fiftyone

Who was Lindy talking about in the last question of his presser? Someone asked a question on his thoughts on some player, Lindy said he looked a little nervous but made some plays and he likes his potential? Levi? Or Casey?

This may have already been discussed, so apologies if I missed it. But in KA's press conference, he was asked about the trade down. He said that when they were deciding whether to go from 11 to 14, there was one player where they'd be very upset if he ended up being there at 11 after they traded out. Any thoughts / ideas of who that may have been?

Lake Champlain!

What exactly would you have gotten for KO?

Really liked the energy and work from VO, which I don't always see. Didn't find the net but was skating harder than normal. Good to see.

Hell of a shift by 53-37-89 and it pays off. Strong by 71 at the beginning of it as well.

Bad decision by Cozens cost us. A weak shot attempt at the end of a shift leading to a 2 on 1. Terrible.

In chicago for the game tomorrow and am at a bar with Donnie, Kevyn, Brad May and likely other Sabres people that I'm not aware of. I say this to support not firing them, they seem to be having a good time. That is all.

Tough night for Power to add to a real deflating start to the season.

I get the math, and agree with the bolded. My point is that it's pretty easy to blame the goalie when you lose 6-5. UPL isn't the answer now and may never be and that's fine, but all goals aren't created equal and 4 of those tonight were no doubters, never had a chance. To your point about the math.. had he made one of those saves and the sabres won 5-4, that really doesn't change much about his game tonight. They had too many high danger chances and scored on a bunch of them.

Addressed by others, but look at each goal. Yeah the line is bad, but which of those do you want stopped? Maybe the first (though Samuelsson is just standing at the far post watching). Second and third are not on him. Maybe the 4th he could have controlled the rebound on the initial stuff better? Fifth no chance and the 6th we talked about. He wasn't good, but most of those are in the net regardless of who's tending it.

Everyone complaining about UPL but that last goal, Tuch has to know that it's three on three and you can't let Stamkos walk into the slot alone. Perfect shot by a hall of famer.

Agree, I dont know if it was nerves or immaturity or what, but Johnson didn't look or sound comfortable at all IMO.

NHL network rankings had him at #50. Seems like a great deal at 106.

Thank you both!