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Another power play wasted. No shots. They refuse to shoot

Figures we get the extra penalty.

He is talking about a cousins, not Cozens. lol

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.