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Sept 3rd works for me. Also, I propose 90 seconds per pick. We did 60 last year and the draft was less than an hour…I didn’t even finish my first drink by the end of it. Just a thought.

Is that a report card from reform school ? LOL

I hope this matters: the 23/24 Sabres had 7 players in their first 3 seasons (Quinn, Peterka, Power, Samuelsson, Luukkonen, Krebs, Benson) and 4 players in their prime (Tuch (27), Greenway (26), Clifton (28), Girgensons (29), Thompson (25)) getting regular minutes The 25/26 Sabres have 3 players in their first 3 seasons (Benson, Doan, Kulich) and 8 players in their prime (Tuch (29), Greenway (28), Dahlin (25), Thompson (27), Norris (26), Luukkonen (26), Samuelsson (25), McLeod (25)) expected to get regular minutes. (Kesslering at 25 and in his 3rd year could be classified either way)* The average age is still too low, but the maturity of the key players should be improved.

Plus: He saved the Sabres from bankruptcy and possible relocation and was the owner during some great Sabres years (though he had very limited knowledge of hockey) He married Monica Seles A winner all around in my books

Got it! agree.

I don’t remember, it’s been years. 🤷‍♂️

As @JohnC said, the grades themselves were inflated. There was/is a very strong argment that they should've received failing grades, not the lowest possible grade they could get and still pass.

I don’t have anything in mind yet. Need to get confirmation and the last three spots.

They deserved Fs instead of Ds in the individual categories. The grades were higher than I would have given.

They'd better have a good (relatively) draft grade. They've drafted in the top ten in 11 of the previous 13 seasons.

Last 2 seasons - Top US Goals scorers: GP G NHL Rank Mathews 295 202 1 Thompson 303 158 11 Conner 308 153 13 Robertson 320 151 14 Kreider 310 149 15 Guentzel 301 147 16 It's time to say goodbye Kreider and hello Tage. He can play wing or center in the NHL. The guy has proven he can score goals playing with Tuch, Skinner, Benson, Peterka, Kulich. He c will make the team if healthy and scoring.

How? They are 32nd in every category the fans of the team voted on except drafting.

What are we thinking in terms of draft day/time?

Quite honestly, D- is as close as you can get to F... but in all seriousness if any team ever got an F how is it not the team with the longest period of abject failure in the history of the league... I believe someone mentioned grade inflation... I am having visions of Smithers cutting this article out of TP's NYT...

Östlund (maybe Wahlberg instead?), Komarov, lottery protected 2026 1st. I starting RHD we don't have to trade. If we had kept JBD, we might have but Kesselring and Timmins aren't going and the rest of the RHDs in the system (all 8 of them) are 1-4 years away.

I wish they could do a secret and confidential polling of the players to get their grades of this putrid FO.

I am pretty sure you have been on the list for years. Correct?

I'm sure there's actually truth in that statement. You can teach your kid to use the bathroom by slapping them stupid every time they get it wrong. They will learn. It's also absolutely wrong in every possible way. There's a far better way to teach anyone, anything, than depriving them of their basic human rights. But, you know, that's how deluded the people who run Florida are. Not sure how anyone would want to live there. The US is getting the same way.

Who are you disgusted at for this?

I mean, of course this happened. You can insert your own joke here, but it really writes itself.

Honestly being in the conversation reasonably in 2026 I think is unlikely... I see us really out or on a miracle fringe after the New Year....

I think it remains that the Sabres are collectively (not individually) too young and inexperienced. Their three best players, are not though. Dahlin, Thompson, and Tuch, are keys. I don't think they all need to have career years, but they need to be the elite players that they are. I think it is possible those three are talented enough to drag a team into the playoffs.

This grading is an example of grade inflation. When you fail for a generation and continue to do what you have been doing then you have demonstrated your obtuseness and magnified it with the character flaw of stubbornness.

Really can't see how they managed to get a D- when F was right there. They've weaponized all that cap space once -- for 211th overall (Linus Sjodin) and to acquire Ben Bishop's contract to get to the cap floor. Once.