Flashsabre

So Columbus, NJ, LA, Seattle need a HC. I find it interesting that Gallant’s name really isn’t prominent in any of these searchs.

Yes Benson didn’t play in the NHL all year at 18 because of his offensive production. He is just so smart all over the ice that he can be effective defensively in the NHL until the offence kicks in. It looked at the end of last year that it was starting to pop.

Apparently the Bills met with former NCAA heavyweight champion wrestler, Olympic gold medalist and former WWE prospect, Gable Steveson. IDK what the outcome would be as Steveson didn’t even play high school football let alone college.

McLeod is toast.

Start your Friday off with this beauty someone came up with🤣

Watching Power-Parayko play together for Canada at the Worlds is easy on the eyes😃 I think they need to find Power a defensive minded, physical dman partner. DeMelo, Tanev or Roy are ufas or find a trade partner.

Savoie plays centre in Moose Jaw and plays it well. He has changed his game and is much more focused on defensive positioning in all 3 zones. I was impressed with his defensive play. He was solid at the faceoff dot too. He plays both PP and PK. He now picks his spots to explode rather than skating around 100 miles an hour often getting out of position defensively. I think he starts in Rochester but will be a Sabre before the year is over. He has great chemistry with Benson. Find a big RW to play with them and you will have a nice middle 6 line. Benson Savoie Tuch would be a line you could trust all over the ice. Savoie ended the playoffs with 24 points in 19 games. Only 1 PP goal. He recorded a point in every game but one.

Moose Jaw (Savoie) Drummondville (Komarov) and London all swept their championship series to advance to Saginaw for the Memorial Cup. I wonder if that has ever happened before where all 3 league championship series ended in sweeps. A couple of highly touted draft eligible dmen will be playing as Saginaw has Parekh while London has Dickinson.

Didn’t know where to put this. It is a Swedish media interview (it’s in Swedish) but it gives a tour of all the facilities in the arena. It is very interesting to see. There is a brief UPL cameo.

I would try to sign a Demelo or Roy, trade Joker for a forward and keep Johnson as a 7 to start because Muel won’t hold up and Johnson will play plenty.

Friedman: Blue Jackets' GM search “Kings senior adviser to the GM Marc Bergevin and Kraken assistant GM Jason Botterill are believed to have talked to Columbus, but it doesn't appear that a decision is imminent.” Oh please hire Botts.

Yeah a lot of people are. For all his accomplishments the past couple years he is an afterthought in a lot of conversations about Sabres prospects.

Drummondville win 4-3 to sweep the QMJHL finals. Komarov now a 2 time Q champion. Now looking to be 2 time Memorial Cup champ. And Komarov wins Playoff MVP. STOP SLEEPING ON THIS KID

It will be Prospal. He is already employed by the organization.

What do people expect him to say? If a company hires you or promotes you are the first words out of your mouth to bury the company?

https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2024/05/sabres-turning-away-trade-interest-in-mattias-samuelsson.html

I will give credit to a guy named Jim Bob on hfboards who created this. Who do you sign or trade for this summer:

Real nice assist for Komarov. Drummondville up 6-1 and will be up 3-0 in the series.

Drummondville up 4-0 in the first. Komarov with a goal. They are up 2-0 in the series.

Yeah it’s a “tell me you haven’t researched the Sabres organization without telling me you haven’t” type write up. Dahlin, Power, Byram, Muel, R Johnson, Novikov. LHD isn’t a huge need. With Yakemchuk I wonder if he’s an all tools, no IQ type dman. Big, strong, can score. A guy like Parekth is all O where as Yakemchuk can add the additional physical aspect. I do like Dickinson a lot though. And no one develops players better than London so if he is there at 11 I would have a hard time passing on him. As Liger mentioned it would mean moving Muel and maybe a Byram. If they keep the pick I think 11 is a good spot. After Celebrini no one seems to have a clue how the draft will unfold and I think 2 to 3 good choices will be there at 11.

https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/2024-nhl-mock-draft-post-draft-lottery-top-24 London Dman Sam Dickinson. I really like him but man that would be LHD overload.

I agree with you on this. I wonder how hard it is for them to get qualified people to be interested. I have heard that when Pegula canned all those front office people during the pandemic that it really rubbed a lot of people around the league the wrong way. Also 13 years of no playoffs and a GM with no previous qualifications doesn’t seem too enticing for a lot of qualified people. I have a feeling a lot of this is financial too. The only financial move is adding Ruff. Wouldn’t be surprised if Prospal takes over as coach in Rochester.

Ummmmmmmmmmmmm😳

I have no problem with Appert joining the staff. I really would have liked to see another qualified vet person added in addition. Someone like a James Patrick.