Porous Five Hole

The pulled goalie curse strikes again

A third of the posters in this thread are furiously deleting all of their, “the Sabres will lose” posts. I won’t call anyone out 😂

Extension yes, but long term? I prefer a one year extension. He’s 33 in two weeks. Maybe it’s time to hash it out in its own thread?

The amount of folks here who don’t want a 100 point C1 because he’s quiet is bonkers

Not really, but he has fought once this season.

Tix to the semis and finals are gonna be REALLY cheap up in Ottawa

Bridge deals unless JJP wants something like what Muel got (which is unlikely).

Don’t you dare good sir! This team needs Byram more than it needs Power. I don’t want to move either, but Bo is eating 5 on 5 minutes like crazy and is a plus five. After a tough couple of weeks, he’s been excellent for a while.

Tage is no longer a center. I noticed him on the wing in Dallas.

The Sabres cannot by a win at the circle but they are outhitting Dallas 17-7 through two periods.

A tale as old as time itself…

I don’t think five million dollars for 50-55 points is low-balling him. That is pretty close to market value for a winger.

I would offer a one year extension at the same salary and see if he bites. We will have the cash with the cap going up and some folks are headed for a bridge deal (definitely Quinn, probably Byram, maybe JJP). If he won’t take the one year extension, then I sell him as a rental at the trade deadline for the best offer.

Thanks and praise to @pi2000 for flaming out last week. @Norcal put up a good fight, but Nabers and Bijan did the job. @SDS let me know if you need an address to send me that sexy trophy 🏆.

I think you’re onto something here. Pro sports are one thing when it comes to competition, but even as a kid…the point is to be successful/win. Duck Duck Goose, Uno, Candy Land…you play to win the game from a young age. You learn to care about winning early. That explains why competitors want to win. The second step is why do we care about winning at NHL hockey as a fan? It’s the hometown team, but no one is from the hometown. The players are mercenaries. Why do we care about them and this? My answer is because I was in the building when Derek Plante ended OT game seven against Ottawa. Euphoria. The building shook. that felt AMAZING. I will chase that high for the rest of my life. I had nothing to do with it but react, but it was FUN! That’s why we care about winning.

Rob Ray back

ROC with wins last night and tonight keeps them in first by points and second by points percentage. They’ve won four straight and 11 of the last 13.

It sucks to lose someone, but now you get to celebrate him! And maybe he will meet Frank up there in the sky. And to the rest of you…

Why do people put feet in their photos? Thankfully you’re wearing a sock.

Well I drank up Labatt, so now it’s time to invade @Norcal

Tough break for @pi2000 to lose his QB in the first quarter in a playoff game

I am as frustrated as you, but this is bad armchair GM’ing. We probably agree that the core has not been properly supplanted with a crop of heavy veteran help, but fire selling the entire core of the likes of Tage, Dahlin, Tuch, Power, etc, sets the organization back even more years from being competitive. It isn’t a real answer.

That’s a bold strategy Cotton unlocking a locked thread, let’s see if it pays off.

Cozens looks like he cares. Krebs cares. Clifton cares. I thought it was interesting after the Habs game that two of the three post game scrums that were aired on tv were with McLeod & Clifton. I think a lot of guys care. I just think they don’t have enough talent to compete or too much panic when it goes sideways.