Porous Five Hole

What strikes me is how innocuous the collision looked (if you want to call it a collision). Muel was just standing there and the next thing he knows, he’s spun down and out for weeks. It might be bad luck, but, he’s eligible for the 1/3 buyout due to age and I can see it happen this offseason. He’s just not available enough.

Bryson into the top four is not ideal. Actually none of this is ideal. McLeod to 1C? Ooooook And UPL needed a maintenance day? Adams is now in his fifth season and this is his fully formed team? Gross. But hey, at least these guys want to be here and GM’ing is hard, amiright?

@JohnC & @Pimlach, it is Cozey. I remembered a comment he made about it in a thread and found it.

lol most of us? I won’t forgot Claude’s crazy photo of a zoomed in Cozens doing whatever this is:

You invented the fact that these rebuild trades were executed as cost cutting measures. They weren’t. The trades did shed cap in the trades, but that wasn’t the whole point of the trade. I’m all set with this conversation and I’m sure you are too.

OMG, @SDS, is Claude the fantasy league’s Clown Shoes? I was kidding when I said what I said. I was not trying to be insensitive.

Did Clown Shoes pass away? @SDS, he’s abandoned his team. Can we at least have a lineup set without inactives in it?

Wow Ottawa is high and the Wings are woof

Gonna need a pic dawg

I agree with you that the owner deserves criticism, but inventing circumstances like this to support your narrative is below you.

Where did you find it??

The Sabres were gassed and were playing 5 D in the third (Gilbert stapled to the bench). UKKO-PEKKA GOT THAT DOG IN HIM

You sure don’t miss an opportunity to try to💩 on the owner. Reino for a 1st Rd pick and a prospect. Jack for CNY boy, touted prospect Krebs, and picks. This is how you kickstart a rebuild. Both trades with an eye to the future. OF COURSE the Sam & Jack trades were going to reduce money on the cap. If you think trading Mitts for Byram was for money concerns, remind me when Byram signs his 7MM extension next offseason.

Gilbert is having a rough day

Here you go my friend

Kadri has been indivisible. He’s also a -10 through 14 games. That contract is going to age pretty poorly.

Nah. Eichel & Reino being traded was because the team was in the midst of a sell off to rebuild (again). That core failed. The stated goal for trading Mitts was to obtain a top four D. Simple as that.

He’s in Chicago, but has not played. I assume you’re being funny, but Toker is not an option.

I hope you’re right. I think the plan was Reimer & Sandstrom with Houser as a just in case guy for Rochester. Hopefully the Amerks can outscore their problems, but either way…i think the organization needs another guy.

Disclaimer I haven’t seen a game yet this season, but I’ve seen a ton of Amerks hockey the last three years. Rosen has nhl speed and good hands. His edges are great and his shot is good enough. He has put on weight, but his frame may hold him back. I think if you want some offensive flash in a bottom six role, he can do it. He’s had good coaching since he arrived to North American & he’s performed well in the AHL playoffs as a smaller guy. Fully developed, he’s probably not a top six forward…but I think he will get some time in the show. He’s still very young. He definitely has more offensive upside than say a guy like Rousek, but it’s tough to say he will be a reliable nhl’er for a decade.

Rochester Goalie Felix Sandstrom got charged (5 and a game to the Hartford guy) and had to leave the game with help off the ice. This organization is now dangerously thin in the crease. -UPL & Levi in Buffalo -Houser in ROC -And in the East Coast league, some dudes named Justen Close & Matt Vernon. -Non NHL rostered: Now injured Sandstrom and 19 year old Ratzlaff. -Unsigned draft picks: Leinonen 😬& 18 year old Leeanders Obviously hope for the best for Sandstrom, but Rochester has an immediate need and if a Sabres goalie needs a maintenance day…look out. Maybe Reimer gets waived soon? Please Buffalo & Karmanos don’t compromise the Amerks season with crappy goaltending the rest of the year (Houser is fine, but he is not an all-star nor a bell cow guy). The team looks very good everywhere else!

Let him cook in ROC. He just started to get on a bit of a roll down here.

I am open to an add to the top six, but not at the cost of our current NHL D Depth. We’ve got loads of first round pedigree prospects that a rebuilding team could desire. It’s a long season. Injuries are going to happen. If the Sabres stay healthy, then Henri at the deadline to get something for a UFA departing asset.

Wasn’t the plan for him to play in Rochester and be injury insurance?