DarthEbriate

Panthers such good defensive sticks in every passing lane. And occasionally they pick off an incredibly slow Power pass.

Rosén looks slightly faster this call-up.

It was McLeod, so I can’t blame Norris or Cozens.

Got into a 3 on 1. No shot.

Out worked on the power play.

Muel falls down. Goal, Florida.

100% on faceoffs!

Four starters out for the Sabres tonight. But no Marchand or Tkachuk for the Panthers. Fun.

Tuned into TSN and saw the 1st intermission highlights/spotlight on Cozens. He bumped into people on the ice. Maybe one of those gets credited as a hit in Buffalo. In his first Sens home game: one period, 5 hits. Those were the easiest 5 hits he'll ever earn.

One thing is to see if Norris ever plays with Quinn, and if they do, are they pretty much an automatic goal against. Can Norris bring out the best in Quinn and turn him back into a top-6 projected RW?

The sweater numbers sent to us by the Senator spies pinpoint the exact location of the bottom of the Standings. We also know that the Rebuild of this franchise is not yet operational. With the other franchises of the league spread throughout the standings in a vain effort to promote us, the Lottery is relatively unprotected. But most important of all, we've learned that the GM Sheevyn himself is personally overseeing the final stages of the construction of this roster. Many Bothans died Cozens and Jokers were traded to bring us this information. For Cozens' sake, I hope he doesn't try to pull off a New Guy Fight in his first game for Ottawa to prove all the talking heads correct about his physicality.

Thus, the Rosén callup. Gotta stop all this puking, gents!

Plus, @GASabresIUFAN correctly identified him as Howdy Doody, who is clearly a marionette. Edit: credit added

At the time, Colorado needed a 2C and had redundant defensive depth in Byram. This season, Mitts appeared to collapse under the pressure (not all that surprising) and got the raw end of the deal with the injuries early in the season (MacKinnon/Rantanen/Makar were on the ice together and everyone else got AHL-level players) with their inept goaltending. It was an A+ move for the wrong player. Seems like they applied Bernard-Docker's data to Cozens. JBD is just about due to come back from his high ankle sprain and was on LTIR with the Sens.

My two questions through the end of the season are: 1) How quickly does Ottawa move Cozens to the wing? 2) Does Norris play soundly enough at center that the Sabres suddenly ice an actual NHL 2nd line?

I don’t like this besmirching of the Muppets.

I don't understand the Dunne callup. What -- because you traded Gilbert now you're afraid of Bennett and Marchand? They're not fighters. Would Dunne not be subject to waivers? Like a 5% chance he'd be claimed, but still he's a critical piece for the Amerks.

Unless I missed someone, by active rostered players games played in a Sabres uniform, it looks like they traded their 3rd (Jokiharju - 351) and 4th (Cozens 341) highest players. Dahlin leads with 489, TNT in second with 386.

One thing we learned based on the picks that were traded for D-men... The Sabres' refusal to retain any salary impacted what they received for compensation. Retaining and moving Joker to a playoff-bound team early on would have netted a higher pick than waiting until the last second and dumping him to a deadline seller.

Three moves tied with 2023 and 2024 for the most on a day. 3/3/2023 - Greenway, Asplund, and Austin Stand (AHL) (though 2 more moves on 3/2, and the Bloom trade on 3/1, so it was a busy deadline) 3/8/2024 - Okposo, E.Johnson, and Cooley (AHL).

What, you don't want to wait for Power to reach age 26 and beyond before deciding on the GM's fate? 😇

This is the Adams playbook. Get waited out by the GMs and move a RHD (either at deadline or well after the draft) for a 4th round pick. Lyubushkin, E. Johnson, Jokiharju.

Boston awkwardly trying to hit Unsend and Ctrl+Z that sent Marchand + retention to FLA for a 3rd, and gave up a 1st and a 2nd for Jokiharju and take on all salary.

No trade (or draft selection) can be judged the day of. We won't know the extent of it all for a couple of years at the earliest, but I posted this deep within the Cozens thread and it still holds true for myself after the Jokiharju trade: Getting Greenway and Zucker for combined $8.75M was cheaper today than in the summer (unless they both crashed and burned in the playoffs are being traded). Moving out Cozens' chase-the-puck defense was important. Moving out Jokiharju was necessary because he didn't have a role; unfortunately, I don't know that Bernard-Docker will fill that role, either. I think the team is improved until Norris' next shoulder surgery.