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People love the sweater. The problem is the owner.

No. Just get the right FO and coaches and the team we have is going to be fine. If you go expansion are the rules the same as the Vegas/Seattle expansion? if yes, it still comes down to ownership, FO, coaches. Either way you cannot have TP for ownership.

+ = Stemhovilichski Frank Mahovlich

Yes, spot on. Power, then Cozens, could both up end being premature evaluations by Adams that were wrong. But they could work out too. It will be interesting to see who else gets paid.

Skip Krake, Ron Anderson and Allen Hamilton are ready for old school expansion team duty. Maybe they can convince Doug Barrie too?

Hello Spooner. Good to see you back.

Diggs gave us four years with very impressive play and he had the stats to show for it. In the beginning he brought instant credibility, good leadership, a drive to win, and fun. We all saw the quirky side to him and his relationship with Josh and others. This was becoming more of distraction each year. He is 30, he was going to be gone next year anyway so Bean took what he could get, and he is taking the cap hit all at once this year. Beane could acquire another star WR and extend him next year when Diggs cap hit is gone. Or he could draft one now. Or any combination. I don't see this as an end of an era. Just part of a retool, (like Poyer, Tre, Morse, ...). Thanks for everything Mr. Diggs and best wishes.

If it happens it is a good problem to have.

Depend on what #1 means? Upside, or most likely to emerge next year? He is probably number one in juniors, sure. I like that he is solidly built, a forward can overcome height with the right body type, strength, and mindset. Wahlberg is now in the AHL, plus there are several other Amerks to consider (Kulich, Rosen, the two Russians, )

Understand. I just see them on my camera at night and I ignore them since they helped fix the mice problem. I was tired of fixing my AC unit, that happened twice.

A great benefit to Rochester being so close. Levi should play more and help the Amerks get into the playoffs. He can still backup in Buffalo at times, or even get a few more games in the NHL too.

My yards backs to woods. We have mice and other critters to deal with. I have found a few mice getting into my garage, several times they got into my AC unit and ate wires, one time I found traces that indicate they got in the basement - had to fix their entry points and put traps out. Solution: Feral and stray cats. The past few years cats have been on the prowl, they come from the same wooded area. I pick them up on my outdoor cameras and watch them on patrol. The result, no signs of mice anywhere. They avoid people and are hardly ever spotted during daylight. I have seen four cats in total, three look to be feral but one has a collar and roams with them. No complaints from me regarding these cats.

I was told by someone highly credible and formerly in the Sabres hockey operations that Tuch is a great teammate and a positive all around, but just not the captain type in the locker room. Dahlin is the leader. He can win a Norris if the voters ever decide to go back to looking at more than points.

I remember reading your posts on this and hoping you were wrong. So far you are not. So far he does not use his size at all. Rarely even for leverage our blocking out a player. I was hoping for some growth in this area in year 2. Nada.

Excellent post. I think Dahlin is as complete a package, one more so, than many of the usual Norris contenders.

Bridge. We are getting maxed out with all the money tied up on the blue line. And Power got his for a high school graduation present

All we are playing for is pride and to gain some winning momentum for next year. The chances of playoffs are of course extremely remote. Given that, why watch them if gaining 2 points means nothing? Are you one of the "lose for a better draft choice guys", or are you a "lose to get the coach fired guy"? I enjoy watching them play a good game and win, someday I hope to see it more often.

He is undersized but maybe not less physically mature for his age. He may be pound for pound very strong. If you played sports you know the type. Small and mighty. There is a reason he stuck all season and he plays fearless. He will get bigger and stronger.

It means we get 2 points and they get 0 points.

Sarcasm works when they are losing 6-2.

That would be an insult to the 72-73 team. They were amazing.

First impressions are not everything to me. Clifton was ok in the beginning of the season too, it was just some unfortunate bad luck with puck bounces. He was the only defenseman clearing the slot out. If first impressions are everything then Byram would get the Norris. As it stands, he wont get a vote.

then we are bad. One bad team will take the 8th spot. This season, just like last year, is another "if only". And Kevyn sits up there with TP, very proud of his boys, and convincing Terry that all is good.

What about the 4 other teams ahead of us going into the game? Are they bad too?

they were 7 points ahead of us with 2 games in hand going into the game.