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My guess is Dahlin will be back and forth this year and possibly over the summer they'll return to the U.S. and finish her Year 1 Plus here. You are recommended not to travel until 1 year after the surgery so I'd imagine that's what they'll wait for. Then as long as she recovered well they'd be back in Buffalo

Glass half full would say we must be better this year then because we are still around the same with all these issues. However close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

Yes he was certainly over-played but as a 3rd liner he was a fine player. We just put him on the Top line. Also Pommers did well 1-20 and 60-82 approximately while he didn’t exist 21 to 59

I thought it was McCormick to be honest

Pommers actually played rather well here when he returned. A solid 3rd line guy who still could play at a decent level. Hell we should of brought him back 1 more year instead of trading for Vesey.

I’d imagine most team doctors have specialties that mostly focus on Sports Medicine as well as a guy who does concussions and the like. I doubt their immediate staff has doctors that specialize in sudden unusual blood clots or serious viral illnesses. Those would likely require the player to be sent to a specialist.

Unsure unless Carolina had a guy in his shooting lane

Even when Krebs got high sticked and jerked his head back they didn’t call it.

Love how the refs only see our penalties

Thompson has had a rough season thus far but has produced a some and has had at least 10 different line mates

I do wonder if the fact we were flying to Carolina may have broke him mentally seeing as his fiancé is named Carolina. Just that small thing that could mean more to him hearing the name and everything else. Frankly I don’t think he’s leaving for anything to do with the season’s start. Had he started the season on fire and looked great I might be more worried but he’s looked distracted and distant this year and thus the idea that his emotions have clouded him to this point makes a lot of sense.

With the captain and 1D on a LOA, let's start fixing the staff now so we can surprise him with a new vision when he returns.

Frankly my guess is he's always had the option but has like any typical man wanted to put his head down and grind through it. Trying to lead a hockey team out of the basement, be a good fiancé for a wife who had a heart transplant overseas, and being a world class hockey player simultaneously can't possibly be easy. If this franchise is good at anything though, its treating their players well in regards to this sort of stuff.

He's likely tired from worrying and its been a noticeable distraction on the ice for him so hopefully this will give him the proper time to right himself and hopefully return with his fiancé to better days ahead. Perfect time for some firings and making things right on the homefront

I wouldn't but primarily due to the contract