DarthEbriate

The approach? Do not. But say you tried. Zucker will garner a 2nd and a 6th, Greenway a 3rd because of the injuries despite being an excellent fit for a playoff rental, and Joker for some AHL guy/tweener prospect.

11-9-1 pre-streak and 8-7-1 since. If they follow suit and go 7-6 during it... They're 26-22-2. 54 points. One point behind upstart Columbus and in tenth place overall. Then, an EP trade discussion could be season- and franchise-altering. Instead, it's mere future fancy.

Just need every future opponent to be missing 3 of its top 4 defensemen and lacking in any top 6-worthy centers and the Sabres will be fine. But it was a fun home game for the crowd.

The Bruins look very old and very slow. Missing the better half of their defense as well. Oh well, it was a good time to kick their teeth in. They mailed it in once JJP got the response goal. Zadorov gave JJP a bump, but they didn't even try to goon it up at the end.

Benson! You can't leave the Son of Old Ben alone in front of the net.

jinx

Power, you owe Ukko a beer.

Wait? We can score with the empty net? All the hats!

JJP! Sometimes you can still split the D because they don't bother to take the man. Good response! Normally this year, that follow-up shift after the Marchand goal would've been a terrible effort and result in Bruins zone time and shots. Not tonight.

Cozens shouldn't really be getting PP time these days. Give him a break to simplify his game.

Boston just sloppy defense allowing rush goals left and right. And Swayman looks like his save percentage this season. Keep firing! Quinn... oof. That shot attempt was as clumsy or random as a blaster.

All wings report in! Power gets an assist, and goes to the net for a little distraction on the JJP shot. McLeod looks speedy. Not necessarily a fan of Benson on the 4th line, but it's fine as long as Kozak is in over Lafferty. Benson at least plays like a 4th liner.

St. Louis has placed Brandon Saad on waivers. $4.5M with this season and next year remaining on the contract. One year removed from 26 goals. If on the 2nd PP probably could get to 15-25 goals next season. The good: 2x Cup winner, fair size, and would be that veteran middle-6 type Zucker equivalent. He's been known to show up in the playoffs, if that matters next year. The buyer beware: he does not throw body checks (7 hits this season, which makes Power look like a hungry rancor). Probably has lost a step and is one the decline, but folks would've said that about Zucker heading into this season.

Would you look at that? 4 PM dentist appointment. Dentist visit, probably x-rays this time around... that sounds lovely.

They needed all those quick defensemen for the Housley-style attack. 😇 Remember some guys: Antipin. Pilut. Butcher.

Twins and Packers have both provided me with some good celebrations.

Yup. Luke Adam looked alright and scored points in his first 20 games as a 1C as well (though I think Kulich is a much better player with a much higher floor) than Adam.

Hopefully, this means Greenway is on the mend.

Unfortunately, it will most likely look like: -- Oh good, the silver lining of the end of the NFL season is that Pegula can focus on the improving the Sabres. 2 hours later. -- Good god! No! Stop trying to improve the Sabres! Please.

I’ll take that under advisement, cowboy. Run it again.

Byram would be in the same boat in Vancouver as here and in Colorado. He's never getting PP1 time and being the guy. At least here in Buffalo he's on the top pair because Dahlin is just good on the right side. For EP: Zucker or Greenway with max 50% retention to help them win now, Cozens and his money to slot into their future core, Rosen for the future, and a lottery-protected 1st. Some sort of 2nd, 3rd, or 4th coming back from Vancouver. For JT: Cozens, and that's it. And re-sign Zucker ASAP so you have an adult in the room when JT pouts in the future. They'll end up trading JT in the future or buying him out, so they would need to minimize any assets given up.

Borgen was one of the logical choices to leave unprotected. (Risto and his price tag was more logical; Joker maybe in hindsight, but he was a shiny new acquisition.) But it's amazing that the current ownership really like to move on from their own serviceable defensive defensemen draftees who could be 2nd pair players (with the right partner) for many years: McNabb, McCabe, Borgen. Edit: Note that this doesn't look good for the Sabres' future of Novikov or Strbak, two players that they really could use in a couple years... hehehe... you know, when they're... competing. in Power's timeline window. I can't even say it.

Negotiating with Fear prolongs detailed and intimated conversations with Suffering.

The AHL only suspended Harpur for 4 games for that. That should've been 1/4 of the season. Harpur wasn't dressed in last night's game, but the Amerks took care of business for and Sandstrom got a pretty comfortable win. If Zucker, Benson, Kozak or Aube-Kubel, Dahlin, and Clifton were on the ice, yes. But probably only that combination. Maybe Byram.

The Oilers broadcast's hit of the game was the dullest collision between two players heading towards their benches. Ekholm kind of chirped at Quinn, probably "hey, look where you're going." kind of thing. Pegula was talking about himself. If only he knew the question.