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I could actually see Benson doing all of it, even the helmet thing (or something similar). Benson is a brat and I love it. True about Eichel. There was a standing around nobody doing anything incident with Eichel getting flattened way back before last year's Tage incident. I think it was in Colorado but I kind of throw old seasons out of the memory with all the previous garbage seasons. I just go from GM to GM though as a new era so under Adams, he should have addressed this right away and if he had we wouldn't be discussing it now.

No. For one, D always take longer. Power is on schedule and I have never advocated trading him. What I have said about him is Sabres wanted too much too soon from him. He needed a vet partner and less top minutes early on. Still does. I don't like the way they develop players as an organization. Quinn lacks compete to my eyes. He's soft and he floats. I don't like his style of play and don't think it's a good fit for what you want to build. I just don't see that changing in him and would look at selling to someone like you who thinks he still has a high ceiling not seen yet. Do it before everyone realizes that ceiling isn't there.

AHL Bruins brought in two of the top AHL scorers from last year in Steeves and Blumel. Neither could crack a mediocre to bad NHL roster. You need to stop the nonsense of thinking AHL success is automatic NHL success to come.

See, this what we should have done when we first started to rebuild. Traded Eichel etc. When you rebuild with youth you want some solid toughness on the roster. Bodyguards if you will. When you do that those kids learn it's okay to initiate cause somebody will have my back. The team grows and plays bigger and then eventually you don't need that guy as much cause you have an army. In time, he won't be needed most nights, but for now he's vital.

For how long? Quinn has been here long enough to show or not show imo. I see guys stepping into the fight now and I still see him as a passive floater. Not the type of player you want for what you want to build. You can have all the skill in the world you want, but if you don't have the compete, you are of little value.

He doesn't need a lot of ice time. Just being there is why the other guys feel braver. I know a lot of people don't get this, but Ruff does. It's like on Shorsey where they get the 3 Jims . Obviously that's exaggerated for comedic effect but at the core of it is how hockey culture still works.

Sort what out? He's just a failed prospect, until he isn't. He has to keep working and developing in Rochester and compete for a job but he's not good enough to get a job at this time. It happens. Very similar to Fabien Lysell in Boston/Providence. Another first round Swede who just doesn't have it for NHL hockey. Hopefully Östlund won't be another one for us but he might be. Time will tell.

lol, you can't be serious equating Norris and Kesselring to Barkov and Tkachuk in terms of importance/value are you? You have to be joking.

If Greenway is healthy - big IF - I'm taking that line up we had against Florida and sitting Quinn and playing Greenway in that spot. Otherwise I'm not touching that line up because it worked. If I'm Adams I'm looking to move Quinn for a D man so that I can waive Bryson. But he loves Quinn so it is what it is and I have to hope he will get it one day.

I know some people are going to scoff at this, but I think Geertson has to stay in the line up. At least for now. It's not that he's any good. He isn't. He's a big dummy. But he's our big dummy and the philosophy holds true in that other players play bigger and more aggressive knowing he is there. Probably the best I've seen Malentstyn be since he got here. Initiating and throwing his weight. I am sure he is more comfortable doing that knowing he doesn't have to match up with the heavy weight should things go that way. Everybody played bigger, and it matters, a lot. In time, as they learn they can all be this all the time they might no longer need him every night, but for now, it matters. Doan plays net front the right way and is something we have also been missing so perhaps that's an integral ingredient going forward as well. Obviously, if Lyon isn't playing this way and the PK isn't as good as it was this game could have been very different but that just illustrates the historical flaw of not emphasizing goaltending as a priority. If the goaltending holds up like this there is hope. Kitties aren't the team they were at the moment and they took full advantage of that. Not being intimidated and fighting through anything kitties tried. Watching Marchand lose his s**t is always hilarious. Overall this was real hockey. Complete hockey. Balanced offensive and defensive hockey and thus winning hockey. I'm not going to jump on a bandwagon because I've seen these moments before and seen them disappear as well so we shall watch and see, but if they keep playing like this they might just turn this around. Only downside to this would be it means Adams will get an extension rather than the pink slip he deserves.

Start the pool now for how many games Greenway plays before he's injured again. I say 10.

Well fair enough and for a short stint you might get away with it but we can't expect this to go on much longer.

Not a gritty team compared to say Florida but more grit than the Sabres. More guys who will drag you into the fight and stand up for each other. Pests and scrappers. They can at least survive that sort of game if not thrive off of it. Tenacity is the word that comes to mind most for me after watching them a couple times this year. Benson/Doan are steps in that direction for us but they stand out so much relative to the passivity of most of the rest of them. We need more of that and we need it to become infectious.

Watched Seattle Ottawa tonight. What a difference a goalie makes.

Well with their injuries I'm not sure about that but if you can't beat them now you never will.

I don't know about winning the division but I hate to admit I like how they have rebuilt. It is the sort of balanced roster I've talked about here. They can play numerous styles of game and have toughness and grit to go with their offensive weapons. They have a good GM.

Lyon has been good, but he's never played this much before in his career. They will burn him out or get him injured this way.

Johnson and Bryson have bother been awful. Metsa might be more Kesslering-esque than those two but there's a big defensive hole until we actually see Kesselring.

I haven't watched Detroit yet but Montreal looks pretty good. They have improved from last year. The extensions to upper management have been earned there.

It's hilarious how fast Sabres twitter has gone over positive with one game. Sabres did this last year and before as well. Remember when they bombed Toronto. If you give them open ice they soar. Ottawa played open (as they seem to fall into every time we play them) and thus got bombed. Most teams won't play that way. Best tweet I saw was "looks like Sabres are playing against the Sabres tonight" because yes, Ottawa played that style.

You know with all their injuries Florida might be an on the bubble team this year too (and then might still win the cup). They are beatable without their stars and other injuries. I'd say the California Golden Seals were the stupidest franchise ever. How many times they dealt their picks to Montreal and made Montreal into a dynasty. Pollock would trade for those first rounders down the line and then they'd finish dead last. Hard to believe, but the Seals were actually worse managed than the current Sabres.

Always want them to win but I do think "chaos" is inevitable.

The 74/75 Washington Capitals were the worst team I ever remember watching. I looked it up to get the year right and they only won 8 out of 80 games that year. Interestingly, since I had forgotten this. In the tank year we actually had 3 more points than the year before. Also interesting in a sad way, when you look back to 2013/14 bottoming out we were 8th in the division and Florida was 7th. What a tale of contrast there.

well really tied with Ottawa but yes, the Isles haven't won yet and they might be pretty bad. I suspect they end up 8th to 10th from the bottom as usual.

They do seem to have the Senators number. For whatever reason they always seem to get Ottawa off their game and they fall into a wide open affair the way the Sabres like it. So the floodgates opened and things went their way. Not sure we can read too much into this but it's nice to win and win big. Hopefully they want more and dig down and get on a roll. Not that I want to save Adams job or anything, but winning is more fun to watch than losing.