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Buffalo needs to upgrade their head coach too

Bad argument.

We looked pretty good when Eichel and Reinhart were on the ice.

Buffalo could easily have Eichel, Reinhart, Hagel, and Bennett on their team. Sigh. And McAvoy

Nah, I just think the Bruins didn't like it. Probably feel their Dr's would have caught the infection earlier. McAvoy ended up in the hospital.

Sounds like the Bruins were pissed at how the Minnesota Wild doctors handled it. Wgr talked about it this morning.

Back to the game. Seems a bit more open than last game.

Nice goal

Tage most likely not playing

forgot I had already started this:

We did to that, we traded Savoie for McLeod. We didn't pick that many undersized forwards. Savoie, Rosen, Östlund, I suppose we could add Benson but he's a different cat. Out of those 3, Savoie was the only truly small guy in terms of height.

There's like 6 players between #6 and #12 that are various versions of the same thing. Lots of guys with motors and physicality that either need strength, better skating, better handles, better visions or some combination there of. The 5-15 range of this draft will be really interesting to watch.

Most guys outside the top 10, play out their jr level years (1-2) and then come to the AHL for another 1-3, that's a fairly normal development path, Buffalo has just sucked giant suckage for so long we expect every 1st round to be 1 and done at worst in the jr levels.

Add to that they keep playing Cozens on the PP even thought every single metric you want to consult says it is a terrible idea. Cozens is another example like Samuelsson, of Adams and Terry having favorites and just ignoring the short comings. Krebs was this for a bit but thankfully Peyton found a role and settled in.

Ohgren (6'1") Snuggerud (6'2") and Bystedt (6'2"). I don't follow players much after we draft them unless I love them (hi Seth Jarvis) but Ohgren has gotten a few games with Minnesota this year and hasn't looked lost from what I have seen. Hasn't produced much but is solid. He has 12g, 11a, in 25 AHL games this season. 1g, 3a in the 19 NHL games he has. I'd say he's doing okay at 21 but he isn't wowing me. Snuggerud I haven't seen play at all because I don't watch much NCAA hockey these days. That said he is Capt of University of Minnesota and has 20g, 22a, in 32games. He produced 50pts in 40 games as a freshmen but then had some drop off last year and seems to have rebounded this year. 3rd yr NCAA played having 20g in 31 games, that's solid and just based on production he is trending towards a middle 6 goal scoring forward. Bystedt I have seen a bit of because he is in the AHL. He has 26pts, 9g, 17a, in 43 AHL games. That's .6ppg in the AHL compared to Östlund at 0.57 for Östlund. That said, both were transitioning to NA hockey so gotta wait to see where it goes. Overall, I think Ohgren's game has translated the best as evidence by his AHL play and NHL callups. I think Snuggerud is really intriguing and I want to see if his skating improved and he's more consistent using his skills. That's the big difference between someone like Snuggerud and Östlund. Snuggerud has the physical ability but he isn't consistently showing off the skills (I mean in his draft year) versus Östlund who lacked the physical ability but was constantly using those skills. Really at the end of the day I want players with high rev motors that use physical play to disconnect players from the puck. It is why I like Jarvis or Benson as much as I do regardless of their size and why I was not a big Power fan. In the 2025 draft it is why I gravitate towards Misa, Eklund, and Bear and less so towards Lakovic even though he is 6'4" because sure, he has the size but if he isn't using it how I want, who cares? I'd rather take Bear at 6' and get that constant engagement piece which is more disruptive IMO. It is why Benson can still be effective on the 4th line (even though it is stupid Buffalo has put him there).

I would not have drafted Östlund at 16, I fully agree there were other options Buffalo should have considered.

If I were the Bills, I would be focusing more on interior lineman as opposed to edge rusher. The interior was bad against the run and against the pass, they often allowed QB's to step up or out of the pocket making it impossible for the edges to do anything unless they won a rep cleanly. If I am the Bills, I am trading up and taking Derrick Harmon out of Oregon or sitting tight and grabbing someone like Alfred Collins out of Texas. With how Darius Alexander played at the Senior Bowl, he might be someone Beane looks at in round 2 as we know Beane values the senior bowl. Alexander also played for Toledo, so he might have been easy viewing for scouts.

I'd debate that. 42pts in 32 j20 games is fairly solid. Not at the top like his linemate Liam Ohgren though and a lot of what scouts wrote on Östlund was "potential" due to his elite skating and work ethic. Still, you are correct there were other forwards with size we could have easily drafted, such as Ohgren (6'1") Snuggerud (6'2") and Bystedt (6'2"). I believe this is the draft that the Sabres were going to take Leinonen in the first if Kulich was gone, so dodged a bullet there.

Noah Östlund: 10games 5g 6a 11pts +9 I truly believe if the Sabres had managed to draft Kulich and Östlund in the reverse order, the opinions of Ostund would be more in line with who he is as a player. That said, Östlund coming to life in the AHL is a really good sign and I hope he keeps working to get stronger because he's got legit NHL skills, but he will get buried if he doesn't focus on becoming a 5'11" 185lb man.

If Biden told you Ukraine "give us 50% of your rare earth minerals or we'll make a deal with Russia instead" no, I ***** wouldn't praise his efforts. Just like I dont praise his efforts for the Afghanistan withdrawn. Presidents aren't kings and political parties aren't owned allegiance regardless of what they do. Trump demanded 50% of the mineral rights, didn't get it, and immediately went to Russia to broker a deal which I'd bet money gives him mineral rights. Note, I say him, because the US ain't getting it. Trump and his allies will. that's not payment for defense or reparations, that's trump enriching himself. Watch for it.

Huh... I could have sworn there were several more posts in here... Anyways, should be fun tomorrow but just like in football, I think beating a team twice is hard.

Still waiting on DOGE to produce real receipts but thus far lots of ***** ups and lying about what they do find. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/doge-days-musk-trump-tout-cuts-fraud-claims-are-debunked-rcna192217