Marvin

Monet's "Waterlillies"

Raw size is not everything. Mike Peca played big even though he was well under 6' tall. Whom do we have coming up that plays big?

Until they can consistently win, isn't that what we expect the coach to say?

Sure. We are likely to see each of Girgensons, Okposo, Olofsson, and Erik Johnson traded for late picks which we can then use to, uh, um, (trying to type "as trade chips" but never getting there) on high character, high motor projects who probably end up in Europe.

The farthest back teams have been from the playoffs at the All Star Break were St. Louis in their Cup year at 8 points and the Buffalo Sabres in 2010-1 at 6 points, so I wrote the Sabres off then. I am looking for younger players to step up, older players to expand their games, tighter defencive zone coverage, and forwards to start crashing the net -- positive changes that could carry over into next season. A coaching change is needed to help the power play.

His passing has been off most of the year. That might be the cause.

Vancouver is in "win now" mode. It would have to be quality established players. Honestly, though, Vancouver should wait until the off-season to move him.

Who knew?

@mods can someone merge them?

Girgensons's game seems to have a verve to it that he hasn't had since his rookie season. I wonder if all the positive press he has been getting is going to his head in a good way ans has lifted a lot of the negativity off of his shoulders.

I largely agree with your assessment of the forward roster. Given the salary structure and the pipeline, it might be easier to make 4 lines of the grinder-playmaker-scorer combination as long as everyone consistently crashes the net.

Although this is a good stat, I wish that I could share your apparent optimism.

No. Atorvastatin and Rosuvastatin.

I got a speech impediment from taking statins for so long. Same thing happened to my mother and one of my sisters, so they changed medicines. I am looking into it too. At his age, it could be that simple.

So, potentially, we would be getting younger yet again?🤬

Search for the Canadian feed. Best I can do. Welcome back!

I can, but I am kind of frustrated, so I don't watch as much as I used to.

This jives with the Sabres doing well at home against teams who don't have a gear for "tight checking" like Toronto.

No. That was easy.

You underestimate how bad some teams have been. The Tank Sabres don't even crack the bottom 100 even if you deduct the OT points they won (mimic old-fashioned ties).

Montreal Wanderers

I believe you are largely correct on a gut level, but I can't explain why.

Girgensons is the type of player who always gets acquired by a contender at the deadline for fifth line depth, if nothing else.

Yikes! Why not Tokarski or Comrie? It is not like the games matter anymore.

As an oldster, I am still salty about the failure of the 1986 Sabres-Oilers trade that was rumoured for Gil Perreault. I hope that Girgensons and Okposo go to teams with the best chance of winning the Cup that is possible. The return is borderline immaterial to me.