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Are Ryan Johnson & Zac Jones ahead of him on the depth chart? It seems that way.

That being said, if the Sabres would just bring in a couple of these guys to police the ice, the fans would melt. This franchise abandoned what the blue collar folks of WNY love. Old fashion grit. Hit, fight, stick up for teammates. It’s not difficult to please the masses of WNY. Bring the violence that western Canadian teams have in droves. Also the Stanley Cup champs.

To be fair, the AHL is still a little more old school with aging young vets trying to do anything they can to make an NHL roster and win games. They tear through the skill guys like tissue paper. Now they have Joshua and Geertsen. Syracuse and Laval can ***** the ***** off.

I’ve been thinking the same thing. As their styles, which are extremely ordinary in the NHL, are somewhat foreign to our group of snipers and danglers, will stand out amongst the passengers. They are engaged, intense and willing to do what is necessary to win.

I mean they finally have a bottom six homegrown player who fills a role they need. I doubt any coach would have a problem with Kozak in their lineup. I wish he was a tad bigger but he’s no midget.

It looks like the only thing Sabres fans have left is hoping this materializes into something worth getting excited about.

I can’t complain too much about the signing but god does it seem like the Sabres are acting like broke mofos.

You do realize this happens every off season. They NEED to sign guys for the AHL. And every off season, the same people act like complete rubes when it happens.

The thinking is the return fo Bo would be that perceived void of offense.

I haven’t seen much to get me terribly excited about RyJo’s game. I guess he’s a cheap depth defender. Doesn’t bring size, toughness or an appreciable amount of offense. Definitely not in the mold of the D acquired last week.

I try to remind people as often as I can, you don’t need to be smart to become rich. Usually you have to be a ruthless conniving evil SOB, Terry just seemed to be the beneficiary of owning land that had natural resources and leveraged that into $$$. Not because he was shrewd but because the industry was just handing out millions to people.

Yeah. This is embarrassing and shines a light on what Terry is really concerned about. Perception. Not reality.

Paul Hamilton just confirmed the 2nd round pick wasn’t traded exclusively for JBD. Dennis Gilbert was the piece included for JBD. Take it for what it’s worth.

Yeah I’ve been thinking about this. Is JBD too small for Kevyn's narrow minded view on hockey players. He’s shifted from all offense to all giants. I mean whatever. My biggest problem is that most of the D aren’t overly physical. Did he forget that part of the equation?

Kidnappers. That’s what it would take.

I forget not everyone is hard wired into the interwebs like myself. I thought this info was essentially fact that everyone was aware of.

And I think 75% of Sabres fans will hate it

What’s a poison pill for a team with $20 mill in cap space?

Free agency hasn’t started. Not to mention, the org had no RHD depth. They barely had enough to field a roster. Having 2 of your top 3 D play out of position out of necessity was not working.

Free agency hasn’t even started

I’m aware of the booger sugar culture in hockey. It’s prevalent. There are probably a bunch of guys on the team that partake. Young good looking millionaire athletes are going to find an outlet. Just weed out the guys with a problem (maybe even get them help), and build a team.

A coworker of mine just asked if I saw how miserable this kid was when he was drafted. I hate the behavior that the internet fosters. People make faces. You can’t tell what the player is thinking or feeling. Please STFU. He also mentioned that Peterka was traded because of substance abuse issues. What ***** up part of the internet propagates this nonsense.

Hmmmm…

You hear that baritone voice. I’m sold. Great to hear some more insight. Just wish we had 5 more players like him. They need this kind of player now. He’s not the solution.

Ok I’m in love