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A goalie, 2 RHD is aust imo, I just don't see too many goalies lining up to want to play here. Maybe if we crazily overpay 1. That will be the theme this off-season. Plus we need upgrades to Vinny Hinostroza, maybe Olofsson if he isn't re-signed. Drafting well is going to be extremely important also. I'd like to get bigger and tougher to play against.

I'm not sure but isn't Isaak Rosen going to be added to Rochester, I would think that makes sense. Plus we'll have this entire draft class upcoming, I would assume a few make it to Rochester.

I really love the mindsets of our guys, what a change from the head dragging Eichel, Reinhart and Rustolainen all basically saying they don't want to be here. These guys played like a cohesive unit and although I like the feel good stories they really need to upgrade G Craig Anderson, RHD Mark Pysyk, fill the RHD Colin Miller role at the very least. I don't think it will be easy at all getting a goalie to play here even how we played down the stretch, I think we're going to seriously need to overpay one, just my opinion. Probably the same with Colin Miller's replacement as well. Jack Quinn will definitely help us so will UPL, Another scoring winger would be nice also.

Everytime I hear or see greatness I always feel honored. Whether it's a player on another team, Wayne Gretzky traded to the LA Kings, Mark Messier guaranteeing a victory or the Russians being defeated by USA in the "miracle" game. Also our own memories like the May Day clincher, the Hasek triple OT and now the retirement of the best Sabres announcer of all the. Although it's going to suck not hearing RJ anymore, I'll always remember those good memories and saying like "Top shelf where momma hides the cookies" which I use every time I score on my son up high 😂 or "Now do you believe" , I'll constantly YouTube him and when I was younger I made a bunch of 80s through 90s fight tapes with all sorts of RJ gems in them so I might just get that VCR tape converted into a DVD. I feel more honored than sad though.

I was thinking that also, we'll find out next season. I feel like we have our guy there in Thompson but that's just my opinion

Tage has been amazing, I love the transformation. My only problem with him is that this is by far his best season so is this a breakthrough or is this a fluke? I'm really hoping we found a diamond in the rough.

Sounds good to me, ending on a high note would be awesome.

Yes, thanks!

I agree, I bet he wrote that in crayon first.

It was just said on the Colorado/Blues game. Vegas has to win both games left and Dallas has to lose both in order for Vegas to make it.

Who would have thunk it?

Not at all but he doesn't need to be, if he is a perennial 30 goal scorer with a great attitude then we win either way and shouldn't we more be comparing him to Ryan O'Reilly than Jack Eichel since that's how we acquired him? Now that may be a different story.

That would be a big mistake imo going into the off-season thinking we just need a goalie. Still need a solid RHD, Starting Goalie, upgrade over Hinostroza, are we re-signing Olofsson? I'd also hope they find an upgrade over Middelstadt. They need to spend 22M to get to the cap floor so some upgrades will be in order and much needed.

We can’t hit the net 2 feet in front and Tarasanko hits it from mid ice.

Some bad breaks tonight.

Power looked like he belonged, that's great to see and great start for him. Dahlin looked like he was on a mission to show him what a real #1 overall looks like. He and Samuelsson are going to be lethal. Hopefully they can pair Power with a solid veteran (Klingberg please) in FA. Middelstadt was only semi useless, he made some good gritty plays but once again gave up 2 passes that could have cost us. Rasmus Asplunds hard work finally pays off, love to see it.

I feel there's definitely a place for him on this roster, every playoff team seems to have a guy like this and his defensive play makes him valuable whether that be on a penalty kill or when we're in our own end. I like his play and Larsson seems like a good comparison.

He has only played in 2 games so far, 0 stats and a -1 +/- so far.

Nadeau from what I'm reading looks like we may have gotten a steal there. Defensemen Ryan Johnson hopefully signs here, any word yet? I'm not sure of the eligibility of Isaak Rosen, he may be available and Peterka will also probably start in Rochester next season unless he lights it up in preseason. Are we going to need to restock the goalie cupboards after both our goalies decided to go back to college?

Yeah Middlestadt is such a powerhouse at Center for us. How will we ever replace those 16 points in 32 games.

Yes there are people who have stated on here they wouldn’t mind if Craig Anderson re-signed. I wasn’t just talking about the TB game, I was talking approximately the last 5 games but that TB game was brutal to watch. I saw at least 3 Middelstadt turnovers in that game all leading to scoring chances.

After watching the past 5 games or so I really hope we upgrade our goaltender situation, Anderson clearly isn’t what he used to be. I’d also upgrade Hinistroza (I wanted them to re-sign him but he often is unnoticeable), obviously need 2RHD also. Also I have the exact same view Zof Casey Middlestadt that I did last season, he is often knocked off the puck, he is a turnover machine, doesn’t hustle nearly as hard as he should after said turnover and doesn’t score enough to make up for all the rest so hopefully he can be dealt for a legit goalie or RHD but those are just my opinions.

I think it depends, we'll lose RHD Colin Miller, If Hinostroza doesn't re-sign (I hope he does), Cody Eakin (Fingers crossed we don't re-sign him), Craig Anderson (I hope we sign a better goalie), RHD Mark Pysyk and will we re-sign Victor Olofsson? I think at the very least we'll pickup a starting goaltender, a 4th line C, 2x starting RHD in free agency.

Yikes, almost definitely will be dealt then which is very unfortunate. I'm not a fan at all of the NCAA rules.

First Levi, now Portillo? This NCAA may not be for us but we still have their rights for 2 more seasons.