Thorny

Look pretty good and better than them, just need to limit our own mistakes SN couldn’t find the time to show a replay there? We had to watch that Habs player skate slowly back to his bench on a close up for 45 seconds?

Comrie nice save to bail them out, that was a really bad 2 on 1 to give up when we were controlling in their end

VO with some decent work down low tbh

Skinner had 5 points in our win last year vs Montreal

5 game assist streak for Dahlin

Did he TRY to beam Newhook with that shot? lol

That rebound had to stop at 3 toll booths

The blue seats are at least a nice counterbalance

Must Play Well No one walks the line as well as Dahlin. Cash money in that regard

I do feel a bit of an improv block by saying this is such a touch and go excercise… I suppose one thing we can certainly take from this is Adams will have a lot of flexibility in filling out the spots that do change, by way of prospect currency The moves Adams has made do way more for my wishes to see him make further transactions that not

This is a tangent but the most important, increasingly impressive large sample size I’m paying attention to this season is the trend line: really, it’s nothing short of the defining aspect of what has made the Adams tenure successful to this point. It’s to me also the most perilous, but following through on it this year I’d say is even more important than actually making the playoffs 31 > > 24 > > 20 - our finish in league standings year over year since Adams took over. That’s a large sample size that illustrates the job well done Adams has delivered. Consistent improvement. It’s perilous, because if you add in, say, a 22 at the end of this season, the trend line is broken. And what we are left with, arguably, is merely a collection of below average league relative results. But add in even an 18, and it’s a difficult trend to argue with, because it will be full of a substantial amount of data that says we are on continually elevating tracks Just something to pay attention to

I always forget that after a win, every player we have is good, and after a loss, every player is bad. Those are the two options available It’s always either “TRADE EVERYONE!” Or “Tage Thompson/insert prospect/player is Josh Allinn” I’ve actually been one of VO’s more ardent defenders in the past. Sometimes your roster needs to evolve

If the only basis for declining to ever move on from anybody is, “hey, this other guy bucked the trend!” we’d just find ourselves in an eternal state of movement paralysis we should also list the names of the much longer list of players who DIDN’T pan out. KA’s job isn’t just about deciding who to keep, and the answer being a quote from Gary Oldman’s Leon the Professional. It’s also deciding who to deal for other assets. That’s an equally important part of the job. You actively construct a team, you don’t just run a non-stop drafted players assembly line wherein you stay the youngest team in hockey every season. As appealing as that may seem to many

5 years? Surely there will be names from outside the organization and not just the graduation of a few prospects. That’s generally an eternity re: turnover. Projecting 5 years out just seems frivolous - this seems to be more less a current prospect depth chart with 24 and unders mixed in and Tuch it’s a roster exercise in name but essentially a prospect projection in reality

He’s nearly 30, he’s kinda what he is at this point. Not really an analogous situation to Casey

I’d sooner watch a non-Man of Steel Zack Snyder movie every day, first thing in the morning, then see a Canadian team win the Stanley Cup

And if they didn’t, I’m sure they’d hear about it from you 😉 - - - Wasn’t planing on making my third prediction today but, it’s Montreal: Sabres easy W

You would.

That’s some final destination type shite

Could also argue it’s not fair to the fans for him to be playing anywhere lol my Friday night rec hockey needs a tendy

Oh well I’m still 2 for 2 with my Sabres calls on the season