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My conclusions thus far... Skinner and Tage will remain together JJP and Cozens will remain together I think Power - Joker, Dahlin - Clifton, and Muel - Johnson are at least the preliminary def pairs to see how things work for now.

I wonder how many times Hamilton will be on WGR today telling ppl falsely that Trevor Zegras is better than Dylan Cozens, what say you? 5, 6 more? He is at at least 3.

The same pundits went into last year and again this year with the line that Detroit is so much better simply because they did stuff.

Everyone realizes the Sabre and Anaheim 100% talked. How do we know? Because we literally traded with them already. That doesn't mean they are seriously discussing a Zegras trade. Doesn't even mean anything of interest happened there. It doesn't make sense.

Redwings 1st training camp lines:

Christmas is a possible return for Quinn although from Adams' comments, I was not clear if that meant back on the ice to practice or back on the ice to play. Basically I don't know if he meant that is when they expect Quinn to be ready to play NHL games or just when he is done with that initial recovery and can start ramping up for game play.

Update:

There it is, the expectation is not playoffs, it is the Stanley Cup.

Zegras v Cozens v Mitts Zegras - 23g, 42a, 0.802ppg, 2.6pts/60, possession quality -17.5 E+/- Cozens - 31g, 37a, 0.84ppg, 3.1pts/60, possession quality -5.9 E+/- Mitts - 15g, 44a, 0.72ppg, 2.7pts/60, possession quality -2.4 E+/-

What if none of what you say here is remotely true? Dahlin was at the prospects tournament. Went to the Jets game. Is in their promotional stuff joking around. For a guy who's "unhappy" he sure is doing a lot of stuff with his team.

Really glad there's this great story of leadership and team bonding and the responses are essentially: the Bills lost so I bet the trip was demoralizing and hope none of the team was punch and killed. Glad we have a team that gives a *****. The rest here is just noise.

Kozak is only 20. Even good prospects like Quinn and JJP struggled in the NHL at 20. I think Kozak will need another couple years in the AHL to really fulfill a bottom 6 roll in the NHL

Ask again in 2 years.

Biron has been tossing this idea out since July.

Kyle Okposo and his wife organized a team bonding trip to the Jets game. https://theathletic.com/4874752/2023/09/18/kyle-okposo-buffalo-bills-sabres-culture/?source=dailyemail&campaign=601983 He's the heartbeat of this team. He's not the Captain we deserve but he's the one we need right now. Best Captain since perhaps 2007

Novikov had 5 assists through 2 prospect challenge games. He was very good at the 3v3 tournament as well. He has 2 years of KHL experience and just turned 20 at the end of July while being 6'4" and over 200lbs. What do you expect from him in the AHL? Personally I think we might have a sleeping giant about to explode. His puck handling and skating are shockingly advanced for someone who did not flash in the KHL point wise. His KHL role from what I have gathered was to play about 10min a night and simply, stop the attack, get the puck out. He seems to be exceedingly good at shutting down opposing forwards both with his stick and with his body as needed. My guess is that if he plays 60games in the AHL we see about 35pts in his first NA season while being excellent on the PK. Guess time will tell.

Novikov having 5 assists in 2 games is pretty solid. I think there is a ton of offensive potential just begging to be unlocked in his game. He's going to end up getting tons of minutes in Rochester once the coaches realize what they've got. Good news is he will be getting way more minutes and opportunities than he did in the KHL.

I don't worry too much about their size. Outside of Savoie and Benson, they really haven't drafted small in terms of height and personally weight matters so little for 18yr olds because some of them add anywhere from 20-40lbs in muscle by the time they hit 22.