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I think it was the 2nd game vs the Habs, Sportsnet braoadcast said the Sabres were leading the league in hitting posts. Nice to have it go the other way.

No, but they are assets that can be drafted and developed or bundled in a trade to upgrade talent. The cost is strictly money, no existing assets. You only need to hit on one of these every once in a while to get an NHL player. Over the last 5 years of not doing this, they have passed on quite a few picks. All of these things add up if you make decent decisions in roster building, which I am not going to get into.

They could be the third team in a deal that requires salary retention, oh yeah, they never do that either.

Canada had punched above its weight during WW2 but was fading militarily. The Cold War was on and this was an opportunity for our country to contribute. CCCP was a juggernaut in international hockey that we had yet to face on a best on best. To come down to the last 34 seconds in a must win game on foreign soil was a big moment.

I went to watch Steve Dangle’s take on this game just to see how his passion for hockey translates to a best on best tournament. I usually go to his page after the Leafs annual exit just to laugh at his MELTDOWNS. His 20 minutes touched on a lot of similar things to what we all watched but he couldn’t shed the blue Leafs goggles. He talked about Matthews and Marner for about 5 minutes of this video. “Matthews was a demon!”

Winning at any level can only benefit these guys. They need to bring some of that down the highway.

Sorry if I offended you, I just wanted to state that the Hughes gang is more suited to skills competitions. They needed more Larkins and Slavins.

His sister, who skates just as well, was a non factor. I think McAvoy would have had more of an impact.

Good comparison as far as size and playing style. Wolf also won some AHL hardware in consecutive years.

He could have been Zucker +30%, in his prime.

Dahlin with Andersson is a pairing that could do very well.

A sense of urgency to add players to a lineup in order to improve the team, the culture and the morale of the fans. The Savoie for McLeod move was a step, he just stumbled after that. They came so close two years ago and he did squat to help them. He assumed they would just build on that but it hasn’t happened. As I used to say to people standing around at work, waiting for direct orders, when there were always small maintenance things to do, DO SOMETHING.

ROR’s love for the game is fading again, let the team that first broke his heart put a dagger through it. Trotz in year 2 is probably feeling more heat than KA in year 5.

This is sad to think about 5 years into a GM’s rebuild. I want one or two of those kids to become what we hope for but KA seems to have the same sense of urgency as Power lugging the puck up with 18 seconds left on PP2.

I agree with your assessment. I am not tied to Cozens being a Sabre, he can probably still fit as a middle 6 forward but I think he is not a long term 2C, as per his contract. Raw skills are a term I would use to peddle him to other teams, as per his draft pedigree and international performances. He does possess NHL skills that could make him a 800-1000 game player, just not at an all star level. He still could be a useful player for the Sabres, just not the go to guy many of us expected.

As in don’t touch him he might break.

The raw skills are there, I think he lacks hockey IQ and these trade rumours have sucked some energy out of him.

Lays his body on the line with a punishing physical game. Then sits out a couple to recover. OK, not really that physical and the ratio is more like 1:1. He is supposed to be the glue guy, probably because he is the most familiar with glueing his pieces back together.

Torts would make him pee his pants.

A guy I used to work with always took vacation, sick days, bereavement days, personal leave etc whenever there was a need for all hands on deck. I told him to just mark down the days he would be at work on the calendar.

One of them should be a Dman.

Also, McCabe would have gone straight for Noesen after the Tage hit. He’s not a heavyweight but he’s an old school player who stands up for teammates.

The staged fight was a move to try to appease the fans calling them a wimpy team. Too late.

Watching Vancouver vs Avalanche, Meatballs is working for Sportsnet.

Will it be goatheads with red tutus?