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Leaves did it again. Lucky goal but they threw it at the net. Tampa in trouble.

Terrible call. He dove for the puck.

Golisano kept the franchise in Buffalo, his team got really good even though he didn’t desire it or enable it, and he proved his business savvy - bought low and sold high.

Drat

Ok Z, you brought me back to hold the fort for the Bolts. Jets just took the lead on the Eichelettes.

I’m gonna watch some Jets v Vegas

I like that the Leaves are relying on a trade deadline pick up, with no playoff experience, to play so many valuable minutes. I like like our top three defenseman over any on their roster.

Rene Robert would not agree.

McCabe playing a big role for the Leaves. Meanwhile we have Dahlin, Samuelsson, and Power. Feeling good about our team in the future. We are gonna blow both of these teams away.

I hope the Bolts keep it up. Get rid of Trono.

I think VO is going to end up ok. There will be teams that need help on the PP and more firepower overall. The guy can finish. Seems like a good guy to me. Sabres have so much high end talent and they need skills that VO does not bring. I would not be surprised to see him be an asset somewhere else.

Oh, Sarcasm ...

So you are saying ... @PASabreFan is a contrarian,

Dude, I don't think being fearless is adding an established goalie. I think that is typical and prudent. Fearless would be trying to go with Levi/UPL as the 1/2.

Loved that game.

Yes indeed. It was the Buffalo Evening News. The Courier was the morning paper (and Sunday). The days of two newspapers and only one hour of TV news - better days. Now many cities today can barely support one paper. I think the Courier died in 1982, and the Buffalo Evening News became The Buffalo News. You are still a kid 11.

I think I coined the phrase "Contrarian" for @PASabreFan , but not for being a voice of reason. He is the often the voice of the overlooked, other side of the coin, as he strives to avoid the pitfalls of groupthink. Back when I worked for a living I always sought out a person like that on my leadership teams.

Then C should mean average for all. The problem you created is that "average" does not mean "met expectations" unless you have the same expectation for all. Dahlin's expectations should have been higher as compared to Joker or even Power. Similarly, expectations for Thompson versus Krebs, or Skinner versus Quinn?

I give Dahlin an A and Power a B+.

Three more years? He should be in Rochester next year then.

Hey, I was a paperboy! Thems fighting words.

In the first two questions from the Presser he said everything I wanted to hear. This team is going to go for it. How he gets there is up to him. He has to sign players, set the roster, deal with other GMs, and have another good draft. He knows what's expected and he wants it.

I have never seen a quote from him dissing Krueger. That has to show you at least a little grace, plus a lot of accountability for his own game and effort.

Listen closely to the first two question and his answers and you will have it. First question: The "universal theme" from players is they expect to get in (to playoffs) ... as the leader of this, should that be the expectation going forward? Answer: Yeah, it is exciting to see the players raise expectations .... <not gonna type the whole response> ... He ended with "no one external to the team wants it more than those internal to the team". Second question: What is going to make you better? He responded to that as well. Players improving, age, strength, and addressing areas that they need to improve on such defense in front of the goalies, special teams, etc.

Adam’s essentially said that the playoffs are the goal right up front. Warrow asked for a guarantee. Adams is already being held accountable. He does not need to guarantee it, he is accountable for the entire hockey product. He is accountable for the coaches, the players, and their final record. That is true for every GM