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Pommer will be gone soon enough. Kyle speaking between periods is more of a concern. I'm hoping he can "find another gear" this year and keep up. That would help a lot. Yeah, those old guy cancer survivors and hippies really pi$$ me off.

That's the Jack we want to see!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice to see how Hutton helps his D out with his stick.

Set my TV volume to 26. Dahlin gets his first NHL goal today!

It's that pesky Uber cost to the rink from Colorado that's a killer!

Now that game was worth the $1.95 for Center Ice.

Hello Carter Hutton! Call a cop!!!!!!!! LOL

Get's off a plane, picks up a stick and plays! So much for the players need to "gel" stuff. Just play some Hockey guys! Congrats to Sheary! Welcome to Buffalo!

Hockey Reference has the Sabres with 1 takeaway and 18 giveaways. Rk Player Age Pos GP CF CA CF% CF% rel FF FA FF% FF% rel oiSH% oiSV% PDO oZS% dZS% TOI/60 TOI(EV ) TK GV E+/- SAtt. Thru% 1 Nathan Beaulieu 26 D 1 12 5 70.6 12.4 9 5 64.3 6.5 0.0 100.0 100.0 80.0 20.0 14:13 14:13 0 1 0.4 3 33.3 2 Patrik Berglund 30 C 1 15 9 62.5 2.8 12 8 60.0 1.4 0.0 83.3 83.3 80.0 20.0 15:16 12:57 0 1 -0.4 2 50.0 3 Rasmus Dahlin 18 D 1 23 14 62.2 2.8 17 12 58.6 -0.6 0.0 87.5 87.5 77.8 22.2 22:37 21:36 0 1 -0.6 2 0.0 4 Jack Eichel 22 C 1 20 17 54.1 -10.4 16 15 51.6 -12.2 0.0 90.9 90.9 76.2 23.8 21:31 19:04 0 2 -0.1 8 50.0 5 Zemgus Girgensons 25 C 1 14 7 66.7 8.0 12 5 70.6 14.9 0.0 100.0 100.0 30.0 70.0 13:02 11:41 0 0 1.3 1 0.0 6 Jake McCabe 25 D 1 12 14 46.2 -19.6 8 13 38.1 -28.6 0.0 90.0 90.0 54.5 45.5 18:22 17:13 0 0 -0.8 6 33.3 7 Casey Mittelstadt 20 C 1 14 6 70.0 12.1 11 5 68.8 12.3 0.0 100.0 100.0 84.6 15.4 14:03 13:09 0 0 0.4 1 100.0 8 Casey Nelson 26 D 1 17 10 63.0 3.5 13 9 59.1 0.2 0.0 100.0 100.0 62.5 37.5 19:07 17:46 0 1 0.5 3 33.3 9 Kyle Okposo 30 RW 1 15 7 68.2 10.1 13 6 68.4 12.5 0.0 100.0 100.0 75.0 25.0 16:20 15:03 1 3 0.4 6 33.3 10 Jason Pominville 36 RW 1 15 6 71.4 14.1 11 4 73.3 17.8 0.0 100.0 100.0 33.3 66.7 11:57 11:45 0 0 1.3 3 100.0 11 Sam Reinhart 23 RW 1 19 16 54.3 -9.6 15 14 51.7 -11.5 0.0 90.9 90.9 76.2 23.8 20:17 18:10 0 1 -0.1 4 75.0 12 Rasmus Ristolainen 24 D 1 29 17 63.0 5.0 26 13 66.7 15.4 0.0 87.5 87.5 68.2 31.8 24:12 22:19 0 2 1.3 4 50.0 13 Evan Rodrigues 25 LW 1 14 7 66.7 8.0 11 5 68.8 12.3 0.0 100.0 100.0 30.0 70.0 11:58 11:19 0 0 1.0 2 100.0 14 Marco Scandella 28 D 1 22 16 57.9 -4.2 19 12 61.3 3.8 0.0 87.5 87.5 60.0 40.0 18:50 18:11 0 1 1.1 7 71.4 15 Conor Sheary 26 LW 1 14 9 60.9 0.6 11 8 57.9 -1.4 0.0 80.0 80.0 83.3 16.7 14:25 14:05 0 2 -0.3 3 66.7 16 Jeff Skinner 26 LW 1 17 14 54.8 -8.2 13 12 52.0 -10.3 0.0 90.0 90.0 92.9 7.1 17:01 14:54 0 2 -0.3 5 40.0 17 Vladimir Sobotka 31 C 1 16 10 61.5 1.5 13 9 59.1 0.2 0.0 100.0 100.0 68.4 31.6 18:42 18:42 0 0 0.3 1 100.0 18 Tage Thompson 21 C 1 10 9 52.6 -9.7 7 8 46.7 -15.2 0.0 83.3 83.3 75.0 25.0 11:22 11:02 0 1 -0.7 1 0

This is Jack's team now. If he succeeds the team will do much better. If he doesn't they won't. Jack did not have a good game yesterday. Let's hope the next game is better.

Spanked a Big Ten in their own stadium, albeit Rutgers. Go Bulls

A long layover at O'Hare?

I wasn't sure if Rochester was an option. Cool. Thanks.

Is Hunwick's injury bad enough to keep him out for the start of the season? What do they do with him when he is healthy?

Nice!

I just want to say thanks to all the guys that replied about the waiver rules and how they affect the Sabres players. Please feel free to explain other roster rules as they come up. I'm sure I'm not the only member/lurker/guest that appreciates this info!!!!!

Well that changes a lot. Definitely balances the winger positions much better. That info opens all kind of line options. Can't wait to see how it fleshes out.

I guess I would ask who that RW'er is. It seems to me that the RW slots are the hardest to evaluate and line out. Reinhart, Okposo, Pominville, Thompson, Baptiste, Bailey? I don't think Okposo had a steady season last year either.

Which is why I think he should be paired with Reinhart on his right and Sheary on his left. Both of them are steady and can help bring him around. Jack and Skinner will have to learn to play nice together and put the next best RW with them that can fit in.

Good point. To me it shows he may have a new contract in mind vs. taking a chance to get moved to a team he doesn't want to play for.

Spotrac shows his NMC has been removed.

Speculation on my part but with Skinners high takeaway numbers he probably plays himself out of position trying to "steal" pucks. In the offensive zone it would put him behind and he would be the "last man back". In the defensive zone he would get behind his guy letting him free to make plays. Watching some tape this morning he is pretty aggressive (which I like). Maybe pair him with a more defensive minded RW and why not try him with Jack. Those 2 could be beasts in the O zone. Like I said, I'm speculating.

I was thinking the opposite but...........who are the RW's in your lines?

So if Skinner ends up being Jack's trigger man, who is the opposite winger that has the 2 way game to make that line elite?

It sounded like the narrator from Idiocracy. Thanks again.