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Makar being Makar. Love to see it.

Quinn shoulda shot that time.

Hush. Leave me alone with my delusions. They're so pretty.

That was a good icing.

I don't even blame him for the shot attempt but he took it the wrong way. He just doesn't read traffic well.

I like that Krebs shot that and didn't try a pass.

The more Clague plays the better he looks.

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Wow, those newbs must be bad if @Buffalonill is the voice of reason. 😉 Kind of like Godwin's Law... let's call it Thorny's Law.

Some guy named Burl just told me that this year you should have a Holly, Jolly Christmas. By golly.

Are you sure Cozens is done developing??? Also: Cozens is on a pace for 29 goals/87 points. Yeah Tage scored 38 goals last year but he only had 68 points. Tage was also a -17 last year while Cozens projects out to a +6. A case could be made that Cozens actually deserves more than Tage based on last year of play before deal is negotiated. Cozens at 21 has more upside. And if the Kid line continues to grow and develop they could easily be the #1 line in the next year or so.

For those of you discussion goaltending and Jack Eichel and the like, you should be talking about if you post in this thread.

The Sabres will render the Avs toothless!

This time we got 'em. All four lines will be clicking and even Bryson will look good. Sabres: 6, Avs: 2 LET'S GO BUFFALO!

And to all indications, Tage is very happy with his long term contract. He's on contract to earn more than he can ever really spend. People who make more than that are just d*** waving.

But that Tage Thompson.... he's pretty good, innit?

At this point in the season the Sabres are done. The odds are against them and to overcome such odds just doesn't happen in sports. They should just give up and start polishing their golf clubs because long odds like the Sabres face can't be overcome in sports.

Haven't we already hashed and rehashed the Ullmark situation? Is this thread even REMOTELY about goaltending? Anyway, I just popped in to say that while Tage may not have the best one-timer in the league, I think it's safe to say he has the most intimidating one. When he connects like he did on his second goal last night it's just a sight to behold: Fast release, heavy shot, 100 mph. If I'm a goalie I'm not going out of my way to stop that.

So that puts Bryson at -5 for the season otherwise, which means he's *still* the worst Sabres defenseman for +/- ...although Pilut is right there at a -4 in 14 games (so if you take the 8 gamer out, Bryson is -5 over 18 games... so they're basically the same at ~ -.28 per game.

I'm curious if you (or anyone else) looked at the period that the D was depleted to see how much of that -15 came during that period. He was, after all, fighting above his weight class. If you give Comrie a pass for those games you might have to give Bryson similar consideration. Even with that historical information though I thought he was our worst defender last night. In a game where the Sabres didn't allow a goal, he was the only Dman that did not have a positive +/- rating. Interestingly, the +/- leader of the D corps was Clague at +2

I was looking at it more from the standpoint of how L.A. plays: Pepper the goalie with long, harmless shots and hope for juicy rebounds. The Sabres used to play that style. It's good for generating lots of shots but not so great for generating goals.

If Tage sets the tone: Make good money but don't be excessive about it, maybe several of the other players will follow suit. One thing to consider is the Sabres offered Tage and Muel long term contracts before they were proven quantities so the Sabres assumed considerable risk to do that. There's something to be said for that I think.

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