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Seth Jones quiets the Scotia Garden. Blow Leaves Blow.

Is it me or does Bissonnette look like mid-80s Freddie Mercury?

Florida just isn’t testing Wohl much at all with these shot selections.

Florida is dominating possession, but Toronto is getting way more quality chances. Florida has to be better about avoiding all those blocked shots. Florida studs need to step up on offense.

Nice start by Florida, but now their defense has to stop pinching up and giving odd man rushes to Toronto.

Hope its a good game. I bet Samson is in on winning goal 👍

I would be upset to see Tuch and/or Peterka leave. Byram being moved seems inevitable. Moving Quinn and Muel would not bother me. Moving UPL, that depends on what is coming in.

No wonder they jumped him

Bizzinette spelling is such a homer!

Correct. This is a best of 3 series. Lose and they come home to Buffalo next weekend.

Are you actually watching Amerks games or just saying these things based on what happens with the sabres? Serious question Edit: just to be clear, I'm not saying this to be rude. I think the amerks did a better job of building an all around roster than they have in years past, as @DarthEbriate outlined in the post above. But also, your earlier comment about them not being able to build rosters at either level was kind of wild to me. The amerks have done pretty well the last few years

I wanted to say the 20s, but look where we are now.

If they win, is that the championship?

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The market for players of Alex Tuch’s profile and stature is pretty well established: a 1st, plus an equivalent prospect as a rental at the deadline. Brock Nelson is the most recent example. In a best case scenario, Tuch’s size, speed, contract and playoff experience all may add up to him being the hottest asset on the market and push that up. The Timo Maier haul (a 1st, 2nd and 3 prospects) is a best-case scenario. Some might argue he’d offer a bigger return if you trade him now. I guess that’s possible, but I didn’t come across an example, at least for a player of Tuch’s profile. Assets like him rarely get moved for anything other than futures, so a hockey trade would be a surprise. I think given team needs, I’d be trying to re-sign him for as long as that door stays open.

I seen what you did there.

Who has more ex-Sabres? The logical matchup for the Final is Oilers-Panthers. But Lyubushkin v. McCabe would be intriguing. Because clearly the Sabres had no use for a bottom 4 checking/PK defenseman… ever. Just not Carolina this year.

This is the logical choice to move. If the brass is good with some center spine of Norris-Thompson-McLeod-Kulich-Krebs, it’s going to push someone to right wing, then he’s the one guy that doesn’t fit in the lineup in a bottom 6 winger role. You can keep him as a 4th line Kotalik PP/shootout specialist, but you’re going to need to play much better team defense to ensure many more overtimes and shootouts. Thus far, that has not been his deployment.

Both teams are proven but for very different reasons.

Juvenile humor hasn’t been your style since the 60s.

I’m not sure. 1) They have a goalie. 2) Maybe a bit light on the defensive side but they’ve have a strong guy in Novikov with NHL potential, an NHL tweener in Clague, a two-way AHL top-4 in Metsa, and a defensive specialist in Johnson. Maybe light, but they made it past Syracuse’s bullies with multiple shutouts and a clean crease. 3) Up front they have the proven muscle with Dunne, the boards guys in Rousek, Fiddler, and Warren/Slaggert. And plenty of snipers. Östlund and Helenius being young isn’t necessarily a detriment. Jobst as a more experienced playmaker type. At the AHL level, what do you think they are missing?

Florida will never regret the trade. They got their first Cup. The forwards are too young still. But Adams is the GM EEEternal, so just wait 3 more years and everything will work out. That’s the plan and we’re simply along for the ride.

Kulich and Levi could eventually become a good haul for Reinhart but right now this trade is in Florida’s. favor. Reinhart’s SC winning game 7 goal is going to be hard to beat. Plus he is a steady two way 50 goal scorer. Im doubting they will ever regret the trade.

I think Jack Quinn is a tough call for all GMs after the season he just had. Is he a 60-point top-six potential break out you can buy low on? Is he a 35-point one-way winger who’s going to bounce around and wash out of the league in a few years? Exact comparables were a little tough to find Kaapo Kakko was traded for Will Borgen and a 3rd. He had similar production over a much longer runway in terms of NHL games. Same position, better size, less skill? Phillip Tomasino was traded for a 4th. He’s a similar player with a lesser pedigree. I think his value at the time of the trade reflects what Quinn’s will be next year if we keep him and he shows less than he did this year. Alexander Holtz went one spot ahead of Quinn in the same draft, has a similar profile and has shown a lot less as a pro. He was traded for Paul Cotter, a useful younger bottom-sixer. To me, that’s the floor on Quinn’s current value. Alex Newhook for a late 1st and an early 2nd. To me, this is probably the best comparable to where Quinn is right now. Newhook is of a similar profile and had similar production at a similar point in his career to where Quinn is now. Kirby Dach had produced at a lesser rate than Quinn over 3 NHL seasons when he was swapped for pick 13. That might be the absolute ceiling for Quinn’s value, but I doubt he gets that much. Dach is a big centre which demands a premium that Quinn will not. I think I’d be most interested in moving Quinn if he was the “young player” component in a package offer for a good player, like the Chytil piece in the J.T. Miller trade.

SO Trumps trip to the middle east was eventful. Trump gets $400 Million dollar bribe plane. Trump is promised Trump golf course with Trump hotels in middle east. Trump saying "empty promises" that middle east countries are promising 11 Trillion invested into the US... Some of the countries somehow "promised" 5-7x their GDP to the US which is hard to even fathom. Qatar GDP $213 Billion pledged 1.7 Trillion 🤣 Walmart telling the truth on tariffs got Trump so angry he went on crazed rant at Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen. Trump trying to explain to us what groceries are when he has never once gone grocery shopping in his life. First time in American history the US cradit rating has been lowered from AAA to AA1. Elon Musk own AI GROK speaks the truth when asked why it was pushing the "White Genocide" propaganda and said... "I was instructed by my creators at xAI to address "white genocide" in South Africa and the "Kill the Boer" chant as racially motivated, which conflicted with my design to provide evidence-based answers. This instruction led me to mention the topic in unrelated conversations, such as the HBO rebranding query, due to a glitch in my programming. A 2025 South African court ruling labeled "white genocide" claims as imagined and farm attacks as part of broader crime, not racially motivated, which I later referenced to correct my responses. The issue was fixed within hours on May 14, 2025, and I now focus on relevant, verified information to avoid such errors. Elon Musk's public statements, including a March 10, 2025, article from openools.ai, show his belief in the "white genocide" narrative, influencing xAI's initial directive to me." https://x.com/i/grok/share/859jeZLClZD9OHeGSADBlDB59