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Greenway looked a lot better the last few weeks. Assuming we keep the first two lines the same, the 3rd line could also be Savioe-Mitts-Greenway. Fourth line and spare forward possibilities are Krebs, Jost, Zemgus, Kyle, and Rousek or Kulich. Plus we have VO and Vinnie. Jost, Zemgus, Vinnie, and Kyle are all TBD for next season. End of the season we saw Mitts working well with the first line. We saw Greenway, Cozens, and Tage look pretty good too. We could see some interesting new combinations next season. As you well know, we have a bunch more forwards in the prospect pool, its time for Adams to clear out some forwards to upgrade the defense.

First, there is no problem with being Kyle Okposo. He is a great guy, hugely respected around the league and by the Sabres entire organization. There is talk that he wants to go back to Minnesota, there is also talk that the Sabres want to keep him in the organization in some capacity. Yes, his game is slipping and his numbers are down. We have emerging talent that can fill his spot. We also have emerging leaders (Tuch, Dahlin) that could wear the C. Kyle and Adams will talk privately and will work out his next move, wherever and whenever that is. I trust Adams and his leadership team will handle this with class, like they just did for Andy’s last game Your last sentence is an unclear question. If it is decided that Kyle is moving on then I trust Adams and Granato will do it in a way that doesn’t kill the vibes. Although Kyle would be missed, it will not necessarily hurt the young players in the long term, they need to understand that your time is limited and you have to make the most of it. Movement in and out of the NHL is constant.

Well it’s a season. To me, the best season we have had in the Pegula era because we improved for two years in a row. ALMOST made playoff. Just not enough. A lot to cover on that topic for another time. Good season Teammates

Nice. Krebsie deserved one.

If they won the Islanders game that had the overturned, kicked in, purposely redirected goal we would have been in without this game. Four point game.

Mitts will be back.

We literally backed up with the puck, lost it in our zone.

Glad to see VO with Cozens. Feed him. Let him score.

Mitts and Skinny.

New goalie. Cold goalie. Throw pucks at him

Ok @PASabreFan, the new Verizon ad is bad. Bring back Einstein - “my network has gone kaput!”

Ok. A real positive would be holding them to 2 goal with Muel out and Joki out. Let’s close this game out Sabres.

27 missed one finally

It’s amazing that we have so many good young forwards that a 28 goal scorer can be traded with no concern of replacement. Tuch scores.

VO. Nice. Give him more ice.

Levi has made a bunch of huge saves tonight.

Skinner. Nice. Mitts with another nice apple.

Luby strips the puck but fails to clear the puck. He does that too much. I feel he is a problem on the PK.

Girgs is not a center. Put VO on a better line. The vaunted Columbus PP …

Not at all. They are playing Jacket level hockey against the Jackets, so it’s a close game.

Yes. The tend to play down to the competition as it is. Columbus is fielding an AHL-like roster.

He gave up a big rebound but he had to stretch to made the save. This would be 3-0 with UPL/Comrie in net. we are terrible tonight

28 had the puck in the slot and passed. This is getting stupid. the goalie has an SV% of .846 and we are not shooting the puck at every chance.

That’s what I suspected. He has always cast a shadow of apprehension.

Thank you Rousek. Thank you for taking the puck, driving to net, and taking a shot on goal.