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My bet is Okposo's, while Okposo is handling Tuch's duties.

It is but they're American.

Dunleavy is definitely growing on me.

I like the phrase but I don't think it's the first time I've heard Ray say it. A tough road to swallow? That happened?!

Which is why Arizona gets away with it. Oh--and new arena coinciding with the arrival of 58 first round draft picks? Yeah, that, too. Right now, I want Arizona to win the lottery just so we can see the NHL try to explain why Bedard is playing to an audience of 5000 every night for a few years.

Now I know how young Harry Potter must have felt on Christmas. I woke up all excited but I know I'm not getting any presents.

They had to dig their own cars out of the snow when they returned after the blizzard.

Also while we were sleeping: Max Domi from Chicago to Dallas for a second rounder and a swap of minor league goalies.

Arizona traded Bjugstad and Dineen to Edmonton for a prospect and a 2023 third. Of course, Arizona retained 50% on Bjugstad. I think this makes about 60% of Arizona's payroll going to people who do not actually play for the team. I'm not exaggerating--it's close to 60%.

It's "weather," and you're the person who complained the most when the Sabres DID acquire a defenseman.

Ok I turned it on at 2-0 and left at 4-0 and WTF happened?

I’ll bet the advanced stats support it. It was really the only move there.

Down 3 in a playoff chase? It is the only thing that made sense. of course, Boston scored, so now Granato will go back to his usual pattern of waiting too long.

$210 / year for Sabres and apx. $150 / year for one streaming service at a time (which is all I have time to watch) is MUCH less expensive than cable.

Boston did something stupid for a guy who will be a UFA this summer. Let's enjoy it. (Unfortunately, they helped out another division rival in the process.)

Detroit with four picks in the first rounds of the next two drafts now. You know some of them will hit.

And it's not a short term need, either. Getting a defenseman through 2025 at a reasonable price would have been great.

Adams does not properly evaluate the team's needs. He just doesn't. He hasn't fixed the mess in goal and now he's got a bare cupboard for a blue line. Draft picks outside the top five are lottery tickets. We all know that. A first round pick in 2023 (even in a deep draft) and a second round pick a year or two from now are not sure things. But certain defensemen are. He needed to pull the trigger and didn't.

Yeah, that's not a lot. I would have expected a higher price given the McCabe deal. This should have been doable for the Sabres.

I just don't love beef on weck. I'll eat it, sure, but I am hardly a connoisseur.

Remember when that guy was a Calder runner-up?

I've been hearing and reading bad things recently--but mostly from people I don't know. When were you last there? I don't love beef on weck so I don't have a nominee, sorry!

As @Contempt and @tom webster said above, a deal for Chychrun shouldn't be off limits, but also shouldn't include the Sabres' 2023 first. He's not a rent-a-D, and we could see two VERY solid pairs and a half-decent pair entering next season. My focus remains on the big prize; if the Sabs make it this year, it's a bonus. (I voted no in the poll from a few months ago.) But also, the Sabres absolutely need to address goaltending--not in a rental situation--before September. Levi and whoever emerges among the current three is unlikely to cut it, no matter how high I am on Levi. I don't want a bandaid goalie though.

If I ever find out that the Church sainted Brad Park, I'm converting to Zoroastrianism.

Leave Pegula out of this.