HumanSlinky39

It's a really underwhelming list this year. Marner & Rantinen (did he agree to a DAL extension?) are the big guys. Obviously, neither would want to play here. Ekblad probably wouldn't either and he just got popped for a 20 game suspension. Ehlers would be nice, but he'll sign a big deal with a contender. Boeser same. Chychrun is redundant. Other than those, you have a bunch of older guys nearing the end of their careers - Taveres, Brock Nelson, Giroux, Duchene, Marchand, Orlov, Nyquist. Any vet reinforcements would probably have to be brought in via trade. We have the prospect/draft capital to make it happen, question is is KA willing to move "his guys" that he's spent years accumulating. I'm hopeful that the Cozens deal signals a new willingness to shake things up, but we'll see. To me, the only "untouchables" should be TNT, Tuch, Dahlin and maybe Peterka. Anybody else they should be willing to package to improve the team. I don't think they'll do much, but I'll hold out hope that maybe the realization that they need to shake things up is setting in. I still have something of a problem with Adams being the one making those calls, but I don't think we have a choice.

The worst case scenario is they just run it back with only very minor tweaks to the roster like the past two seasons. I agree, that is unfortunately the most likely outcome. That will be just another wasted year because it's abundantly clear that Adams' plan is not working, but for whatever reason Terry seems to be married to it.

100%

I don't think he was ever intentionally "dogging it", but could a malaise had set in from the constant losing? Sure. I think mentally he was broken here. Look at Cozens from 2022/23 and then this year's version. It was two completely different players. In 2022/23, he was making better decisions both ways, he was a solid passer/playmaker and he was decisive with his shots & shot selection. Since early last season, he's been a storm trooper with his passes, his shooting was poorly chosen and inaccurate, and he made horrible decisions in both zones. I don't think it was ever a talent issue with Dylan; I think it was all grey matter. Maybe he turns it around in Ottawa, maybe he doesn't. I haven't watched their 2 games with him, so I cannot speak to how he's playing, but many players get a temporary bump with their new team. Once the endorphins subside, a lot regress back to the mean. Maybe being in a playoff chase unlocks some of the potential he showed early on. Either way, we're better with Norris IMO because Dylan was hard broken and was never turning it around here.

I found it interesting that last night the national broadcast team said multiple times that they expect the Sabres to be active this summer. That they expect them to upgrade/infuse the roster with veterans to compliment the young core and how it's time to start seeing real results from this "rebuild." I don't know how correct that will end up being, but they are 100% right. We are stocked up on young players/prospects/draft picks. Now is the time to ID who of the young core are the guys moving forward and start moving out the rest along with some of the prospects and draft picks to get good veterans in here to move this team forward. We're 14 years on with no playoffs. There isn't time to wait for any more young guys. Next season HAS to extend into May. Do I think any of the above will happen? Probably not. I don't expect them to move on from Adams and he is stubbornly attached to his "plan" that seems to be developing a winner almost entirely from within...despite the fact that this strategy is clearly not working. Maybe he'll surprise me. Maybe Terry will awaken from his slumber and realize that this isn't working and bring in a new GM to retool. Doubt it, but it's our only hope.

Nice win. I thought they were gonna blow our doors off after the first few minutes. Had some help from the post, but UPL made some big saves, too. On to the next one

Lot of puck luck our way for a change.

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TNT

Best I can do is "Seth Appert: HC in waiting."

Another weak call.

You want a kill? I can get you a kill. Hell, I can get you a kill by the end of this period. With Power.

Another EDM power play. Rad.

You don't go out looking to kill a penalty like that? On a weekday?

That was predictable.

So, so bad... Too many men, JFC...

Sabres power play

Open net, Power airmails it.

Good amount of orange in the crowd.

MOTHERTUCHER

BALLS

LOL Zamboni door broken. **Harry Dunn voice** "We've got no stars, we've got no playoffs, OUR ZAMBONI DOORS ARE FALLING OFF!!!"

Oilers are a great 2nd period team. Let's see if they can maybe not completely implode.

Post again for the Oilers...that's a hat trick