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Sabres getting a lot of o-zone time. They need to get bodies to the net and score the dirty goals. I want to see them play 60 minutes like they did against Florida.

Very good period. Just need to start burying our chances.

Ellis. Huge save.

I haven’t heard his name yet.

Benson forecheck was awesome

Ready to go. The National Media not acknowledging the Sabres much. I’m ready to pound Detriot tonight.

too funny ... but if only Krebs had a better shot. His skating is ok, he is willing to work hard and get dirty, his passing is ok, but his shot is a pop gun.

Are you gonna send that link with the Lyon and Hamilton conversation on it?

I would take Danforth over Krebs. In a short time he became the best face-off guy on the team, and he was really good on PK.

Would love to see Östlund step up and be noticed. We need help at center.

Really. Can we wait until April to play GM? I am excited about the season. I want to see the Sabres that played Florida come back out tonight and beat the Wings.

The easiest way to do this is to stack all the players and picks that he traded on the left side, and all the players and picks he acquired on the right side. Just look at that and you can see Adams gave up much more than got in return.

It is still way to early to say these were good trades. They were safe trades. Timmins over Clifton does not move a needle. There is not much difference that I see. Timmins may be less prone to errors, but he has 0 points and is -5 so far, which is how Clifton started with the Sabres when he was being played on the wrong hand for 3 months. Finally Granato put him on his correct side and he did better. Kesselring has yet to play and Doan looks very promising. Peterka is no slouch - he has 2 Gs and 4 pts, he is +3 in 7 games while playing on the first line. We gave up a talented player with a knack for goal scoring so it will take both Kesselring and Doan making season long contributions to make me happy.

For the sake of discussion my guess is this: If Pegula hired a serious and qualified GM to run the organization, and he promised to back away from his alleged POHO role, there would no doubt be changes made to the Hockey Operations Front Office, no doubt major changes made to the coaching staff, certainly some changes made to the roster, and most likely some changes made in Rochester too. A fast and major shakeup in the FO is likely as the new GM will want only people he has confidence in around him. Completely replacing the current Coaching staff would seem even more likely, this is a no brainer. A major blow up of the hockey roster seems premature. I would think the new GM and new coaches would want to get to know what they have first, so changes to the roster should be more surgical and made over a longer time period. Resetting the entire Organizational Culture is something that should be stressed from top down. .

You have got to provide a link to the Hamilton interview. Come on PA, you can find it and then do the copy and paste thingy.

When you look at all Adams moves since the Eichel trade it pretty much reads as the "what not to do" bible for GMs. Yet, there he is in his 6th year at the helm.

This game is on TNT? Hope they can muster up a good 60 minute performance like the Florida game. They need to stack some wins, or else they drop out early. It’s that simple.

Is Adams living rent free in Georgia ?

Another guy that liked DGs free wheelin’ hockey.

It does not have to be a center, but it might be even harder to find a Mitch Marner type of winger that sets up a lot of goals, so I think of centers first.

Funny you mention this. The guy that replaced the battery in my Accura told me he recently did a Ford Escape and it was the longest replacement process he had so far.

Norris is a good player when healthy. He would be our 1C if healthy. But he is far from a bigtime playmaker. Look at his stats.

I love Benson. But even with Benson, this team needs a center that can consistently carry and possess the puck, create space for others, and pass the puck to players with scoring opportunities. This does not describe Tage. Our top 6 is missing a key piece, and this person would help the PP too. Norris - his best season is 35G + 20A, 55 points. That is his only 20 assist season. Kulich - still a work in progress. Östlund - is more of a natural playmaker and deserves the next shot. Helenius - his time will come.

Most Yankee fans do not like the Dodgers no matter what. I am an exception. Probably because the first World Series that I consciously watched and followed was the Dodgers vs Twins in 1965, and the next year it was Dodger vs Orioles. So I have a soft spot for them, even though I am a Yankees fan. I will pull for the Jays, but I think the Dodgers will win.