Porous Five Hole

Boom!

I’ve been loving this Rye from New Riff. It is light and silky and ends with a nice amount of spice and heat.

It’s a little early to be calling him maxed out at the AHL level when he’s 23 and has had 80 pro starts. He also doesn’t smoke darts in the locker room lol

Honestly your attempt wasn’t funny 🤷‍♂️

#me Oops!

I hope no one views this thread as a defense of GMKA. My takeaway from last offseason was that he didn’t do nearly enough and it’s time to move on from him. Once you pile on, ‘GMing is hard/it’s hard to make a trade,” plus taxes and palm trees, he should have been let go already. For me, starting the thread was because I’m interesting in armchair GMing and I wanted to see how players have faired away from Buffalo.

This made me laugh harder than it should have

In the spirit of GA’s thread, I thought we would check in on old friends to see if there was any remorse to be had. Zemgus Girgs- 43GP, 0G, 2A, -5. He signed a three year deal for essentially the league minimum and I bet TB already has regrets. Eric Comrie- 3-6-1, 2.94, .904% for the best team in the western conference. The drop off between Helle and Comrie is huge, but Eric has been good enough to stay their backup. The Jets have scored 3 goals or less his last 7 starts, including only 1 goal in 4 of those 7 games. Victor Oloffson- 23GP, 9G, 7A, PLUS 9! Not bad for a guy who was a career -63 in Buffalo. 6 of his 16 pts have come on PP2. Did miss some time with an injury. Fans are pleased with his play. His time was up here and a fresh start seems to be what the doctor ordered. Eric Robinson- 45GP, 10G, 11A, +8. He’s having his best year as a pro. It would have cost us nothing to bring him back. While he didn’t hit a ton of guys, I think the Sabres miss his size and compete. His skating was more than fine. You know who else has ten goals so far this year? Peterka & Cozens. Jeff Skinner- Yikes. Pretty well documented. Has been a healthy scratch for the last three games. AHLers who suited up last year: Brandon Biro- AHL Coachella. Production in line with his Amerks career. He’s unlikely to get an NHL look from here, but he lived the dream of scoring two goals in the NHL last year for Buffalo. Tyson Jost- earned a call up to the Canes after starting the year in the AHL. 16GP, 2G, and has been out of the lineup due to injury. Same guy we knew… Guys we traded away: Mitts- It has been documented on the board that he’s been bad and he was recently demoted to 3C. Rumors just today circulating that the Aves could be selling him at the deadline. 46GP, 8G, 18A, team worst -16 while the rest of the top six is +10 or more. That’s astonishing. Locked in for two years after this season at 5.75MM. Oof. The Sabres took the Aves to the cleaners with this trade. Erik Johnson- Remains the seventh (eighth?) defenseman for the Flyers. 15GP, 1G, 1A, -2, 13 minutes a night when he plays. Remember when he was signed to help Owen Power? 🤣 Okposo- Champion and still retired. I’m not going to assign grades, but in summary: Correctly moved on from Skinner, Girgs, and Comrie. VO’s fresh start has gone well for him. Whiffed on Robinson, but whatever. Byram trade aging well and something for nothing with Okie & EJ.

(Paywall) …Those facts all combine to mean Zucker will be a popular name when NHL trade talks intensify in the coming weeks. As of Jan. 1, Zucker is eligible to sign an extension with the Sabres. And that’s something that he’s open to, despite how the team has performed this season. “I would love it,” Zucker said. “Right now that’s not something that is in my control. For me personally, it’s something I would be very interested in. If that time comes we can have that conversation.” https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6062957/2025/01/15/nhl-trade-deadline-sabres-jason-zucker/?source=emp_shared_article On the one hand, what else is he supposed to say to a reporter? But on the other hand, we need more guys like him and not less. Sign me up for a short term extension for market value.

JT Miller lives in Pittsburgh during the offseason. MAYBE he would be willing to waive his NMC to play In Buffalo if the closer distance helps his (leave of absence) issue? I doubt it. But that could be the type of guy this locker room needs and to hell with the contract in year’s 5-7. Win mode now if I recall?

Well, all of the next forwards that were drafted after Noah are all in the AHL until you get to Kulich. 🤷‍♂️ Much too early to proclaim anything on any of these guys, but you do you.

Not the dinner pairing I expected, but enjoy!

I thought this was interesting. Any idea why? More backups playing more frequently?

Plus Caps, Wild, Devils all worse than Buff