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Imo, Benson’s edge work borders on elite. And that skill helps make him the pest that he is on the ice. When he gets his man strength, watch out.

I'm glad that you're so adamant that Power is THE GUY. I am not. He's currently a smaller anchor of one of the worst defensive units in the league. Owen Power needs to take a life changing leap to be an anchor of any defensive unit in the league. At the moment hes part of the problem with th blue line. ATM I think he's a really nice player to have on an established unit. Expecting him to anchor anything is why the perception is that he's failing. Because he sucks anchoring anything (including himself). And when people rally around "power needs a partner", the undercurrent of that is that he isn't good enough. We need better defensemen who are better than OP. $8M defensemen shouldn't need somebody better than them to be good.

Last September it was $150 for a year (iirc) and I seriously considered it at the time, but I thought I’d see how the Sabres fared first before sinking another dime for my time. Well, my revolt against the organization crystallized as the season progressed and I gave less and less of a damn as it wore on. But as usual, the season ended and my thirst for hockey returned, so I thought “what the hell” and for $30 I thought it was worth watching the farm kids in the playoffs. I just didn’t see the point in watching any more FloHockey when the Amerks got eliminated as I have no interest in the remaining Calder Cup contenders. But FloHockey is a good deal, regardless.

With the amount of higher-end prospects we have in Rochester I was always a bit annoyed every time he got a call-up. I always felt we should get getting our blue-chip prospects NHL experience so they could figure out what to work one when they get sent back down to the AHL. Calling up Rousek was a wasted development opportunity for higher end talent, imo.

Well, it was a nice run, but the Hurricanes had to eventually win a conference final game since that fateful day almost 19 years ago. 0-15 was fun while it lasted.

I looked, 7th in height and 14th in weight for Buffalo.

Sabres were like the 12th biggest nhl team this season or something but please, tell me more.

Kevyn? Is that you?

EP draft guide drops next week. I always recommend it.

Exactly, he got a cup of coffee up in Buffalo. Not everyone even gets that.

A good AHLer who would get into puck battles and then look to feed his snipery linemates. The last three seasons he was a top five Amerk scorer: 4th (2nd in assists), 5th (1st in assists), and 1st (1st). Best fortune to him in the SHL. And then there was one. Ryan Johnson is now the sole remaining player in the Sabres organization from JBott's 2019 draft class.

Yeah, probably best for him. Didn't make the jump is the perfect way to phrase it. But hey, not every late round pick is going to be an Olofsson. Byeeeee Lukas.

Thank you for your work in Rochester, good luck in Europe Lukas.

I’m adamant on my position on not trading Power regardless of the return. I believe that in the not too distant future m he will be an anchor defenseman. I’m tired of seeing our players on other teams thriving somewhere else.

Florida, Tampa Bay, Vegas, Dallas are all in the front of the line for obviou$ rea$on$ After that, let's see if Buffalo has a shot at Marner.

I’m just shocked that they were able to identify the guy with face tattoos.

Me too! I figured I would share LOL

If Brannstrom got a thread why not Lukas Rousek. Thought he might turn into a decent bottom six player but he never seemed to make the jump. Too passive and consistently turned down prime scoring opportunities to defer to teammates. Granted those players usually were better shooters but he had point blank scoring chances that he opted to drop pass.

Soft, unwilling to engage or unable, to small, issues in net. Sounds just like the Sabres. Lol

The inevitable “Cooter” nickname is also a huge plus when evaluating prospects

Got tickets for Alsion Krauss and Union Station this Saturday.

I'm headed to Beak and Skiff next weekend for 2 shows. The Avett Brothers are having a mini residency. These will be shows 13 and 14 for me (weather permitting!). Anyone been to this venue? It's fairly new. The reviews seem generally positive.

Same. There's a reason they're analytics guys. I'm not one of those.