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damn. do you have a link?

Who's a solid/scoring winger in Rochester? ... Rosen? oh ya, for sure. wtf, boys. why are you always getting injured.

They're not, no. Yep. Which sucks because if he fractured something, then we're looking at 6-8 weeks.

Will UPL's conditioning stint take that long? Also ... man, I think that's probably what they need to do. Maybe his family can just stick around through the weekend and catch both games. I just learned that the young man's not just from Nova Scotia, he's from Cape Breton. So great.

sorta feels that way, unfortunately. i can't imagine that they'll waive Ellis without knowing that UPL is in good form.

that's good analysis. hockey is in many ways a game of mistakes - and of minimizing your mistakes. the sabres need both dahlin and thompson to round into form - neither are quite there right now.

i stg - if my sweet prince returns to form, i will be as giddy as a school girl. he looked terrific tonight.

Great game. Fun game. The boys were buzzing. The barn was noisy. Ellis showed out in Game 1. Let’s Go, Buffalo!! (And get well, Zucker.)

Decidedly not a kid anymore. I've said it here before: Man, he looks the part. A really handsome guy. The social media team loves him. And I am sure he's a very popular teammate. A beauty, as the hockey players say.

Agreed 100%. What's the expression used in other sports (football, mostly, I think): He's a 'tweener. Not skilled enough to play top-6 in the NHL. Not enough of a psycho to carve out a meaningful role on the 4th line.

I think this has become commonly received wisdom after it became clear that Krebs would not pan out as a top-6 NHL forward. For my part, I don't see it. Or, at least, I don't see much (enough) of it.

Bro - what? I don't gamble (outside of stuff like fantasy football and March Madness brackets) so I must ask: What in fresh hell is this?! It's gambling ... but it's not? These entities are getting access to the league's proprietary data?! I'm probably just naive and uninformed here, but this seems shady as hell.

oh damn - thanks for the heads up. i will adjust my arrival time accordingly.

I want to see them get another WR1. That said, I think this take is somewhat overblown. Joe Brady bears significant responsibility for receivers not getting open. On a week to week basis, there are coordinators in the league who more regularly get guys open even when they don't have much to work with. In some weeks, Joe Brady is among those coordinators! He needs to have better strategies and better game scripts based on who the opponent is. The Atlanta defensive coaches ate his lunch.

Agreed. I'll cop to mixed emotions re the Nordiques. I still like to think that QC will get an NHL franchise somehow.

⬇️ I think this is precisely it. This also. Mittelstadt did pretty well in Granato's brand of firewagon hockey. Those were fun games. It was not a style of hockey that was going to get the Sabres into (or maybe, if they'd had better luck, past the first round of) the playoffs. Like a lot of players this franchise has relied on, he's a bit of a dangler and a floater. Dynamic hands, for sure ("sick Mitts!"). But he doesn't play a hard game, he isn't "greasy."

Lyon?! Huh. Well, I say go for it! The only Sabres jersey I own is one my wife arranged to buy through the Sabres Alumni Association (now defunct?) many years ago. She dealt with Larry Playfair, whom she said was a very sweet guy. Anyway, it's a white field #11. Signed by the man himself (not at the time of purchase - but at the arena during a wearing). There are about 8 separate (fairly small) food stains on the thing. I can't bear to wash it because I don't want Gilbert's signature to fade.

I like the idea of trading Power. And I'm not all that down on the player. I recognize that he has flaws, naturally. My concern: It's so difficult to make a "hockey trade" once the season starts.

Same. Let's Go, Buffalo!

I'd think the Sabres have a 1 in 5 chance of making the playoffs while the Bills have roughly a 2 in 3 chance of making the playoffs. How does that get quantified? Is it just 2/15? A little over 13%? That sounds about right.

I do recall Rempe laughing at Geersten. If they had mic's on the ice, you know the chirps would have been directed to Geersten's inability to play effectively in the AHL let alone in the NHL.

over the years, i've had a few "i will take a sh1t in my backyard if _______". these have been very amusing for the fellas. i've yet to have to deliver on one. if the sabres can keep their form together (a big if), i might end up in backyard-pooping territory.

i'll sh1t in my hat if that happens.