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I don't disagree but I'd get a little worried if he started trying to be an offensive D man. We have enough of those. Likely too many. We just need stable reliable defenders to pair with the offensively gifted. I doubt Timmons is good enough to do both things well.

Some of the additions/changes have made a positive difference. So far there are still some of the previous players who haven't been dragged into the fight by the new guys but hopefully over time that will happen. Most people are talking about Doan for obvious reasons but biggest surprise to me is Timmons. I didn't think he was very good in Toronto and not much in Pittsburgh but he's been really solid and seems to fit their system perfectly. It's made a huge difference.

I never said I hadn't seen it. I said Sabres want to be a possession team. The problem is what they do when they don't have that possession.

Where did Ruff say what @Brawndo said? He was less than specific in his words. An ear thing is a physical thing. It is caused by an illness. Why not just say that right away?

It is weird. Mittlestadt has had issues too. They sat him one game but since that he's actually started to look good. Jokiharju is bad, but so was Lohrei. Aspirot has been a surprise. He's playing similar to Timmons for the Sabres. Zadorov McAvoy really seems to work this year though. lol, they aren't a good team and if injuries keep hitting (Elias Lindholm is a big loss) they can fall fast but I watched Calgary Philly yesterday and I'd say they have a much better chance of being dead last. That was likely the dullest and most inept game I've seen in a few years. Just bad.

That was a weird way of talking about Kulich. I mean if he's sick, like Zucker, wouldn't they just say they are both ill? Why is Zucker ill but Kulich is dealing with something not physical and not an injury? wtf does that mean? Hurt feelings? Teams are getting weirder and weirder about injuries and players out of the line up.

No. I don't see that much. Maybe a minute or even two but if both teams are battling for the puck you get changes of possession after shots. Sabres don't want to play that way though. They just want possession and if they don't have it they don't pursue hard onto the puck carriers. It's a passive approach and I think it's dumb. Others may disagree, and there are different views on how to play OT and how to play hockey in general, but imo the teams that are aggressive and battle for the puck are the teams that win the most.

It's also about goalies being able to see pucks and defending the net front area. Timmons and Samuelsson have been very good on the PK.

It's a combination. His size and how he plays together.

I know about the blocked shot with Thompson but it was even before that. It was almost the whole OT.

I suppose that might have been it but you'd wonder if maybe he shouldn't have been back if that's all it took.

That was weird. Looked like a nothing collision.

I wouldn't call him a slug, he's still a dangerous scorer, but he does have limited usefulness now. Well past his prime.

Really lucky they got it to the shootout. The OT was horrible. So passive for the most part. No idea what they were trying to do there but they escaped it. Shoot out UPL raises his stock again? idk. Most interesting thing to me was Greenway. What exactly was that core surgery? Bionics? Knee on knee hits (twice) last game. Head shot this game. Decked Wilson and fought Wilson to a draw. This is the Greenway we hoped to get when they made the trade but it wasn't the Greenway we had before. I don't know what's changed here but he's changed and it adds a needed component, even if some of the hits were pretty dirty. It's just interesting to me how the team might actually be getting tougher and more normal compared to other teams. I didn't expect that this year with this roster. Rosen was okay. Those young guys have speed and skill. See how it develops going forward. It's good to win.

Really? I believe you said this comment. So really? I'm the one who thinks he's injury prone? That's some interesting gymnastics.