HumanSlinky39

That'll do 'er. Not even surprised. Disappointment is like a warm, comfy blanket...my wooby.

I think Malenstyn is useful 4th liner, the other two...no clue. Bryson is the Sabres herpes.

PK's been good at least.

Brutal.

He's been noticeable in a good way.

I'd kill for a Shesterkin of our own.

Another Sabres power play

Nice kill

Power play is still a sludge fart.

Sabres power play

Norris get injured yet?

So am I and I would also suck at hockey for a fraction of the cost.

Pack 'er in, boys; there's always next year.

Because Kevyn is a ***** GM.

Very curious to see how our power play looks. Can't be as dreadful as last year, right? RIGHT?

1) I 2) Don't 3) Really 4) Care 5) How 6) Just 7) Make 8 ) The 9 ) Goddamn 10) Playoffs

Was he drunk?

I think he played a little Center in Juniors.

Yeah, pretty much where I am. We traded a young, potentially dynamic top-6 scoring forward for a very solid defenseman and a bottom-6 forward "grinder" with limited offensive upside. Made a lateral move in net. A couple of other minor moves. The weeeeee bit of hope I'm holding out is that Byram will play inspired hockey as his deal walks him to UFA. Hopefully Kesselring upgrades the D core enough that it's now at least above average. If these moves improve the defense enough, maybe we get better goalie play. Losing Peterka hurts offensively, but we still have some good offensive players. TNT must stay healthy...Tuch, too. If Norris stays healthy he's a pretty large upgrade on Cozens both ways. Hopefully Quinn takes a step forward...achilles injuries can take a while to recover from. 2024/25 MacLeod needs to be who he is. Hopefully Benson advances offensively in year 3. That's a lot of "hopefully", but that's where we are. Nothing concrete, just "hopefully"...much like the last 3 years. I've said multiple times in recent weeks that we need a GM with BALLS. Adams seems to have accepted that Buffalo is not an attractive destination, so he settles for these smaller moves and just hopes "his guys" improve. We need a GM that doesn't accept that Buffalo isn't an attractive destination and will go out and TRY to make bold moves.

Exactly. I said in another thread that we need a GM with BALLS. KA has accepted that Buffalo isn't a desirable destination and that is dictating what he's doing with the roster. Buffalo is absolutely not an attractive destination right now (partially because of KA), but that can be fixed quickly with some on-ice success. A GM needs to be a salesman and he cannot fall into believing that his org is a lousy one. That's called a self-fulfilling prophecy. We need a GM that has a vision for making the Sabres an attractive org to play for and has the skillset to sell people on it. KA is most certainly not that.

Mailloux looks like a video game rendering of a hockey player.

There's potential. I think Kesselring will be a nice addition. Dahlin is elite. Power needs to show strides this year; I thought he took a pretty big step back last season. His injury was very unfortunate because he really needed to put in work this summer. Timmins should be serviceable. Byram is fine, good puck mover, meh defensively. I just assume Samuelsson is going to miss about 40 games and be underwhelming when he does play. All in all, I think there's a decent chance they're better as a group than last year, but who the hell knows.