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What Brawndo said. Also, Drysdale might be better than any of the other prospects I listed. Eichel trade should be about "best return available" not "centre is the priority"

How about the skating 15-minutes-a-night, roll four balanced lines equally part? (Jack's play style and skill set on the ice can fit with any coach's preferred play style. That's one of the defining characteristics of elite players.)

Is this true? Hadnt noticed it at all. Seemed like they haven’t allowed many at all.

If it could be this team’s theme song it would be fantastic. On so many levels.

I don’t think the Bruins are who you think they are. https://www.nhl.com/bruins/roster Separately, to your question, sure, why not? Like what I saw from Hayden. Who comes out?

pfft. Why stick with conventional strategy when you can get ahead of the curve? Just let the best wingers drop to you and move them into the middle. Rosen, Quinn, Tage…

We need at least one high upside guy coming back. Sharks: Eklund Jackets: Johnson Knights: Krebs Flames: Zary Wild: Boldy, Rossi Ducks: Drysdale These suitors all have a suitable piece. I just think Zary is likely the only one on the table, and I don’t think he’s at the same level as the others.

Asplund led the forwards with 18 and 1/2 minutes. R2 was last with just over 12. The other 10 forwards were all between 13:52 and 15:15. Dahlin was the low D because he missed that time to get stitches. The other 5 D were between 18 and 21. That is counting on every player. That is a team effort.

The Sabres continue to score goals by going to the net. It’s so satisfying to see and so baffling why it’s taken so long. It’s only 2 games, but Anderson has been best-case scenario Anderson. Exactly the calm, steady presence a team like ours needs. Does he have the stamina to continue? Does Tokarski have what it takes to give him the rest he needs? It seems like falling behind won’t effect the way we play any more than pulling ahead has. That goal was so prime Jeff Skinner. Do we dare dream? Love me some Rasmus Asplund. I always had hopes he could be Curtis Brown. He’s looked like it so far this year. It’s not just Cozens, Mitts and Dahlin who have to take a step. The 2ndry guys like Asplund and Bryson and Joki have to show improvement too. Canucks matched our effort in the 1st and I started thinking, this is what most of the season is going to look like; even if we continue playing this fast and working this hard, skill will eventually win out. Apparently not yet. Fitness, focus and preparation are still winning out over 3 periods. My expectations haven’t changed. Just give me reasons to like you. So far, so good.

They weren't a playoff team last year and the lost to a bad Detroit team on Saturday. They should be better than that though, and do have, however, far and away the best goalie we've seen so far.

Vancouver radio has been fun today (Paraphrasing): "This seems really weird to say this, but this is kind of a big game for the Canucks. I know it shouldn't be, because it's the Buffalo Sabres, i mean look at that roster. But if the Canucks expect to be a good team — and they do — good teams don't lose back-to-back games to the Detroit Red Wings and the Buffalo Sabres, they just don't."

I'm seeing Asplund replacing Girgensons down low on PP1? Good call, IMO. I like what Rasmus does close to the net. Not as big as Girg, but a better decision-maker and just as tenacious. Semi-related, I think he's been the Sabres best defensive forward so far this year.

Paul Hamilton giving a ringing endorsement of Jack Eichel right now on Vancouver radio in true Paul Hamilton fashion. Eye-rolling, entitled, bad leader who has never really been fully embraced by the fan base and gave up on being a Sabre one month into the season last year.

All this. Its also exactly what Granato promised he would do. Another point in his favour.

He certainly checks the “wants to be here” box. Hope he’s as easy to root for on the ice. What a personable kid. Had some fans with the Senators.

It is not and has not. One interview with Jack's physician of choice does not represent that. Previous and subsequent reports do not do this. Friedman has been very clear in his reporting Eichel favours this surgery, the Sabres do not want him to have it on the advice of their doctors. He has also been very clear that a number of teams interested in Jack's rights are willing to let him have the surgery. Statements like the bold misrepresent the facts.

Media reports are out there mostly because this is the most interesting off-ice story in hockey right now and guys like Friedman are paid to tell it. Not aimed at you, but there seems to be a prevailing thought among some here that any Eichel reports are agenda-driven lies eagerly gobbled up and relayed by Friedman as he knowingly prostitutes his professional integrity in order to get future scoops. Oddly enough, this seems to surface most frequently when he reports something that doesn't fit their personal agendas. I assume this is because it is an easy way to deflect and deny without having to demonstrate why a report is "wrong." Like all of us, he makes mistakes, but in more than a decade of paying close attention to most of what he reports, I have generally found Friedman to be fair and professional in his reporting, and tenacious in his pursuit of stories. It's how he has risen to the where he has. Friedman isn't sitting on a beach somewhere waiting for a text from Pat Brisson to tell him what to write next. He chases and writes stories about Eichel because that is his job. He reports what he's told - typically in careful fashion - by multiple sources around the league that he trusts and who are willing to talk to him. Of course those sources often have agendas. Good reporters - and Friedman is one - take that in to account in what they report and how. What he reports 9 times out of 10 is going to be a pretty fair reflection of what is out there in the industry. And if it is lacking in the Sabres perspective, it is because the Sabres have complicated his process by being unwilling to share their side. It was reported a couple weeks back that Jack is willing to go anywhere. This was not Friedman's opinion. It was him reporting that he has been told the Sabres feel that by waiting long enough on Risto, they maximized the return. They are applying that lesson to Eichel.

LOL. If the best piece currently being offered for Eichel is worse than Hague, why is Vegas still in this conversation?

Seasons are long, memories fog.

I’ve watched it 6 times and I’m still not sure exactly what he did. But I’m convinced it involved some pretty amazing hand-eye.

2 and 0 BABY!

Coyotes have a player named Clark Kahler?

Nervous about Tokarski in this situation.

Mitts would have. Think we will see some Olofsson.

Cozens has a rough shift. So Granato double shifts him.