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Well?

If this team isn't in a playoff position at Christmas, it was another failed offseason.

Yup. Rogers will have trouble moving the pocket and extending plays. We saw some of that with Brady at the end too. NE is just a bad team so didn't effect him enough.

Skinner was one of the best forwards in the NHL at drawing penalties throughout his career.

We have video of that conversation:

He's a good dude.

I found it interesting that Paul Hamilton was talking on the radio about the step up in practice intensity from Barf Kruger to Donny G to Ruff and each time it was a major improvement. He talked about how Ruff was calling plays dead that were offsides, calling penalties that would cut it in a game, and genuinely expecting the team to practice how it played. Specifically called out Granato for allowing plays to go offsides at practice and for lazy penalties to happen with no care at all. Just interesting to hear from someone who watches practices. Does it mean anything? Not unless they win.

Well, the good news is we have Power and Byram so maybe they can hold the fort while Dahlin rehabs whatever it is.

Here you go.

He was watching practice from the tunnel.

No you wouldn't. You would have been in here when they announced Dahlin on day 1 saying stuff like "Ruff should have waited until they went to Europe to see who is really the leader and get a feel etc..." Besides, the leaders on the team are already amplifying the message. A letter on your jersey doesn't make you a leader.

That's true, just was interesting to see their splits and what they could be.

For comparison to a team that we are competing against: Detroits Lines Peterka-Thompson-Tuch OR DeBrincat-Larkin-Raymond Benson/Kulich-Cozens-Quinn OR Rasmussen-Copp-Fischer Zucker-McLeod-Greenway OR Chiasson-Danielson-Ratcliffe Malenstyn-Lafferty-NAK (Krebs mixing in) OR Brandsegg-Nygård -Kasper-Hanas

Nope, looked it up. Benson subbed out for Kulich according to reports.

Probably Greenway spot.

You complained about small guys. I give you a small guy who won a cup. Considering Benson is buffalo's only small guy, idk why you're talking about a team Tyler Enni

The Savoie trade wasn't an overpayment. It could be in time but as currently stands, that was fair value.

Omg! Sabres not at rink but out golfing! Think of the children!

The Sabres have 7 million left in cap space. That's a lot.

Probably not but maybe. I think at 1.75 he would be but at that, idk.

That's about .20 too much IMPO. 1.25 for 2 years sounds better but whatever. At least it is 2 years so you have control and if he hits, cool and if he doesn't you can trade him or waive him or bench him. To me, that screams "he's gonna start on our 4th line" but I guess camp will decide. Malestyn is 1.35 Kubel is 1.5 Lafferty is 2.0