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I know you have pushed this but trades like the one you want early in the season are exceedingly rare. Teams simply don't trade much in October-December. End of January you might start to see some movement. Come on now, Adams may have flaws but he isn't sitting on his butt not doing anything. It just doesn't fit who he is.

Being an NCAA product, once he signs he loses NCAA eligibility so we won't see him until his college season ends sometime in late March or early April. I would say we are sure to get him. This is his 2nd year in college and it seems unlikely he would return for a 3rd considering he is very development focused and the NCAA just isn't going to help him grow much more. Also Buffalo could potentially burn an ELC year if they want and put him in Buffalo this year.

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It's good all the way through. A couple of slower episodes but they aren't wasted, they do build up to stuff.

You know the thing about that pass? He waits for the lane to open and then wrists it down there before Tuch clears the net knowing that Tuch is moving into that space. That's a level above.

Okay, SDS we have 1 topic on Star Wars and it is an off topic thing so I am coming back to it because Andor just came out and I don't think Andor deserves a new star wars thread because this is the catch all for that off topic discussion. That said... Andor is the BEST thing Star Wars has done since Rogue One and the best live action Star Wars show, period. It is deep, the characters are complex, it is well written, actions have consequences, and the detail and acting is superb. The Empire doesn't seem like a bunch of morons who can't hit the broad side of a bantha at 5feet but a nefarious and overtly authoritarian hellscape that they should be. They are space Nazis and act like it. The main character isn't the most exciting person in Star Wars, he doesn't have the force and he isnt some noble hero. He is a guy trying to get through life and crap goes sideways. The side characters add depth, the environments are amazing (it was filmed on locations and not in a green room!). The storyline is great as you are never quite sure who is up to what at times. Watch Andor. Stellan Skarsgard is fantastic in it and the best addition to Star Wars since Chewbacca. Mom Mothma getting explored as a character is brilliant. The bureaucracy of the empire is even interesting! Is this show perfect? No but it is better than Mandolorian and makes Bobba Fett looked like filler bs. Andor moves slow at times as it is basically 9 episodes with 3 arcs. That said it builds tension, has real stakes, and above all else takes the world it exists in seriously but still has some fun. It isn't filled with gratuitous cameos that don't make sense or forced dialog to explain other star wars stuff going on. I haven't loved the Star Wars Universe in years because it became a shoddily written money grab with low stakes, overpowered hero's, lacked setup and payoff, had little tension, and was overall a mess with conflicting storylines and terrible writing. Andor... good lord they start making more things like Andor and I am in. Spoilers

Yea, it is time to up the level of aggression we have in making a trade for a defender.

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I will say that Marty and Duffer are fantastic. Duffer isn't a slouch and knows not only Buffalo but most of the league. Marty is great because of his personality and knowledge, they play off eachother wonderfully.

I dont want to defend him and I am skeptical of how this is recorded but he has 14giveaways and 14 takeaways. I agree with you, seems like it should be way more. I wonder if that is a product of losing puck battles where they don't mark a gv because he never really had control. https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/mitteca01.html

I'll send out invites for the event. Free good but gotta buy your own drinks.

Oh crap, it's on

Id rather they find a partial (and sounds like minor tear) now than have him in the middle of a game blow his knee completely out. It is what it is and we will still have Vonn around the room helping our young pass rushers and being the pro he is.

And the terrifying part is those shots are somewhat accurate. Idk how you stop a rising 100mph slapper that just nicks the inside of the post. This year Tage is 4th in points and 3rd in goals to this point of the season in the ENTIRE LEAGUE. You can't get much more superstar than that.

Yea I heard that too and eye rolled hard. At this point, I want Tage Thompson over Jack Eichel... which is not the timeline I thought we lived in. Connor McDavid played on Edmonton teams with losing records and MacKinnon played on bad Avalanche teams.

Tuned in this morning to WGR because usually during the 7am hour there is some Sabres coverage. Coming out of a break they did the radio call of the Tage goals, mentioned he was awesome, then immediately moved on to talk about Vonn Miller. The guy is gone for the rest of the season, there's nothing to talk about there. I turned it off after 3minutes because there were only so many ways they can say Miller being out impacts the Bills.

Trade him and move on. Let another team watch him "grind" while he makes the wrong play repeatedly in the offensive zone and is mediocre in the defensive zone. If I have to watch an offensive zone chance die again because Casey decides to force a pass or skate into trouble or just spin around on the wall with no idea what to do until he just halfheartedly dumps it back to the point, my head might explode. Good luck.

Sabres have 105goals and that puts them first in the NHL by 5 goals.

Anyone saying 20yr of Dahlin should be traded was wrong then and still wrong today. Tage is an exception. UPL, doesn't look good in the AHL or in the NHL. How many years do we wait before we upgrade him because he might maybe someday be an average nhl starter?

We're all of them with that pair on the ice?

We just won by 5 goals. I'll worry about defense another day.