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In fairness, the rest of the league doesn't seem to have a complete lack of players willing to step out of their comfort zone when needed.

Like Olofsson.

If Okposo isn't a 2nd line player any more and Staal isn't a 2nd line player anymore, maybe that line isn't the 2nd line anymore.

That should end the complaints that we traded him for Montour. (yeah, yeah I know a 1st rd pick was involved too) If we really want him back the opportunity is there.

Or he was just an incorrigible *****.

I can hear it now. “There is no way we won’t get him. I’ll even trade away mediocre goalies to make sure it happens”. And then DarthEbriate chimes in, “never tell me the odds”.

He was an aggressive fighter before he stopped using supplements. And that was pretty early in his career. My recollection is that he got caught or admitted to using supplements and he stopped using them afterward and he changed. Not surprising given what we know about what they do to your personality. Most of his time in the NHL was spent trying to be an enforcer without actually getting hit.

Yeah, anyone still raving about our annual new toy hasn’t learned their lessons.

Post- andro anyway.

Whatever, stranger. 🤪

Mouthpiece ejecta needs to become this kids legacy.

Apparently my boomerish 70’s WNY mind doesn’t match icons and old usernames.

Agree with pretty much all of this. Maybe the biggest mistake of all wasn’t getting a team executive who was a proven winner and could set the culture, top down. The Pegulas never did get the culture right. Its interesting that the winners they did start with, Patrick and LaFontaine, bailed out right about the time that tanking was initiated. Since that time there has been precious little in the way of people with winning in their background that has been brought in to steer the yacht.

Amen to this. And done so most fervently by our most often “victimized” poster.

The real importance associated with Cozens fight last night is that he showed real leadership (I sense a problem and I am going to do something bold to address it), real courage to step outside his comfort zone, and real emotion. And for a short period of time those traits had a positive impact on our bench. When was the last time we saw any of that out of a Sabres roster, and when was the last time a rookie had to be the one to do it? (I'm thinking Brad May on Shane Corson for the same sort of reasons) It's a good sign for Dylan that he felt compelled to react in these ways. It's a bad sign fro the rest of the roster that Dylan felt compelled to react in these ways. I tmeans the rest of the team was derilect in that regard.

This might be the most rhetorical question ever asked on Sabrespace.

I really hate that users can change their user name and I have no way of seeing whointhehell they used to be.

I’m gonna throw a thought out there. KO may work better with Staal as they are both slow of foot these days. Hall becomes the token fast guy on that line I guess.

It took the kid to show some real emotion. I’m not sure about the rest of these jackalopes but the kid is gonna be alright.

I think there was a realistic expectation of Ralph moving upstairs. Emphasis on past tense. The longer that the team looks completely ineffective, the less likely an upstairs move is viable.

The timeframe for turning this around likely precludes keeping him. If he truly has reached apathy now, what state will he have achieved in 2 more seasons while mgt continues to mold the team? Downright hostility?

I seem to recall hearing the PSE has the restaurant half of the brewhouse and Labatt USA operates the brewery half. Regardless, I doubt Southern Tier needs additional brewery space to run 716. Frankly, I don't know why Southern Tier would be interested in that location. It's a bit outside of what they normally do.

Good to see you again. I miss alot of the old crowd that left during the last decade. And I have similar feelings regarding Jack.

Run 2 coaches out of town. Well on their way to running a 3rd out of town. I'm not convinced anymore that any of those coaches had the wrong system for the players they had. How may systems are there really in the NHL? How many breakout schemes? O zone setups? Neutral zone tactics? I'm calling bull ***** on it's a system problem anymore. There is a stink in the locker room. Well there is a high bar. Actually, I think there can be some debate there. Jack's rookie year had some pretty healthy talent too.

If there are hockey gods that need to be appeased, shedding the ill gotten tank gains might be the appeasement needed.