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Good thing we have all these great offensive D. 13 goals in the last 7 games including getting shut out twice. Impressive. Can we trade one for a playmaking center?

On that 2-1 with the goalie pulled, I wish Tage had passed the puck to the open JJP. I don't think the goalie could have moved over in time.

I'll answer with this quote from Matt Fairburn. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5937714/2024/11/21/sabres-trade-trevor-zegras-maiblag/

and your too forgiving of consistently bad play in our zone. Yes the offense is great, but as Victor Hedman and many others have proven you can play competently in the D zone and still put up excellent O numbers. Basically Byram is Shane Gostisbehere 2.0. I'm sorry, but I'm not ok with continuing to field a D-man who gives up as much offense as he puts up. As to Power, his O development this season is great. Also no one is asking for him to ram people into the boards. However, we are asking him to learn to use his size to knock people off the puck periodically. Otherwise, he'll never reach his full potential.

This implication that Byram and Power are now suddenly adequate defensively is simply not true. Both are still bad despite lighting up the scoreboard. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5943201/2024/11/24/sabres-sharks-ducks-kings-takeaways/ https://www.naturalstattrick.com/games.php?team=BUF# On the West Coast road trip, great goaltending saved the team. They gave up more high danger chances then they had in 2 of the 3 West Coast games and gave up 33 HDCA during the trip overall to just 26 for. https://www.naturalstattrick.com/pairings.php?fromseason=20242025&thruseason=20242025&stype=2&sit=5v5&score=all&rate=n&team=BUF&loc=B&toi=0&gpfilt=none&fd=&td=&tgp=410 Byram with Dahlin is -3 in HDC and Byram with Power is -6 in HDC. Power with Joki is -12 in only 63 minutes of ice time. Both these guys will continue to be useless on defense until they take it seriously. Byram is fast becoming the Jeff Skinner of the defense and until Power begins to use his size physically he too is only 1/2 of a defenseman.

Great comeback win on the road with the backup goalie on the back end of a back to back. Well done!

They are 9-5 in their last 14 after starting 1-4-1, and that includes a 3 game losing streak. That’s progress. They need to keep improving.

I’d love to have Brady, but it would have to be a 3 way trade like Ana acquires Thachuk and then trades him to us. I give this a .01% chance of this happening.

Just watched the game recap video. Looked like a solid comeback win. I haven’t watched either West Coast game, can anyone if they have tightened up defensively or is it poor execution by the opponents?

No sh…..t!

I think they sent me Krebs because I wrote here he should be sent packing.

Why on G-d's green Earth would Adams trade the local kid on a bargain contract to a desperate hated divisional rival?

I completely disagree. His prospect is far from diminished and he proved that he can play and produce in the NHL right now. Does he need more polish? Sure, but who doesn't at 20?

I have 4, 3 w numbers and one without. One of numbers you can’t tell if it’s a 6 or 9. I think that one is sadly Erik Johnson. I also have an Asplund hat that came w a piece of paper.

4in x 6 x 5 approximately

Don't worry, the internal cap is 82 mill.

One can always hope.

Because in the past the notations on the box did not match the autograph on the helmet. Sometimes they included a piece of paper with the name, sometimes they’ve had no notations at all.

Would Adams resigning be considered a “big” move?

I think it’s Krebs as well. Makes sense. The box from the Sabres had 19 written on a sticker. I get a mini helmet each year in support of Roswell Park on hockey fights cancer night and this was this year’s helmet.

Any idea who this is?

No. This team is not better with McLeod and Byram. Cheaper in the short-term, but both are RFAs at year's end. Also younger as well. However, Byram is a disaster defensively and that erases much if not all his skill on offense. Byram is -15 in HDCF/HDCA. Power is nearly as bad at -11. Dahlin by comparison is +16 and he has had his own struggles this season.

When you are short of centers, you can double shift one of the 3 other centers and maybe help a depth line add some scoring? The 7th D also allows a coach to spread out the minutes early in the game so his top horses are fresher late.

Not even close. One excellent game does not a career make. There is much to like about McLeod. He is certainly better than the player I saw in Edm, but he is in no way a better player than Mittelstadt. Mitts is a better goal scorer and a better playmaker. He is also much more physical. He is also better along the boards and a more versatile player. Mitts had 59 pts two years ago and 57 last year. This season he has 16 pts in 17 games. McLeod had 23 pts two years ago and 30 last year. He is having a great year so far with 11 pts in 17 goals. Just think how much better we’d be with both Mitts and McLeod.

I just finished watching the replay on ESPN+. For some strange reason ESPN cut off the replay at 2:30 hours with 6+ minutes left in the 3rd. Stupid! Anyway, our defensive gaffs are still plentiful and dangerous. Fortunately, the forwards did a pretty good job of counterpunching and ultimately winning the game in OT. McLeod had a great game. I thought Benson was very good as well and Levi made some great saves. Dahlin seems better, but still not quite himself. Power is friggin awful. How many times can one guy read the play wrong and get out of position? So what’s the deal with the disallowed goal. Where was the friggin inference if the defender is pushing Benson into the crease. A truly awful call.