DarthEbriate

Remember that one season when the Sabres were 19-5 when he was in the lineup and we had good laughs about it? Sheevyn took it very seriously. 7x4+ seriously.

Hey, Edmonton! You’re up a goal in the third period. You’re not allowed to possess the puck in the offensive zone and cycle it for entire shift. Or at least, that’s what my owner and GM and coach have told me.

‘Twas a kick, but Kulich was the only one in the right spot in the first place.

His only option would’ve been to channel his inner Hasek and toss the stick away immediately and go diving for the block. But most goalies aren’t that guy.

Reimer couldn’t move his stick because of Perry. But for the sanity of the game I don’t want that to be goalie interference. Perry wasn’t in the crease and Cozens helped push him to the post.

I still like the signing. What I didn’t understand was waiving him and forcing Levi to the NHL to start the season, unless Reiner was just awful in practice. Neither goalie distinguished themselves in the preseason. Reimer has had one game that was a complete dud, but he is well ahead of the others in save percentage. He’s been everything that could be wanted of him. Just doesn’t play enough and has a garbage defense in front of him. The Sabres briefly made it even in shots after the power play. Two breakaways. One post, one easy save.

And he’s a center, no less.

Jiri! Can’t give him that many chances.

I put it in another thread, but if they’re eligible, JJP and Quinn should both be looking for offer sheets in the offseason and refusing anything with term past their 1st UFA season with the Sabres. There’s still time for them to get the most out of their careers.

The Rosén unblocked plan.

They simply cannot follow up a goal with three shifts of effective defense.

Zucker is the Sabres offense. The Sabres defense is the Oilers offense. Imagine keeping Skinner and still signing Zucker. They’d have… what… 2 more wins?

No SHG allowed = ecstatic yay.

TNT didn’t even register a shot on the opening 1-on-0. Halfway through the first, the Sabres still don’t have a shot. Cozens immediately kills a couple Sabres possessions/transitions when he touches the puck. Kozak was in the 2nd line, McLeod off of IR and… gets the 4th line. A shot on goal!

There's a game today! Starting the GDT, but remember, if the Sabres lose

Zucker shouldn't, either, although he's a bit older so he want to settle down in a good hockey town and make good money as he spins down. Eventually, GM Sheevyn can give him the Okposo-trade-to-a-contender treatment because doing good things for your veterans and for other GMs is how you something something. If I'm McLeod or Byram, I'm going one of two routes: arbitration or looking for a nice offer sheet to let the ownership know I don't want to be here. If I'm Quinn or JJP, I'm also looking for one-year offer sheets if eligible for it, and let the suitor know I'm open to signing an extension with them. Nothing long-term here.

Carolina gets the best player in the trade, but for how long? I really like it from a Colorado perspective, though. Necas is having a very good season and will look even better on MacKinnon's wing than he did in Carolina. Drury gives them a FO-winning center for depth. And there's recent news that Landeskog is making strides... which means he'll probably start skating with the team soon and be ready to play just around... mid-April.

Rantanen's salary was too large this season for the Sabres, let alone an extension. Plus, getting a third team to retain half the salary would've made it a very difficult trade. Also, "Too old! Too old to become a Sabre."

Always two there are: the master and the apprentice. The fool and the fool who follows him.

But you’re thinking rationally about teenage prospects and high picks. That’s not how the Sabres braintrust operates.

Took on 4.5M and gave up Hall, the lottery-winning cheat code, for pick 65-67? That seems kind of weak.

It is amazing how shoddy a PP looks without Zucker on the ice. Unless you can get a 2-on-1 rush goal by catching the PKers on a change, the PP strategy is as follows: 1) No matter where you are on the ice or the situation, pass it back to your own blue line or behind your net. 2) If behind your net, stand there for 5 seconds to allow everyone to get where they need to be, and start the winger on the big loop back. 3) Get to mid-ice and make a drop pass all the way to your own faceoff circle. 4) Pass to far wing and enter the zone. Immediately turn your back to the middle of the ice and get caught along the boards and lose possession. 5A) Repeat. 5B) Or, possibly chip the puck down low, then back up, and make a weak cross-ice pass for a turnover.

He played tonight and McDavid is out, so I think his coach will dress him for the Sabres. He should be motivated to show up the team that bought him out.

We'll see if the Sabres are all friendly toward Skinner or if they try to run him at every opportunity.

One good half-period of hockey (first half of the second). One uffda-style carom off Dahlin for the SHG, a weak goal by UPL, Power on the guy but not really tying him up for the GWG, and then Calgary simply skating circles around them for the final 20 minutes. This team needs a goalie to steal them one. Wolf was excellent. He's played 100 more AHL games than Levi has.