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Makes sense. It's on MSG in the Sabres normal market. (Buf, Roc, Syr, and ???)

Looks like the Wilkes Barre Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres tonight.

Peterka is pretty good at 1 specific thing, rush offense. Carrying the puck up ice and getting shots off the rush. That will be a question mark but if scoring goes down in Buffalo, it's a function of sh% over jjp not being here imo.

Woof. That defense is awful.

The Athletics model and the JFresh model both had Peterka in the bottom 10 percent of the league in defence. (Hope I got that right from memory). By my eye test he was no where near Cozens and Quinn in terms of coughing the puck up, but defence in terms of killing plays he didn’t. He was on the ice for more goals against than any Sabres forward and all but 12 other NHL forwards. 77 as opposed to 44 for Benson. And yes he got 2 1/2 minutes more ice time, but those are significant numbers. Hes really good at offence.

Playing hardball when virtually no players with options want to come here and you have as bad a rep as an organization as any in the history of pro sports is certainly a choice.

Guardians still alive! Biggest regular season comeback ever, keep chugging along! Huge win today.

FORWARDS 11 – Filip Hallander 12 – Robby Fabbri 15 – Joona Koppanen 22 – Sam Poulin 26 – Tristan Broz 41 – Ville Koivunen 43 – Danton Heinen 46 – Blake Lizotte 49 – Rafael Harvey-Pinard 53 – Philip Tomasino 55 – Noel Acciari 81 – Ben Kindel 85 – Avery Hayes DEFENSE 3 – Jack St. Ivany 5 – Ryan Shea 24 – Matt Dumba 27 – Ryan Graves 38 – Owen Pickering 45 – Harrison Brunicke 52 – Philip Kemp GOALIES 31 – Filip Larsson 37 – Arturs Silovs

The myopic nonsense in this thread is simply off the charts.

Adams speaking about our elite D group.

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Yes I have. And those acts are part of the same mechanism. They provide a plausible reason to assess. Although, walking up to a stranger car parked down the road late at night (by yourself) is borderline naive.

Ever greet a new family moving into the neighborhood and welcome them? Ever see if there was anyone in that car parked down the street that may need help of some sort? Congratulations, you have a humanity instinct.

Hitler, Franco, Mussolini et al were able to define who their enemies within were. Who are Trumps “enemies within?” Is it simply those who disagree with his politics?

Per the bold, that’s what we should all aspire to. Our Constitution and the other ideals enunciated in our founding documents make that possible, imo. It’s not about agreeing with each other; instead it’s about living within a codified framework that makes disagreement tolerable.

Add in a buyout of Samuelsson to add 3.25M more and you can nab either an experienced 2C-level player or go from a Lyon-level (good backup) to getting another proven starter.

Do we even have Pittsburgh's lineup?

I hope the team does not rush into signing him to a large contract. As others have correctly said, he will be here this year with or without an extension. Also, the charts and stats are out there regarding players, especially forwards, aging and their production. Unless you are an elite player, and even when you are, your production curve and overall 2-way play plateaus and peaks between the ages of 23-28. After that in almost all cases you are in decline. In your late 20's that decline may or may not be all that evident but after age 30, it does become evident in most cases. Unless a player is elite, someone like McDavid, Pastrnak, McKinnon, Crosby, or Ovechkin, I do not want them on my team with any more than 2 years remaining on their contract at age 32 or later, unless it is a very team-friendly deal. If a team is in the middle of cup runs like Florida, it may make more sense, however they are still likely to pay for it a couple years down the road. Buffalo is not currently looking like they are contending for the Cup. I respect those who post that they want an extension done for Tuch, and I know many fans have an emotional connection to him. I just personally would rather have the Sabres let things take their time if they are not getting a deal that fits the team short and medium term.

Peterka's backchecking was adequate. Nothing to write home about but it wasn't exactly costing the team multiples of games either. They'll definitely miss him. But IF they can now cycle like an actual NHL team with other guys; they might net out better off. Though have said it before and will continue to say it; really hate that they didn't replace the spending they'd've had to have had he still been a Sabre. Another $4MM F would help solidify this lineup and depending on who it was might be able to solidify the 2nd line allowing Zucker to be the gristled vet that still can score on an otherwise kid-centric 3rd scoring line. Doan, Kesselring, AND a $4MM guy would make Peterka's departure much more palatable.

I think the team will miss Peterka more than many are assuming. It seems to me that many people are saying his defensive, 2-way game was awful, putting him in a class with Cozen and Quinn as the forwards that cost the team the most in their own end. I disagree with that. It is not to say I think Peterka was a very good player backchecking or in his own zone, that is not the case. But he was, in my own eyes, close to average. For sure better than Cozens and Quinn last season.

He's a borderline guy that's had many chances. AHL or leave. Next !

It's really one of the major questions about this team. Last year, with Peterka, they were one of the best teams in the league at scoring off the rush but much worse at scoring off sustained pressure. Now that they don't have Peterka, who's bread and butter was scoring off the rush (either directly or setting a teammate up) but have guys like Doan and guys like Benson in an elevated role, how much will the rush scoring diminish and can they offset it with scoring off the cycle and being better at cycling overall. If they can be better at cycling, it could take a lot of pressure off the D as if the puck is in the other team's end they don't have to bust their arses defending. Between that and goaltending, it might spell the difference between making the playoffs or not even if the PP and the defensive zone coverage isn't significantly improved.

Hammy just being lazy and comfortable....just like all the other WGR hacks.