Pimlach

Wow. UPL not there. Massive turnover. Terrible second shift.

Good afternoon Teammates, Punch checking in. Big game. Let’s keep DeTroyit and Patty Kane out. TNT game. No Dan and Rob. Maybe sone honest feedback on the Sabres is forthcoming? Beat the Wings. Muscle Weight

KA put his faith in the group? Adams should have put some better players into the group from the start. He should have never let the goaltending situation get so bad after he failed to retain Ullmark. He is dam lucky that UPL emerged by mid December or this team is bottom 5. He should have had a ready to play NHL roster that was breathing fire to start the season. Instead he looked at AHL players and conducted a 3 month long goalie tryout to start the season. Adams is the boss. He is most accountable for another lost season with no playoffs.

Underachieving? When you look at Power's stats, fancy stats or regular, you just don't see underachieving. I guess it depends on the bar that is set for him. When I watch him I see mostly solid play, he can get into trouble at times, and he avoids contact like the plague. The contact part of it is what bothers most people here, he definitely will not reach elite status unless he starts using his body more - just us your body to block some people put, clear the front of net, and shield/protect the puck with your body and reach. This is essential for a defenseman. Little Clifton does it, Power can do it. For a 21 year old playing top four minutes he has been pretty good. For an $8M/yr guy (next year) playing top 4 minutes that is the rub. The blame for that is not Power, its Adams. Hopefully Power hits the gym hard and gets stronger in the upper body. Add lower body work to help with speed. He could really use some footwork help too. Finally, someone teach him how to hockey fight, meaning how to get leverage, how to hold on, and how to use his size and reach to his advantage. He is no fighter, but knowing this will come in handy because someday someone is going to take him on whether he wants to dance or not, it happens. He has a lot to work on but there is a ton of ability here too.

I would not be upset if we packaged a player, a prospect, and a pick for him. Just a matter of which player and which prospect.

I really want to beat De-Troy-it. Knock them out in their own building.

The speed and skills of Mahovlich and the size and power of Stemkowski.

It was never a conversation in Buffalo until TP era.

It would be an amazing story if they win out and somehow get in Wonder if they would sell out in for the playoffs and keep the visitors out of their crib? I can’t believe I typed that last sentence.

I think UPL is playing to his expectations. He was at one time a top goalie in the OHL. He had the double hip surgery. Goalies take time is the old adage. What confused me most about UPL is why he never dominated in the AHL. UPL got NHL games before he was ready because Adams had Tokarski and Dell as our goalies when Linus left, not because he was lighting it up in the AHL. Levi is intriguing by his athletic ability, his technique is still a work in progress, but he is playing great in the AHL. UPL is big. Big with great positioning is a good start. They could be a fantastic combination some day.

Rake? Like the broom, left handed, until I get tired and then I switch. I can actually remember being confused about left or right in our driveway, shooting a rubber ball into the garage door with my first hockey stick, a Northland. I just did it either way until I settled on left. No one helped me with the decision or taught me a thing about it. But I remember feeling a little confusion on deciding this since as I was right handed. I got that stick at a Buffalo Bisons game, in the original configuration Aud (pre-balcony), it was free on "stick night".

Dominant right hand on top. Makes sense

I play hockey with left shot, but I swing a golf club right, a baseball bat right, and write with a pencil in right hand. Hand me a broom, I sweep left. I tried hockey on right but realized I shot better left.

That is for a Super Bowl. It is in today’s NFL. However, McD ended the drought and made the playoffs with Tyrod Taylor at QB.

Benson’s stick just died. It came off before he shot. Must have had a deep internal crack. They don’t use real lumber like the old Northland or CCM.

Clinton passes on an open net, Cozen blows the pass, Benson breaks a stick on an open net shot.

Yes. He is working on the 4th line role.

We needed that Quinner.

Clifton hitting. No fair.

Wow. Cozens not finishing.

Now we have a nail biter Alamo style 10 minutes.

Could be Okposo? Could be Anderson? Could be Hall? But you want it to be Kopitar, Fluery, Maroon.

The “vets in their prime” is commonly discussed here. Hence the quotes. It could mean what you imagine it to mean.

True. But at this point, this group of Sabres still lack accountability from within. It’s time to see the leaders from the core emerge. They could use an infusion of dare I say “vets in their prime”. That just doesn’t happen easily for the Sabres apparently Yes. Play in Philly’s zone and shoot da’ puck.