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That’s a great way to put the distinction

It’s funny they’ve basically proceeded to get younger instead of older until maybe now haha

This will be the 4th year straight they are one of the 4 youngest teams

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Adam’s supports Appert. Terry supports Ruff. Terry does not like paying people when they are on contract. Rumor has it they could not land assistant coaches that they wanted.

Rolling it back with the same coaching staff speaks volumes. Or is Adams handcuffed by palm trees and taxes for them too?

It's Bird Rodman. Rodman was an incredible rebounder but wasn't much of a shooter. Nobody cared that he talked smack at/about Bird because Bird was one of the 2 best players for the bulk of the 80's and Rodman wasn't even close to that conversation. Reese seems to be a pretty incredible rebounder. But, pretty sure there are a lot of HS B-ball players that would crush Reese in a game of HORSE.

Glad to see you’ve joined the club Punch. I’ve been there for 4 or 5 years now. No more tickets. You won’t regret it for a second.

What is the likelihood that Montreal gets back in this season without a substantial improvement in goal differential— like a +25 in goal differential? Of note: GM Holland went to Edmonton and built the oldest team in the league (including Perry) around McDavid and Draisaitl. Their only flaw is they ran into a better and more balanced team in back-to-back years. I’d say hire Holland, but the Sabres do not have two MVP centers, nor could they afford to pay Holland and the final year of those coaching contracts. Someday, there’s a good chance all of the Sabres current top 6 d-men play games in their age 30 season. There’s a good chance that none of them play that age 30 season for the Sabres.

I read somewhere on twitter that this D of Dahlin Byram Power Kesselring Samuelsson Timmons is the youngest D in the league. Don't know if that's true or not. I think if Zucker, Greenway and Norris all go on IR at some point the roster would be one of the youngest if not the youngest again. We definitely still lack veteran experience and leadership. Their plan is stupid.

You see an edited version? The Quinn comment I laughed about is at 25:45

For many of us, our curiosity and interest around the Sabres very well may have peaked.

How many teams have had two first overall picks under 25 as their top 2 defenseman? The team won’t succeed this way. There is a reason 35 year old dmen are still a thing. Experience matters. Every season teams grab one or two grizzled vets at the deadline just for this reason. The Sabres almost make it impossible unless they a supplement with more veterans. Is Bowen Byram an ideal player for Dahlin? Kesselring might the right kind of player for Power but he could use another 5 seasons under his belt. The whole process is flawed. You can’t win with a bunch of kids.

In our first house, 25yrs ago, they changed our water meters and back billed us like $3k for underpayment. That hurt.

I noticed there was a truck from the Water Department parked out in front of the house. There was a guy working on the water meter. I walked over and asked him what was going on, and he said he was replacing our electronic water meter. Apparently it hasn't been reading correctly since last December, so our water bill was WAY down. The guy from the Water Department said they wouldn't try to back bill or anything since it's on them to make sure the equipment is functioning properly. The bad news is we'll be paying our fair share again.

Halak's retirement does prompt me to have some (renewed) hope for Levi in the NHL. Physically, they're almost carbon copies of each other. And I don't think there's any doubt that Levi is more athletic than Halak ever was. It just becomes a question of whether Levi can become as clever and skilled as Halak was.

No one droughts quite like us

The average age of the defense is the most damning part of this roster...imo

https://youtu.be/puOJKNGSmRE?feature=shared

What am I missing? I saw 55 seconds of cliches, none of the above is in the video?

By trading Peterka he put a lot of eggs into the Kesselring basket, he is expected to not just play in the top 4, but to improve the top 4. I sure hope he can kill penalties and give us 20-21 minutes.

He’s in the background of several shots. He’s sitting next to Lindy on Day 2 of the draft.

I don't see KA making any other moves of significance. He's placed his bet on the young players that include Quinn, Kulich, Benson, Power and even Samuelsson. His biggest gamble is betting on UPL as his goalie. A couple of years ago, he showed promise; while last year he developed a lot of bad habits and regressed. For the most part, KA has not deviated too much from counting on the players within the system. He's also made a few good deals, such as for McCleod, Zucker and Greenway to better round out the roster. In my view, the blue line is improved so that might be a factor in UPL playing better. Will the Sabres make the playoffs? I think that it is attainable if the blue line unit and our big goalie play consistently solid for the season. Am I confident about the upcoming season? Anyone who fairly evaluates this roster can't be fully confident about the upcoming season. However, if the two things fall into place regarding the goaltending and blueline unit play better, then at least we should be in the playoff race for most of the season. I'm aware that I'm being squishy in my prognostication but that's how I see things playing out.

I view the lack of emphasis on experience as a consequence of obsession on statistics. As teams tried to find types of players that could project to be players from the past, and manage the cap station, they lost the mentorship and culture players needed to grow into those projections. Then we had ‘development’ focused coaches which doubled down on making things worse. Coaches who never understood a damn thing about building culture, but teaching each player they are a special snowflake and the grass is always greener on your next team. The thing players need to hear in a summer camp, not in the big league Now we are in the ‘everyone is 28’ time period, where the hope is guys are competing to be in their prime as a way to ensure there’s motivation for leadership and accountability to develop in the room. I agree this is way better than hand selecting 22yos and expecting ***** to pan out, but there’s still maturity outside of the room. Matt Moulson and Okposo were just the wrong kinds of leaders. They’re good people, just not the cut throat accountability Nazi the team needs out of a vet. The guy who is only there because he works hard, not because he has raw talent. Yet he’d go to war if someone cheap shotted the rookies he hazes day in and out. We just didn’t have that latter part. And didn’t even try to cover the gap with a goon. We just let the kids wallow in no accountability and positive reinforcement useless development coaches. And did nothing when the evander kane, Zach Bogosian bad influences rotted out the room. At least there’s a shred of hope that ‘tougher to play against’ isn’t only measure in height and weight, but attitude as well. The kid Doan and the obsession with Bensen is my hope Lindy at least knows it right. Those 4th liners last season had none of it tho. Average age can be thrown off too much by a couple players. Give me the median