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What are your team and individual awards (positive and negative) Most Improved Player? TT -- no question about it Most Valuable player? Dahlin -- also no question about it Rookie of the Year? Is there one? N/A -- would've loved Quinn to seize this but injuries have so far disqualified him. Krebs is probably the front runner but also hasn't played enough games. Unsung Hero? N/A -- there haven't been enough players who have played well, and the handful that have played well haven't escaped attention. Comeback player of the year? Skinner by a mile Biggest Positive Surprise - Player? Tie -- TT and Skinner Biggest Disappointment (Player and Team) Player -- It's a bit unfair, as he doesn't really have an NHL track record, but I'll go with R2 -- I thought he would seize the opportunity and become a good scoring forward. Team -- overall performance. There have been way too many nights where they've come out comatose and the game has been over by the end of the 1st. Biggest Team Accomplishment? Getting what look to be 2 future mainstays in Krebs and Tuch out of the Eichel debacle. Best KA Acquisition? Tuch Worst KA Acquisition? The rotating cast of losers in net

The only Sabre I can remember scoring 4 in a game is Rico, who had 4 the day they beat Washington 14-2. Does anyone remember it happening otherwise? And he had a shot at an ENG for #5!

Sabres with a 1-goal lead late in the 3rd -- witching hours. EDIT: yikes -- Habs PP coming up.

Great hat trick by Skinner, and great effort, but he kinda kicked it in on purpose, innit?

Nice backcheck by Skinner. He's clearly energized by winning @GASabresIUFAN's SabreSpace comeback player of the year award.

What a great pass by Krebs to TT. And then they again pull the loser move of (almost) giving one up immediately after scoring. This team has many miles to go.

Yeeeeshh.

The last 4-5 episodes of the latest season of curb your enthusiasm are outstanding.

This is obnoxious.

Canada lost despite outshooting the US 37-22 -- so Canada's goalie gave up 4 goals on 22 shots, resulting in a humiliating loss to those damn Yanks. There's gotta be pressure in the GWN to make a change in net. Here comes the Natural.

I have pretty consistently been concerned about a new owner moving the team, but I think Tsai is less of a flight risk than most other potential buyers (although still a higher risk than TP). My impression is that he wants to own sports teams more to collect trophies than to squeeze out value.

Floating around among whom? I appreciate that you will not want to name names, but a bit more detail would be nice. I will say that I am fairly familiar with Joe Tsai as a sports owner, since he owns the Brooklyn Nets, of which I am a fan. PA and the rest of the PA militia would be wise to heed the warnings upthread about being careful what you wish for -- the Nets have become a major player in the NBA under his ownership, but he is more involved than TP is in trades, FA signings and other major franchise decisions. Also, like TP, there has also been a fair amount of turnover in senior executives working for Tsai. In any case, if TP does sell, I wouldn't be shocked if Tsai were the buyer, as he is stinking rich and has evinced an interest in owning multiple sports franchises.

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Did anyone notice whether VO fired the slapper last night? I watched about half the game and didn't see one. It's been an under-the-radar significant loss in a season filled with major injury losses, IMHO.

I really enjoyed the Expanse, although I was pretty annoyed the last season only got 6 episodes. Great show though.

Kinda apples and oranges IMHO. The Bills stopped trying pretty early on in that drought and RCW was content with just cashing the checks that come with owning an NFL team. The Sabres have been trying the whole time -- they've just made a series of crippling mistakes.

I think the injury was a huge factor in the trade, especially in the return the Sabres received -- so if the injury affects Eichel going forward, it will also affect the evaluation of whether the Sabres won the trade.

I hope this is what happens but I have a cold feeling that it's going to be another cheap JAG plus the kids fighting it out for #1 in net.

I read somewhere (I think in the Athletic) that ASU is requiring the Coyotes to pay in full up front, no doubt due to their disputes with their prior landlord.

There were a number of posters here, including me, who wanted Tippett to coach the Sabres, or at least be seriously considered. I'm not saying this news proves that was a dumb idea, but it does kinda argue in favor of Tippett not being the cure to the Sabres' ailments.

The Edmund Morris bio of Teddy Roosevelt was really good, btw.

I think he'll crush it as long as he stays healthy.

Never been there but I bet it's pretty nice.

Devon Levi signs and serves unmistakable notice that he is the man starting on opening night next season.

Well, if Terry flips me a couple of those nifty "BS" hats and a misspelled alumni jersey... I make no promises.