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Did anyone else think Josh Dunne > Brett Murray? Dunne just plays with more energy, and more psychosis. That song, especially the autotuned lead vocals, hurts my ears.

Nice play by Kozak with no stick. Must be a soccer dude.

Kozak - Dunne - Malenstyn is a pretty rugged forward line, eh?

That was probably the best line of the whole series.

"No. Why do you have a goal song?"

/sneaking in the back door

Just got a text from my son. His wife is "in the labor room. She was leaking this morning. Dr's office told us to go" If the baby is born now, it's six weeks early. Please keep them in your thoughts.

Opening Day in Major League Baseball!

Is that Tage in a wig?

I think if the GM rolls over, Lindy might be kept on but all the other coaches will be let go.

I don't think I've heard a more apt description.

It comes from living just a bit in the future. And nothing wrong with that. Let's see if we get anything out of the players that came back in the deal. So far I see more I like from Bernard-Docker than from Norris.

I agree and this far in the rearview mirror it makes sense, but at that point in time I think Casey's camp could have easily demanded another 7x7 deal; he was showing himself at that time to be slightly better than Cozens so why wouldn't he? I got the impression that Adams didn't want to sew discontent by offering him substantially less although I seem to remember Casey saying he would have preferred re-signing so maybe he would have been amenable to a hometown discount. Heck, COL signed him for 5.75 x 3. I loved the role he played on the Sabres roster: a better than average 3C but could move up to any top 6 position should the need arise. The Sabres center spine took a hit when they shipped him out and still hasn't recovered. And I, too, wonder why they wanted Byram so much, unless that was the best Kevyn could garner for him. Now that Byram's here, fine, I've been pretty happy with his play. But I was extremely puzzled at the time why that trade was made.

By this, I think you mean they complement each other. Their skill sets are certainly not the same. If so, I agree, they work together on a line because Benson does what Thompson doesn't and vice versa.

Yeah, they think Cozens is actually good lol

He seems to mesh well with Dahlin. Maybe this frees up Byram to pair with Power to set up two solid defensive pairings (1A and 1B rather than 1 and 2), especially from the offensive side.

All indications point to no. He seemed shocked he was traded and was a focal point in the Sabres locker room (and not in a bad way). He said they never even approached him or his agent. I think once Tage and Cozens were signed he was odd man out.

Were they though? The shots on goal were 1 apart at the end of the second yesterday. The Sabres scored an early goal in the third and were focused on defense more than offense, so naturally OTT had more shots in the third. Yes, Reimer played out of his mind on a few saves, but if one of those goes in, I bet the SOG would have evened out as the Sabres would have shifted to a more offensive emphasis. (No comment on the WPG game 🫢)

I'm not saying he is; I'm saying I predict that down the road he will be.