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He has but clearly it is a low point for him and not his average of what could be expected. I would think that a 23 year old player who still has time to improve, is very durable and has shown he has skill is worth more than a guy who has missed 100 games the last 2 years and can't stay on the ice and is more expensive and 2 years older. Let alone then throwing in a 2nd round pick to boot. Especially when it's an open secret that the Sens have been shopping Norris for a loooong time and found no buyers...why the hell are you paying a premium to take a guy they are desperate to get rid of?? It would be like someone that is putting stuff at the curb with a free sign on it and you go up to the house and hand them $100 for it...like what are you doing??

I don't care until next season starts. That's the next time they have any shot at a playoff berth

Well they definitely got the better defensive player without question. Cozens was a liability on D Norris isn't going to get any Selke votes but he is very capable and at least league average there.

It's not...this team clearly has a lot of talented players but when do they start playing like a real hockey team that can play all facets of the game properly? It's like they are still in junior hockey where all too often they have to focus really hard on one thing to clean up in their game at the expense of everything else. This shouldn't happen at the NHL level...these players should be able to play better defense while not completely disintegrating their ability to play offense and vice versa. It's just so maddening because you can tell they have the ability to play very well but they can't put it together for an entire game far too often and they can't play a normal game properly where the strategy shifts during the game and you have to be able to adapt based on what's going on in the game. It's like they only have one way to play and if they are forced out of that they get completely discombobulated and it shouldn't be like that at the NHL level.

I'm not sick other than sick of this team so I won't be watching again... So much easier to just watch the highlights and not feel like you want to throw your remote thru the TV

I guess after thinking about this more I am a little irritated Adams couldn't do better than this for Cozens. 23, reasonable contract, very durable, had a very good year 2 years ago but is having a much worse year this year than his talent would suggest. Norris is kinda the same but is 2 years older, very injury prone and has a 900K higher cap hit. IMO, Cousins should be much more valuable than Norris is for just those reasons alone. Maybe a minor upgrade with Docker over Gilbert but not expecting much from him, and then we give them a 2nd round pick? Man...we need Regier back as GM. He would never be the one getting fleeced in trades...

Pray for us...live Jesus in our hearts...

No, I just don't equate an average at best goalie with the best who ever played the game and think they would get the same results. Would be like saying Trent Edwards would have the same impact as Josh Allen if the players around him weren't as good. Makes zero sense.

The second you said Hasek would have the same numbers your argument was DOA to me.

Oh damn...I had no idea Gilbert was a Buffalo product and actually went to my high school!

Please...we keep making excuses for why the goalie lets in God Awful goals that have no business going in far too often. Trying to say Hasek would have the same numbers is the height of nonsense. And at least 3 of them were terrible goals

Ullmark had very good numbers here, he was just always hurt. His worst save percentage with us was .905 and average was .912. UPL had a season of .892 and somehow an even worse .890 this year. Career average is .900. Those are not NHL numbers. They might not even be AHL numbers.

Sorry but UPL allows for too many disgraceful goals that have no business going in against NHL goalies, let alone happening almost every night

How is it possible to score 5 goals in a game but not score on a 6 on 3? Sabres find new ways to lose every night that are nearly impossible. Also UPL is trash...they need to trade him for a bag of picks and get out of that contract

Got it...so Ruff is responsible for UPL allowing 2 AHL goals a game

Utterly embarrassing

I mean great job to get a point after the hole they dug themselves but unacceptable to dig themselves that hole and it was all of their own doing.

UPL has regressed badly this year and is not good more often than good.

Who ever knows how the off-season will play out?

The Canadiens have become the latest bugaboo team for the Sabres. Can't remember the last time they beat them

Currently the best team in the AHL in both points are win percentage...pretty impressive.

This is why I kinda asked this question... noticable increase in scoring while their defense and goaltending has been very questionable at times

The last 6 games, Sabres are averaging 5 goals per and have looked a lot like the team that almost made the playoffs under Granato where they were just making teams look silly on defense often times... Wondering if this has been a concerted effort from Ruff to get them playing like that again?

Ironically, this worked tremendously well under Granato and they virtually never lost in regulation when leading going into the 3rd for 2 years.