this off-season. Could easily see it being $12 by the time they can actually sign him.

Any word on whether Comrie or Anderson is between the pipes tonight?

Day-um. Luke still runs that? Thought he retired after Paul sold the rink a few years back.

Not liking that as it's going to drive Cozens deal even further above Thompson's. Would really like to see Cozens inked soon. (Like yesterday, soon.)

Anybody know anything more about this guy? Realize Ted Black was a bit of a goofball but hoping he's more like him than a Doug Moss (or Russ Brandon). Sabres don't have a particularly stellar track record w/ hired COO's/ Team Presidents, do they.

On 1st glance thought the ranking description was at the bottom of each write up like you'd interpreted it; but the huge listing of players at the end were clearly under 1 heading. Went back and saw the heading above Dahlin's write up. Problem w/ pulling text from articles; sometimes without the formatting they can get interpreted strangely.

When Power is out w/ Clague he spends the bulk of the time on the right side. Pretty sure Granato has no issues w/ sliding him over to that side. Right now he stays primarily on the left side because Granato continues to pair him up w/ Jokiharju. If Johnson signs and they decide he'd be a better 2nd pairing guy than Henri, fully expect they won't let handedness interfere w/ the plan. (But Granato LOVES him some Joker, so not expecting that pairing to go away any time soon.)

That's because he isn't rated as borderline elite, that was Cozens heading. Dahlin's heading was (& is) elite. Pronman puts the tier 1st & then the players in the tier under it.

The Hinostroza move seems inevitable. The slump in play coincides w/ stealthily (or not) carrying a healthy 24th player on the roster.

That was awful. But still got a chuckle.

No need to almost guarantee it. They absolutely don't factor it into market size. AFAIK, they've never included it even though OTA broadcasts are accessible on either side of the river.

Likely closer to $10MM. But, yeah, it is impressive how much trouble these guys can find themselves in w/out a solid team of advisors watching out for them.

Stinks that we don't get credit for any of the population on the NP. It's like docking KC for people living in it's suburbs in Kansas or Cincy for people in Kentucky.

Good. Then an opportunity to vie LT as a 2nd pairing fixture should be a no brainer for him & his agent.

Yep. The great diaspora still bleeds blue & red.

REALLY hoping Dahlin gets an ASG invite. Would just be wrong to have a Norris candidate such as himself sit home. HATE the way the league is choosing the rosters this year.

If he or Power can play on the right side, he can be a 2nd pairing guy here and easily get 22 minutes/game if not 24. And though he'll never get PP1 time when all are healthy, he MIGHT supplant Power on PP2 if they decide to make Owen a key PKer when he's done filling out. Being a key piece of a Chicago cup run style D or a D-centric Nashville team could be enticing. (Maybe he does want to have a shot at being the top dog, but he'll necessarily be on a weaker D if he is.) The Sabres really do only have a few gaps moving forward & those gaps (except possibly/likely goalie) aren't at the top of the lineup & there's a lot of highly rated prospects available to step in when new gaps arise. Don't know why he wouldn't want to be a part of it, but definitely have blue & gold colored glasses to view his situation.

It's possible. Hope you're wrong because they've got 2 more weeks of 4 games/ week & after the AS break they have pretty much 3.5/week until April.

Well, if you weren't sick last night, you likely are now. 😉 The most disappointing thing is they had a bunch of kids in the building and didn't really land the hook. Have to readjust the PP. Need to get shots from people other than just Thompson. On to Chicago. Hope they give Comrie the start. He needs a W and some confidence.

He IS better along the boards in the last 10 or so games, but would argue it's his play AWAY from the boards that's fueling his improved play. When he & Olofsson were 2/3's of the 2nd line even though he was playing C, he nearly ALWAYS brought the puck to the boards & then tried to skate it up the boards or he'd win a battle along the boards & then lose it back either via strip or poor pass. It took a few games as the C & then LW on the 3rd line to start to change that & really those 2 games on the 1st line got him to play away from & not just at the boards. He's played positionally sound in his own end, but other than that he was ALWAYS at the boards. He started going to the net after that & ALSO started actually weaving & cycling when put back w/ Jost & VO. IMHO, his not telegraphing the advance up the boards has opened up some space for himself & accordingly his linemates. (Playing as the 3rd line also helps, but the 1st 6 or so games there as the 3rd scoring line actually saw his play suffer when it should've improved.) Other teams just needed to collapse on him because he had nowhere to go & the puck stayed to the perimeter. And also IMHO, it's his improved play & he & Jost starting to get the feel for what the other is doing that has been a portion of Olofsson's improved play. W/ Casey not just going up the boards allows him to do his thing better whichnis find a soft spot to be fed for a 1 timer.

The 2nd is Mitts. No data on the 1st guy.

Don't see any reason not to. The Fishies, being a division rival know the Bills well & play them hard. Read that 8 of Allen's 16 fumbles came against them. And Allen was a fraction of an inch away from having an extra TD on the Knox play; a 1st down inside the 10 on the Shakir play; plus Diggs near catch of another bomb for a TD. Those last 2 connect, & they often do, & Miami likely gets out of cover 0 and then Allen goes back to taking underneath plays. Plus, if Brown doesn't add the hitch to his route & at minimum Howard doesn't have an INT & the Bills might have the ball there or in the end zone. The Bengals were down 3 OL-men by the end of last night's game. If they don't get healthy quick, it'll be a long night for Joe Rodent House. Cincy's O was noticeably limited after the 3rd guy went down.

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