Pimlach

PA is a bachelor’s bachelor.

Good work by Spooner, definitely good food for thought but I am spent on the prospects talk right now. We are ~ 1/8th into the regular season at this time. We are a .500 team that at this point still does not win at home. Our top players are waking up and playing better now. We still really don’t know what we have in the net. We are not getting much from the bottom 6. We still have trouble with teams that play the heavy game and the trap. We started the season with 2 rookies (Levi and Benson), just like last season (JJP/Quinn) - that is enough rookies for me. I have no desire to bring up Kulich, Rosen, or even Ryan Johnson at this time. Let them play a lot of minutes and get stronger and better down in Rochester. I can understand the Benson/Savoie shuffling due to junior hockey constraints keeping them out of the AHL I can understand AHL vets like Biro and Rousek getting their look when our NHL players get dinged. Not all of the young forwards we have in the pipeline are going to make it, or will fit in for that matter. I prefer we look for shorter term veteran help (like in the Erik Johnson vein) to diversify the team and to add some missing and important skills. Playoffs is the goal. It is more important to me that they help “The Core” win than to give 19-20 year olds NHL ice.

Hockey players and coaches like to use nick names. Simple things like adding “ie” or “sie” or “s” or “y” to a part of their name. It a hockey cultural thing starting in youth hockey Tuch - Tuchie Cozens - Cuzzy Dahlin - Dahls Mittelstadt - Mittsie

No.

You remind me of someone…

Good player but could be an expensive blocker.

Ro Jo is terrible. RyJo is worse. RJ is good, but it’s taken. Guess we will have to call him Ryan Johnson.

Sometime you gotta because you gotta. Sure he picked the wrong guy but the fact he gives a dam is good. That Flyer series was atrocious hockey.

Hey John I looked at the replay. Excellent pass by R Johnson to Skinny. Lots of speed and right on target. Johnson plays with his head up and he quickly learned that Skinner will pick cherries. He must be watching from the bench too.

Terrible mustache. Poorly shaped. He should ask a barber to fix it, or get rid of it.

Tuch is playing hard. His shots aren’t hitting target yet, but he still finds ways to score and contribute. Defense, PK, fighting, hustling. I think his season will click soon. He can be a beast when he gets that crazy look going.

Just checked, he played 6:27. Lowest on the team. Ryan Johnson played 8:20. How did he look?

Good stuff here. Not sure about Bryson though. I watched the last 10:30 of 5he game and don’t recall seeing him. The Sabres did not look tired either and they shortened their bench.

I asked for the top players to show up. looking at the score sheet. They did.

No Alamo tonight. Huge Road win.

Tuchie with the clincher.

Domi was a dummy

Good evening Teammates, Punch checking in. I just got back from a very nice dinner with my beautiful wife. I think I just missed a goal by some guy with a weird porn stash? No wait 5-4 Sabres. Tucher!!!!

8 sticks. He expects to be around for awhile.

As much as I love beating Trono, I made plans to take my wife out for dinner. Dinner reservation is at face-off time. I will not check the score either. I’ll catch the last period, maybe. Come back Sabres. Loosen you grip on the stick and play faster - both ways. Substitute taking the body on occasion instead of waving a stick all the time. Take every opportunity to score instead of looking for a perfect play. Play for each other and sacrifice. MUSCLE WEIGHT

Ryan Johnson’s shot came sooner than I thought it would/should. The last of the infamous ROR trade. Maybe he has a good game? Maybe Tage gets a Hattie?

True if they collapse. I expect they will hover around .500 for awhile. But firing a coach is serious, and there is no one on his staff that should be running an NHL team. I prefer they have someone that can continue DGs good work and yet bring better game day coaching. I doubt Adams has even thought about it.

He has 5 games to go. I don’t see him quitting in the middle of the season. I hope he stays because no one else deserves the C right now. Platooning him makes sense though and should be done now. Who deserves the C is the next question.

Well he does have 1K. Seriously, everyone here that watches him in Rochester loves the skill AND says he needs another year to develop his 200 ft game. He is 19.