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And all of that is in addition to him being a bad overall player. $7m per year and an "A".

And Cozens goes flat on his back getting pushed with one hand by an opponent.

I think I'd want Byram as the D-man to be closer to the front of the net. Announcer said Tage needed to get his stick on it, but I'd actually give credit for Tage for even being that far back on the backcheck. That was on Bryam to me. For me out of postion is the biggest issue.

Samuelsson led D-men with almost 10 minutes of ice time (9:44). I know they were shorthanded, but he did't even play the entire PK so I'm sure he would have led even without that penalty. Dahlin 2nd with 7:56. Malenstyn, Krebs, and Benson at the bottom of the ice time list among fowards (all just under 4 minutes) Greenway and Tuch led with just over 6 1/2 minutes each...again probably due to the PK time. I disagree. Your top line doesn't have to be full of 3 all stars. He is more than good enough to be a top line winger with his overall play. He is a 30+ goals scorer, a positive player on a negative team, and probably a better/more aggressive forchecker than most wingers around the league.

Goals are fun. When I played hockey I'll have to admit I actually liked playing goal the best. But as a spectator, I'll take a goal every time even over a great save while watching.

As posted above he's not perfect and does make mistakes, just a lot less than some other forwards.

No one is perfect. Overally I think those mistakes he makes happen a lot less than other players. He certainly to me is one of the better 2 way forward on this team.

I think my stream of the game is actually a bit ahead of where it normally is. Usually I find out about goals on this forum by people posting before I see them on TV. Tonight it seems the opposite. Maybe an ESPN vs MSG thing for me.

Why would Cozens ever have a single game where he gets more ice time than McLeod? McLeod is playing so well for a '3rd line' center. The team is better when McLeod is on the ice.

Agreed. I posted this in a different thread about him earlier, but since he has been here, hes closing on on his 2nd 30+ goal year in 3 full seasons, leads the team in Plus-minus, he's one of the better forecheckers in the league. I hardly remember any goals allowed where I said "that one's on Tuch" as he doesn't make hardly any positional mistakes..oh, and he's the best clutch player on the team, No one has more game winning goals than him since he came here. Not sure what else you want in a winger or why you would want to move that.

4 goals in less than 10 minutes. At least its entertaining so far. At least he had the sense to shoot it and not try a drop pass like so many other players on this team seem to do.

Thompson. Dahlin. Tuch. You don't trade those guys. Yep, the team needs a huge change of talent/roster players. But don't subtract the good pieces you have.

To those who say that Bryam ins't really all that good unless he is with Dahlin, and that Dahlin makes a LOT of players look better, I hear you. I'm not saying Byram is bad, but his overall play seems to be only average unless you stick him with Dahlin. Some good games, some bad ones.

A deflection off of the D-mans stick. I can't really blame that Tampa goal on anyone. Maybe they could have got back a bit quicker, but not really a mistake.

That is where I disagree and at least part of why I finally moved back up north. I like light-jacket weather, I really do. We hate, despise 88 - 95 and humid. I would rather live 3 months in the very cold/snowy weather (which, btw, right in the middle of it is when we yearly choose to visit FL to stay with her relatives), compared to 6-7 months of just...Heat. The last time I lived in Florida it was near Daytona...and my family thought I was crazy but I told them I was sick of the late-spring to early summer weather. Every day for months was almost always the same. Bright sunshine, heat, hardly a cloudy day to break it up. If you forget to put your sunshade on the car at work you can't even touch your steering wheel for how hot it gets. The best I could hope for was an afternoon, 4-6pm thunderstorm to break it up. I tolerated it my frist year down there, but as the years went by I longed for the 4 seasons and I just wasn't as happy. Right now we live in a quiet corner of Niagara County, not too far from the river and the lake. Suburban/almost rural feel. Its quiet. When we go to Florida, its not just the weather...the traffic, the crime, the aggressive people (at least where my relatives live), and strip plaza after strip plaza after strip plaza. Again, our relatives love it. I could not go back to living like that if you paid me. Again, some love living down there. I am more than willing to live in the Northeast and travel south for a week or two each winter.

