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So we traded 2 of our active D-men. Someone getting called up from Roch?

It's reported as done by TSN.

For a used Zamboni

I'm listening to TSN.ca Trade Tracker. The talking heads are talking about the "toughness" Dylan Cozens brings to Ottawa. Didn't Ray Ferraro just call out Cozens for standing around when Dahlin was getting jumped last night?

And makes anything done by the team that hasn't made the playoffs incompetent. Life is easy.

Interesting. If Adams traded for a player only to dump him a year later, we wouldn't be calling him competent.

Tell me why this is the worst move ever by Adams.

Dozens of Cozens. I'm just pointing out how we hate everything. We'd even hate a McDavid trade. I came here for some analysis of this trade. Joke's on me.

What? No McDavid?

Why no outage over how the Sabres played the last 30 seconds of the Lightning game? Allow me to break it down. Man advantage, 6 on 4, another penalty is called. What you want to do is get a whistle so you can have the most time with a two-man, or on this case a three-man advantage. But no. Instead the Sabres keep skating with the puck like you would on a normal delayed penalty where you pull your goalie. BUT THE GOALIE WAS ALREADY PULLED!!!! Okay, not smart. But you did get a whistle with 17 seconds to go. Now, if you win the face off, you want to shoot immediately and send all your extra skaters to the goal. Oh, but we are taking about the Sabres here. What they do after they win the face off is pass the puck around the perimeter until time expires!!! 🤦‍♂️ No shot on goal, no crashing the Lightning net. OMG how did these players reach the NHL with so little hockey sense??

Stats never tell the whole story. Look at every one of those goals and I'll show you a Sabres player doing something stupid that led to that goal.

Thank you. I thought I was the only one seeing this. Goaltending is not an individual function. It's the job of the other 5 skaters to take away shots so your goalie only has to focus on one or two threats. The Sabres are totally useless defending their zone. They "get into position" but opposing players can slip behind them with no resistance. Byram has been the worst lately. There's a reason why Devon Levi is on fire in the AHL but turns into a pumpkin with the Sabres.

Do people not see what happens before the goals? The utter clown show of defense the Sabres put on? Dom Hasek would have the same numbers as UPL. The Sabres haven't a clue how to defend in their zone and other teams know it and exploit it

I don't want to see any UPL bashing. There is no goalie who could play behind this team. Opposing players can get behind our defense with ease and no one does anything. Every goal tonight was a Lightning player in alone on UPL. And who drew up that 6-3 power play? You have 17 seconds and 3 extra skaters. How about shooting and sending players to the goal instead of passing it along the perimeter until time expired!! Ponderous!! I guarantee you send him to a decent team and UPL wins a Vezina. It'll be Linus Ullmark 2.0.

Most wins and fewest losses isn't "almost unstoppable?" What's being 2nd best? A lost year?

If the Amerks played that Sabres team that just lost to the Sharks, they'd win. As we see, the Sabres play down to their competition because "they think it will be easy."

How are the Sabres playing on D? How many dumb penalties do they take? Yeah, I think there is some blame for Lindy if he allows his guys to be that stupid.

What regressed is the defense in front of UPL. A goalie can only stand on his head so long before he feels like WTF is the point? I've never seen a team play worse defense.

Weren't all those Amerks players either drafted or signed by Adams?

Yes, if that actually happens. Funny things happen once people leave, though.

He has this habit of blocking slap shots. Let's see if Zucker signs here, and what players are jettisoned at the deadline.

Define game-changer? A McDavid or Eichel? No. Someone who makes a difference with his physical play? Absolutely. He adds to the 5x5 as well.

Someone phoned in from Georgia (They didn't say what town) to speak with Sabres reporter Paul Hamilton. I thought there was chance it was you.

Did you call into WGR this morning?