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I've been thinking about it and... it doesn't bother me that teams in the pack around the Sabres are winning their share of games. I think it will motivate the Sabres to scratch and claw for every point. I don't want them to feel too cocky. Yet.

Meanwhile, in Dallas (warning: F-bombs): And for the record, Texas is a stand-your-ground state. It doesn't matter who swung first, if you feel threatened you're allowed to defend yourself. Which the little boy apparently didn't know when he challenged the guy.

Cozens plays in Jost's spot or on Tage's wing. Haven't you been watching the games? As for Quinn I have no expectations. I think next season he will take off but this season could be more of the same as what he's done so far.... and that's okay.

I be goin' a bit stir crazy meself. Drivin' me nutzo. On the plus side I was able to work a couple evenings this week which helped me get caught up... without missing any Sabres action. Plus I got my IKEA kitchen mostly designed.

I didn't realize there are that many Grigorenko jerseys out there...

I tend to have one current Sabres jersey. When that player leaves I eventually get one by another player, but there are gaps. I have a Perreault (bought long after he hung up the skates), a Stafford Slug, a Reino and a Tage. I wore the Sluggo to last year's game in Dallas.

@Brawndo lives three minutes in the future. I would have liked to see him on the Sabres at one point but the team has moved on and he's gotten older.

I would say that of all the Sabres, Jeff is the most clearly happy of them all. Every interview, even when the game didn't go well, he just has this contented calm about him. I don't mean he's complacent because the effort is there (it was there even when RFK put him on the fourth line). I think he does the best he can and his conscience is clear. He's happy. And it's the kind of happiness that rubs off on his teammates.

Another discussion triggered from the Cozens signing. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-81-airplay/clip/15964954-dylan-cozens-inks-massive-deal-sabres-tsn-analyst

There was a thread about this already... three weeks ago.

If it was @Brawndo I would believe it would be an extension. That dude lives 3 minutes in the future I swear.

It doesn't matter who you propose to trade for Kane, it will be a case of a player on the rise going out from Buffalo to bring in a declining player who is already at JAG level.

"And this little piggy is.... well, he's just not there anymore, is he?" I'm not going to get excited either way about what other teams are doing right now. I just want to see the Sabres come out of their bye week and put up some points of their own. If they do that they'll make the playoffs.

Right and as soon as they realize they've been duped they'll stop coming to games.

Yeah but the rest of us do.

That is a horrible trade lol rather have Nemec Yeah, remember when we had both O'Reilly brothers?

US English uses 18% fewer u's than UK/Canadian English* *Citation: Facts I made up. Not a Gordon Lightfoot fan, eh?

Adams is like that. You can tell when he's not being totally honest. It was more frequent earlier in his tenure when he was in the Fake It Til You Make It phase of his career. Listen to him talk about Eichel before he had full buy-in from the Pegulas to move him. Very... uncomfortable. Although to be fair, at this point there isn't a ton he can do to control the Portillo situation.

Math seems okay, spelling.... not so much 😉

Good to see you back. Double Reverse Ignore is something I pulled outta my ass. ...as far as you know.

His absolute floor is Okposo- great defensive forward, chips in offensively. His ceiling is much higher than that of course, but we've seen what kind of value has brought through his contract, even if he didn't score as much as was expected.

The problem with being a hardass is keeping it up. I'm seeing chinks in your armor, you ol' softee, you.

Eich is a workout freak; didn't seem to protect him from injury.

The Hockey Guy's take. Cozens is the jumping off point. He talks about that contract and then jumps off from there, very complimentary.