No, most wins and fewest losses does't mean 'almost unstoppable'. First of all, they currently do not have the most wins. The Amerks have 34. Laval has 35 and they have done that in one less game. Next, they do not have the least number of losses. The Amerks have 20 losses. Laval has only 18. Want to take into consider overtime and shootout losses? Well they do not have the best point percentage. They are behind Laval there also. When your overall season literally average out to win 2 games, lose 1 game, that is very good but not almost unstoppable. When their average game has them outscoring the other team by 0.8 goals per game, that is very good but not almost unstoppable. What would I classify as a Juggernaut, 'nearly ustoppable?' Its been done before and this Amerks team, as good as they are, are no where close to it. They aren't even the best team in the AHL this year (still behind Laval in terms of points/winning percentage) So what is a Juggernaut in Hockey? Just looking at the NHL, not even the AHL: -The 2022-23 Boston Bruins. 65w-17L. Outscored their opponent by 1.56 goals per game. -2018-2019 Tampa Lighting. 62w-20L. Outscored opponents by 1.25 goals per game. -2012-2013 Blackhawks. 36W-12L in shortened season. Outscored opponents by 1.1 goals per game. -1995-96 Red Wings. 62-20. Outscored opponents by 1.76 goals per game. The Amerks are good, very good, but to say they are nearly unstoppable is a big reach.

Having lived in Florida (2 seperate times for quite a few years) I can't help myself but to chime in... My father-in-law and brother-in-law both moved there from NY city. They absolutely love living there. My brother-in-law goes over the top and constantly calls it his 'paradise' and tells us we should move down there again. My wife, wants nothing to do with it. She literally is in a bad mood everytime we visit there and when we get home from visiting we are so releived. To each their own I guess.

I'll give it the first period and see how things go. Hopefully they'll show up and it will be an entertaining game.

A lot of posters think some players on this team have a lot of value. I have read comments from many people that a lot of teams want Cozens and he is in high demand. I disagree with that, I think the return for him will be more in line with what you say, but some disagree.

Here is the thing, odds are they have got to get better, right? If the Buffalo community likes hockey as much as some think, then if this team does make the playoffs I would bet that the fans come back and the financials improve. If the team doesn't make the playoffs for the next 3-5 years, yeah, then things are in trouble. I do not see how they will get more fans, and odds are likley they will continue to lose paying customers. To me, odds are things get better with the franchise financially. However, in the case that they continue to flounder on the ice, yeah, what you said becomes a possibility.

Someone else has to speak to that, I'm not sure. It seems obvious there is something about him that the staff doesn't like though, practice habits maybe? He's not a top 2 guy, but when he does play, I think he's pretty solid as a 3rd pair guy and he doesn't even hurt you too much as a 2nd. I've 'kinda' liked his game this year, but it seems the coaching staff does not.

Colton Parayko for St. Louis looks to be out for at least 1 1/2 months with an injury. The Blues are only 1 point out of a playoff spot and have been making a push (14 points in their last 10 games). They probably could use a D-man, and Parayko was on the top pair, I think he's a Right hand shot also....maybe a spot for a Sabres guy to be traded, Jokiharju?

Thompson is a top line player, hes one of the best goal scorers in the league. Tuch is also a good 1/2 line guy. He's good enough as a first liner, and he would be a great 2nd liner on a lot of teams. Not sure why you say Tuch is a 2nd liner at best...he's one of the better forcheckers in the league, is close to getting his 2nd 30 goal season in 3 years....leads the team in plus/minus, is a clutch scorer (no one has more game winning goals on the team since he has been here), and it is rare, REALLY rare that he makes a mistake definsively by being out of position. Since leaving Vegas and arriving here with more ice time, he has developed into a really solid all around winger. Buffalo's 'first line' (Thompson, Tuch, and Zucker) have a combined 70 goals, are a +20 and are shooting 17.2% collectively (you can sub in Peterka for Zucker and the numbers don't change much). I'm not going to list every team, but that puts them in the top 1/3 in the league's top lines in most of those categories around the league. Of course you can always use more great first liners, but the issue with this team is lines #2 and #3, mostly Cozens and Quinn who actually have hurt the team and made it worse when they were out there this year. This team would be a playoff team, and probably a legit contender if you take away Cozens and Quinn and replace them with good 2nd line players (a bit of better goaltending and an extra good vet D-man would help)

I don't think its wrong to say the fanbase is the least engaged, and the youngest generation of people in the area are the least interested in the team that they have ever been. So why I don't think they are moving, its worth converstation to me because things are worse now than pretty much ever for the support level this team gets.

-Panthers and Jets about to trade to swap goalies -Vegas and Rangers just traded Reilly Smith for Brisson and pick (with salary retained) -Jersey Aquires Dumelouin for a 2nd and a prospect -Florida gets Nico Sturm for a 4th. That is just this morning in addition to 4 moves yesterday. Oh, Ryan Reaves just waived to free up cap space so Toronto can make a move or moves. And Buffalo......so far Nothing.