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Wow. EJ tip. Dam

Excellent interference by Montour

Too many passes. Fire the puck boys.

Cozens needed that.

Why didn’t Mitrs set a screen?

Tuch needs to get that on net.

Refs give him ZERO ground.

Another bad call on Benson. Typical.

Good evening Teammates, Punch checking in. Big game. We want 4. Muscle Weight

yes, they can both do that.

I see more upside in his scoring. I can see him score 30. His play will create chances for line mates. He just has to get a man shot, and he will. He will get strong someday.

I would like to sit on the deck of the SS Pegula tonight with Terry, and make him listen to Dan call a game on the radio. It is torture.

Good Skinner - He is a fantastic skater, his edgework and balance are phenomenal. He is mouthy on the ice and at his best he gets under opponents skin and draws penalties at times. Sure, every team wants a player or two that does this, who cares if the other team hates him. He has a very good shot and is a finisher on a good line. A natural goal scorer Bad Skinner - ever watch him get back on defense? He is terrible, quite often slow and with little effort. Ever watch him in the defensive zone on a breakout? He is almost always not in position and he floats around holding his stick in the air - off of the ice - with two hands. He is content to spend time roaming in the neutral zone while his line mates are working to help break out the puck. Most of the time he does not care about defense. When he does he shows he can play it, but he very often does not. Passing - he all to often throws the around puck around recklessly, although he has the skills to make good passes, he often does not. He cannot be counted on for the Power Play, and he never plays on the PK. Overall Skinner - An enigma. He will likely finish his career with 400+ goals and still be a minus player. Zero playoff appearances in 14 years and counting. Benson - To me he is the exact opposite of Skinner, other than his size I see nothing in common. Benson already plays a good two game and show better hockey IQ at 18 years old. Benson's shot and his scoring ability is currently far behind Skinner right now. It is likely that with size/strength and experience his scoring ability will improve. Half of Benson penalties are garbage calls with the refs picking on the rookie. He has 11 minors, look them up if you don't believe. When he gets feisty he does not talk like Skinner constantly does, he just keeps battling. Battling is not talking. So I think we have a different take.

He is a huge floater when going back to the defensive zone and in the defensive zone. He is a one way player.

Jeff Skinner is a floater and a guy that can score goals. He is a one way player that was was shipped out of Carolina because they built a lineup where everyone is a two way player. He is not a core leader for being a veteran player. Given his tenure in Buffalo, the fact he does not have a letter speaks volumes. I would trade him at the first opportunity, which may never come up. ROR did not agitate when he said he was losing his love of the game. It was speaking the truth, directly and openly after another bad season playing on a team that was rudderless. The media blew up the story, and Terry Pegula, our leader, could not handle the truth. Terry ran off the best player on the team because he didn't listen or even bother to talk to ROR about it. Twerry ROR was not perfect - he was a party animal, but he was not an agitator. He came to work early and he stayed late, and he should have had the C when it became available. This was proven by his performance in St Louis. ROR is the exact opposite of Jeff Skinner as a player.

We really need to keep this win streak going. We can beat this team but we need the top players to contribute and score. Dahlin played almost 32 mins last game, even with Power back, and he has something like 6 or 7 games in a row over 29 minutes. That is not sustainable. That elusive veteran in his prime, a stay at home stud defenseman, it is still such a huge need on this team. I suppose Samuelsson can be that but he is injured again. Remember last season when we were in the race and DG could not trust his 5/6/7 to play too many minutes? We have to get out of this cycle. Now that we have a #1 goalie this team really needs to add that RHD piece - an off season top priority. I am looking forward to this game.

The timing of the deal is where the leverage is. Who needs what, and how badly.

Better lighting.

I was trying some Larry David Schtick. I can see TP getting off the rails in the same way

Weegar is not a good comp for Dahlin. No way. Power and a prospect like Rosen.

Lowering your goal is not progress. His goal was to win Stanley Cups. Plural. It is our reason for existence. He would just drill a well if he needed money to make it happen. And Gilbert Perreault is his hero, Christmas his favorite holiday, Oreo double stuffs are his favorite cookie although sometimes Chips Ahoy are too. What is the timeline on the video board? what about the lighting? It’s like a funeral parlor in there.

Zero possibility? Probably. But look at what we accepted for two players that were better than Brady is now. Why does everyone here make trade offers where we grossly overpay?

All I can say is don't believe everything you read on the internet. Maybe GMs don't plan for 5 years down because most get fired in 4 years if they have no success at all. Good hockey operations VPs do plan down the road and control what the GM is doing. Terry is that guy for final say on the payroll. The theory behind Cozens, Tage, and Powers contracts is the exact opposite than what you are being told, in years 5, 6, 7 those contracts should be a bargain - the cap goes up and there is inflation. This all assumes that Cozens, Tage, and Power become stars in the league and maintain a high and consistent level of play. So far Cozens and Tage have slipped after two years of very solid growth in their game- there is no reason to believe that they don't bounce back better next season. Both are very talented and work hard. Power is the one that concerns me. Being a young defenseman it could be mid-20's before he is worth the contract he was given - that is why a bridge was safer but it had the risk of not being able to retain him longer term. Mitts is a nice player and just now reaching peak years for forwards from 25 to 29 years old. He is more consistent that Cozens right now, I am not sure Mitts will be the better player, I still believe that Cozens will be. UPL is looking great. But he could be like Binnington - flashes of greatness and then he settles out into a decent #1 that can get hot from time to time. With Levi on board you can bridge UPL and still have a solid prospect in the wings. Power is the only concerning contract to me. I don't see Cozens or Tage falling off a cliff, but anything can happen I guess.